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. Phipps stated he was ex- to be monumentally difficult. And handlers’ course. If you have a opt-out feature to local water hausted and unable to swim any second, to regulate development in Eel River Recovery Project well, a water test is also required. bills in order to generate funding longer. and around wetlands. For crafts, a sales tax certification for infrastructure improvements. Fire department personnel were One of President Donald Trump’s Five-Year Eel River Toxic Blue- must be acquired, which can be At the same time, Monning also summoned to assist with rescuing first acts upon taking office in 2017 done online or in Santa Rosa. proposed an updated version of Phipps from the 15-foot tall water was to direct the Environmental Green Algae Study Released Please join us on Mondays, the agricultural taxes from his tank. A deputy began releasing water Protection Agency to rescind and By Patrick Higgins from 2:30 to 5:30, at Albert’s on previous proposal. from the large tank, which allowed rewrite the WOTUS rule. The rule ERRP the 101. We offer California The new pair of bills would Phipps to stand inside the water tank had been comprehensively updated Market Match to those with ebt while awaiting the arrival of fire per- in 2015 by the Obama administra- The Eel River Recovery Project (ERRP) is grassroots group that works with (SNAP, Cal-fresh, food stamps) See PolType, page 4 sonnel. tion, after years of analysis and volunteers throughout the watershed to collect scientific data to improve benefits, allowing us to match up Fire personnel were able to cut a public review. But Trump viewed it community understanding of the status and trends of river health and fish to thirty dollars per week. This hole in the water tank to safely re- as overly broad. In January, the populations. The group is publishing a report entitled Eel River Cooperative can add up to one hundred twenty (Jim Shields is the MCO’s editor move Phipps, who was taken into EPA fulfilled his promise by Cyanotoxin Analysis Summary 2013-2017 that discusses the sources of algal dollars per month to your food and publisher, and also manages custody at that time for felony domes- suspending the rule. toxins, the geographic extent of the problem, and factors that may be stimulat- budget! We often have music, the Laytonville County Water tic violence battery and resisting / California decided to take action ing noxious blooms. This study is one of the first in the Western United States and always have great commu- District. Listen to his radio delaying / obstructing a Peace Of- in response. Since 1993, it has been to look at cyanotoxin development in a river system, while blooms in lakes and nity! So come to the market, program “This and That” every ficer. state law to avoid ongoing wetland reservoirs are better studied. support your local economy, and Saturday at 12 noon on KPFN Phipps was examined by medical losses – a so-called “no net loss” Cooperators in the study include the University of California Berkeley enjoy your friends and neighbors. 105.1 FM, also streamed live: personnel at the scene and transported policy. So the California State (UCB), UC Santa Cruz, and the North Coast Regional Water Quality I can’t wait to see you, at the http://www.kpfn.org See High Crimes, back page See Wetlands, back page See ERRP, back page market! 2 The Mendocino County Observer Thursday, September 6, 2018 Opinion/Public Forum Page Letters Off The Record You Can’t To the Editor: Pot Rules Not Funny Gratitude for Debbie Bowles and the Fat Quail By Bruce Anderson Make This Up Quilt Shop Anderson Valley Advertiser By Mr. K Dear Friends, Neighbors, and Community Members, I wish to thank Debbie Bowles and her quilting crew at FOR THE FIRST TIME in recent memory an article by Population Growth: the Fat Quail Quilt Shop for the beautiful, large, fall- Cannabis Wars Mike A’Dair in last week’s Willits Weekly made us laugh The Elephant in the Room colored quilt offered as the prize in the recent Scholarship out loud. The carcasses of 87 elephants have been Raffle. Since sewing generally and quilting specifically But it wasn’t funny. I moved to Laytonville in 1981, and believe it or not, discovered near a Botswana protected sanctuary, skipped a generation in my family, winning a quilt is an A’Dair interviewed Second District Supervisor John at that time I knew nothing of the nascent underground killed by poachers for their ivory tusks. Many of unexpected and welcome pleasure. I am most apprecia- McCowen about the reasons that pot permit applications industry that the Emerald Triangle would soon become the animals were killed during the last few weeks, tive of the skill, design, planning and time that is involved have “slowed to a trickle” in recent months. famous for. (Silly me, I moved here for the breathtaking including three white rhinos killed in the past in creating this lovely example of fabric art. McCowen’s answers were jaw-droppingly delusional: natural beauty of the north coast.) Over my 37 years three months. In addition I feel that I am one of many winners because • Staff turnover and program management turnover. here, I have witnessed “marijuana” go from a total legal Elephants Without Borders, a nonprofit conser- everyone who entered the Fat Quail Quilt Shop raffle is • The rules need to be “streamlined.” (No specifics prohibition to legal in California for medical use in vation organization, said the elephant massacre contributing to a scholarship for a Laytonville High School suggested.) “The Board of Supervisors is actively consid- 1996 to legal in California for adult recreational use in was discovered during an aerial census. A student. Many thanks to all of the raffle contributors as ering amendments to the cultivation ordinance that will 2016. While cannabis is now legal in California to use spokesperson for the conservation group reported well as Debbie and her gang. help streamline the process,” said McCowen and grow, it is still legally prohibited by the Federal that all of the elephants had their skulls chopped As a small community we are so fortunate to have oxymoronically, adding, “I think it’s organizational. We government. to remove their tusks, and were then covered with Debbie Bowles and her quilting boutique as a local re- have to get a more systematic process in place. … We have Transitioning from a complete black market to a brush to hide the crime. source. How many people have learned to sew and quilt to be committed to doing whatever it takes to make this quasi white market has been a devastating blow to Botswana is home to the largest elephant over the years! How many quilts have been created in program functional.” (It’s not functional now? Who knew?) small legacy cannabis farmers here in the Triangle. The population in the world, with an estimated 37% of Debbie’s shop! And how many scholarships have been • The rules have changed over time. (McCowen: “It’s reason for this is that small farmers are getting all Africa’s elephants. given to local students! understandable that with all the changes going on there squeezed on both ends: as the pot market is flooded The killings occurred in legally protected areas, Kudos to Debbie and her team! would be a lull.” with cheap weed from large legal grow operations that which are routinely violated by poachers despite Susan Bradley • Not enough training and workshops for applicants. can afford to pay all the consulting fees, permit fees, harsh penalties for lawbreakers, including a Laytonville • No manager for the permit program. “I’m optimistic costs of compliance and taxes that it takes to grow “shoot to kill” government policy against poach- that we’re going to see dramatic improvement in the unit,” legally, the price of cannabis has dropped so low that ers. said McCowen. “I think there’s a critical need for an small farmers can’t earn a descent living, let alone In May, new Botswanna president, Mokgweetsi To the Editor: additional position in the unit, that of cannabis manager. afford the cost of going legal. Large corporate ag is Masisi reversed the “shoot to kill” policy. A That Was No Mole It Was Me That position would be between the program administra- killing the cottage industry. That’s how capitalism is Botswana government spokesperson told journal- Dearest Jerry Philbrick, tor and the ag commissioner. This person would run the designed to work. ists that the ‘government has decided to withdraw Until I read your most recent letter on Aug 23rd 2018, unit and would answer to the ag commissioner.” While Prop. 64 legalized cannabis for adult recre- military weapons and equipment from the Depart- I was genuinely concerned for your physical and mental • It has taken time for cannabis unit [now back] in the Ag ational use everywhere in the state of California, it also ment of Wildlife and National Parks’, but he did health, as everything you have written prior to that could Department to “write policies and procedures affecting gave each county Board of Supervisors tremendous not explain why. The BBC reports that large- only come from a man suffering from a horrifying ailment how the several county departments involved in process- discretion over in county regulation of cannabis scale poaching was rare before the “shoot to kill” of body and mind. So, imagine my relief upon learning ing and regulating cannabis will work together.” cultivation, as long as the local regulations stay within policy was rescinded. that such is not the case. Your admission that you are, in * * * state mandated guidelines. Critics of the policy point to the suspicious deaths fact, just a blithering idiot has given me great solace. For The funny part? The conspicuous avoidance of the fact Here in Mendocino County where small cannabis of over fifty individuals accused of poaching. In only the dimmest of men pulls out a gun to blast (from that McCowen’s pot permit rules are ridiculously compli- farmers have been the backbone of our local economy some cases investigators were denied access when horseback, no less!) at a freaking rodent and manages to cated, unworkable, contradictory, hopelessly muddled for nearly 40 years, you might expect our Board of attempting to ascertain whether the executed men probably get someone’s livestock killed or injured. Your and even if you get a permit “issued” or “approved” (yer Supervisors to be working overtime to help these were poachers or merely fishermen being accused level of stupid is precisely the reason why this once great basic distinction without a difference but apparently there farmers hang on to their livelihoods and heritage, but of poaching when they were shot by Botswana nation is in such dire straights today. is one depending) you’re still liable to get busted. sadly, that has not been the case. Led by the sanctimo- Aside from that, you and I share at least one common soldiers. Almost all of the slain fishermen were nious John McCowen, our Board has sought to extract from neighboring Namibia and Zambia, which has a goal: a return to days gone by. Oh, how I long for the times Letters its pound of flesh from small cannabis farmers for when treason was an offense punishable by death. That history of border disputes with Botswana. Addi- having grown the devil’s weed illegally for so many way I could enjoy watching YOUR ‘president’ receive his tionally, one cabinet official in the new Botswana years. dead standing trees near our homes and roads. government is said to have close ties to the interna- due at business end of a firing squad. One more thing, We want the board of supervisors to enforce, retroac- Instead of regulating cannabis like every other Jerry...that little voice telling you “Kiss my ass, kiss my tional ivory trade. agricultural crop in the state that is neither taxed nor has tively, Measure V, and we want it now. This is, after all According to a great elephant census conducted ass!” was no mole. It was me. supposed to be a democracy and our supervisors are to comply with onerous documentation requirements Good luck in prison! by Elephants Without Borders, “Savannah elephant and permits, our Board of Supervisors has seen fit to elected to represent our interests and they should follow populations declined by 30% (equal to 144,000 Sincerely, the law. strangle small cannabis farmers in a tangle of red tape, Mrs. Jack W. Carpenter elephants) between 2007 and 20014.” A horrific fees and taxes that only the largest grow operations can Els Cooperrider statistic, especially when you consider that the rate Laytonville Ukiah possibly comply. of decline in Africa’s elephant population was 8% One thing our Board did get right, (even if only out per year, but has now increased. To the Editor: To the Editor: of spite), was to set a maximum size limit for cannabis Factoid: According to statisticians like TED gardens of 10,000 square feet for growing plants to Enforce Measure V Chris Giauque’s Homicide Case talk’s Hans Rosling, more than half the world’s The citizen’s initiative Measure V became law June 8, The website www.chrisreward.org has been modified maturity, (for reference: 10,000 square feet is 2/3 of a human population growth is expected to occur in football field or a little less than _ acre), and no 2016 and declares “…INTENTIONALLY KILLED AND with some additional information regarding a 15-year-old Africa, reaching some 2.4 billion (fully a third of LEFT STANDING TREES A PUBLIC NUISANCE.” high profile Mendocino County homicide case. individual or DBA can get permits to grow more than world population) by 2100. that. This maximum grow limit should keep large As of August 2018 this law has been ignored. Some of the additional information includes: (1) new The economic development required to sustain It is unconscionable that our county government ig- information regarding a primary individual of interest, (2) commercial grows out of Mendocino County, but it will that burgeoning population will be a calamity for not stop other counties in the state from permitting nores the will of the people. No one knows why. Does the information has been received that the homicide case was Africa’s wild animal populations. threat of a lawsuit trump the will and welfare of the people a setup, (3) information regarding Chris’ truck has been multi-acre cannabis factory farms. To help local small Anthropologists say the world has entered into a cannabis farmers compete against these large mega- of Mendocino County? Measure V is designed to help expanded, (4) information regarding the fact that Chris’ new era called the Anthropocene, named for human lessen catastrophic fires, death and destruction in this time death certificate was purged, (5) the fact that the period grows, our Board of Supervisors should make it easy impact on the planet’s environment. Industrializa- for local farmers to join together in co-ops so they can of severe drought and climate change. for which the $200,000 reward funds are available has tion, including global warming from carbon emis- When supervisors Brown, McCowen, and Woodhouse been extended through calendar year 2020, and (6) the fact combine their resources for more efficient production, sions, fertilizers, oceanic plastic pollution, and hu- processing and distribution. refused to join Hamburg and Gjerde to enforce V, County that a second private investigator has been added to the man population pressure (causing the accelerated Counsel Katherine Elliott asked the state’s Attorney Gen- case. As with all commercial agricultural operations in extinction of wild animals), mark the advent of the California, cannabis farmers must comply with state erals lawyers for a legal opinion in February 2017. AG Bob Giauque (Chris’ father) newly named Anthropocene era. Yet, all of our attorney Catherine Bidart wrote it 13 months later in April Via Email environmental regulations regarding water use and major institutions fail to respond meaningfully to timber and rangeland management. For some small 2018. It’s been “circulating” among AG attorneys since the global threat, including: (1) failure to reexam- To the Editor: cannabis farmers who grow out in the hills by diverting and Bidart cannot give anyone a date for release. ine capitalism’s core principle of unlimited growth Come On Down water directly from streams during the late summer and I put in a Public Records Request on August 13 and and the concomitant vast accumulations of capital About 15 years ago Polly Klass was kidnapped by a man fall months, this means either you invest in water received an almost immediate reply from Bidart herself by the top one percent, (2) challenging every major who’s still on Death Row being fed by the taxpayers as he storage or you get out of the pot growing business stating that Opinion 17-202 cannot be released while religion’s proscriptions regarding choice in human watches tv all day. I think people remember that name. altogether. This may sound draconian to small farmers being “reviewed” due to attorney-client privilege (be- reproduction, and (3) reevaluating cultural values How do you think she felt in the back of that van, bound in this situation, but honestly, all I can say to you folks tween attorneys of the same AG office). which are past their expiration dates, e.g. the tradi- and gagged, driving around on back roads, all alone. How is that you should have invested in water storage years This may be legally defensible but is morally reprehen- tion of having large families. Many things we for- do you think she felt? And then being stopped by two ago when times were good in the pot market. It’s not sible! We can only guess as to why the holdup, but we the merly took for granted about modern civilization deputy sheriffs and they could not search the van because like you weren’t advised to do so. people have had enough. We don’t want to wait any must be reassessed in light of the environmental they didn’t have probable cause. Political correctness, There is a lot of flack coming from certain quarters in longer. changes we are witnessing on a global scale. again. Polly Klaas was in the back of that van. He later Mendocino county that the only way to make the legal Mendocino County burns and top brass at Calfire called Wildlife is being pushed to the brink. Just 25% of killed her and raped her and did everything he could do to cannabis market work is for county law enforcement to the millions of bone dry dead standing trees as a major ice-free land is considered wilderness now com- her and then threw her body out on the highway south of bust small cannabis farmers who remain out of compli- problem. In the meantime, MRC and other timber opera- pared to 50% three centuries ago. Yet, we continue Cloverdale. How do you people think about that? Why ance with the new regulations. To me, if the object is to tors are continuing hack & squirt and leaving millions of to ignore the global consequences of human popu- SeeLetters, page 3 enable small cannabis farmers to stay in business and lation growth. The evidence is clear, that the oceans contribute to our local economy, then this punitive The Mendocino CountyObserver have become a marine life-threatening plastic gar- approach to cannabis regulation is shooting ourselves in bage dump, in the span of a single lifetime? And Editor and Publisher: Jim Shields Letters the foot. Why should the county spend any law enforce- mankind’s burning of fossil fuels has changed the Chief Financial Officer: Jayma Shields Spence To The Editor Policy ment time or money enforcing poorly drafted regula- amount of carbon in the air, contributing to a “green tions that shouldn’t exist in the first place? Black house” effect, which traps heat in the atmosphere. Office located at: 1) “Never get into an argument with people who market cannabis sales still bring in millions of dollars to 50 Ramsey Rd. As custodians of a minor planet in the cosmos, we our county that supports local storefront businesses and P.O. Box 490 buy their ink by the barrel.” —Mark Twain are doing too little, too late, to preserve that which 2) The First Amendment rules. non-profits and provides jobs for many county resi- Laytonville, CA 95454 sustains our very existence. While some politicians dents. If non-compliant cannabis farmers stay within Telephone (707) 984-6223; FAX (707) 984-8118 3) No personal attacks — the guy you're calling (bought and paid for by big business) argue, that the maximum size limit and are not negatively impact- Email: [email protected] names may be bigger than you are. even if global warming is happening, we can’t do ing the environment, then county law enforcement No portion of this publication may be used without 4) Keep your language clean — your mother anything about it? written permission from the publisher. may be one of our readers. should hold their fire. Will it be the task of alien anthropologists from Humboldt County, our sister Emerald Triangle 5) Prefer letters to be sent by email to: outside of our solar system, to document the The Mendocino County Observer is a legal newspaper county to the north, has declared all out war on non- [email protected] extinction of our species? of general circulation so decreed March 21, 1981, by 6) All letters must be signed in the writer's true compliant small cannabis farmers. Their Board of the Mendocino County Superior Court, case number name, must include an address and phone num- Supervisors directed their Department of Building and 18281 and amended on December 18, 1991, case number Jeff Konicek (Mr. K) is a retired educator and Bonsai Planning to issue abatement notices to any land owner 18280. ber (if any) for verification purposes. You don't expert living in the Laytonville area. want some idiot to sign your name to a stupid who has an unpermitted greenhouse on their property as letter — it's a bad reflection on you. Names will identified from satellite imagery. The landowner has ten Subscription Rates days to abate this “nuisance” or be fined $10,000 a day The Mendocino County Observer (USPS 532670) is be published (unless the writer has sufficient until the greenhouse and its contents are removed. published weekly by the Long Valley Publishing Co. reason for requesting anonymity), but ad- [email protected] Periodicals postage paid at Laytonville,CA. dresses and phone numbers will not be pub- Though there are many questions over the legality of Letters to the editor, meetings and this building code enforcement program, the Humboldt POSTMASTER: send address changes to The lished. events information, and other items Mendocino County Observer, P.O. Box 490, Laytonville, Typed letters should be sent to: Letters Editor, County Board of Supervisors has clearly decided to CA. 95454. Subscription rate: one year $30 Mendocino The Mendocino County Observer, P.O. Box 490, of interest can be sent to the See Spitz, page 3 County residents, $32 out-of-county, $35 out-of-state. Laytonville, CA 95454. Observer by E-mail at: The MCO is printed at Printing X-Press, Willits, CA. Jon Spitz is a Laytonville resident and long-time [email protected] contributor to the Observer. Thursday, September 6, 2018 The Mendocino County Observer 3 Crossing the Digital Divide Letters Will Wifi Kill? “This and That” don’t you Republicans stand up and said Dr. Amanda Pearce Roper and By Joseph Feigon Listen to Jim Shields on KPFN 105.1 For the Observer say something about this? Why don’t Dr. Leonard Mulbry Jr., from the you? And you liberal Democrats sit Medical University of South Politics & Local News Every Saturday at 12 noon there and sneer. Yeah, we want politi- Carolina, Charleston. Wifi, or Wireless Frequency, is not day, if there was any influence on the cal correctness. We want open bor- “In any given institution where Streamed Live: http://www.kpfn.org the same as the frequencies used for development of brain tumors, we would ders, rotten bastards. Another thing, Seroquel is available, there will be Cellular Transmissions. Microwaves be seeing that by now. what about Molly Tibbetts, a girl who hundreds of guys trying to get it,” are not wireless beacons. Here’s one The data from the National Cancer grew up in Iowa and then being run Dr. Mulbry said in an interview. oncologists’ take on the subject. Institute shows no increase in the down and killed and stabbed to death And jailers are happy to have it Does Wifi Cause Cancer? One of incidence of primary brain tumors over by an illegal immigrant. How do you prescribed. Why? Because Seroquel many answers found on Quora, the the period of time that cell phones have think she felt? All alone. Scared. Look and Zyprexa make troublesome author of this response, Gary Larson, been in use. around. Look around your room at inmates “compliant” — they sleep the Medical Director at Procure Say someone found a potential asso- your kids! How you think they’d like in a deep coma for most of those 23 Proton Therapy Center, PI for Pro- ciation between carrying coins in your that? You rotten liberals. Stand up 1/2 hours they’re locked down ton Collab Grp-OKC, writes: pocket and the risk of a particular type and say something! Come on! Come alone and miserable in their tiny WiFi operates in the 2 to 5 GHz of tumor. It would set off a frenzy of back to me about this! I hope Donald cells. range — part of the microwave por- activity among a group of people who Trump buries all of you people. Inmates loaded up on Seroquel or tion of the electromagnetic spectrum. were convinced that this association God bless Donald Trump Zyprexa don’t have to get a higher This is in the same part of the spec- was real. They would lobby for a law Jerry Philbrick level of care (too expensive), don’t trum where cell phones operate so I requiring that warning signs be placed Comptche need constant suicide watch (too may refer to WiFi or cellphone elec- on change machines. The effect would PS. The man who killed and raped labor-intensive), and don’t get tromagnetic radiation interchange- snowball until some people would de- and did everything possible to Polly written up on disciplinary charges ably. These are radio waves — no mand that the government stop minting Klaas, is still in jail. He will never get for assaults on other inmates or staff different from those used to broad- coins. put away. He’s eating the best food, (too dangerous). cast television programs, except that So let’s review: three nice meals a day, shower, TV, Seroquel and Zyprexa are the they are higher in frequency. They • There is no biologic mechanism to probably gets to see his girlfriend, perfect solution. aren’t nearly as high a frequency as explain why non-ionizing radiation (like medical, nobody can touch him. Po- I’m sure HHSA’s Chief Opera- visible light, and no one worries about the cell phone’s emission of radio litical correctness is to blame for that. tions Office, Ann Molgaard, and the getting cancer from visible light (ul- waves) could induce any type of tumor. They have a lawyer watching him all Schrader Gang agree. It’s a good traviolet light, on the other hand, • We do have a mechanism to ex- the time. He will never have any harm business decision for them. causes skin cancer, but this is the plain the association coming to in. And then that guy who Here’s how their thinking goes: minimum energy necessary to cause between ionizing radiation and tumor just killed Molly Tibbetts. Nothing 1.) Incarcerate your clients. 2.) ionizations that can cause breaks in induction, but out of millions of people will happen to him. He will get cared Reclassify them as inmates. 3.) strands of DNA, which is the mecha- who have received radiation therapy to for and groomed and put in jail and Make them Sheriff Allman’s nism by which cancer cells can be their brain, only 73 radiation-induced he’ll have a liberal lawyer working problem. 4.) Load them up on created). There is no credible evi- gliomas have been reported in the with him and then a rotten liberal powerful anti-psychotics and dence that non-ionizing radiation has world’s literature. court judge will probably do nothing, make them compliant. 5.) any adverse health effects at all. There • For radiation-induced neoplasms I mean nothing! Isn’t that something? Pocket most of the many is no radiobiologic mechanism that in general, epidemiologic studies can Liberal judges let killers live. Come millions of dollars the county could explain such an association — show an increase in the likelihood of on people! Wake up! Get rid of the has budgeted for caring for our and absolutely no scientifically valid tumors with only a few thousand people liberals! seriously mentally ill. evidence that this has ever happened. over a time period less than ten years. PPS. Any liberal who wants to con- How do I know? I have treated patients with cancer • At least something on the order of front me face to face about this letter I worked for four years as a for over thirty years as a board-certi- millions (if not billions) of people have I would welcome it! Come on! You corrections deputy in the fied radiation oncologist and I am used cell phones for over two decades want to get your face slapped? Come County Jail’s Ad-Seg Unit. familiar with every carcinogenic agent now and there is no evidence that the on! If you dare. But you don’t. You And I was a grand juror for known to man. I’ll tell you with abso- incidence of brain tumors has increased are just ugly rotten people. three terms. lute certainty that radio waves cannot over that time period. If elected as the 1st District harm you (unless perhaps you were in Now let’s get down to why this sort County Supervisor next year, the path of a multi-megawatt micro- of irrational belief takes hold. To the Editor: I’ll work with my friend, wave beam, in which case they might We have essentially no control over The Tony Soprano of presumptive 3rd District Super- cook you. But as far as I know, there whether we live or die — except that Mendocino County visor, Johnny Pinches, to fire is no likelihood that this danger even we should avoid dangerous behaviors In the absence of real care, the bums, and rebuild from exists). like smoking, becoming obese, not perhaps HHSA management and scratch our county’s broken There has never been (and will never wearing seat belts, texting while driv- mental health contractor/manager mental health system. be) a randomized trial assessing the ing, etc. Otherwise, over a trillion cells Camille Schrader would like to The first to get fired should cause and effect relationship between carry on countless biochemical pro- know what really happens to our be County CEO Carmel Angelo. radio frequency emissions and neo- cesses that we have no control over. county’s “dually diagnosed” As the county’s head honcho plastic disease. In order to have a One out of four people will get cancer. patients — those who are both — the Board of Supervisors randomized study, half of the ran- Beyond avoiding foolish behavior, we seriously mentally ill people and work for her, not the other way domly selected subjects would need can’t influence that risk. who are also addicts or alcoholics. around — the county’s mental to avoid cellphone use and that’s not Since we have this subconscious, They get incarcerated in the health crisis should be laid right going to happen. ever-present fear of death, we employ county jail. at Angelo’s feet. Humans have been exposed to man- magical thinking to give us a false They get jailed in solitary But Angelo never takes the made radio frequency radiation for over sense of power over it. When we create confinement in the Administrative- blame. 100 years and we have always been artificial threats to our survival in our Segregation (Ad-Seg) Unit for 23 1/ Angelo threw her former exposed to microwave radiation from imagination, and then avoid practicing 2 hours a day. HHSA Director, Stacey Cryer, the cosmos. behaviors that make us vulnerable to Then they get loaded up on and former former Mendocino For example, the latency period for those threats, we feel we have some Seroquel or Zyprexa, so they can County Mental Health Director radiation induced malignancies is, on power over whether we live or die. sleep in a deep coma for most of Tom Pinizzotto under — both of the average, say 20 years, but epide- These are also known as superstitions. those 23 1/2 hours. them — under the bus to protect miologic studies of large groups of Primitive cultures made sacrifices to “Seroquel and Zyprexa are the her own job. people (that only require a few thou- imaginary gods so they wouldn’t de- drugs of choice among the mentally She disappeared Cryer and sand patients to reach statistical signifi- stroy their village. Children learn to ill and substance abusers behind Pinizzotto. Has anyone heard cance) exposed to ionizing avoid stepping on cracks. The bars”, said researchers at the annual anything about either of them? radiation start showing an increase germaphobe may engage in compul- meeting of the American Academy Anything? above baseline by seven years. So con- sive hand-washing. And some people of Psychiatry and the Law in 2011. It’s why them call Angelo the “Tony servatively, there should be at least a avoid putting their cell phone right next “An atypical antipsychotic with Soprano of Mendocino County”. She few excess cases of glioma caused by to their skin. potent sedative and anxiolytic not just the boss. She is The Boss. cellular (or WiFi) electromagnetic ra- Control those things you can and properties, Seroquel, is, along with John Sakowicz diation by now. keep the surprises to a minimum. Zyprexa, one of only two agents in See this reference, which looks at all its class to have a ‘street value’”, Ukiah the reported cases of gliomas caused by ionizing radiation (where we have a plausible explanation for cause and ef- fect. We do have evidence that cellphones (or WiFi) do NOT cause an increase in brain tumors. Look at the time period over which cellphone use became common — say, over the last twenty years. During that time, the incidence of brain tumors has remained absolutely flat. With over four billion people using cellphones (or WiFi) to-

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Mendocino Complex Fires: Choked Data Remains An Issue By Lisa Renner Capitol Weekly

As California’s largest wildfire moved swiftly, the that handles billing and switched to the new data plan,” internet speed in the area slowed to a crawl: Verizon Bowden said in the court filing. choked it down to the first responders battling the In the meantime, the firefighters had to use other Mendocino Complex blaze. agencies’ internet service providers or their own Assemblyman Marc Levine, D-San Rafael, says a personal devices. new law is necessary to protect first responders’ access “In light of our experience, County Fire believes it is to high-speed internet, although Verizon acknowledged likely that Verizon will continue to use the exigent the move and quickly apologized. nature of public safety emergencies and catastrophic Levine, who heads the Assembly’s Natural Disaster events to coerce public agencies into higher cost plans Response, Recovery and Rebuilding Committee, said ultimately paying significantly more for mission critical he appreciated Verizon’s actions, but said there’s no service—even if that means risking harm to public guarantee that the company won’t change its plans safety during negotiations,” Bowden said. again. Access to high-speed internet is critical for Santa Clara County Fire Department captain Bill firefighters in an emergency, he said. Murphy said this wasn’t the first time Verizon throttled “Water agencies don’t turn off the fire hydrant when back during an emergency. a fire department goes over their plan,” he said. It has happened three times since December, he said. “Getting access to information about how to contain “The broader issue is not only are we relying on [the fires and how to protect lives and homes is the same as internet] for routine digital communications, but the water for those firefighters,” he added. public is relying on us to communicate that way as Too late for lawmakers to craft legislation this year, well,” he said, adding that the department provides a the issue is likely to emerge in 2019. tremendous amount of information to the public during Verizon throttled back firefighters’ internet speeds in a fire, including evacuation maps, which roads are open July after they exceeded data limits in their plan. The and closed, and more. Photo: Bell Springs Photography company said it is introducing a new plan with unlim- Mike Maiorana, Verizon senior vice president of ited data that public safety agencies can upgrade to at public sector, said in a statement that Verizon is sorry Bronwyn Gilfillan is out at first as Maria Anderson catches the ball in game last week. no additional charge. Verizon also promised that in the for its actions. “In supporting first responders in the event of another disaster, it will lift such limits on Mendocino fire, we didn’t live up to our own promise Laytonville Co-Ed Softball Report public safety customers and provide full network of service and performance excellence when our By Shannon Ford access. process failed some first responders on the line,” he For the Observer Another summer of softball is wind- The firefighters’ internet speeds were throttled while said. women. There will be a fundraiser ing down. The yearend tournament they were combatting the biggest wildfire in Verizon representatives offered their apology in as this years league champions. BBQ both days with proceeds going for the Laytonville Co-ed Softball California’s history. person to an assembly committee hearing called by Games start at 8:30 a.m. with play towards a new softball/baseball League will take place this weekend The action came to light in a federal court filing Levine on the matter Aug. 24 in Sacramento. going on all day both Saturday and scoreboard for Harwood Park. Come at Harwood Memorial Park. All eight made by Santa Clara County Fire Chief Anthony That same day, U.S. Reps. Anna Eshoo, Nancy Sunday. Sunday at noon there will be on down eat some good food and teams will compete for bragging rights Bowden in a net neutrality case. “The throttling has had Pelosi and 11 other Northern California congres- a home run derby for both men and cheer on your favorite teams! a significant impact on our ability to provide emergency sional representatives sent a letter to the Federal services,” he said. “Verizon imposed these limitations Trade Commission calling for an investigation into Veterans Stand Down/Resource Fair despite being informed that throttling was actively whether Verizon engaged in deceptive business impeding County Fire’s ability to provide crisis- practices by throttling an unlimited data plan. Sept. 19th-20th response and essential emergency services.” “It is unacceptable for communications provid- By Observer Staff In the midst of fighting the blaze, the firefighters ers to deceive their customers, but when the learned that their data was reduced to 1/200 or less than consumer in question is a government entity The United Veterans Council of Lake County Inc. well as other programs related to educational, medical, previous speeds, even though they thought they had an tasked with fire and emergency services, we can’t (UVCLC) is sponsoring the fifth annual Lake-Mendocino legal, employment and food resources that are important unlimited data plan. afford to wait a moment longer,” they wrote. Stand Down/Veterans Resource Fair. The Stand Down is to our veterans. The fine print of the plan, however, said that their “The FTC must investigate whether Verizon and being organized by Lake County Vet Connect, and will The Lake-Mendocino Stand Down will also have re- data speeds would be reduced after they went over a other communications companies are being unfair take place on September 19th and 20th, from 9 a.m. to 4 sources available to veterans who are homeless, or at risk certain data limit. When firefighters complained to or deceptive in the services they’re offering to p.m., at the Lake County Fairgrounds, located at 401 of homelessness. Organizers are seeking volunteers to Verizon, customer service representatives “indicated public safety entities, and if so, to determine what Martin Street in Lakeport, California. assist with the event. Volunteers will assist in helping set that County Fire would have to switch to a new data remedies are appropriate to ensure our first The 2017 Stand Down/Resource Fair event hosted over up and close the venue, staging, issuing materials and plan at more than twice the cost, and they would only responders have adequate service when lives are 200 veterans and offered a variety of services, assistance, supplies to the veterans, and preparing food. Monetary remove throttling after we contacted the Department on the line.” and information, provided by more than 50 agencies and donations are also welcome. organizations. If you would like to volunteer to assist with this event or This year’s Stand Down will offer access to on-site donate, contact Frank Parker, UVCLC Vice President, at PolType expected to generate as much as the people who caused the contami- medical services, information on veterans benefits, as (707) 274-9512. from front page $100 million per year. nation are the ones who should be at As pointed out here before, there’s the head of the line to pay for its sembly is committed to identifying a water projects. Letters apply a “voluntary levy” on money available from other sources remediation. sustainable funding source to ensure “But much more needs to be done, To begin with, it was apparent that ratepayers of less than $1 per month — such as the state’s general fund and Anyway, on Friday, Aug. 31, in the safe drinking water for all Califor- and a piecemeal funding approach the Congressman’s town hall was would also establish a required tax various water bonds already issued— closing hours before the California nians. That’s why we put Proposition won’t work …” cursory at best. It was “announced” on dairies and fertilizer manufactur- that could be used for contaminated legislative year ended, Assembly 68 on the (June primary) ballot, which Of course, those are all the same with only seven (7) days notice and ers. The change also allowed groundwater remediation, which was Speaker Anthony Rendon announced included $540 million for water arguments that many of us made as to not to the general public. It was sched- customers to opt out of the tax, but exactly what Brown and the Budget that the proposed water tax bill was projects. In the budget this year, we why the tax wasn’t needed in the first uled for only one hour. The hour cho- it would have a nightmare for water Conference Committee did back in dead. also included over $25 million for place, but almost certainly the Sacra- sen was between 4 to 5 p.m., a time districts to administer. Altogether, June when they deep-sixed the water Rendon explained the reasons in a emergency drinking water projects, mento gang will resurrect it again in when the great majority of us are still the newly-minted bills were tax. The answer to this problem is that statement that said in part, “The As- lead testing and remediation, and other 2019. Rendon, demonstrating he has at work. I couldn’t help thinking that not given up on implementing a pub- traveling to the Coast takes immensely lic drinking water tax, said he plans more time than the Congressman al- on “building on the hard work of lotted to meet with our community. Healing Thru Awareness Workshop Senator Bill Monning and others in When the meeting began, it was re- Feeling stuck? Uninspired? Need a boost? this area, Assemblymembers Eduardo quested that questions presented by Participate in a group experience using Mindfulness, NLP and Garcia and Heath Flora have agreed the audience would be best kept to a Intuitive Arts processes which will allow you to become aware of to lead our house’s safe water ef- limit of one minute! forts.” what within you is ready and willing to change. Bring the gifts of Substance? Although it was valu- Sounds like a promise to me. Seems self-love and acceptance to yourself as only you can do. Learn to able and interesting for me and others like the only time politicians are seri- to get a better understanding about constructively express your emotions and manifest your desires. 3 ous about keeping their promises is class series August 20, 27 & September 10, 6-8 in Laytonville. some of the challenges the Congress- when it comes to taxes. man encounters in his role that are not Call Margaret with questions and to register. 707-354-3977. readily apparent to us, those chal- Letters lenges did not make up for the el- ephant in the room about what the To the Editor: plans and/or goals of the elected A Question About School Gun Democrats in the legislature are about Violence some extremely critical and life and On August 15th I received an email death issues. JIM COWLES from the office of Congressman Jared Besides neglecting to equate “keep- Huffman’s office regarding a Town ing our kids safe from gun violence ARTIST BLACKSMITH Hall to be held in Fort Bragg on Tues- while at school” as a major issue day, August 21st. I attended the town being addressed by our Washington hall and would like to share my legislators, a response that “the NRA thoughts. • Handforged ornamental ironwork for your home or business • has a very strong hold/influence on I am a Democrat, moving further • Lessons in blacksmithing also available • many of the legislators across the and further left as time goes by, as aisle,” was the Congressman’s an- well as a deeply committed “resister” swer. However, it was stated that a 46900 Meadow Lane 707-984-6204 to the existing government of the US, Democratic majority win in the No- Laytonville, CA 95454 [email protected] specifically, Trump and the remnants vember midterms would give our leg- etsy/shop/poonkinneyforge of what used to be the Republican islators more options to explore in poonkinneyforge.com party. (And to think I voted for Nixon!) dealing with this issue. I am, like so many other Americans, So, I attended the town hall and deeply concerned about the current asked a question about school gun state of the country and world and violence with the expectation of ac- looked forward to hearing from our quiring a better understanding of what Congressman. our leaders in Washington are I was not impressed. Are you curious about See Letters, page 5 Covered California & Medi-Cal? Joseph Feigon

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You can get FREE help with applying for health insurance from 707/984.4400 [email protected] One of these local non-profit organizations. Thursday, September 6, 2018 The Mendocino County Observer 5 Harvest Time: How To Pick, Dry And The Weather Report Store Your Cannabis It’s harvest time in Mendocino County, and a panel of experienced cannabis August High Low Rain Sky & Conditions cultivators will join host Jane Futcher to offer tips on when to harvest, how to Thu. 30 85 47 smoky dry and ways to store your flowers to ensure you have the best harvest ever. Fri. 31 90 44 light smoke We’ll take harvest questions and call ins at 11:40 a.m. at 707 895-2448. That’s September Thursday, Sept. Sat. 1 98 42 light smoke Sun. 2 103 45 partly cloudy, light 20, at the new time of 11 a.m. on KZYX. smoke Mon. 3 101 46 smoky Tue. 4 100 44 mostly sunny Ukiah Branch Library Hosting Wed. 5 95 44 mostly sunny Monarch Butterflies Near You —Weather data recorded by Mendocino County Observer By Roseanne Wetzel For the Observer

On Saturday, September 8th from 1-3:30 pm, Mendocino County Library, Meetings & Events Ukiah Branch is hosting Monarch Butterflies Near You. Learn about monarch butterflies, pollinator-friendly plants, and what scien- days to be certified | Please bring Love of the Wild!!! tists and community members in Mendocino County are doing to help lunch and beverage*Contact the NCO Monarch Butterflies and other local pollinators. Volunteer Network to register: (707) Over 3,000 books and expanded “Untitled (I Tan),” by Erica Lord. Join us for a presentation by Chris Ineich, avid gardener, naturalist and 462-1959 or [email protected] Summer Hours! Friends of the Long Representation And Reality: environmental educator who teaches at Sonoma State University and Mendocino Valley Public Library is hosting a College. We will then have a discussion about the local citizen scientist On Saturday, September 8 from book sale every Friday 1-6 p.m. at the Indigenous Photography Panel movement lead by Erin and Jess Arnsteen, who in their role directing farm and 5 to 8 p.m., the Sun House Guild Old Laytonville High School, east garden operations at Parducci Wine Cellars, have planted extensive pollinator will host its annual gala fundraiser, entrance. Great prices and new books Discusses Past And Future habitat throughout the vineyard and farm. There will be native milkweeds and “An Evening in Grace’s Secret every week! All proceeds benefit the friends of the Long Valley Public By Roberta Werdinger other pollinator plants for sale by long-time Mendocino County farmer with a Garden.” The event takes place in Library working towards building a For the Observer long-standing interest in eco-restoration, Phil Cool, and a seed library activity and around the Museum’s latest ma- by Mendocino County Library staff, Jen Lyon and Roseanne Wetzel. jor feature, the Wild Gardens. In- public library in Laytonville. For in- formation call Susan at 984-6070, On Sunday, September 16, from 2 to 3 p.m., the Grace Hudson Museum will This series is dedicated to learning about the citizen scientist movement in cluded are dinner, music, and live and or Healthy Start at 984-8089. host a conversation on Indigenous photography. Artist and C.N. Gorman Northern California, it is for all ages, and is sponsored by the Ukiah Valley silent auctions. All proceeds benefit Museum director Hulleah Tsinhnahjinnie, and C.N. Gorman curator Veronica Friends of the Library and Mendocino County Library. the Grace Hudson Museum. Tickets Longvalley Quilters - Girls Gone Passalacqua, discuss the genesis of “Our People, Our Land, Our Images,” as are $85 and may be purchased by Stitchin’ meetings are the 3rd well as exhibition themes focusing on representation, colonialism, cultural going to the Events page on the Meetings & Events Wednesday each month at 10 a.m. at continuity, sovereignty, and the future of indigenous photography. The event Museum’s website, The Fat Quail. All are welcome! More is free with Museum admission. www.gracehudsonmuseum.org, or by den inner circle.This annual event is info call The Fat Quail, 707-984-6966. Created by the C.N. Gorman Museum at UC Davis in 2006, “Our People, Sipola and Alder Springs, beer and stopping by the Museum during open sponsored by Occupy Mendocino. Our Land, Our Images” has traveled to museums and institutions large and kombucha by Draft Punk. Vending hours. For more information please Laytonville Healthy Start small in the last 12 years. The Grace Hudson Museum will be the last venue by you! Information: 937-0334 call 467-2836. The Grace Hudson Events—For more information please to show the exhibit, on view until Sept. 30. It’s a party and we’d love to see you Museum is at 431 S. Main St. in call (707) 984-8089 or visit The Grace Hudson Museum is at 431 S. Main St. in Ukiah. The Museum is all there. Who knows when we’ll see CALL TO ARTISTS/ Ukiah and is open Wednesday through www.laytonville.org/healthystart open Wednesday through Saturday from 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., and Sunday each other again after the rain starts? CRAFTSPEOPLE/VENDORS: Saturday 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., and Playgroup for kids! We set up the from noon to 4:30 p.m. General admission is $4; $10 per family; $3 for students All are welcome. Free admission. Harwood Memorial Park is currently Sunday from noon to 4:30 p.m. Note toys and the play space and provide and seniors; free to all on the first Friday of the month; and always free to 44851 N. Hwy 101, Laytonville. accepting vendor applications for the that the Museum will not be open for snack, you just bring yourself and members. For more information please go to www.gracehudsonmuseum.org We’re painting the town: please annual Laytonville Christmas Bazaar September First Friday in order to your child! Thursdays from 11:00 or call (707) 467-2836. join in! Craft Fair. This year’s Christmas Ba- prepare for the gala. zaar will be held on Sunday, Decem- a.m. to 1:00 p.m. Variety of activities Letters Skate Night at Harwood Hall re- ber 2, 2018 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at Free Access to Ancestry.com in for children 5 and under. turns Friday, September 7 & 14, 6- Harwood Hall in Laytonville. Appli- all Mendocino County Libraries — RED ROAD meets on Mondays strategizing and/or focusing on when little direction on how we could assert 8 p.m. Children and adults are wel- cations are available at the Healthy Mendocino County Library now of- at 5pm at the Cahto Tribal Center. dealing with guns and school shoot- those demands in this current politi- come to participate. $3 to enter and $2 Start office or by mail. Applications fers free in-house access to Follow signs for the Red Fox Casino, ing and what all I heard was that cal climate would have been a whole to rent skates. Concession stand and must be returned by September 28th, ancestry.com. Community members then keep going straight up the hill Democrats are hoping for a majority lot more palatable than “we are wait- lots of fun! 2018. For more information or to re- may use our Internet computers for instead of turning into the casino area. win in November. ing for a majority win.” Want to have a birthday party at ceive an application call 707-984- one hour a day OR may bring their 300 Cahto Drive. For info call 984- So, only with a Democratic major- Rosemary Mangino Skate Night? You must reserve by 8089. own wifi enabled devices for their 6197 ity could this issue be addressed? As Fort Bragg calling (707) 984-8089. searches. in let’s wait and see? I don’t know Are You Prepared? Mendocino The Mental Health Treatment about anyone else, but that was dis- International Peace Day, Septem- County Office of Emergency Ser- Regularly Scheduled M&Es Act Citizen’s Oversight Committee concerting for me to hear. I guess I Meetings & Events ber 21, 2018 - 1:30 pm, Howard Ennes vices and NCO Volunteer Network Listen to Jim Shields with (Measure B) meets monthly, the last expected and hoped that our legisla- Jr Memorial Peace Garden, Redwood Present: FREE Training for Mendocino Mike on KPFN 105.1, Wednesday of the month, 1pm to 3pm tors had perhaps some slightly more Coast Senior Center 490 N Harold Laytonville! CERT Basic Training every Saturday at 12 noon. They at the County Administration Build- Want your Meeting or Event definitive types of answers, more Street, Fort Bragg. The International is a fun and empowering way to learn talk about everything! Streamed Live ing (501 Low Gap Rd. Ukiah) in Con- listed? Please send us the who, what, along the lines of this is Plan A, if we Peace Day in Fort Bragg, honors the disaster preparedness, survival skills, Around The World At: http:// ference Room C. The committee is an when, where and why to the win the majority, or this is our Plan B, Mendocino Parents for Peace, a dedi- rescuer safety, team work, fire safety www.bellaopusradio.com (click on advisory committee to the Board of [email protected] and please C, D, etc. If 2016 taught us anything, cated group of activists who have and suppression, basic disaster medi- microphone). Supervisors regarding Ordinance keep us updated when your meet- it is that nothing is guaranteed and/or been marching for Peace on the cal operations and light search and #4387, Measure B, which adopted a ing or event changes. anything can happen! Congressman Northcoast for the past 20 years. Com- rescue. It will provide you with knowl- The Mendocino Wildlife Asso- County transactions sales and use tax Huffman! munity members and honorees will edge, skills and tools to help support ciation will be having monthly board for the specific purpose of funding “Second Fridays At Albert’s” In What if the Democrats don’t win share music, thoughts, meditation and yourself, friends, neighbors and fam- and volunteer meetings the 2nd Tues- improved services, treatment and fa- Scenic Downtown Laytonville back the majority? Another day, week, prayers to foster peace. Acoustic ily in times of disaster. SATURDAYS day of every month at the Hub in cilities for persons with mental health We’re changing it up a bit. The month? Time keeps passing — hop- music will be played by Danny Barca. IN SEPTEMBER 2018 September Willits. The board meeting is 4 p.m,- conditions. See https:// fourth and FINAL 2nd Friday of 2018 ing, praying that our children don’t Following the free event there will be 8th, 15th, & 22nd 8:30am - 5:30pm, 6 p.m. followed by a volunteer meet- www.mendocinocounty.org/commu- (Sept. 14) is going to be an end-of- experience our worst nightmare. a reception with refreshments. If you Laytonville Fire Department, 44950 ing from 6 p.m-8 p.m.. For info call: nity/mental-health-oversight-com- summer party. 4pm - sunset. Music I would also note in relation to this wish, please bring cut flowers and a Willis Avenue. Must attend all three 707-357-5693. All welcome for the mittee/agendas-and-minutes for fur- by Blue Luke and the Elements, Nook matter, the protest against violence small stone to add to the Peace Gar- ther information. that occurred in March of this year Burgers by Greengro Cart, wine by outside a luncheon that the NRA was having at Portuguese Hall in Fort Bragg, prompted a request to Con- gressman Huffman through his San Rafael and Fort Bragg offices for his participation in a town hall here in Fort Bragg, likewise extending that same invitation to our Chief of Police, Fabian Lizarraga to address gun vio- lence at school, as well as a look at the almost 50% of acts of gun violence against law enforcement in this na- tion that occur due to illegal gun own- ership. Chief Lizarraga has responded and we have since met and discussed the question. I would like to think improvements will be made locally. 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I would have at Mail to: MCO, POB 490, Laytonville, CA 95454 the very least accepted the rationale offered by the Congressman on this Call: (707) 984-6223 or email: [email protected] issue, if it would have been acknowl- edged that nothing will ever happen Subscriber Rates: In-County - $30, Out-County - $32, Outside CA - $35. Seniors (65 and older) unless we come together as citizens deduct $2 from above rates. and demand our voices be heard. A 6 The Mendocino County Observer Thursday, September 6, 2018 CLASSIFIED ADS LEGAL NOTICES Real Estate For Sale NOTIFICATION OF DEFAULT HEALTHY SERVICES TERMINATION TRIAL IN THE Laytonville SERVICES SERVICES DISTRICT COURT OF THE (707) 984-7000 LIVING FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT IN THE STATE OF IDAHO, IN AND Willits Alcoholics Anonymous BACKHOE FOR HIRE FOR THE COUNTY OF ADA (707) 459-6175 All open meetings WATER 43 years experience as a business. In the Interest of JAMESON Selzer Realty CalBRE#00413804 MONDAYS -12 Noon AA Same rates for 20 years. Small jobs FUERSTENBERG: Women’s Meeting DELIVERED ok. Non-contractor, formerly Rob- A Child Under Eighteen Years Active Listings TUESDAYS - 7 p.m. Alcoholics n-Hoe Backhoe Service. Call Rob of Age. • 27+ acres with building pad, septic, developed water, zoned UR 20. $279,000 Anonymous 3rd Tues 6:30 p.m.- R. Skinner Decker at 1-707-354-3920 TO: KENDRA LINTON, the 1.5 hrs Potluck (707) 354-0101 natural mother of said Jameson • 2005 Manufactured home on 2.75 flat acres, close to town. $329,000 • 10 acres with 3/2 Manufactured home, power and well. $339,000 THURSDAYS - 7 p.m. Alcoholics or Fuerstenberg: Anonymous YOU AND EACH OF YOU, • 2000 sf custom 3B/2b home on 10 private acres. Garage, well, pool. FRIDAYS - 7 p.m. Alcoholics 354-1011 Registering will hereby take notice: $454,000 Anonymous That a Petition under the Ter- WEDNESDAYS - 7 p.m. Narcotics Event Space Rental A Fictitious mination Act was filed in the In Escrow Anonymous Rent the above-entitled matter on the 16th • 144 acre mountain property, abundant springs. Price reduced! $279,000 LOCATION: Laytonville Fellow- day of August, 2018. ship (AA) meets at the Long Valley Long Valley Garden Club Business That a Default Termination Sold! Garden Club, 375 Harwood Rd. Hourly: $20/ $30 with kitchen Trial on the Petition has been set • A-Frame with second story deck on 2 acres overlooking the lake. Laytonville. NA meets at Long Full day: $100/ $130 w/ kitchen Name for 2:00 p.m. on the 4th day of $329,000 Valley Lumber, Hwy 101. For info 2 hour minimum October, 2018, in the Magistrate • 40 acre Lake. $40,000 (707) 984-7430 • 2200 sf 4B2b new custom home on 1.36 acres.$499,000 call 984-8339. A Fictitious Business Court, Ada County Courthouse, Freethinkers Group - An AA meet- 200 West Front Street, Boise, • Home and shop on 1 acre, power, city water, close to town. $315,000 Name statement (D.B.A. or ing without religion. A ONCE A RON KRIGIN Idaho 83702. Unless you file a • 1400 sf 2B/2b artists retreat on 18 open and rolling acres. Great “doing business as”) must responsive pleading within twenty well. $465,000 MONTH meeting only, last Thurs- PUMP SERVICES days at 4pm, Laytonville Grange PUMP SERVICES be registered with the (20) days, a default judgment may 1620 Branscomb Road please call county clerk of the county be entered against you. Water Tanks Margaret Andrews Alison Pernell 984-8339 of the registrant’s principal That you have the right to be Call: 984-8495 (707) 354-3977 707.972.1364 (cell) RED ROAD meets on Mondays at place of business if the represented by Counsel of your Cal BRE Lic # 02055690 5pm at the Cahto Tribal Center. Fol- business is any of the choosing or upon good cause Cal BRE Lic #01402242 low signs for the Red Fox Casino, shown, providing you are finan- following: website: www.realtyworldselzer.com then keep going straight up the hill • Sole proprietorship cially needy, the Court may ap- instead of turning into the casino doing business under a point Counsel to act in your be- area. 300 Cahto Drive. For info call half. name not containing the 984-6197 •Pay at the Pump That you are required to regis- •Gas - Reg & owner’s surname, such as ter your claim of paternity with Playgroup for children 5 •Diesel Smith Accounting Ser- the Vital Statistics Unit of the years old and younger and •Groceries vices; Department of Health and Wel- their parents. Come play •Beer & Wine • Partnership; or, fare prior to the date of any termi- games, socialize with other Open: 7 a.m. to 11 p.m. • Corporation doing nation proceeding, or proceeding kids and parents. Laytonville 365 days a year business under a name wherein the child is placed with 459-4854 • 1799 S. Main St. • Willits Healthy Start provides the other than its legal name an agency licensed to provide adoption services, pursuant to toys and a snack, all you do is You must contact the LAYTONVILLE Idaho Code 16-1513(5). show up and play! Playgroup Mendocino County Clerk’s DISPOSAL CO. DATED this 16th day of Au- new day and time! Thurs- office, in Ukiah, for SEPTIC TANK gust, 2018. days 11:30-1p.m. at information regarding PUMPING SERVICE CHRISTOPHER D. RICH Harwood Hall. Information: filing or registering ficti- Clerk of the District Court 984-8089. tious business names. Ada County, Idaho The statement must be BY: Laurel Thomas, Deputy filed within 40 days of the Clerk Laytonville Healthy Start commencement of business 8/23, 8/30, 9/6/18 Lic. #927978 Diaper Drive or before the statement on CNS-3165192# 984-8245 file expires. Along with the MENDOCINO COUNTY OB- Bring unopened Leave Message original, the county may SERVER packages in any size require several copies of the PUBLIC NOTICES PUBLIC NOTICES to Healthy Start, statement for filing. The California Cannabis Track- microbusinesses. Harwood Road and Laytonville county clerk will certify and FICTITIOUS BUSINESS and-Trace System Information Additional information on the CCTT return all copies to the system, including the five-step guide Willis Ave. MINI-STORAGE NAME STATEMENT California’s three state cannabis li- registrant, keeping the for using CCTT, can be found in the For info call 984-8089. FOR INFO CALL File No. 2018-F0463 censing authorities have published a links provided below. original. Within 30 days The following person(s) is new five-step guide for annual licens- Five Steps for Using the Track-and- 984-8000 after filing a fictitious ees to follow when using the California Trace System: https://cannabis.ca.gov/ (are) doing business as: Cannabis Track-and-Trace (CCTT) wp-content/uploads/sites/13/2018/09/ NEED FINANCIAL AID business name statement, GOL Partnership, 69501 system. Track-and-Trace-5-Step-Sheet- Getting your cats or the registrant must publish Hwy. 101 N., Leggett, CA The CCTT system will be used state- Compliant.pdf dogs Spayed Laytonville County the statement in a newspaper 95585. wide to record the inventory and move- Frequently Asked Questions About ment of cannabis and cannabis prod- the Track-and-Trace System: https:// or Neutered? Water District of general circulation in the This business is registered by a ucts through the commercial cannabis cannabis.ca.gov/wp-content/uploads/ county of its principal place Married Couple, Gary Ray supply chain. This system will be used sites/13/2018/09/ • Have a question? by all state cannabis licensees, includ- Application of business. The notice must Ballard and Diana K. Ballard- FAQ_CCTT_8.15.18.pdf • Interested in a Doll, 69501 Hwy. 101 N., ing those with licenses for cannabis CCTT System General Information: appear once a week for four cultivation, manufacturing, retail, dis- https://cannabis.ca.gov/track-and- forms are now water hookup? Leggett, CA 95585. successive weeks. Within 30 tribution, testing labs, and trace-system/ available in Remember: The registrant (s) commenced to days of the last publishing Laytonville at Before digging on your transact business under the property, call our office. date, the newspaper will file fictitious business name or the Observer It’s the law. an affidavit of publication names listed above on Observer Classified Rates with the county clerk’s September 22, 2004. office and at the 1 Week - $7 week rate. This statement was filed with Customer Service Office office. 2 Weeks - $13.50 ($6.75/wk) Private Parties only. Feed Store the County Clerk of Mendocino Open Mon-Fri 3 Weeks - $19.50 ($6.50) Bargain Box Rates on July 31, 2018. Note: A Fictitious Busi- 4 Weeks - $25 ($6.25) 10 words or less 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. NOTICE-In accordance with ness Name statement gener- 5 Weeks - $30 ($6) $5 per week Tel: 707-984-6444 Subdivision (a) of Section ally expires five years from 6 Weeks - $34.50 ($5.75) Any Category — Private Parties email: [email protected] 17920, a Fictitious Name the date it was filed with the Rates are for 1-20 words Only Statement generally expires five Each Additional word(s) over 20 Payable in advance — no refunds County Clerk. A New years from the date it was filed P.O. Box 32 is 30¢ per word. for early cancellation Fictitious Business Name with the County Clerk, except 45020 Hwy 101 More than 6 weeks - Repeat 6 (Boomer’s Bar Bldg) statement must be filed as provided in Subdivision (b) Laytonville, CA 95454 before the expiration. of Section 17920, where it expires 40 days after any The Observer charges change in the facts set forth in the statement pursuant to LEGAL NOTICES LEGAL NOTICES NOW IS THE TIME TO Observer $75 to publish a Fictitious section 17913 other than a Laytonville County Fire Business Name statement Cannabis Information Call SNAP and filing the affidavit of change in the residence address Water District Starters/ of a registered owner. A New Restriction On Outdoor Irriga- & Complaint Hotlines publication. Stop by the Fictitious Business Name tion/Watering With LCWD Potable at 462-7874 Wrapping Observer office (second 1-844-421-WEED Statement must be filed before Water The County’s Cannabis Papers floor of Laytonville Post the expiration. Outdoor watering/irrigation is Information Hotline is (1-844- SNAP (Spay Neuter Now Office building, or call The filing of this statement allowed seven days per week. Assistance Program) is (707) 984-6223 for infor- does not of itself authorize the However no irrigation/watering is 421-WEED (9333)). It’s for all a nonprofit Available mation. use in this state of a Fictitious allowed from 11:00 a.m. to 5:00 cannabis related inquires, organization and if you $1 Per Bundle Business Name in violation of p.m. questions, and/or to be directed would like to make a the rights of another under Restriction On Outdoor Irriga- to the appropriate department tax deductible All Proceeds Federal, State, or common law tion/Watering associated with the inquiry. All donation, please mail Donated To Advertise (See Section 14411 et seq., Violation Procedures interested parties will call one to: SNAP, POB 4, Spay-Neuter Business and Professions Code). For violations of the Restrictions number for cannabis related Your New On Outdoor Irrigation/Watering, the Talmage, CA 95481 inquiries. This hotline includes Assistance I declare that all information following progressive steps of Business options on how to register Donation Jars are also Program in this statement is true and warning and fines shall occur: located at many for correct. A registrant who • A first violation will result in cannabis complaints, where to Merchants businesses (SNAP) declares as true any material the customer receiving a verbal apply for permits, where to pay around Laytonville Stop By low matter pursuant to Section warning (confirmed in writing), cannabis related taxes, informa- Observer 17913 of the Business and along with a copy of the Outdoor tion regarding the building Observer weekly Professions code that the Irrigation/Watering Policy. permit process, as well as Published Thursdays Office registrant knows to be false is • A second violation will result in general information regarding Ad and Editorial rates guilty of a misdemeanor punish- a fine of $25. (Post Office the County’s Cannabis Cultiva- Deadline Tuesday at 5 p.m. able by a fine not to exceed one • A third violation will result in a (707) 984-6223 tion Program. For Ad info call Building) thousand dollars ($1,000). fine of $50. (707) 984-6223 or or email /s/Gary R. Ballard • A fourth violation may result in For criminal complaints call or email Call 984-6223 Pub: Aug. 23, 30, Sept. 6, 13, the customer’s service being the MCSO TIP LINE at 707- [email protected] [email protected] 2018 restricted or shut off. 234-2100. Thursday, September 6, 2018 The Mendocino County Observer 7 Wildlife. “We have continued to substantially whether or not it Laytonville Area Churches Is Your Business lose wetlands. And there are losses adopts its own regulations. or Organization occurring that are completely The Trump administration’s outside the permitting process, moves so far have been followed by In Need of which is really problematic.” more court actions and more Grace Community Church Employees California actually began drafting uncertainty. The latest development (Formerly Shepherd of the Valley) or Staff? its own wetlands rule in 2004, came on Aug. 16, when a federal Non-Denominational partly to fulfill the “no net loss” judge in South Carolina issued an Advertise Here. Pastor Alan Klier policy and to provide more regula- injunction against the Weekly Worship Services Call 707-9846223 tory certainty. It went through administration’s February order Sundays or email: several revisions but was never suspending WOTUS. But the order Potluck – 4:45 p.m. completed. The effort took on more only applies in 26 states not covered [email protected] Worship Service – 6 p.m. urgency with Trump’s election by stays issued in two previous Wednesdays in 2016. court rulings. Potluck – 12 noon California’s authority to regulate In the West, this means the Bible Study – 1 p.m. Wetlands wetlands on its own arises from the Obama-era WOTUS rules are again Come join our extended Church Family — God is Good from back page general legal principles of state- in force in California, Oregon, 984-7042 hood, Doremus said: states can Washington and Texas, but not in Foster and Harwood Road, Laytonville adopt any regulations that promote Alaska, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, scope of WOTUS since 2001,” said the public welfare. Wyoming, Utah, Nevada, Arizona Holly Doremus, a professor of In addition, California has and New Mexico. environmental law at the University established the legal basis to protect Because of the state water board’s of California, Berkeley. all its waters in the Porter-Cologne delays, another pressure has come That was the year the U.S. Water Quality Control Act. The to bear: Gov. Jerry Brown’s term Supreme Court ruled that the EPA law, adopted in 1969, gives the state ends this year. Even assuming CHURCH OF DIVINE LINEAGE and the Army Corps had been authority to enforce water quality another Democrat replaces him, the 60991 Bell Springs Road, Laytonville applying the law too broadly, and in wetlands. transition to a new administration that some waters not connected to California’s new regulations will be disruptive. Treat with due respect whoever may come to you. traditionally navigable waterways would seek to protect wetlands and In addition, Marcus’ own term as Give water to the thirsty, food to the hungry, should not be regulated. A clear other waterways as “waters of the chair of the water board ends clothes to the unclothed and shelter to the destitute. definition of regulated waterways state.” Officially described as in January. It will please God.” had to be made. “dredge and fill” regulations, the “We’ve been really disappointed —Shirdi Sai Baba (1830 - 1918) A second Supreme Court ruling rules would govern any activities the state board has not yet finalized in 2006 made things more confus- that disturb wetlands and other the policy,” Zwillinger said. “It’s ing: a divided court held that waters surface waters. been a decade in the making. And Full & New Moon Prayers & Fire Ceremonies, 2 - 6 pm with a “significant nexus” to A starting point for the rules is with the new, urgent threat at the Saturday, September 8th something navigable could be simply defining a wetland. A key federal level, we’d like to see it get Monday, September 24th regulated. This led to the 2015 difference from federal regulations across the finish line in this Monday, October 8th WOTUS rule adopted by the is that the state’s proposal does not [state] administration.” Obama administration. require the presence of vegetation to Marcus could not say when the Peace Fire: Sunday, September 23rd The court’s definitions left a lot declare that a water body is a water board might adopt the new of room for interpretation. As a wetland. The state rules require rules. The board has already held See our website: www.peacefires.org result, the Obama administration water to be present long enough for many days of public hearings and All our fire ceremonies can be watched live now on the websites and on facebook. drew a large regulatory circle after a anaerobic (absence of oxygen) workshops on the draft policy. But www.divinelineage.org years-long effort to analyze the conditions to exist in the upper soil more deliberations will be required learn.divinelineage.org issue. Now the Trump administra- surface of the water body. before adoption, and none have www.peacefires.org tion wants to draw it much smaller. Another goal is to streamline the been scheduled yet. Twitter: @divine_lineage “The core of that problem is that process of obtaining a permit, for “Because it’s so contentious, FB: Divine Lineage wetlands are not necessarily water example, to dredge a harbor, or we’re trying to get it right,” and they’re not necessarily dry land. pave a parking lot in an area that Marcus said. LOVE, DEVOTION, SERVICE, PEACE It’s hard for the public to under- may or may not be a wetland. stand,” Doremus said. “If you or I Currently, due to the absence of went out and stood somewhere and clear state regulations, the permit Meetings & Events looked around, we wouldn’t process can vary quite a bit in necessarily know whether a place different regions of the state. broadband options for the residents should be a wetland or not. It does “We won’t make it crystal clear, National Alliance on Mental Ill- Laytonville Grange Happenings: 7 p.m. Narcotics Anonymous meets of our county. Public outreach meet- take a technical but we will make it way more clear ness Support Group. This group is Grange Monthly Meeting First in #6 of the business complex next ings are held on the first Friday of expert examination.” than it is and give some degree of for those with a family member or Wednesday of the month potluck at 5 to Long Valley Lumber, Hwy 101. every other month in Ukiah at 204 S. California’s “no net loss” comfort to both the environmental friend dealing with any mental ill- PM and meeting 5:30 PM Meeting time is Saturday 7 p.m. Oak Street (Community Foundation wetlands policy arose from a 1993 community and the developer ness. If you are interested in this group, All welcome For info call 984-8339. office) from 10-11:45 am. Please visit rd proclamation by then governor Pete community,” said the SWRCB’s please call Nikki at Laytonville Grange Breakfast 2nd Sunday of Friday (3 Fri. of month) – our website Wilson. The proclamation also Marcus. “We’re trying to create Healthy Start. the month 8-11 AM Laytonville Food Bank, Long Val- at www.mendocinobroadband.org for declared that the state must work to enough clarity for good government First Sunday of the Month: Fiber Arts Workshop 4th Satur- ley Garden Club, 375 Harwood Road, agendas and more information, or call increase wetland acreage over time. while protecting YouthSpeaksOut! on KZYX/Z day of the month 10 AM to 2 PM, 2-4 p.m. Max monthly income guide- 707-354-3224. Although it has remained state precious wetlands.” (91.5/90.7/88.1 FM and share your knowledge of spinning, lines: 1 person: $16,755/yr, $1,396/ The Ukiah Veterans Clinic is now policy ever since, the policy has not Even though California is moving www.kzyx.org) Students from weaving, knitting, and sewing. For mon., 2 people: $22,695/yr., 1891/ offering free Legal Assistance. been fulfilled. to adopt its own regulatory pro- Laytonville and Willits will discuss Info call Jane Evans 707-272-4009. mon., 3 people: $28,635/yr., $2,386/ Geraldine Lewis will be available on There is no formal state program gram, losing an active federal topics relevant to their lives. Call-in Ham Radio Operators: mon (for 4 or more people contact a first come, first serve format. to monitor wetland acreage, but presence will be challenging. One show at 456-9991. Shows are archived Laytonville net is open 6:45 PM on Norma Branson at 984-6825.) Thursday’s at 12 noon at 630 Kings evidence suggests total acreage has reason is that the Army Corps plays at www.youthspeaksout.net. Sup- Wednesdays Frequency 146.535, call Corner, Ukiah, CA 95482. Walk in declined since 1993. The state has a big role in identifying and ported by Laytonville Healthy Start Life Jensen KJ6VIE or 984-8339 and SEWING, KNITTING & and sign up. lost at least 91 percent of its historic mapping waterways that should be Coalition’s Drug Free Communities Jane Evans KJ6VIA or 272-4009. CROCHET CIRCLE at the Alcoholics Anonymous - all wetlands, according to the U.S. protected under the WOTUS rule – Program. Vipassana Meditation Group for WILLITS GRANGE Thursday open meetings at Long Valley Geological Survey. a process known as delineation. If times call 272-4009 afternoons, during the Farmer’s Garden Club, 375 Harwood Road. “This federal rollback is a big federal changes eliminate or The Long Valley Garden Club Market, is now a time to sew or knit Meeting times: Women’s meeting threat,” said Rachel Zwillinger, substantially shrink this role, the meets the first Wednesday of each The Broadband Alliance of together, let’s make new friends, Monday 12 noon. Regular meetings water policy adviser at Defenders of state’s workload is likely to increase moth at 12:30 p.m. at 375 Harwood Mendocino County is a grass-roots share talent, technique and style! Road (Garden Club building). organization that works to improve are Tuesdays, Thursdays, Friday sat Open Studio between 3 to 5:30pm in Room 10. 8 The Mendocino County Observer Thursday, September 6, 2018 ERRP from front page

Control Board (NCRWQCB). Studies were initiated in 2013 under the direction of UCB doctoral candidate Keith Bouma-Gregson who worked with volunteers and set up the study design for assessing toxic cyanobacteria on a basinwide scale. Data were collected weekly in 2013 and 2014 as a basis for Keith’s doctoral dissertation. In 2015-2017, data were collected monthly during summer months. A total of 332 cyanotoxin sampling devices were deployed at 20 locations throughout the Eel River watershed from 2013 to 2017. Results indicated widespread occurrence of two types of toxins produced by cyanobacteria: anatoxin-a and microcystin. Dog deaths documented since 2001were as a result of exposure to anatoxin-a, which is a fast-acting neurotoxin. Microcystin attacks the liver and is a significant problem in the nearby Klamath River, but it occurs at only very low levels in the Eel River basin and has little potential impact on public health presently. The cyanobacteria Anabaena, the greatest source of anatoxin-a, thrives in warm water, particularly in stagnant water at channel margins. This colonial organism forms on dead and dying Cladophora, the beneficial green algae that fuels the aquatic food chain. Anabaena creates dark green spires that have embedded oxygen bubbles created during photosynthesis. Segments tend to become buoyant in the afternoon and can be loosened by wind and float downstream to form scums and floating mats. When dogs roll in patches of Anabaena or frolic through scums and then lick their fur, they are exposed to a lethal dose of neurotoxins. The South Fork Eel River had the highest levels of anatoxin-a in most years. In 2013, the highest levels were in the lower reach at Phillipsville; in 2014, the highest levels were measured farther upstream, near Piercy. The pattern changed in 2015, when the highest anatoxin-a levels were measured in the lower Middle Fork, upper Eel, the lower Eel River, and the Van Duzen River near Carlotta, as well as in the South Fork. Very low flows and high air temperatures in spring of 2015 gave blooms an early start and there were no flushing flows until November. Extremely Humane Society Pet of the Week low late summer flows may also have allowed Anabaena colonization If you need a large dose of cute then come meet Wiggles! She is love in across the entire river bed, as opposed to just in the edges of the stream. motion! As we get to know her, she seems to be well socialized with dogs and The high flow years of 2016 and 2017 had much lower levels of people. Her first time in play group went well and her potential is huge. She cyanotoxins basinwide. definitely wants to please and has a very loving nature. This one-year-old Although Middle Fork and upper main Eel River locations had higher youngster has but one desire in life and that is a family to call her own! She’s water temperatures than the South Fork, they rarely had high levels of cyanotoxins. This suggests factors other than water temperature are driving ready, are you? blooms and nutrient pollution is suspected. Summer base flow of the South For more information and to learn how you can adopt a dog or cat of your Fork Eel River has declined from historic levels based on U.S. Geologic own, visit The Humane Society for Inland Mendocino County, at 9700 Uva Survey data, and this promotes warming and nutrient concentration. This Drive in Redwood Valley (right down the street from the broiler). Operating pushes the river past a tipping point from a cold-water/green algae domi- hours are: Wednesday-Friday, 1 to 5 p.m.; Saturday and Sunday, 11 a.m. to 3 nated ecosystem to a warm water/cyanobacteria dominated one. p.m.; closed Monday and Tuesday. You can reach the Humane Society for The report acknowledges that direct water diversion plays a role in Inland Mendocino County by telephone at 707-485-0123. diminished base flows, but points out that perturbed watershed hydrology may be of equal or greater import. Forests in the Eel River watershed were Photo: Rod Coots profoundly altered by post WWII logging. Stands of old growth trees spaced far apart were replaced with dense forests of mixed conifers and ACS Pet of the Week hardwoods that use much more water due to increased evapotranspiration. Shy and delicate — that’s lovely May. This beautiful dog is so sweet and 3rd District Supervisor High road densities, another legacy of logging, increase winter peak flows mellow, and would love to find a home where she can feel comfy, relaxed and and diminish percolation into the landscape. These two factors effects are safe. May is a 10 month old spayed female mixed breed dog who currently Candidate’s Debate likely contributing to decreased summer flows. weighs 40 pounds. May will need a CAT-FREE family. May needs some Sunday, September 23rd In 2016 a dog died along the upper Eel River within the Potter Valley fattening up. She’s a beautiful dog with a shiny coat and deep, beautiful, soulful Project at Trout Creek of apparent exposure to cyanotoxins. Lush growth of eyes. We think she will blossom with the help of her new family. The Ukiah 2 p.m. another anatoxin-a producing species, Phormidium, was found nearby and Shelter is located at 298 Plant Road in Ukiah, and adoption hours are Tuesday, Harwood Hall was the likely source of the toxins. This species prefers fast-moving riffles Thursday, Friday & Saturday from 10 am to 4:30 pm and Wednesday from 10 and can tolerate cold water. It is well studied in New Zealand, where it am to 6:30 pm. Many wonderful dogs and cats, await their forever homes here. Harwood Road & Willis Avenue causes widespread livestock mortality. Further study is needed to under- To view photos and bios of more of the wonderful adoptable animals, please Laytonville stand more about what is causing Phormidium blooms and what level of visit online at www.mendoanimalshelter.com or visit the shelter. Please join public health risk they pose in the upper Eel River. us the 2nd Saturday of every month for our “Empty the Shelter” pack walk and The Debate Is Jointly Sponsored By: ERRP is once again conducting basin wide cyanotoxin and water help us get every dog out for some exercise! For more information about temperature monitoring in 2018. Low flows are causing significant late adoptions please call 707-467-6453. • The Mendocino County Observer summer algae blooms, similar to 2015. Aquatic recreation is not recom- • KPFN FM 105.1 mended at present on the lower South Fork or lower main Eel River. • Laytonville County Water District Because there is no dedicated funding for cyanotoxin research, ERRP is Laytonville, in a cabin on a piece of property. A warrant check was conducted • Laytonville Healthy Start conducting a fundraising drive to get public support for this important through Sheriff’s Office dispatch and deputies discovered Langenderfer had • Mendocino Wildlife Association work. Donations can be mailed to ERRP, P.O. Box 214, Loleta, CA 95551 an outstanding Felony warrant for his arrest, a violation of community or made on-line at www.eelriverrecovery.org. supervision. • Mendocino Cannabis Industry Association In addition to the new report, the website has links to Keith Bouma- Langenderfer attempted to flee out the back of the cabin and as he did he • Mendocino County Growers Association Gregson’s doctoral dissertation and three related peer reviewed publica- encountered two deputies at the rear of the cabin. Langenderfer turned to go • Willits Environmental Center tions. His work and UCB involvement were made possible by an Environ- back into the cabin and encountered another deputy inside of the cabin at which mental Protection Agency STAR Fellowship and the National Science time Langenderfer gave up and was taken into custody without further Questions From Sponsoring Foundation Eel River Critical Zone Observatory grant. Call 707 223-7200 incident. Langenderfer was placed under arrest and transported to the Mendocino Organizations & The Audience if you want to volunteer or to request monitoring of the river reach or creek near you. County Jail where he was to be held without bail. Refreshments Will Be Served power for itself in response to to a local hospital for medical treatment. Wetlands Trump’s regulatory rollbacks. Phipps was subsequently booked into the Mendocino County Jail where he “Our update will advance the ball was to be held in lieu of $25,000 bail. from front page and add clarity without giving up Water Resources Control Board any authority that’s important to Laytonville Man Attempts To Run From (SWRCB) began preparing its own protect wetlands,” said Felicia Felony Warrant Arrest rules, which would put the state in Marcus, chair of the SWRCB and a On Tuesday, Sept. 4, at about 11:37 a.m., Mendocino County Sheriff’s full control of wetland protection. former EPA regional administrator deputies were investigating reported thefts in the area of the 39200 block of Old If passed later this year, it could during the Clinton administration. Sherwood Road in Laytonville, California. become the first move by a state to “That’s what we’re working on.” While in the area Deputies contacted Brandon Langenderfer, 25, of seize a broad arena of regulatory The WOTUS rule has been around – under various names and iterations – as a component of the Clean Water Act, which was first adopted by Congress in 1972. The overarching goal is to prevent pollution and erosion that harms water quality for people and wildlife. Building in wetlands and other water bodies, including the dredging needed to maintain harbors, often causes pollution by eliminating natural filtration and stirring up contaminated sediment. The rules have been jointly enforced by the EPA and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. They also apply to tidal waters, seasonal streams, ponds, lakes, playas, meadows, mudflats and any waters considered “navigable” or important to industry or commerce. As a result, how the rule is interpreted and applied has huge implications for the environment and the economy. For decades, this interpretation had been left intentionally vague, both to provide regulatory flexibil- ity and to avoid controversy. “There’s been confusion over the See Wetlands, page 7