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Community Your health: LETTERS Sports Digest Ask Dr. Gott Our readers write .............Page 6 ..............Page 3 ...................................Page 4 INSIDE Mendocino County’s Daily Digest The Ukiah local newspaper ..........Page 2 Tomorrow: Overcast, windy, chance of rain 7 58551 69301 0 TUESDAY Feb. 28, 2006 50 cents tax included DAILY JOURNAL ukiahdailyjournal.com 16 pages, Volume 147 Number 325 email: [email protected] Suspects to be tried in Henry case Three storms murdered Kevin Henry, 39, of Albion. Trent said that Henry had suffered blunt Judge rules not enough Judge Henderson did not find that force trauma to the head, face and left evidence to support there was sufficient evidence to support a hand. Most of the blunt force injuries to strike county hate crime charge, or to support charges were located on Henry’s head and face hate crime charges of carjacking and kidnapping in the and he had not been struck more than 10 By BEN BROWN process of carjacking. times, Trent said. The final day of testimony in the pre- Trent said a beating of this type would The Daily Journal during the week Judge Richard Henderson ruled that liminary hearing centered on the testimo- likely have rendered the victim uncon- ny of Dr. Jason Trent who is the contract- scious and could have been fatal by itself. Rhuel said a low pressure there was sufficient evidence to try No repeat of New system, from the east, met up Trevor Conley, 23, and Nathan ed medical examiner for Mendocino In addition to the blunt force trauma County. injuries, stab wounds were found on Year’s flooding with a cold front moving McWilliams, 22, both of Ukiah on across northwest California charges that they kidnapped, robbed and Trent testified to the wounds found on Henry’s body at the time of the autopsy. See HENRY, Page 16 expected Sunday night, to cause precip- By BEN BROWN itation. “It’s just moisture associat- The Daily Journal ed with those systems,” Rhuel After two weeks of clear, said. warm weather, rain has A high pressure system New pilot for mobile library returned to Mendocino moving into the area on County. A trio of storms are Wednesday should provide at expected to roll through the least a day of clear weather area this week but are not pre- before another storm moving dicted to cause the damage south from the Gulf of Alaska seen during the New Year’s will bring low temperatures, flooding. rain, and lowered snow levels, Meteorologist Robert Rhuel said. Rhuel of the National Weather Despite the forecasted Service said Mendocino heavy rains, Rhuel said the County can expect between widespread flooding we saw four and five inches of rain over New Year’s was not pre- from three storms that are dicted. expected to move in from the east. See STORMS, Page 16 Amy Wellnitz/The Daily Journal Judith Kayser is the new bookmobile librarian for the Mendocino County Library. By SETH FREEDLAND academic library training and others time the Bookmobile stops. The The Daily Journal pulled for only a GED as necessary. Civilian Conservation Corps in Judith Kayser has some books They ended up settling on requiring a Talmage gets “heavy duty” into both she’d like to offer you. Hundreds, bachelor’s degree. horror novels and legal books. The really. Kayser -- who holds a Master’s most popular genre county-wide Mendocino County’s new Degree in library science, and has might be the mysteries, Kayser said. Bookmobile librarian distributes fic- worked as a school and university “I see what the patrons are reading tion, nonfiction and periodicals to a librarian for 15 years -- said the super- (before) purchasing new items,” said whopping 64 different locations. From visors’ final result made for sound Kayser, who started work in January. as far north as Piercy and as far south policy. “A lot of the items are very current as Sonoma County -- what good “(This job) should require a knowl- because people will read the whole neighbors we are -- Kayser’s literary edge of literature goes beyond what a collection.” choices carry widespread impacts. GED would require,” said Kayser, With books on CD and an effort to Amy Wellnitz/The Daily Journal The California native said she who jokingly calls herself “over-qual- focus on the young adult section, the Gibson Creek edges closer to Gobbi Street on hoped the next few weeks would serve ified.” “There are some higher obvious space crunch can be limiting, Monday afternoon following periods of heavy rain. some good news for her campaign. requirements in fields like… English. Kayser said. But publicizing the book- The forecast predicts rain through the weekend. Last year’s Bookmobile budget came I think that’s very important.” mobile all over the county brings out in at $5,000. For this year, Kayser, in The bookmobile’s most popular recommendations -- which can always a moment of boldness, requested reading populations are in Compche affect what can be located on the $12,000. She expects to hear final and Gualala, Kayser said, with library-on-wheels. library funding prioritizing in March. Laytonville also a top spot. In For the Bookmobile’s schedule, Community group In 2004, a brouhaha erupted over Westport, schoolchildren pour onto call 463-4694. qualifications for the position, as a the bus with such regularity, fund- Seth Freedland can be reached at few supervisors wished for formal raisers now set up a bake sale every [email protected]. to tackle underage drinking problem BOARD OF SUPERVISORS By LAURA CLARK awareness about underage The Daily Journal drinking. Marijuana use is prevalent Parents, teachers, officials, in Mendocino County, but youth and other community more teens drink alcohol, members are encouraged to Supervisors hold budgeting workshop according to statistics from attend. The meeting will fea- the National Council on ture a local panel of experts By SETH FREEDLAND and decisions and directly linking goals with concerns outnumbered those that Alcoholism and Drug and allow time for a questions The Daily Journal with outcomes using scorecards and included savings. Whereas only Health Dependence. and answers from the audi- A brief, but dense Board of other data collection -- will also be high- and Human Services were on path to save Hence, the Community for ence. Supervisors workshop on budgeting lighted by quarterly updates. Monday’s money, the county executive office pin- Gang Prevention Coalition - “The facts about teen Monday honed in on Mendocino second quarter/mid-year fiscal report pointed the District Attorney’s office, in conjunction with Alcohol drinking are startling: alcohol County’s new year-round fiscal commit- included the positive news that the coun- Animal Control and General Services and Other Drug Programs’ kills far more teens than all ment. ty is only within $1,000 of meeting its net departments, among others, as “having Prevention Services - in other drugs; and the leading The constant budgeting process -- county cost. March will hold a town hall which includes frontloading information Despite the agreeable projection, areas See SUPES, Page 16 meeting to discuss and raise See DRINKING, Page 16 Ukiah Beauty College ENROLL NOW! Cosmetology Classes Supervised student work only. 1040 N. State St., Ukiah • 462-8831 2 – TUESDAY, FEB. 26, 2006 DAILY DIGEST Editor: K.C. Meadows, 468-3526 The Ukiah Daily Journal [email protected] armed while in possession of POLICE REPORTS metham phetamine, posses- FUNERAL NOTICES The following were sion of methamphetamine for compiled from reports sale and being in possession [\ Oakland, Petaluma and The Eversole Mortuary is and Sundays in the Park. prepared by the Ukiah of a stolen firearm. Pleasanton. in charge of arrangements. He is survived by his son Police Department. To ARREST -- Monica In 1974 Robert moved to [\ Lee Whitman, daughter-in- anonymously report Elliot, 30, of Covelo was Sacramento and established law Cathy Jones, grandchil- crime information, call arrested on suspicion of pos- the Valley Ice Cream dren Shane Whitman, and 463-6205. session of methamphetamine Company. Katy O’neill, and 3 siblings. for sale and being under the Five years later he Wife Ruth Whitman and ARREST -- Alejandro influence of a controlled sub- ROBERT RUDOLPH accepted a position in daughter Renee O’neill pre- stance. VALENTINI Seattle as the sales manager ceded him in death. Torres, 24, of Ukiah, was for Schoenfeld’s Furniture NATHAN WHITMAN He was a loving man who arrested on suspicion of dri- Sheriff’s Deputies assisted Robert Rudolph Valentini, born June 19, Stores. Nathan Whitman passed touched the lives of many. ving under the influence and District Attorney’s Office Ten years later Robert away peacefully Saturday He loved his family, Investigators in the service of 1929, passed away peaceful- violating his parole on the ly at his home on February left the sales management Feb. 18, 2006 in Ukiah at friends and his country. 300 block of North Main a warrant at 76481 Dingman 25, 2006. business behind to pursue the age of 87. Street at 1:35 a.m., Saturday. Street in Covelo at 9:20 a.m., He leaves his wife of 54 his life long dream and He was born in [\ ARREST -- Melissa Friday. The warrant was to years, Audrey Jean build a ski chalet with his Pittsburgh Pennsylvania on McCutchan, 27, of Ukiah, search for a firearm reported Valentini, his two sons wife in Tahoe City. Nov. 8, 1918 and was the was arrested on suspicion of to have been used in an Donald Leslie Valentini and In 1997 Robert and eldest of seven siblings. driving under the influence at assault with a deadly weapon Daniel Robert Valentini and Audrey returned to Ukiah Nathan was an excellent the corner of East Gobbi and case.