Local man FORUM receives SUNDAY You can’t make this stuff up top honor ..........Page A-8 Aug. 24, 2008 ................................Page A-7 INSIDE Mendocino County’s World briefly The Ukiah local newspaper .......Page A-2 Monday: Partly cloudy H 89º L 52º Tuesday: Sunny H 93º L 52º $1 tax included DAILY JOURNAL ukiahdailyjournal.com 46 pages, Volume 150 Number 137 email: [email protected] County, city A glimpse of a new park alarmed at raid on funds By ROB BURGESS The Daily Journal With no budget agreement expected from Sacramento for at least the next few days, an increas- ing number of local governments have expressed their discomfort with the proposed seizing of local funds by state legislators. The State of California is more than 50 days over- due for turning in a state budget at the start of the fis- cal year on July 1. Earlier this month at its regular board meeting, the Ukiah City Council unanimously passed a resolution that had been presented for its consideration by the League of California Cities, calling for a halt to any state takeover of local funds. “It would be the height of fiscal irresponsibility to paper over the state structural deficit with more bor- rowing,” stated a portion of the document. “It is time for the state to cut up its local government credit cards and deal with the budget deficit in a straight- forward way: balance the state budget with state funds.” Eva Spiegel, communications director for the League of California Cities, said that no new devel- Sarah Baldik/The Daily Journal opments had come to light in the past few days Observatory Park visitors walk through the labyrinth created by the Friends of Observatory Park at the pub- despite the weeks of work in the state’s capital on the lic presentation Saturday afternoon in Ukiah. budget. “There’s not going to be a vote for several days,” to be a maze. Mizusawa Japan, Tschardjui Russian she said. “We are still hearing it’s a possibility.” Work still to “A labyrinth is not a maze,” he said. and Carloforte Italy are all, like the By a vote of 5-0 during it’s regular board meeting “It is a walking meditation.” Ukiah facility, on the 39th parallel, the Tuesday, the Mendocino County Board of be done before Community members and the city of best place for the work they were doing. Supervisors joined the City of Ukiah in their outrage Ukiah have been working on the design By 1982, technology had rendered of the possible seizure of money earmarked for it can open since 2005. Ukiahan Armand Brint, who the observatory obsolete and since then Mendocino County by drafting a letter directed at By BEN BROWN worked on the project, said it was a cul- it had fallen into disrepair. Over the last state lawmakers. mination of work between community few years, the Friends of Observatory “The County of Mendocino is very distressed over The Daily Journal members, the city, the Ukiah High Park have been working to restore the Though Observatory Park is still the breaking news that we are receiving regarding the School, the Rural Murals program and old buildings and retrieve the telescope state budget,” stated a portion of the document. “We closed to public use, the gates were several other community groups to the observatory once housed. thrown open Saturday so the communi- are receiving information from our legislative advo- bring something enriching to Ukiah and On Saturday, Judy Pruden, of Friends cates in Sacramento that the Democratic leadership in ty could see the completed Observatory to help celebrate the work that was once of Observatory Park, was offering a Park Artline Labyrinth. the State Assembly and State Senate have directed performed at Observatory Park. demonstration of how the building will that preparations be made and calculations be com- The labyrinth is a series of paths that In 1898, an observatory and attached be stripped of its paint and restored. form the shape of a five-petaled vescia pleted to use Proposition 1A (property tax), office were built on a space near the Using a heat-gun and a scraper, the Proposition 42 (transportation funds), Proposition 63 flower. It is covered in native grasses park, and for more than 70 years after- paint is being removed a little at a time. and studded with mosaics dedicated to (mental health), Proposition 10 (First Five) and any wards, astronomers occupied the build- It takes about 20 minutes to remove all other trust funds available in order to balance the Mendocino County’s natural beauty and ing. It was one of six stations estab- the paint from a single slat, Pruden said. culture. state budget. This includes drafting of the necessary lished as part of the International Polar “It’s the best way to do the job, but statutes, the writing of legislative counsel opinions It was designed by Alex Champion Motion Service to measure the “wob- it’s the most labor intensive,” she said. with the help of his wife Joan. Martin and the drafting of appropriate measures for the ble” of the earth on it’s axis. Friends of Observatory Park hope to November ballot. The impact on Mendocino Bradley, volunteer with Friends of The other observatories, in have the building completely restored in Observatory Park, said series of curves County’s services delivery system will be devastat- Gathersburg Maryland, Cincinnati Ohio, ing.” that make up the design are not meant See PARK, Page A-14 See COUNTY, Page A-14 Bink Wines: ‘Dream big, act now...’ Two miles up the mountain northwest of Yorkville a mag- nificent Douglas fir tree shades a couple of lawn chairs. Hawk’s Butte rises behind. Seven acres of merlot and syrah vines green the golden hillside and encircle a pond below. The fir trees are nesting grounds for red tail hawks. This one is a granary tree. Thousands of holes run up the bark storing acorns for Wine Notes the birds’ and other critters’ Ukiahans still see winter feasting. By Heidi Cusick Dickerson The pristine setting is the when her dad moved the fam- Longs as local home of Bink Wines where ily and farmed table grapes, the motto “Dream Big, Act Longs sold to giant CVS peaches, and asparagus. By DAVID MINTON Now, Love Life” written on They bought a 40-acre the home page of their web- The Daily Journal property and named it Hawks California-based Longs Drug Stores - which was started site is the modus operandi of Butte vineyard in Yorkville owners Deborah Schatzlein, by a couple of brothers, Thomas and Joseph Long of Highlands in 1998. In 2001, Covelo in 1938 in Oakland - has expanded over the years winemaker, and Cindy Schatzlein left her job and photo provided by Heidi Cusick Dickerson Paulson, winegrower. Cindy Paulson and Deb Schatzlein of Bink Wines at to become a giant in the pharmacy business. But it is being Paulson transferred to the swallowed by the even-larger CVS Caremark Corp. for Schatzlein and Paulson Walnut Creek headquarters of their Hawks Butte vineyard in Yorkville Highlands. both worked for an environ- about $2.6 billion. her company. with 15 fruit trees. “We have describes her transition from Longtime local residents have long considered the mental engineering company For now, Paulson is the in Colorado for more than 20 a good vineyard manager,” environmental engineer to Longs Drugs in the Orchard Plaza shopping center an insti- one who has the day job “so she adds. Tyler Click, viticul- winemaker. “It was surreal in tution here. years. But they had this we can buy things like dream to move back to turist with Redwood Empire hindsight,” she says, her sil- People speak fondly of the place - so fondly, in fact, that French oak barrels,” she Vineyard Management, works very pony tail blowing in the on hearing that it is being bought out by CVS, Marsha Eller California and do something laughs. Paulson manages both agricultural. Paulson is a with Paulson, breeze from the back of her talked as if she were losing a good friend: “It makes me her full time job and taking Gazing out at the view and fourth generation Californian care of their vineyard along who grew up in Washington vineyard, Schatzlein See WINE, Page A-2 See LONGS, Page A-2 Mention $$ SAVE $$ Expert Service & Repair OSTER'S Senior & Veteran This Ad FHeating & Cooling Inc. Replace Your Old A/C Furnace Today Discounts Get 10% OFF 462-8802 Over 30 yrs experience Start Saving Money Tomorrow! Lic. #362802 082408 UDJ 1A, 2A, 14A 8/23/08 17|24 Page 2 PDF Page Organizer - Foxit Software 2 – SUNDAY, AUG. 24, 2008 DAILY DIGEST Editor: K.C. Meadows, 468-3526 The Ukiah Daily Journal [email protected] At a glance ... New York Stock Exchange. FUNERAL NOTICES Longs Thomas J. Long and In 1993, there were 236 Joseph M. Long of Covelo stores in California, and in Continued from Page A-1 founded Longs Drug Stores Sept. of that year Longs Langendorf and Wonder ersole Mortuary on in 1938. Their first store, in bought Bill’s Drugs, a 20- breads for 27 years. His Monday, August 25 at feel kind of sad.” Oakland, was called Longs store chain in Northern attributes, talents, 1:30pm. In lieu of flowers, “I’ve shopped here for 30 Self-Service Drug Store. California. In 1999, Longs and accomplishments were donations may be years,” Eller said. “They’ve The Longs opened a acquired 32 Rite Aid stores many, as those made to Hospice of Ukiah gotten bigger (as a company), in California.