Raiders COMMUNITY conclude Friday Local happenings minicamp .................................Page A-3 ..........Page A-7 June 6, 2008 INSIDE Mendocino County’s Daily digest The Ukiah local newspaper .......Page A-2 Saturday: Partly sunny; H 77º L 47º 7 58551 69301 0 Sunday: Mostly sunny H 80º L 48º 50 cents tax included DAILY JOURNAL ukiahdailyjournal.com 42 pages, Volume 150 Number 58 email: [email protected] UDJ Spring ELECTION FOLLOW-UP Fund Drive Yokayo Wine Co. Election 2.3 million gal. tanks take winding route through Ukiah to new facility results for Congress, Assembly By ROB BURGESS The Daily Journal For the Ukiah In the excitement of the county supervisor races, Measure B and Boys & Girls Club thousands of uncounted absentee ballots, the precinct reports on the other primary races on the ballot were also made public Wednesday Fund drive morning. In Mendocino County, incumbent 1st District Rep. Mike Thompson at $43,677 (D-St. Helena) currently holds a Editor’s note: The UDJ commanding lead over challenger Spring Fund Drive for the Ukiah Mitch Clogg in the race for the right Boys and Girls Club ends to represent the Democratic Party in Sunday. Retech Systems LLC will the November election with 7,401 match donations up to $50,000. votes to 1,440 votes, respectively. The Daily Journal California’s 1st Congressional The UDJ Boys & Girls District covers Del Norte, Club Spring Fund Drive is up Humboldt, Lake, Mendocino, Napa, to $43,677.23. eastern Sonoma and southern Yolo The latest donations counties. include: Ron & Dorothy In Del Norte County, Thompson Ledford $1,000, Claire & Bill had 1,894 votes to Clogg’s 235 Ford $250, Anonymous $100, votes. In Humboldt County, Mendocino College employ- Sarah Baldik/ The Daily Journal Thompson had 10,887 votes to ees Ed Boyle, Karen Yokayo Wine Company wine maker Dave Roenthal, left, along with Hal, Jake and Will Pauli, left to Clogg’s 1,365 votes. In Lake Christopherson, Betty Davis, right, stand in front of the huge wine tanks at the company’s new facility on Central Avenue in North County, Thompson had 3,903 votes Joan Eriksen, Steven Ukiah. The Pauli brothers, sons of owners Bill and Janet, help run the winery. to Clogg’s 598 votes. In Napa Hixenbaugh, Leslie County, Thompson had 9,374 votes Humphrey, Cindey Parker, to Clogg’s 1,098 votes. In Sonoma By BEN BROWN “It made for a really nice spot to ing the first crush there that fall. County, Thompson had 7,067 votes Meridith Randall, Penny The Daily Journal build a facility,” Pauli said. “It was a real challenge, starting Walker $75, Robert & Mary to Clogg’s 1,051 votes. In Yolo Until its 2.3 million gallon wine The Yokayo Wine Company, which from scratch from day one,” Pauli said. County, Thompson had 12,901 vote Gustafson $25 for a total of tanks wound their way through town Pauli runs with his wife, Janet, and the “Last year, people didn’t think we $1,350, which brings the to Clogg’s 1,699 votes. on Tuesday, most people probably did- help of his sons Jake, Will and Hal, were going to get done,” he said. All told, 46,026 votes went to drive total to date to n’t know the Yokayo Wine Company bought the land four years ago but did- The first set of tanks was delivered $43,677.23. Thompson and 6,046 went to Clogg, had a new facility just north of town. n’t start work on the new crush facility in September of 2007, with relatively making Thompson the leader with Our goal for this fund drive The new facility, which owner Bill until last year. little difficulty but the recent delivery is $50,000, which will allow 88.38 percent of the vote in the ini- Pauli said will serve as the company’s Much of the wine maker’s property of 12, 2.3-million gallon tanks earlier tial figures. our Ukiah Boys & Girls Club crush facility, sits on a “bench” of land is in Potter Valley and Redwood Valley this week was more of a challenge. to reopen. Please give what- Green Party candidate Carol on Central Avenue that holds a house, and for years the Paulis have been Each of the tanks, made by Wolman ran unopposed for her ever you can. several acres of grapes and a large crushing their grapes at Redwood Healdsburg-based Westech, have a cement pad containing the tanks, rails Valley Cellars. diameter of 16 feet, making them too Please make your check or and machinery of Yokayo’s new wine Last May, Pauli bought the property, large to fit underneath the 14-foot six- See ELECTION, Page A-12 money order to: Ukiah Boys making facility. The property is almost pulled out a couple acres of grape vines inch overpasses along Ukiah’s stretch & Girls Club, and bring to completely hidden from view from the and went to work building the $10 mil- of Highway 101. our offices at the Daily road. lion facility with the intention of hav- Each tank was brought through Journal at 590 S. School St. Ukiah Tuesday, along North State Abalone or mail it to us c/o Boys & Street to Ford Road, through the for- Girls Club Drive, at P.O. Box mer Masonite property and out Hollow 749, Ukiah, 95482 or mail it Tree Road and back onto North State diver dies directly to the Ukiah B&G Street to the Moore Street overpass and Club at P.O. Box 67, Ukiah, then back south to the Central Avenue 95482. facility. Pauli said they had to get a permit to on coast bring the tanks through town, but that The Daily Journal the city was very accommodating. A 65-year-old man appeared to “It wasn’t a big problem,” he said. have drowned in the waters off Point “It worked out really well.” Arena Thursday morning. This fall, Yokayo will have its sec- According to reports from the ond crush at the facility, but Pauli said Mendocino County Sheriff’s Office, Got family? work on the site is by no means over. the man, whose name is not being “The one thing about a winery is released until officers can notify his that it’s never done,” Pauli said. family, was diving for abalone with Eventually, Pauli said he wants to a friend around 11 a.m. Thursday in build a tasting room and offices at the the area of Arena Cove. Central Avenue site, but said for the Both men were getting out of the moment he is focusing on making find activities water when they got separated. The at ukiahdailyjournal.com good wine. victim’s friend later found the man Photo courtesy of Yokayo Wine Company “We don’t want to get ahead of our- A big rig truck hauls Yokayo Wine Company’s 2.3 million gallon lying in the water and called emer- selves,” he said. gency personnel. wine tanks north up State Street toward the winery Tuesday Ben Brown can be reached at morning. [email protected]. The victim was pulled from the water but emergency personnel were unable to revive him and he was pronounced dead at the scene. An autopsy is scheduled to deter- mine the man’s exact cause of death. State support for disabled workers threatened This is the second man to die in By PAM JENSEN coastal waters this year while daily basis. Another 20 individuals are employed people with disabilities around the state had abalone diving. Earlier this year, for The Daily Journal by local businesses and receive job coaching and closed or greatly reduced services. Since the rate Leo Chen, 36, of San Leandro, was The California State Legislature is about to support as needed from Mayacama Employment went up, Mayacama Employment Services’ two swept off the rocks while “rock vote on decreasing the amount Mayacama Service. employees have helped 49 people with disabili- picking” for abalone and drowned. Industries is paid for supporting people with dis- Two years ago, the Legislature increased reim- ties secure employment with an 89 percent reten- In 2007, seven people drowned abilities on their jobs. Mayacama job coaches bursement for job coaching services by 20 per- tion rate. Mayacama Industries started two new off the coast of Mendocino County, accompany the small work crews. They provide cent. This rate increase followed several years of four of whom were diving or rock training and supervision to 35 crew members on a reduced funding, when employment services for See DISABLED, Page A-2 picking for abalone. Crossroads Christian Church At the Spring Festival A celebration of contemporary Christian Ukiah Fair Grounds music by 5 local church worship bands Sat. June 7th 2008 Sponsored by & Celebrate Present Thurston Auto Plaza • Ukiah Music Center • Holes In The Wall Recovery Noon to 7:30 p.m. A-2 – FRIDAY, JUNE 6, 2008 DAILY DIGEST Editor: Jody Martinez, 468-3517 The Ukiah Daily Journal [email protected] by the Department of Rehabil- Disabled itation and Mendocino Private Industry Council. UVAH is TREE VS. CARS Continued from Page A-1 also sponsored by the Ukiah Unified Adult School. These work crews. People went from waiting for services to revenues are used to pay job having jobs. coaches and other employees Last week, the Assembly and cover the costs of main- Budget subcommittee chaired taining our business opera- by Patty Berg voted to tions. decrease funding for this ser- More than 100 local busi- vice by 10 percent.