Eagles play Weekend 32-UNIT APARTMENT COMPLEX to tie entertainment Neighbors express concerns ......................................Page 1 .............Page 6 ..............Page 3 INSIDE Mendocino County’s World briefly The Ukiah local newspaper ..........Page 2 Tomorrow: Mostly sunny and cooler 7 58551 69301 0 THURSDAY Sept. 7, 2006 50 cents tax included DAILY JOURNAL ukiahdailyjournal.com 16 pages, Volume 148 Number 151 email: [email protected] Sawicki joins lawsuit against Vroman By BEN BROWN Attorney Norman Vroman, based on paign for district attorney, including that Vroman had police lights and a the suit at campaign events, and said The Daily Journal a declaration included with a refiling allegations that Vroman used asset siren installed on his personal car he had told people that one way to Myron Sawicki, former Mendo- of the suit. forfeiture funds to purchase subma- and on the county car he began dri- correct the problems he saw in the cino County district attorney candi- The declaration states some of the chine guns equipped with silencers ving in the summer of 2005. District Attorney’s Office would be date, has become officially involved information alleged both in the suit in 2003. During the campaign, Sawicki in the lawsuit filed against District and by Sawicki in his failed cam- Sawicki’s declaration also states used many of the statements found in See VROMAN, Page 16 Transfer Station trash Paint giveaway ignites during the night Spontaneous combustion blamed By BEN BROWN The Daily Journal A fire that started in a pile of garbage at the Ukiah Transfer Station at 2:35 a.m. Wednesday was likely caused by spontaneous combustion, said Ukiah Valley Fire District Capt. Syd Dearborn. “It’s not uncommon for a pile of garbage to sponta- neously combust,” Dearborn said It isn’t known what materi- als were in the pile that may Isaac Eckel/The Daily Journal have caused the fire, which Firefighters work to douse a fire at the Ukiah Transfer did not damage the building Station that was reported at 2:35 a.m. Wednesday. but created a great deal of smoke and an unpleasant station used a front-end loader until fire department person- smell. to spread out the smoldering nel arrived. “Luckily, because of the trash pile so firefighters could Seventeen firefighters from smoke, we were wearing our soak it down. the Ukiah Valley Fire District, breathing apparatus,” Firefighters had the flames the Ukiah Fire Department Dearborn said. out and had left the transfer and the California Department Trash fires can be difficult station by 5 a.m. of Forestry and Fire to extinguish because of their The sprinkler system Protection responded to this tendency to smolder for long installed at the transfer station incident. periods of time. Dearborn said also helped knock down the Ben Brown can be reached at an employee at the transfer fire and kept it from spreading [email protected]. Housing project MENDOCINO COUNTY worries residents Cayler of Wagenseller promoted RCHDC, city say (WNO) enjoys the commu- they’ll accommodate nity and diversity it has and is doing its part to be to deputy neighbors as much involved with developers to as they are able to help continue that diverse, rich, neighborhood feel. CEO By JAMES ARENS “We have a meeting next The Daily Journal week with the Rural Com- By KATIE MINTZ When housing develop- munities Housing Develop- The Daily Journal Isaac Eckel/The Daily Journal ers, a neighborhood and a ment Corporation, and we On Monday, Mendocino Dave Gibson, a hazardous waste technician with Mendocino Solid Waste city can work together to want to include other local County Deputy Director of Management Authority, fills five-gallon buckets with recycled latex paint make their community a bet- groups like the Ford Street Transportation Paul Cayler that will be given away free to the public. ter place to live, it’s just that, Project in the discussion so will leave the Solid Waste a better place to live. we can have input from dif- Division where he’s worked One specific area with the ferent areas of the neighbor- for the last 13 years. But not opportunity to continue to hood,” said Diane Zucker, to worry, for he’s not going County keeps paint out of do that is the future housing WNO member and neigh- far. project at the corner of Clara borhood resident. “I want to Effective Sept. 11, he’ll be and Orchard called Clara make it happen, and people employed as a deputy county trash, and residents benefit Court, located in the in our neighborhood want to executive officer in the coun- Wagenseller neighborhood. ty’s Chief Executive Office. By LAURA build a healthy community. previously collected In June, there was a com- “But we have concerns “After 13 years in the Solid MCCUTCHEON from various sites in munity walk in the Wagen- that our needs for our com- Waste Division, it’s time to The Daily Journal Lake and Mendocino seller neighborhood, which munity are not being met move to a new endeavor,” The Mendocino Solid counties -- and putting it is bordered on the south by like having outside living Cayler said in an e-mail sent Waste Management into five-gallon buckets. Perkins, on the east by places in this newer devel- to friends and colleagues Authority has exterior “We open all the cans Orchard, on the north by opment for children to play announcing the change. paint available at an of paint, then batch them Brush and on the west by and to have less dense living As one of three deputy unbeatable price. by color -- we (mix the State Street. Some of the and a variety of homes and CEOs, Cayler will be In fact, for the last paints) to create white, issues and concerns brought apartments and more cre- assigned to public resources decade the MSWMA has tan, green, gray and dark up during that walk were the ative complexes to live in. It and legislative programs. been giving away rough- brown -- and then we put lack of sidewalks, parks for is really disheartening. According to interim CEO ly 6,000 gallons of latex it into 5-gallon pails and families to enjoy and the “There are already 110 Al Beltrami, Cayler is filling paint each year. give it away to the pub- possibilities of a school in apartments, and now there a vacant position. Hazardous waste lic,” Ouellette explained. the area. Those who attend- will be 32 more. I am won- “We’re trying to rebuild technicians Wayne Ouel- Asked what they do ed the walk were also dering how much can our the office here as much as lette and Dave Gibson with the paint that informed of the develop- neighborhood take,” Zucker possible,” Beltrami said. on Wednesday were ment going on in that area questioned. “The plans are “Hopefully the move’s good busy mixing the paint -- See PAINT, Page 16 and its rich history. to build the apartments on .8 for him and it’s good for us.” The Wagenseller Neigh- borhood Organization See HOUSING, Page 16 See CAYLER, Page 16 UP TO 90% OFF Come See Our High Quality Summer Clothing Clearance Children’s Toys & Clothing 463-0628 211 S. State St., Ukiah 2 – THURSDAY, SEPT. 7, 2006 DAILY DIGEST Editor: Jody Martinez, 468-3517 The Ukiah Daily Journal [email protected] FUNERAL NOTICES Boeing executive [\ 18, 1942. He was a to the Laytonville bookkeeper for WILLIAM GALEN “favorite son” of Fire Department and Cooper Trucking. She was “BILL” BAILEY Laytonville since 1949 and Christopher’s Garden (in a member of Sor- William Galen “Bill” considered the small care of) Howard optimist International of named Ford CEO Bailey, 63, of Laytonville Northern California town Community Healthcare Ukiah for 34 years. By TOM KRISHER Mulally as president of the died Wednesday, August his "home." He was a grad- Foundation in Willits. Irene is survived by her Associated Press Writer commercial airplanes unit. 30, 2006 in Santa uate of Fresno daughter Iris Murphy DEARBORN, Mich. — Carson, 60, had been vice Rosa, California. The fami- State University with a [\ and husband Dave of Santa When Bill Ford decided that president of sales for the ly will be holding degree in English. He VIOLET IRENE TAYLOR Rosa, grandson his family’s company needed Seattle-based division and is a two memorial services in was a husband, father, Funeral services for Jeff Murphy and wife more leadership than he could 34-year Boeing veteran. remembrance. The grandfather, brother, Irene Taylor of Ukiah will Michelle of Santa Rosa, offer, he started looking for While acknowledging he is first will be held on Friday, soldier, woodsman, poet, be held on Sunday, great-granddaughter Megan someone who had successful- not an auto authority, Mulally September 8th entrepreneur and September 10, 2006 at 4 Murphy of Santa ly fixed a large but troubled said: “I’m certainly a product from 7:00 to 9:00 pm at friend to many. pm at the Eversole Rosa, sister Pat Vinson and manufacturing company. designer and I care deeply Boomer’s Bar in Lay- He is survived by his Mortuary. Entombment husband Eddie He wasn’t sure there was about having a viable busi- tonville. The second memo- wife, Judith, his two will be at Evergreen of Ukiah and numerous such a person, but as he asked ness.” rial service will be sons Nikolai and Sam, his Memorial Gardens. Irene nieces and nephews. around in and out of the auto He said Ford and Boeing held on Sunday, September daughter Mary, his passed away on Tuesday, She was preceded in death industry, one name kept pop- have much in common, pro- 10th starting at brother Kenneth, his sister September 5, by her husband ping up: Alan Mulally, execu- ducing products that need 3:00 pm at the Laytonville Linda, and his 2006 at a local hospital.