Warriors fall REMINISCE to Hawks SUNDAY ‘Anton, I bid ye farewell’ ..........Page A-8 Feb. 24, 2008 ................................Page A-3 INSIDE Mendocino County’s Fatal accident The Ukiah local newspaper .......Page A-1 Monday: Partly sunny, warmer; H 61º L 39º Tuesday: Partly sunny; H 66º L 41º $1 tax included DAILY JOURNAL ukiahdailyjournal.com 44 pages, Volume 149 Number 321 email: [email protected] Thief hits Food Bank Lights out in Ukiah and steals Downed power lines darken portions of city for 4 hours donations No food taken; jar of cash donations missing By ROB BURGESS The Daily Journal At 10:55 a.m. Saturday, someone decided to make an unscheduled with- drawal from the Ukiah Community Center and Food Bank, causing the building’s alarm to sound. All the as-yet-unidentified perpetrator was able to make off with was a sizable donation jug which previously sat on the organization’s front desk. “There couldn’t have been more than 20 or 25 dollars in there,” said Dayle Reed, Food Bank manager. “When peo- ple come through here they put in a dol- lar or two. I clean it out every other month.” After Gosset Alarm Company noti- fied Ukiah Police officers, Food Bank employee Bonnie McCutcheon made her way over to the building. “I arrived at around the same time the cops did,” she said. “They had their guns out and they went through the building. I walked to the back of the parking lot and then they came back out and we did a walkthrough of the building.” After inspecting the pantry’s stocks and offices, it was determined nothing was missing except the donation jar. “No food is gone,” said Reed, point- ing toward the frozen turkeys located in the walk-in freezer. “Everything else looks fine. There wasn’t any sign of a forced entry. The emergency exit to the back door was open when they got here.” Reed said when she heard the Food MacLeod Pappidas/The Daily Journal City technicians work to repair a downed power line on the corner of Dora Street and Observatory Avenue. Bank had been burglarized, her first con- cern was for those who depend on the organization’s emergency food boxes. By ROB BURGESS and and Observatory, he was forced to “Last month we served 140 adults and MACLEOD PAPPIDAS watch as emergency workers taped 40 children with emergency food The Daily Journal off the sidewalk outside of his boxes,” she said. “We had a real run on Based on the time of day, the restaurant, making it inaccessible. them.” Rite Aid on South State Street had The threat was a damaged power Reed said that those who would like every reason to be open at 3:30 line straining dangerously close to to give to the Food Bank to help replen- p.m. Saturday. the building’s roof. ish what was lost would be greatly Taped to the glass sliding front Eventually, Kilkenny was given appreciated. “Donations are down,” she doors was a hastily prepared note the go-ahead, and a dozen of his said. “The people that donated (to the which attempted to explain the crew extricated prepped food and stolen jug) are people that can’t really darkened cavernous atmosphere catering supplies, enough for the afford to donate.” inside. 450 people expected to attend The Food Bank is located at 888 N. “CLOSED DUE TO POWER Saturday evening’s St. Mary’s State St. and can be reached at 462-8879, OUTAGE,” read the black lettering Mardi Gras. He said that instead of ext. 123. of the piece of paper. “RE-OPEN cooking roasts at his restaurant, he Anyone with information on the WHEN POWER RETURNS.” had to use the ovens at the crime is asked to call Ukiah Police The store and much of west Redwood Empire Fairgrounds Officer Tyler Shapmire at 463-6242. Ukiah was darkened for about four where the event was taking place. Rob Burgess can be reached at hours Saturday afternoon after Despite the glitch, the meal was on- [email protected]. downed lines denied power to area schedule as of press time. residents and businesses at around Amelia Bernard and Miranda Mott, members of the Kilkenny “We’re having to change our 2 p.m. catering crew, load a truck with food destined for this week- whole cooking strategy,” Kilkenny Willits man Across the street, Safeway made end’s St. Mary’s Mardi Gras during a Saturday power outage said. do with what little generator power that shut down the Kilkenny kitchen. The power was restored at around 6 p.m. Saturday. it had. The store set employees at killed in crash By ROB BURGESS each entrance to try to direct were encouraged to wrap up their The outage was more than a Rob Burgess can be reached at patrons to make their shopping as shopping. passing inconvenience for Ross [email protected]. The Daily Journal quick as possible. Two hours after The backup generators were low Kilkenny of Kilkenny’s Kitchen. MacLeod Pappidas can be reached A Willits man was killed in a traffic the start of the blackout, customers on fuel. Rain-soaked on the corner of Dora at [email protected]. collision on State Route 162, one-and- a-half miles from Highway 101 near Laytonville, at around 5:30 p.m. Friday. James Sorenson, 67, was driving a 100TH ANNIVERSARY NEARING Ford Ranger pickup east in what was described as “cloudy” conditions at an undetermined speed when the vehicle left the south road edge, according to a Mendocino National Forest seeking memorabilia report by California Highway Patrol Sgt. W.L. Green. The vehicle then The Daily Journal the forest. “If you are unable to bring the items ascended the rocky embankment and The Mendocino National Forest is asking the The forest will be celebrating its 100th birthday this to us we may arrange to pick them up,” rolled over, coming to rest on its roof, public for help finding pictures and other histor- year, with many functions, beginning in May. Loans McCormick said. blocking the westbound lane of traffic. ical items in preparation for the forest’s 100th The forest needs these items by March 7. Officers from the CHP’s birthday in July. of forest memorabilia are sought. If you would like to participate in this project, Laytonville resident post responded to On July 2, 1908, the Stony Creek Forest contact one of the individuals listed. the scene. Reserve became the California National Forest “We are asking the public for any old If you are close to the Mendocino National According to the report, Sorenson in a proclamation signed by President Theodore Mendocino National Forest stories, photos of Forest Headquarters in Willows, Corning, was wearing his seat belt properly, but Roosevelt. In 1932, the name was changed to the such things as employees, lookouts, ranger sta- Stonyford or Elk Creek contact Phebe Brown died at the scene. Mendocino National Forest. The forest will be tions, and also any memorabilia such as uni- 530-934-1137 or Kevin McCormick 530-934- The cause of the collision is being celebrating its 100th birthday this year, with forms, badges and hats that we can use for dis- 1166. In Lake County contact Debbie McIntosh investigated by CHP Officer R. Smith. many functions throughout the forest, beginning play,” Kevin McCormick, forest archaeologist, 707-275-2361, and for Mendocino County con- Rob Burgess can be reached at in May. said. All items will be returned unless donated to tact Larry Razzano at 707-983-6118. [email protected]. A-2 – SUNDAY, FEB. 24, 2008 DAILY DIGEST Editor: Jody Martinez, 468-3517 The Ukiah Daily Journal [email protected] CORRECTIONS High-alcohol reds have some saying less is more The Ukiah Daily Journal Big wines: reserves this space to correct errors or make clarifications to news arti- By MICHELLE LOCKE its big, chewy cabs,” said Doug White, enology and winemaster of the com- lower level of alcohol but still tastes cles. Significant errors in obituary notices or birth announcements will Associated Press Writer director of operations for the Vintner’s mercial winery run by California State good. result in reprinting the entire article. SEBASTOPOL — California’s big Collective, a Napa tasting room spe- University, Fresno. Fugelsang, who uses Vinovation Errors may be reported to the editor, reds are coming on strong these days cializing in boutique wineries. California seems to have been a when his wine comes in with too much 468-3526. as winemakers pursue riper, fuller-fla- For those who don’t like the big leader, although higher alcohol wines alcohol, sees the technology as “anoth- vored fruit. wines, some have an issue with the are also being made in other warm cli- er tool in the winemaker’s chest,” but A number of wines have been style of higher-alcohol vintages while mates, such as Australia, he said. he understands why others are reluc- creeping past 14 percent alcohol and others are wary of the punch they can One way to have ripe fruit without tant to open up about adjusting alcohol LOTTERY even into the 15- to-16 percent range, pack. high alcohol is to use various tech- levels. NUMBERS as opposed to the tamer 12- to 13-per- One definition of the “right” alco- nologies available to pull alcohol out “I think a lot of it has to do with the cent of years past. This is largely hol level is if two people can finish a of wine. But that’s not something fact that wineries don’t want to be crit- DAILY 3: night: 0, 2, because vintners wait longer to pick bottle and “wish there was a little bit many winemakers want to talk about icized by the wine press and others 5.