Two Wildcats Local priest MARIJUANA ROBBERY ARREST gain all-league takes trip he’s Suspect had gone to Oregon honors long dreamed of ..........Page A-7 ............Page A-3 ................................Page A-1 INSIDE Mendocino County’s World briefly The Ukiah local newspaper ......Page A-11 Tomorrow: Sunshine, clouds; H 54º L 33º 7 58551 69301 0 FRIDAY Dec. 14, 2007 50 cents tax included DAILY JOURNAL ukiahdailyjournal.com 52 pages, Volume 149 Number 249 email: [email protected] Missing man found safe on Low Gap By BEN BROWN for Ted’s return, thankful for the support and Wednesday afternoon. department who express their deep gratitude The Daily Journal concern of the Ukiah community who came The Mendocino County Search and and appreciation for each and every person Overnight, three Ukiah-area volunteers together to help in this effort and said this Rescue Team, Ukiah High School faculty, who assisted us in searching for Ted,” found an autistic Ukiah man who had been was the best Christmas present a family staff and students, deputies from the Dewey said. missing from the Low Gap Park area since could ever receive,” said Ukiah Police Chief Mendocino County Sheriff’s Office, offi- Daly had been missing since late Wednesday morning. Chris Dewey. cers from UPD, a Department of Wednesday morning when he ran away Ted Daly, 20, of Ukiah, was found about Daly was cold due to low overnight tem- Corrections inmate crew from CalFire, from a teacher with the Ukiah High School one mile west of Ukiah High School on peratures and had suffered some small Parks and Recreation and Streets Division Special Education Program as they walked Low Gap Road around 12:15 a.m. Thursday scrapes and scratches, but was in otherwise workers from the city of Ukiah, the Ukiah in Low Gap Park. by volunteers Justin Lawson, Leslie Diaz healthy condition, Dewey said. Fire Department and helicopters from the When Daly had not been found by early and Chris Diaz. More than 300 people from local emer- California Highway Patrol, REACH and afternoon, a large search was organized to Daly “Ted’s family and friends who had gency agencies and the community were CALSTAR all joined in the search. walk the area. helped in the search were extremely grateful involved in a mass search that began “I speak for all the members of our Ben Brown can be reached at [email protected]. UKIAH PLANNING COMMISSION ‘It just once again shows that you don’t have to be an individual to help out. We get support from every aspect of the community. What the palette represents is the difference between someone going without and someone having food on the table.’ – DAVID YOUSSOUPOFF, Food Bank executive director Transitional housing next for Ford St. By ZACK SAMPSEL The Daily Journal Construction of a 22-person transitional housing structure on land near the Buddy Eller Homeless Shelter is expected to begin soon, after a 3-1 vote from the Ukiah Planning Commission Wednesday approved an amend- ment to the major use permit for the nonprofit organization. Ford Street Project Executive Director Mark Rohloff opened public comment by speaking about the magnitude of the change, saying “This may be an ordinary night for the commission, but for us it’s a major night.” The application for amending the permit was filed after a grant from the state put Ford Street in a position to continuing expanding. The original use permit was approved in 2004, and included a description of a possible See FORD ST., Page A-11 Local men arrested in MacLeod Pappidas/The Daily Journal Raley’s Assistant Manager Tom Youngblood loads a palette of hams, chickens and turkeys onto the Food Bank truck Thursday. The donation is an annual event. Lake kidnap The Daily Journal The Mendocino County Sheriff’s Office has arrested two suspects in an assault and kidnapping in Clearlake last week. A third sus- Friends of the Food Bank pect is still at large. According to reports from the Clearlake By ZACK SAMPSEL starts in early November and ends on where we live,” she said. Police Department, the victim was at a home The Daily Journal Christmas Eve, not only provides the Food Back at the Food Bank, the staff present in the 3100 block of Fourth Street in Clearlake Bank with almost half a ton of frozen worked quickly to unload, weigh and sort on Dec. 4 when the suspects, Priest Martinez, hile watching a forklift haul 940 meat, but also other assorted groceries the truckload of meats that will help to 34, James Miller, 20, and Anthony Cape, 41, pounds of frozen turkeys, hams such as stuffing, canned vegetables and pie anchor the Food Bank’s holiday food all of Mendocino County, attacked him and and chickens into the back of the W filling. baskets program. While watching a forklift dragged him outside. Ukiah Community Center Food Bank The groceries come from a $10 unload the food, Youssoupoff explained The suspects allegedly tied up the victim delivery truck, Executive Director David purchase customers can make at Raley’s. the bigger picture of what the donation and dumped him in the trunk of a car after Youssoupoff’s eyes widened, and with a The money goes toward buying a bag of means. breaking his cell phone. smile from ear to ear he said, “That’s why groceries with a value of $20, which is “It just once again shows that you don’t The victim had another cell phone in his we’re excited.” then given to the Food Bank. And have to be an individual to help out. We pocket and used it to call 911. Dispatchers The frozen feast came Thursday according to Carla Dieffenbach, assistant get support from every aspect of the used the cell phone signal to try to determine morning as part of Raley’s yearly donation store director, it’s all part of Raley’s community,” he said. “What the palette what area the car was in but were unable to to the Food Bank, known as the Food For community-first attitude. represents is the difference between find it. Families Holiday Bag Promotion. A yearly “Raley’s has always been family- At one point, dispatchers heard someone tradition, the program, which typically owned, and it keeps us focused right See FOOD BANK, Page A-11 stop the car and assault the victim again. The victim later told police he had used the inside See KIDNAP, Page A-14 2nd suspect in Cow Mtn. marijuana robbery arrested The Daily Journal Dec. 3 at a home on Cow Mountain removed between two and three Wilson was seen by sheriff’s Office was notified by officers with The Mendocino County Sheriff’s Road. pounds of marijuana from the home, deputies in the Talmage Road area. the Lebanon Police Department in Office has arrested both suspects in According to sheriff’s reports, the according to sheriff’s reports. According to sheriff’s reports, Oregon that they had located Villa. last week’s robbery of marijuana two men allegedly drove to the house No one was hurt. Wilson tried to flee on foot but only The Sheriff’s Office obtained a from a house on Cow Mountain, of William Matthews, 28, of Ukiah, The suspects were identified by made it a few hundred yards before warrant for suspicion of robbery for where the suspects allegedly exchanged gunfire with the home’s and demanded marijuana. Matthews, who recognized them being apprehended and arrested. Villa and had him arrested by LPD owner. When Matthews told the two men from prior meetings. The two sus- He was booked into the officers. Kenneth Samuel Wilson, 39, and no, Villa and Wilson allegedly pects fled the scene in a burgundy Mendocino County Jail on robbery Villa is being held in the Linn Gary Robert Villa, 26, both of Ukiah, opened fire on him. Mathews Toyota pick-up, according to sher- and firearms charges and is being County Jail on suspicion of robbery, were wanted in connection with a exchanged gunshots with Villa and iff’s reports. held on a $100,000 bond. awaiting extradition to Mendocino robbery and shoot-out that occurred Wilson while the two men allegedly At around 2:30 p.m. Saturday, On Wednesday, the Sheriff’s County. Xmas Craft Classes We Wrap, We Ship, For Our Kids children’s shop 463-0628 211 S. State St., Ukiah We Deliver A-2 – FRIDAY, DEC. 14, 2007 DAILY DIGEST Editor: Jody Martinez, 468-3517 The Ukiah Daily Journal [email protected] Route 20 at 12:10 a.m. FUNERAL NOTICES POLICE REPORTS Thursday. The following were com- ARREST -- Amanda Jim Bassler and his wife Chemist from Shell December 12th, 2007. Fern piled from reports prepared Ames, 32, of Fort Bragg, was Helen of Fort Bragg, and Chemical in the Bay Area he was born in Manteca, by the Ukiah Police Depart- arrested on suspicion of dri- sister Carol Bassler of Fort and his wife moved to Aztec, March 8th, 1912. She was ment. To anonymously ving under the influence on Bragg. where he worked at Chaco one of ten children of John report crime information, State Route 1 at 12:21 a.m. A true artist, Ina spent Canyon for the Park and Amy McKee. In 1935 call 463-6205. Thursday. the last five years of life per- Service and also taught Fern married Donald ARREST -- Emmanuel Those arrested by law enforcement officers are innocent until proven guilty. fecting her skills as an oil math at the Community Haffner in Stockton, Dominguez Mandujano, 27, People reported as having been arrest- painter.