Raiders look Looking About ON THE MARKET to the with Guide to local real estate season’s end Carole Hester ..........Page A-6 ............Page A-3 ...................................Inside INSIDE Mendocino County’s World briefly The Ukiah local newspaper .....Page A-12 Tomorrow: Cloudy with rain; H 49º L 36º 7 58551 69301 0 FRIDAY Dec. 28, 2007 50 cents tax included DAILY JOURNAL ukiahdailyjournal.com 40 pages, Volume 149 Number 263 email: [email protected] Once Christmas is past, there’s ... Murder suspect Tons of trash in court By BEN BROWN The Daily Journal Murder suspect Mike Marlin appeared in court Thursday, but did not enter a plea. Marlin has been charged with murder in the death of James Redenius, who was shot and killed in Willits Dec. 17 in the 200 block of Central Street. According to reports from the Willits Police Department, Marlin’s mother told firefighters from the Willits/Little Lake Fire Department that her son had shot someone. Marlin later turned in himself to the Mendocino County Sheriff’s Office. He was represented in court by Keith Faulder, who was making a special appear- ance in this case. Faulder said he would need to look at the autopsy report on Redenius as well as the crime scene pho- tographs before he could decide whether he would represent Marlin. Deputy District Attorney Matthew Finnegan objected to turning over that evi- dence to Faulder as long as he was not appearing as general counsel. “If he’s not going to be the attorney of record then Mr. Marlin needs to get an attor- ney,” Finnegan said. Mendocino County Superior Court Judge Ronald Brown told Finnegan to turn over “basic discovery” evidence to Faulder. “Otherwise, we’re going to waste a lot of time and effort determining who this man’s counsel is,” Brown said. He said a greater understanding of the case would help Faulder determine whether MacLeod Pappidas/The Daily Journal Marlin could afford Faulder’s defense. Redwood Valley resident Jerald Diggs empties a pickup load full of trash at the Ukiah transfer station the day after Brown said he would expect Faulder to Christmas. While he said the load did contain some waste from the holiday, it was mostly an average household load. make his decision in a reasonable amount of time, certainly before the next hearing, set By ROB BURGESS U.S. each year, 60 percent of which end up for Jan. 3. The Daily Journal in landfills. “We’re going to enter a plea on that date Standing alongside his fellow consumers Pomolita Middle School Music Director and I’ll either appear on that date or not,” in front of a mountain of debris at Solid Darrin Michaels knows firsthand how many Faulder said. Waste Systems on Wednesday, Jerald Diggs conifers are thrown out by local revelers Marlin is scheduled to be in court again of Redwood Valley unloaded the remains of after the Christmas fever has cooled. at 8:30 a.m. Jan. 3. the day. Michaels said he has been in charge of the Ben Brown can be reached at udjbb@pacif- Christmas Day that is. school’s tree collection program for the past ic.net. “We had to make an extra trip today,” he 13 years. said, dumping the last barrel of refuse over “Pomolita was doing it long before I the side of his truck bed onto the growing came, so it’s been going on for a while,” he pile. said. County mails Diggs isn’t alone in his increased con- Michaels said the campaign will collect sumption and subsequent rubbish during the the trees on Dec. 29 and Jan. 5 for use on the holiday season. school’s cross-country track. sample ballots According to the Environmental “We take calls up to 5 p.m. the night Protection Agency, from Thanksgiving to before we collect them,” he said. “We have Low voter registration means New Year’s Day, household waste increases the capacity to have up to 80 students and two more precincts become by more than 25 percent. their families help out, but the volunteers vote-by-mail-only areas Diggs said he didn’t discard all his trash have already been selected.” without regard though, but instead separated Michaels said the purchase of artificial The Daily Journal it out before bringing it to the transfer sta- trees hasn’t affected the number of trees his Sample ballots were mailed out tion. organization picks up year after year. Thursday and absentee ballots for perma- “We use some of it as fire starter,” he “It really hasn’t changed much,” he said. nent vote-by-mail voters will be mailed said, setting the now-empty container on the “It’s pretty steady. We collect between 200 on Jan. 7, according to Marsha Wharff, bed floor. “We recycle what we can and we and 500 trees each year.” Mendocino County assessor/county discard what we can’t.” To request tree pickup by the Pomolita clerk/recorder. Wrapping paper, bows and newly obso- group, call 463-5224, extension 5210. The Absentee ballots must be received by lete toys aren’t the only new residents of cost is $5 per tree. the County Clerk’s office by 8 p.m. on Children’s toys are discarded on the landfills at this time of year. Election Day, Feb. 5, in order to be count- ground, ready to be loaded onto According to the Cygnus Group, 50 mil- Rob Burgess can be reached at ed. trucks at the Ukiah transfer station. lion Christmas trees are purchased in the [email protected]. Voters with vote-by-mail ballots may also turn in their ballot at any polling place on Election Day. Due to a decrease in voter registration, Holiday waste by the numbers more precincts will be voting by mail on Feb. 5. 1.9 BILLION 1 MILLION to tie a bow around the Earth. sales that occur during the holi- Willow Water in Ukiah and Brutocao The number of Christmas cards The number of additional tons (RecycleWorks) day season. (EPA) School House Plaza in Hopland have both sent each year, making it the of household waste per week 10 been eliminated as polling places for this largest card-sending occasion that accumulates in U.S. land- The number of stories high a 1 election. in the U.S. (Hallmark) fills from Thanks-giving to New football field would have to be Voters who normally vote at Coyote 30 MILLION Year’s Day. (EPA and Use Less to hold the cards sold during The number of tablespoons of Valley Rec. Center in Redwood Valley Stuff) the holiday season each year. mashed potatoes each Ameri- will instead cast their ballots at the The number of Christmas trees (Use Less Stuff) can would have to throw away that end up in U.S. landfills 38,000 to equal 16 million pounds of Redwood Valley Assembly of God each year. (Cygnus Group, The number of miles of ribbon 40 waste. Church due to construction. Environmental News Network) thrown out each year--enough The percent of all yearly battery (Cygnus Group) The coast’s Russian Gulch precinct will be voting at St. Anthony’s Parish Hall in Mendocino. Great Toys Party Area Superior Clothes children’s shop 463-0628 211 S. State St., Ukiah Locally Owned A-2 – FRIDAY, DEC. 28, 2007 DAILY DIGEST Editor: Jody Martinez, 468-3517 The Ukiah Daily Journal [email protected] FUNERAL NOTICES 22-year-old Ukiah woman reported missing By BEN BROWN peared.” [\ married Robert Jones, Michael Riddell and The Daily Journal She said her sister logged onto her MySpace USN, in Perth, Western Robert Frank, five grand- A Ukiah family has filed a account on Saturday, but that no one has heard Australia. The first of children, Gwen, Jen, missing person’s report for a from her since. their two daughters, and Kirin Riddell, Jason woman who has not contact- Ukiah Police Department Capt. Trent Taylor Juanita-Joy, was born in and Shayne Frank, ed her family for a week. said the family filed a missing person’s report Perth. Their second their wives Tory and Tara, Linda Healy said her sis- on Wednesday and UPD had assigned a detec- daughter, Mary Louise, as well as numer- ter, Jessica Healy, 22, of tive to the case and that officers were looking was born in San Diego, ous nieces and nephews, Ukiah, has been missing for her. where the family and many friends since Dec. 21, and that none Linda described her sister as five feet seven made their home. Jessie from Ukiah, San Diego, of Jessica’s roommates inches tall and weighing 180 pounds. She has was preceded in and Australia. Family know where she is. Jessica Healy dyed black hair and piercings in her face and death by her husband of 47 and friends are invited to “She was supposed to ears. years. She was attend a celebration come over for Christmas Ben Brown can be reached at an accomplished seam- of her life on Friday, dinner,” Linda Healy said. “She just disap- [email protected]. stress, she loved gar- December 28, at 2 pm at dening and many forms of the Saturday Afternoon creative craft activ- Club in Ukiah. The Office at 7:11 p.m. California law and will double ities, however her real pas- family wishes to sincerely POLICE REPORTS Wednesday. the sentence of any future JESSIE L. JONES sion was her fami- thank the staff and The following were BOOKED -- Lawrence felony crimes. Jessie L. Jones passed ly.