Community Weekend SCHOOL STREET CRASH sports digest entertainment Several parked cars hit .............Page 6 ...............Page 3 ......................................Page 1 INSIDE Mendocino County’s World briefly The Ukiah local newspaper ..........Page 2 Tomorrow: Mostly sunny 7 58551 69301 0 THURSDAY Dec. 21, 2006 50 cents tax included DAILY JOURNAL ukiahdailyjournal.com 16 pages, Volume 148 Number 256 email: [email protected] Deputy DA race reported AT SPACE: ‘HOME FOR THE HOLIDAYS’ assaulted decision: at jail Inmate from Ukiah special allegedly attacks guard; 2nd inmate comes to the rescue election By BEN BROWN The Daily Journal Supreme Court denies An inmate at the Mendo- cino County Jail came to the county’s appeal of aid of a corrections deputy when she was allegedly appellate court ruling attacked by another inmate By BEN BROWN Tuesday night. The Daily Journal According to reports from The special election for Mendocino the Mendocino County County district attorney ordered by the Sheriff’s Office, the deputy California Appellate Court in November will was delivering a roll of toilet go forward after the state Supreme Court on paper to inmate Hale Wednesday denied the Mendocino County Christopher Manning at 11:45 Board of Supervisors’ appeal. p.m. Tuesday. “Finally, we have some certainty,” said Manning, 23, of Ukiah, Acting District Attorney Keith Faulder. was booked into jail Sunday The district attorney’s race was thrown on charges of felony vandal- into chaos in September, when District ism and being under the influ- Attorney Norman Vroman, who was running ence of drugs, according to for re-election, died of a heart attack. sheriff’s booking logs. Isaac Eckel/The Daily Journal In October, Faulder filed a writ with the When the deputy opened SPACE alumni Rosio Mendoza and Quinn VanAntwerp rehearse onstage at the SPACE state Supreme Court, arguing that the Board the door to Manning’s cell, he theater on Wednesday. SPACE is hosting “Home for the Holidays,” a musical review of Supervisors is required to call a special allegedly rushed her, grabbed tonight at the SPACE theater on Perkins Street, which will feature alumni of the program election in accordance with California elec- the deputy and attempted to as well as the UC Irvine Musical Theater Performers. tion law. The case was later transferred to the throw her over the railing to California First District Court of Appeals. the concrete floor 15 feet On Nov. 21, the appellate court ruled that below. the results of the Nov. 7 district attorney’s Manning was being held in A musical review – tonight election would remain permanently sealed in a lockdown cell on the upper accordance with the court’s Oct. 31 order floor of the jail, said Sheriff’s By LAURA MCCUTCHEON ... Every year we are hoping alumni come back and a special election would be scheduled. Capt. Kurt Smallcomb. The Daily Journal and host this project,” SPACE Co-director Laurel The board filed an appeal of the decision “He has a history of resist- Quinn VanAntwerp and Rocio Mendoza on Near said, noting this is the first show by alumni. with the Supreme Court on Dec. 1. ing arrest and assault towards Wednesday brought an empty theater to life, with “Our big asset is our alumni who have been Meredith Lintott, a Fort Bragg attorney peace officers,” Smallcomb song, during a rehearsal of “Home for the through the program,” she said as she sat in the and district attorney candidate, said the peo- said of Manning. Holidays.” theater with four of them. “More than anyone they ple she has spoken to are unhappy that their The deputy radioed for The musical review, produced by alumni of can really express why arts are so important for votes are not being counted. She said people help while fighting with Near & Arnold’s School of Performing Arts & children. ... SPACE trains people to find who they have told her she would have won the elec- Manning. A prisoner who was Cultural Education, will feature UC Irvine are and go into whatever path they want to take,” tion if the votes had been counted. taking a shower nearby over- Musical Theater performers, a sing-a-long led by Near said. Lintott said she expects the California heard the assault taking place Mendoza, and hot chocolate for all. Special guest, VanAntwerp’s path led him to UC Irvine, Legislature would be looking into the issues and came to the deputy’s aid. Holly Near, will sing with Mendoza toward the where he is a theater arts student. explored by the courts in this case because of According to sheriff’s end of the show. Since leaving SPACE -- and Ukiah -- Mendoza the amount of chaos they have caused. reports, the other inmate “What’s exciting about this event is it’s pro- “This is not the way elections should be duced by SPACE alumni and parents and friends See SPACE, Page 15 See JAIL, Page 2 See DA, Page 15 Local food TOYOTA TACOMA VS. 3 PARKED CARS ON SCHOOL STREET UKIAH DAILY JOURNAL HOLIDAY FOOD BANK FUND DRIVE facilities The Daily Journal The latest donations to the UDJ Holiday Food Bank Fund Drive include: $500, UKIAH INDEPENDENT INSURANCE do well in AGENTS: Matsen Insurance Brokers, Duane Mahan Insurance Agency, Mark Davis Insurance Agency, Sherzer Insurance inspections Agency, Northwest Insurance Agency; $150, Bruce & Noreen Evans; $100, Mary A. By KATIE MINTZ Gentry; $100, Jeremy Mann & Renee The Daily Journal Gannon; $100, L.A. & C.C. Vanvleet; $100, Approximately 97 percent of Margo Frank & Marc Levine; $100, John & Mendocino County retail food facili- Margarett Parducci; $100, National Alliance ties, which include restaurants, super- on Mental Illness; $50, Dennis & Celia markets and even trucks, inspected in 2006 had no major violations of the Huey; $50, Lee & Patricia Enemark; $50, health code. Robert & Antoinette Mort; $50, Susan Sher; “The vast majority of the food facil- $50, Russ & June Kinsey; $50, The Sellman ities in the county operate in compli- Family Trust; $50, Steve & Vicki Switzer; ance with the state laws, and they real- $30, V. Simpson; $30, Wilcoxes Gardening ly strive to do a good job,” interim Service; $30, In Memory of Larry Keffeler; Environmental Health Director David $25, Edward Fox; $25, Ace Barash; totaling Koppel said. $1,740. The Fund Drive total now stands at Environmental Health, a division of $63,636.84. the Mendocino County Department of The goal for this year’s drive is $85,000. Public Health, is responsible for Ben Brown/The Daily Journal To give to the Food Bank this year, write inspecting all retail food facilities at A woman driving a white Toyota Tacoma hit at least two other parked cars before your check or money order to: UCC Food least once per year. Koppel said high- coming to a stop after colliding with a parked Dodge Grand Caravan near the Bank and bring it to the Daily Journal at 590 traffic restaurants and supermarkets, intersection of South School Street and Mill Street about 5:30 p.m. Wednesday. S. School St. or mail it to us at P.O. Box 749, however, are often inspected up to She was unconscious when she was removed from her vehicle by Ukiah Fire Ukiah, 95482 and we’ll be sure to get it to three or four times per year. Department firefighters and taken to Ukiah Valley Medical Center.The cause of the the Food Bank. You can also send your accident was not known at press time; the Ukiah Police Department is investigat- check directly to the Ukiah Community See FOOD, Page 15 ing the incident. Center at 888 N. State St., Ukiah, 95482. Every Saturday & Sunday 1 PM - 4 PM Sweet SANTA Adeline s Tonight Thursday Evenings 6 PM-8 PM 6-8 pm $3 All proceeds go to PHOTOS! at ALBERTSONS! New Life Community Church Youth Group 2 – THURSDAY, DEC. 21, 2006 DAILY DIGEST Editor: Jody Martinez, 468-3517 The Ukiah Daily Journal [email protected] Death notices are free for FUNERAL NOTICES Mendocino County residents. DEATH NOTICE Death notices are limited to name of deceased, hometown, [\ John Dale Tims. They had Sarah, and Randall Yvonne passed age, date of death, date, time, four children and Hoven of Ukiah, CA. away at her home after bat- • Zora Mae Pearson, 86, and place of services and the began their life together. Rebekah, Riley, and tling cancer. of Ukiah, died Thursday, Dec. funeral home handling the 14, 2006. Arrangements are arrangements. For information Barbara is a member of awaiting and grandson Yvonne loved life, the on how to place a free death and loves the LDS Gerhardt of Okinawa, land and people. She under the direction of Ukiah Valley Mortuary. notice please call our editorial church. She loved Goofy Japan, Erika and Joshwa was loved by many, many department at 468-3500. and was very proud Tims of Redwood people, and she got to meet him. She Valley. Yvonne will be greatly was also a NAS- Barbara is loved by missed. CAR fan. Barbara was the many people and will be Yvonne received her kind of person who missed always. The family greatest joy from her always tried to do every- would like to children and grandchil- The world briefly thing she said she Thank all who loved her dren. Her daughter, was going to do. Barbara and befriended her Davna, her sons, Jason and loves her grand ba- and give special Thanks to Colter, her bies more than anything. the two friends grandson, Quinten Babe Bush open to increasing Iraq troops, Barbara’s children are Kristy and Lisa who loved and her grand- says they must have clear mission; BARBARA JO Jennifer and Glenn her and cared for daughters, Bailey Jae and warns of more losses ANNE TIMS-EVANS Dickson of Poteau, OK.