JESUS MENDOZA’S BODY FOUND
Officials have confirmed the dead body found in the Navarro River this morning is 25-year-old Boonville resident Jesus Mendoza who went missing on Tuesday, June 14, 2022.
Mendocino County Sheriff’s Office Captain Greg Van Patten told us he was found submerged in the water and preliminary investigations have found “no obvious signs of foul play.”
Mendoza’s family filed a missing person report last night with MCSO after he had been missing for three days. In an earlier interview, Jennifer Mendoza, Jesus’s sister, told us her brother was last seen around 5:00 p.m. on Tuesday in the company of three men and five women within Hendy Woods State Park in Philo.
This group of men and women have yet to be identified, but Captain Van Patten said investigators determined this group Jesus reportedly was last seen with was across the river and the last known sighting of him was him swimming to go and talk with them. “At this point, nothing we have developed shows he knew the group he was going to contact”, Captain Van Patten said.
Captain Van Patten confirmed the investigation into Mendoza’s death is within MCSO’s jurisdiction and the coroner’s investigation is currently being conducted. An autopsy is scheduled for next week but blood alcohol/toxicology analysis results will not be available for several weeks.
THE SHAPIROS’ “VALLEY VIEW” PROPERTY in downtown Boonville is back on the table and under renewed consideration as a disbursement field for the treated wastewater the Boonville Planners are planning. A couple of months ago, the sons of the late realtor Mike Shapiro told the Community Services District project reps that they didn’t want to sell an easement to the District to provide a place for a treatment plant and distribution of the treated wastewater because they didn’t like the idea of “sewage” and they thought it might interfere with their future development plans for the 20-acre parcel (ten of which are in the floodplain of Anderson Creek and therefore not available for any structural development).
But in the last few weeks, discussions were renewed and the Shapiros have said they’re open to the possibility of selling the parcel to the CSD outright, if a fair price can be agreed on and if the State water board is amenable to the price.
CSD Board Chair Valerie Hanelt said she hopes to have an agreement to report in the next few months as discussions proceed. If successful, the project planners could then prepare the long-awaited “rate letter” based on the engineers’ cost estimates for the two parallel projects: drinking water and wastewater treatment systems.
If things pencil out and the water and treatment system estimated monthly rates are affordable, the projects could go to a vote next year, some eight years after the project was initiated.
(Mark Scaramella)
HELP! ANDERSON VALLEY FOOD BANK NEEDS YOUR HELP!
If you’re available, even occasionally, to help put boxes and bags into cars the second and fourth Wednesday of each month at the Philo Grange, from 2:30 to 5:30, email Robyn airemutt@gmail.com
“Many hands make light work.” Come help us with this vital community service.
HELP! HELP! Volunteer grass mower sought to give the high school a badly need grass cut. Please call the district office if you can help at 895-3774
FREE ENTRY TO HENDY WOODS State Park for local residents
On the Second Sunday of every month in 2022, the Hendy Woods Community is covering the Hendy Woods State Park’s Day Use fee ($8) for local residents from the following communities: Yorkville, Boonville, Philo, Navarro, Comptche and Elk - Know your zip code.
Enjoy a free visit to the park on us and stroll the old growth redwood groves and beautiful meadows, hike the trails, and unwind along the river! Note: Day use is from sun up to 1 hour after sunset.
ALL IN 1 TREE AND TIMBER INC is back in the valley available for your tree work needs, fully licensed and insured w/workman's comp. All pricing depending upon project specifications. For further information or any questions please message us here or call 707-272-7387. Thank you and have a great day. (Highly recommended by the ava. This guy gets it done fast at a reasonable price.)
PIC N PAY/DOWNTOWN BOONVILLE: Jesse B says “turn the Pic 'N Pay lot into… Hopefully, Someone's Smart Enough, To Turn It Into Boonville's First Tiny House Village.” Prob is we don’t have enough short people to populate it.
THE AV SENIOR CENTER KITCHEN STAFF is bringing a delicious menu to the Beer Park this Friday and Saturday from 12-6ish. Come get Sausages on Hoagies or a veggie sandwich if that’s more your thing. Yum beer and sausages!
ANGELO PRONSOLINO TURNS 100
We will be celebrating Angelo Pronsolino's 100 birthday June 15. Angelo moved to Signal Ridge Road in 1922 where his parents established a ranch and home. Angelo has never left, other than his service in the U.S. Army during WW2. I thought you may want to know about this momentous event.
Thank You,
George Owens
ERNIE PARDINI: "Happy birthday Angelo [Pronsolino, left]. An inspiration to us all. By the way, that's my dad, 2nd from right. Played center field."
AV SMALL ENGINE REPAIR SERVICE
Hello everyone. I am starting the small engine repair to its full capacity. I am ready to take all the machines you guys need fixed. I took a little time off because I had to apply for scholarships and colleges and do my senior project and I am finally done with it. If you need a machine fixed, call me or shoot me a text. My phone number is (707) 684-6449. I have put business cards in most stores in the valley and I have a ton if anyone is interested. Thank you for your time and I hope seeing you soon! Daniel Garibay
VELMA'S FARM STAND AT FILIGREEN FARM
The farm stand will be stocked with spring veggies, dried fruit, and fresh flowers this weekend! We will be open Friday 2-5pm and Saturday 11-4pm.
Offerings include: lettuce, beets, carrots, fennel, scallions, kohlrabi, chard, kale, cigarillo and broccoli, book choy, turnips, spaghetti squash, herbs, frozen blueberries, dried fruit (prunes, apples, raisins, peaches), olive oil, quince apple butter, and fresh flower bouquets! We will also have a few flavors of Wilder Kampuchea available as well. All produce is certified biodynamic and organic. Follow us on Instagram for updates @filigree farm or email Annie at farmstand@filigreenfarm.com with any questions. We accept cash, credit card, check, and EBT/SNAP!
UNSOLICITED PLUG: Hey Valley People, I run my company J Orozco & Sons here in Mendocino County! If you are in need of any excavation work, fencing, tree work such as lambing and fire prevention, brush clearing, dead wood removal, tree falling, mowing, etc., give me a call at 707/621-2066 or text, for a free quote! I am fully insured!
DISCLAIMER: I promise I'm not one of these grandparents who clears the room bragging on his pair of grandchildren, but there's this intense, widespread sub-culture previously unknown to me involving the two of them. Until my grandchildren got deep into organized sports at a very young age, I was unaware just how thoroughly organized youth sports have become. Both my heirs and assignees, a boy and a girl, are, at age ten and nine respectively, competing far and wide on traveling all-star teams, the boy in basketball — he's in a tournament in LA this weekend, will travel to Vegas in July for a national event, while girl child was in a softball tournament in Petaluma Saturday and plays somewhere every weekend, with practices in between, plus a list of softball homework she works on at home.
The coaches are high school coaches, even head coaches, bent on, or just plain sports-bent, steering promising children to their high schools when they turn 14. The instruction? First-rate. My grandson's team, if they were a foot taller, could easily compete at the high school level. Their fundamentals are very good, they can shoot, know how to play defense, understand the game.
The biggest problem the coaches have is keeping the little guys from going all Steph Curry, suppressing behind-the-back passing and beyond-the-key jumpers, which they tend to do in exuberant on-court moments. So, is it all a little too much, a little too hyper-organized, a little too competitive, a little too professionalized for young children? My two love it, and work constantly on their own to get better at it. I think it's a good thing, a good long-range thing that instills early the joy of movement and wholesome competition.
YORKVILLE FLEA MARKET
I would like to host another community flea market at the Yorkville Market on the 4th of July Weekend. I am thinking Friday or Saturday (or both?) to capitalize on the weekend traffic out to the coast, from 10-3 or in that general range.
As in years past, I will set up tables with some shade for those of who are interested in participating. You would bring any household items that you wish to sell, new or used, handmade crafts or art, and set them up for sale in your designated space. You would also be responsible for bringing a cash box and your own change to manage your sales. The table fee is $20, and if you want you can share the space with another community member. You would need to take with you any remaining items after the event is over.
Since the Market is closed, this event will take place outside.
Please let me know if you are interested and if you have a preference on which days and times to hold the event.
I know it’s less than a month away so if I could have confirmation from those interested in participating by the 15th it will give me enough time to plan.
Please let me know if you have any questions.
Best wishes,
Lisa at Yorkville Market <yorkvillemarket@gmail.com>
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