THE ANDERSON VALLEY MOURNS THE DEATH OF BERYL THOMASSON.
The long-time resident of Boonville had battled cancer over the past several years never, in all that debilitating, difficult time, losing the vivacious good humor all of us always associated with her. With her husband, Reuben Thomasson Jr., Beryl Thomasson owned and operated the landmark Anderson Valley Market in downtown Boonville. Full obituary to follow.
COMMUNITY EASTER “SON” RISE SERVICE
Not at sunrise, but at 8 AM.
There will be a Community Christian Easter Church Service and all are invited
Time: 8 AM
Date: Easter morning, 4-1-2018
Place: In front of the Boonville Methodist Church, 13850 Highway 128, Boonville. Valley Bible Fellowship is hosting this for the entire Valley.
Come join us for a time of celebrating the resurrection of Jesus Christ. There will be hymns, prayer, fellowship, refreshments, and reading of the Bible (the resurrection account). No admission and no offering will be taken.
For information call Pastor Dave Kooyers at (707) 895-2325
JOHN SCHARFFENBERGER is about to become the owner of Jim Dean’s property on Blattner Road, Philo, and look for major aesthetic upgrades, pronto, which will be practical as well as beautiful. The long-time local said Monday that he expects to create four reasonably-priced rentals plus, tentatively, a pair of one-acre plots for landless farmers to cultivate. All this is in its first stages, but that large parcel nearly in the center of town could not be in better, more creative hands.
A READER COMMENTS: “JT Carlin worked for me when I was the owner of Stone & Embers. He quickly became a stand-out employee. Sometimes you can just tell when a kid is going to grow up and be something special. That’s JT…good on ‘yah mate and all the kids who took the walk-out seriously.”
WONDER if our CSD might look into one of those outdoor lighting ordinances or “night sky” diktats that at least recommend that pm lights be turned off, the better to see the heavens.
THE BEDS of red tulips at the Bewildered Pig restaurant at Navarro are worth a trip to the Deepend all by themselves. Closer to home, the Brewery also has a nice scattering of tulips, and here’s a tulip tip for you. To keep your bouquet-ed tulips upright, drop a penny in their vase. A street person told me that one day when I emerged from Safeway with a fistful of Holland’s famous export. “Ya know what you gotta do to keep ‘em standing?” I didn’t, and thought at first he was referring to me and my advancing decrepitude. I’ve been grateful to him every Spring since.
THE SOCO Sheriff’s Office and the Santa Rosa Police Department will let cameras into their cruisers for the reality TV show ‘Cops.’ Can Mendo be far behind? Probably far behind. I once asked former Sheriff Tony Craver if he would approve COPS riding around with his deputies. “Hell no,” Craver said. “I can’t believe some of the stuff I see these guys doing on that show, and doing it on tv!” SoCo is basically urban-suburban. That policing is interchangeable with lots of places, but Mendo? Driving up a dirt road in the middle of the night anywhere in our vast outback to who knows what? You won’t see that on tv very often.
MARSHALL NEWMAN NOTES: Missing NOAA weather data — National Weather Service’s three-day climate data for Boonville ended Saturday, 3/24/18 at 5:50 a.m. (it is now Sunday, 3/25, 7:56 a.m.). I wish this organization, which we fund, would pay closer attention to its equipment. Just in, also from Marshall: At some point during today (Sunday), the National Weather Service finally posted data from the Boonville station. It previously had gone AWOL for more than a day. Bizarre, but at least we finally know how much rain and how much wind we had Saturday and Sunday. Also just in time to record a night of potential frost.
PAUL McCARTHY of the essential MendocinoSportsPlus comments: “A couple years ago NOAA swapped out NOAA Buoy 46014 (about 10 miles off Albion) with a new fancy-pants buoy that included a camera that took images. It worked for about 8 months then stopped – then the ocean temp thermometer went kaput. That was in July of 2016 and it still isn’t working. Yes, I’ve notified them several times over the years and sure miss those offshore ocean temps…”
JESSE SLOTTE appeared in Judge Ann Moorman's courtroom last week (Tuesday, 20 March) for the final disposition of a violent episode last year in Potter Valley in which Slotte was accused of assaulting his now estranged wife, Veronica, and imperiling the couple's two children. Judge Moorman ordered that Slotte, severely wounded in Iraq, successfully complete a program for traumatized veterans that he's presently enrolled in. Additionally, Slotte is ordered to stay away from his ex-wife but can enjoy regular visits with his children. He will serve 36 months of strict probation whose conditions stipulate that he remain alcohol-free. Slotte was represented by Ukiah criminal defense attorney, Justin Peterson, and prosecuted by Beth Norman of the DA's office.
ALSO ON THE UKIAH DOCKET, the matter of Ricky Owens, Boonville, has been put over until Judge Behnke returns from vacation. Owens, 49, awaits sentencing on a conviction of child endangerment. Owens told police investigators he was teaching a 6-year-old relative how to swim when the boy lost consciousness. Witnesses at the Fairfield Inn & Suites pool near Highway 101 in Ukiah said Owens had not been negligent, but a hotel video shows Owens unaware that the child seemed to be drowning.
COMPTCHE 5TH DISTRICT SUPERVISORS CANDIDATE FORUM
Mendocino Cannabis Industry Association is sponsoring a candidate forum. I hope everyone can join us for the forum, as we want to include the entire community for this event. Perhaps for the first time in Mendocino County electoral history, there will be a ‘cannabis inclusive’ candidates' forum. Comptche will host all five candidates for the 5th District Supervisor's seat, and they will be on hand to answer questions that will cover a broad range of topics, including cannabis issues facing our community, and how these issues affect the future of Mendocino County. March 31st at the Comptche Community Hall, 30672 Comptche-Ukiah Road. 3pm for food and mixing, with the forum slated for 4-6pm.
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