Ukiah Daily Journal (Newspaper) - February 11, 1979, Ukiah, California Journal Year No. 252 California February 11, 1979 26 8 Page Sections Cents U. S. slides towards new energy crisis TAKING STOCK - Jack longtime Potter Valley casts a wary eye over his stock while sheriff's office Livestock Investigator Frank behind looks Rakes and the sheriff's department are increasing efforts to head off cattle rustling in the county - as the price of meat photo by Dale A crackdown on rustling in Mendocino County By MITCHELL LANDSBERG Journal Staff Writer It used to be that a man could hung for cattle Back when survival was a tenuous stealing livestock was a serious It still says Mendocino County Sheriff's Livestock Investigator Frank says is a real The wholesale price of and veal jumped a staggering 13 percent in Item Two Bay Area men were arrested last week for the theft and butchering of a Black Angus cow and calf near Laytonville in According to Sheriff Tom rising beef prices are likely to result in an increase in cattle Jondahl announced last week that the sheriff's department will step up its efforts to enforce laws against Enforcement will be stepped up in two according to Charles Lambert of the sheriff's community service Deputies will undergo training to increase their awareness of cattle and there will be more frequent patrolling of rural In the past to the sheriff's there have been at least eight cattle stolen or illegally killed in the The cases range all There were two cases in two in one in one in one on the north coast and one in And sheep according to Frank is becoming more and more common all the lot of times coyotes are blamed for what people are he The case involving two Bay Area men arrested for cattle theft is in many ways Joseph E. 41, and Raymond C. 29, two brothers from San were arrested on charges of butchering and stealing a and calf from Charles Sizemore ranch in The theft was discovered when a cowhide with the Sizemore brand was found along Highway 101 near An investigation led to property owned by Joseph Soli near A search of the Laytonville property and Joseph home in San Bruno netted some 300 pounds of meat and other the sheriff's office 'The stolen cow was valued at the calf at The two brothers surrendered to Rakes following arraignment in Little Lake Justice Court last Both were charged with two counts of grand The elder Soli faces additional charges of cruelty to Both men were released on their own recognizance following booking at county A preliminary hearing has been set for March 14. According to most cattle rustling is done late at night on deserted rural He said rustlers will go up a mountain road and park along a At that cattle will wander over to the vehicle to The rustlers will shoot butcher them on the spot and take off with the are so said just a bunch of dumb animals grazing WASHINGTON - The United its fuel stocks bleeding away because of Iran's oil is sliding toward a new energy crisis that may bring weekend service station closings and other measures reminiscent of the 1973-74 oil But a of gasoline rationing is still not in Energy Department officials said Saturday it is the potential long duration of the Iranian oil field rather than the size of America's daily oil import that makes the situation appear Government and private energy experts foresee little chance at this time that the loss of oil from Iran will force the imposition of gasoline they is a last ' deprived of Iranian which normally supplies 5 percent of its the United States has been forced to dip into its stockpiles for an extra 500,000 barrels a day to keep cars on the homes warm and factories Energy Secretary James Schlesinger describes such use of the stockpiles as against the and says there are limits to how long it can go If Iran's oil fields remain shut down past April - now considered a distinct possibility - energy officials say they may have to call for some type of such as restricting service station hours of The restrictions could be imposed this Their purpose would be to assure the United States an adequate supply of fuel for next The Energy Department is in the final stages of drafting four emergency which ouf They aren't like deer - they aren afraid of Rakes said rustling is a two-man operation most of the and the thieves usually keep the meat for their own they do eat he home An average steer is worth approximately he cattle theft is noticed when the rancher or a passing deputy finds a cowhide and entrails along a According to the sheriff's department plans to increase training of what to look Three deputies have already been sent by the sheriff's office to a cattle theft investigation school this and Rakes hopes more will The investigator said he plans to start patrolling county roads late at night more often and has asked resident deputies in the county to do the He is also trying to increase awareness of a program operated by Newspapers and the California The program offers rewards of up to for anyone turning in evidence that leads to the conviction of a cattle rustler - if the victim of the crime is a member of the The identity of the witness is kept a Rakes said anyone having any information about livestock theft should call the sheriff's office and ask for the livestock Supervisors adopt GP update plan By NANCY STEINSON Journal Staff Writer After almost two months of sometimes heated Mendocino County supervisors have a plan for updating the county General Plan that calls for local citizen Supervisors Friday adopted procedures for updating the county General Plan under the direction of the county planning department and with the help of local Omitted from the was a process for exempting communities who had completed their area general plans from the moratorium on land divisions and land use The which were developed into a resolution by the county planning were unanimously adopted by supervisors with some Under the adopted local citizens be appointed to some ten citizen advisory These committees would be charged with the responsibility for reviewing and analyzing information and using that information to make and recommendations that clearly defined the community's future Following a six-month the citizens advisory committees would present that information to the county planning who would then incorporate it into the county General Supervisors agreed that the local coastal plan should be done by the although Supervisor Ernie Banker questioned whether the lack of a local coastal plan could be interpreted as a violation of state law and constitute grounds for a Some concern was expressed over omitting the procedure the planning commission designed to request a judicial exemption from the moratorium once the area general plans were the supervisors said they could always reinsert this provision after they have had time to check out all the Supervisors were told they were removing the carrot from the when they did The plan was to give the citizens advisory commissions an incentive - an exemption from the moratorium to complete their area general plans as soon as said Marge planning commission we will have a self-imposed in the There will be no stage by stage said County Counsel John Drummon that the judge may be disturbed by the requests for modification of the injunction at a time when the county is still trying to iron out its hardship want to keep the judge soon will be submitted for congressional They service stations to close on a step designed to cut down on use of gasoline for pleasure employers to restrict the number of parking spaces provided for workers and requiring commercial parking lots to reduce the number of downtown parking Both measures are designed to encourage and the use of mass mandatory temperature limits for cooling and hot water in large thus reducing boiler fuel owners and operators of large commercial buildings to turn off all advertising lights except those absolutely needed during business reducing demand for The imposition of such measures could recall the closed service the gas pump the and the darkened nighttime streets of the 1973-74 In addition to those foUr Schlesinger also expects to send Congress on Feb. 26 a standby plan for gasoline even though such a drastic step is now considered Energy officials said supply problems might be solved without any mandatory conservation measures through a combination of voluntary substitution of natural gas for diversion of oil from the nation's strategic petroleum reserve and relays of electricity from areas that generate power with coal and nuclear reactors to those that generate it with Iran was supplying the United States with about 900,000 barrels of oil a day before production was slowed by strikes in November and cut off Dec. 27. Community support sought by MC to get state funds for campus in good said The commission had proposed that an immediate request be made to exempt Potter Valley and Round Valley from the moratorium since they have completed area General Supervisor Ernie Banker said that are many other things in the General Plan that might affect these The General Plan is just as inadequate to those Said Supervisor John don't want to do anything that will rile the Supervisors will be responsible for appointing local citizens to the citizen advisory Mendocino County was sued by the state attorney general's office in November for alleged General Plan Following two days of a preliminary injunction was issued in December barring the county from approving any subdivision parcel maps or In the the county filed an appeal with the state First District Court of but dropped it when it learned the action meant there would be no modifications to the action Friday means that the contract with the engineering firm of Gennis & which was hired to update four elements of the General will have to be Mendocino College is seeking community support in its to get state funding for construction of a permanent College President Robert last week reported that Gov. Brown's proposed 1979-80 budget does not include the million for Ranch campus He pointed out that the governor included in the spending plan only community college projects necessary for health and Agrella has sought support from both State Sen. Barry Keene and Assemblyman Doug and said letters to the governor from citizens of Ukiah would be helpful in persuading the governor to include funds for the college in the Mendocino College went through a similar process last year when no funds were included in the proposed 1978-79 Funding was included after the college agreed to raise million over the next 5 to 10 According to the Community College Board of Governors has recommended million worth of projects in its 1979-80 but Gov. Brown included only million for the 106 campuses in the Agrella said that off-site construction of the permanent Ranch campus was ranked 11 on a priority list of 65 projects submitted by the Board of Governors for waived in hardship cases Two hardship test cases scheduled for hearing in Mendocino County Superior Court Friday were removed from the court agenda and taken under submission by Superior Court Judge John J. parties waived the said County Counsel John The parties included slate Deputy Attorney General Zan Drummond and attorney Robert Fabian who represents owner of the proposed Eden Valley subdivision Golden was to have heard argument as to why local developers Timm Allred and Bobby Kennedy should be exemptions from a temporary court ban on county approval of subdivision parcel maps and Allred plans to build an apartment Kennedy plans to build a 32-lot low-cost housing subdivision just north of Both developments have tentative subdivision map Street lighting and roads are installed at Some 175 subdivisions are being delayed by the court An estimated 90 percent are considered Drummond liad no prediction Friday when Golden would a Golden issued Uie temporary injunction Dec. 20 at the request of Henson because of alleged General Plan the county has worked with Henson and Golden to develop a procedure for handling hardship Hardship applications are bo screened by an ad hoc then to Golden for Henson is lo receive a copy of all hardship sent to The first 10 projects are all on-going Agrella making Mendocino's project the highest new construction He also pointed out that the ranking is the highest ever for the college on the priority Without a permanent the college will not receive Agrella also said that over would be spent in the next five years to maintain the college at a temporary money that will be Mendocino College is only one of two community colleges of the 106 in the state without a Both Sen. Keene and Assemblyman Bosco have written a Assemblyman John chairman of the Assembly Ways and Means requesting that funding for the college be Copies of the letter went to Brown and to key Sunday In brief A holiday for some Monday Students and state employees will have the day off to celebrate Abraham Lincoln's 170th birthday but for nearly everyone else it will be business as All public and private Mendocino announced they will close Monday in honor of Lincoln's and state offices will shut their doors as But all county and federal government and all retail stores and have announced regular hours for Both the city and county Chambers of Commerce will remain open for the holiday the 16th was born Feb. 12,1809, in Hardin Weather SAN FRANCISCO - Extended forecasts for Monday through Northern California - Periods of rain likely except chance of rain south portion Snow level in the mountains above 5000 feet lowering to near 4000 feet Wednesday with cooler Highs in the 50s to low 60s and lows in upper and 40s at low
