Roger Adams

1928-2012

Roger Curtis Adams, former Southern Humboldt Unified School District Superintendent, died this last Saturday, March 10, 2012. He served from around 1972 until his retirement in 1989. He and his wife, JoAnn stayed in the area until  2001 when they moved to Vineyard Valley in St. Helena. He was an active Rotary Club member and well known in the area.  A reprint of his obit is below. Remembrances may be sent to the family on-line at www.tulocaycemetery.org.

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Whoa.  Better make new plans. Tomorrow night’s scheduled lecture at the Healy Senior Center in Redway has been moved to April 3rd.  According to the BLM Press Release:

 “Headwaters:  The Road to Recovery,” will be presented on March 20 by members of the U. S. Bureau of Land Management’s (BLM) natural resources staff.   They will discuss redwood ecology and ongoing restoration efforts in the 7,472-acre reserve near Eureka.  BLM Park Ranger Julie Clark will present information on life in the timber town of Falk, remnants of which remain in the reserve.

On April 3, Dr. Douglas Beaverton, Ph.D., author of “The Rebirth of Environmentalism,” will lead a panel discussion on the movement and events that led to the establishment of the Headwaters Forest Reserve.  A group of activists who were part of that movement will participate.

The Headwaters Forest was transferred into public ownership in 1999 and is managed by the BLM and the California Department of Fish and Game to protect and preserve the ecological and wildlife values in the area, particularly the stands of old-growth redwood that provide habitat for the threatened marbled murrelet, northern spotted owl, native salmon stocks, and other old growth forest dependent species.

Story of Headwaters Forest to be Featured in Upcoming Free Lectures

Lectures focusing on natural resources and social issues affecting the Headwaters Forest Reserve will close out the King Range Winter Lecture Series on Tuesdays, March 20 and April 3.  Both free offerings are at 7 p.m. in the Healy Senior Center, 456 Briceland Rd., Redway.

The lectures are the final offerings in this year’s King Range Winter Lecture Series arranged by the BLM King Range National Conservation Area staff at the Lost Coast Interpretive Association.

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Photo from Lynette’s NorCal History Blog

Lost Coast has this horrible story.  I wanted to make sure that people who read only my blog are looking for the suspects. 

The suspects are both described as white males. The victim was only able to see one of the suspects prior to having her head covered. He is described as follows:

Male, early 20’s, slender “ Runners Build”, approximately 150 pounds, 5’10” tall, straight dark brown hair below the ears, wearing black wranglers, black suede type shoes with “E” written on them.

John Patrick Yorkis

You heard the expression “everything but the kitchen sink?”  Well, this guy is accused of something similar.  He allegedly even took the antique dining room table. (Okay, that isn’t the kitchen table but, it sounds better.)

Fortuna Press Release: According to the Fortuna Police, today at around 1 P.M.

…a female caller phoned the Fortuna Police Department requesting that officers respond to her residence, located in the 1000 block of Loni Drive, for the report of a residential burglary. The victim reported that an unknown subject(s) had entered her residence and removed several items of personal property, including her television, recliner, dvd player and antique dining room set.

The officer apparently responded and …

While speaking with the victim the officer noticed an alcoholic beverage within the apartment that appeared to have been left by the suspect. After exiting the apartment the officer noticed packaging from the same type of alcoholic beverage in a neighboring apartments’ dumpster. The officer contacted John Patrick Yorkus (age 40) at the neighboring apartment. Yorkus agreed to allow the officer to come inside his residence at which time the officer immediately noticed the stolen recliner and antique dining room set.

Throughout the course of their investigation officers were able to identify approximately 35 items of stolen property within Yorkus’s residence. John Patrick Yorkis was taken into custody for suspicion of burglary and possession of stolen property. He was transported and booked into the Humboldt County Correctional Facility.

 

On the 13th and 15th, Who Bombed Judi Bari? the documentary about the unsolved 1990 Oakland car-bombing of Earth First!ers, Judi Bari and Darryl Cherney will be showing at the Garberville theater. There is a showing today at the Arcata Playhouse.  (Yesterday’s showing sold out.)

Press Release for the movie:

Who Bombed Judi Bari? is actually narrated by Judi Bari herself using footage taken at her deathbed testimony in her civil rights lawsuit against the FBI and Oakland Police. In 2002, a federal jury found 3 FBI agents and 3 Oakland officers guilty of violating Bari and Cherney’s civil rights in order to silence them. Law enforcement falsely accused the Earth First!ers of car-bombing themselves while they were on a musical roadshow to promote a series of protests known as Redwood Summer 1990, which ultimately attracted thousands of activists.

With only 30 days left to live, Bari tells her life story while the movie flashes back and forward to illustrate the events she describes. Wherever Bari went, cameras followed. The movie covers her early days as a union organizer at the DC Bulk Mail Center, her agitating as a feisty feminist Earth First!er convincing loggers to join environmentalists in opposing corporate redwood logging, and her federal trial against the FBI and Oakland Police that was carried forth posthumously by her organizing partner Darryl Cherney.

Early praise comes from Ed Asner, who said the movie “transcends politics and will be appreciated as a well-told story and parable.” Actor Peter Coyote remarked, “This film is… a graphic, factual display of criminality on the part of police in the service of big business. It got me angry, it made me sad, but above all it made me laugh like hell.” “Before Occupy Wall Street,” adds Producer Darryl Cherney, “there was Redwood Summer.”

Bari and Cherney’s lawsuit against the FBI continues to make news. In 2011, their legal team secured a stop order preventing the FBI from destroying evidence that could contain the bomber’s DNA; and ordering it turned over to an independent lab for testing. The FBI is appealing the order. The movie is Executive Produced by Elyse Katz, Co-executive Produced by Sheila Laffey, and Co-produced by Bill and Laurie Benenson, all veteran filmmakers.

The documentary is controversial with Bruce Anderson of the Anderson Valley Advertiser claiming,

Darryl Cherney and the affiliated ghouls still profiting from the car bombing of Judi Bari in 1990, have now produced a hagiographic movie depicting themselves heroically NOT finding the bomber….  Cherney made a cool million off a phony federal lawsuit arising from the FBI’s and the Oakland Police Department’s bumblingly premature arrest of Bari and Cherney for knowingly transporting the device. ..

Dawnetta Rene Carpenter

Press Release from the Fortuna Police Dept. According to the release, this morning at 7 a.m. …

… a female caller placed a 9-1-1 call to the Fortuna Police Department requesting that officers respond to the apartments at Basayo Village for the report of an altercation occurring in the parking lot. The caller stated that she had secured herself within her vehicle and that the suspect was banging on the vehicle’s window with a large knife. While officers were enroute to the location, the caller informed the dispatcher that the suspect had now used the knife to flatten the tires of her vehicle, subsequently making the vehicle inoperable.

Upon arrival, officers located the victim within her vehicle and immediately observed Dawnetta Rene Carpenter (age 28) flee from beside the vehicle towards an apartment at Basayo Village. Officers pursued Carpenter as she entered the apartment and were caused to force entry into the dwelling after Carpenter refused to open the door. Carpenter was subsequently taken into custody without further incident and transported to the Humboldt County Jail.

The victim reported that the altercation stemmed from an ongoing argument that occurred hours earlier. “Due to the quick actions of the victim and her ability to secure herself within her vehicle, I believe that she was able to keep herself from further immediate harm as she was able to separate herself from Carpenter and contact law enforcement” said Sergeant Aaron Starcher.

Carpenter was booked on the following charges; PC 236 False Imprisonment, PC 417 Brandishing a Weapon, PC 422 Criminal Threats, PC1203.2 Probation Violation and PC 240/242 Assault and Battery.

In keeping with Redheaded Blackbelt’s policy of helping to create an informed community, political and non-profit folk are given space to promote their events.  Press releases are not endorsements.

The Committee to Re-Elect Clendenen 2012 invites you to a Spring Celebration Dinner at 6pm on Friday, March 16 at the Scotia Inn, 100 Main St. in Scotia. Doors open at 6 pm; dinner starts at 7 pm. A delicious meal by Dorris & Daughter Catering will be served and a No Host bar will feature local beers and wines. Enjoy the “early country and a little big band swing” music of Falling Rocks, featuring long-time musical partners Ken & Maria Jorgenson and Hal Krohn. A silent auction will offer art, trips, adventures and Humboldt made products. Tickets are $40 or $75 for two and will be available at the door. For information, call 725-9671 or go to clendenen4supervisor.com.