By lunchtime on Monday,

Fernbridge Tractor owner

Dick Lindsay had gathered his
employees in the breakroomto
tell them the news he had
heard only a few hours earlier.
It doesnt look good for
the valley right now, said a
somber faced Lindsay. We
dont know what happened but
things can get scary.
With 80 percent of his
business reliant on the dairy
industry, Lindsay like many
others in the area were con-
sumed by the what ifs this
week.
Ryan Nilsen, a fifth gener-
ation Nilsen whose great-great
grandfather Oscar started
Nilsen Company in 1896, has
managed the Ferndale store for
five years, providing every-
thing from hay to grain to
fencing to dairy farmers. He
heard about the creamery situ-
ation from his father, Denny.
Everybody in agriculture
is watching it to see what will
happen, he said. "Failure of
the creamery would be devas-
tating to everyone."
Creamery producer Jim
Regli received a call from a
creamery board member
Monday morning while he was
feeding calves at 6 am. He too
was shocked, and couldnt
believe the message being
relayed to him.
Were all waiting to see if
we get our paycheck on the
28th, he said. If that doesnt
happen, well be talking to the
banks to try and get a line of
credit.
That conversation, howev-
er, could be a difficult one,
considering the dairy issues
over the past year, he said,
referring to low milk prices
and high feed costs.
Its been a tough year, he
noted. No one has any extra
money. Now we just wait and
see.
Crescent Citys Rumiano
Cheese owner Baird Rumiano
said his company has been
doing business with Humboldt
Creamery for 50 out of the
The entire Eel River Valley is reeling this
week after news broke abruptly Monday
morning that Humboldt Creamery the life
blood of not only the valleys economy but a
huge factor in the well being of the entire
countymay be on shaky financial ground.
However, late Tuesday afternoon as
panic clearly had a strong hold on Ferndale,
Interim CEO Len Mayer told The Enterprise
producers monthly milk checks will be
mailed on Friday and that cash flow is nor-
mal.
Our financial performance today as far
as cash is the same as it has always been for
many, many years, said Mayer, attempting
to reassure not only the 50 dairy families that
belong to the cooperative, but employees,
vendors, banks, a multitude of customers
and dairy dependent businesses just about
every commercial venture in the valley.
Mayer said rumors that creamery checks had
bounced, were unfounded as far as I know.
Creamery officials announced shortly
after 9 amMonday that its 24-year employee
Chief Executive Officer Rich Ghilarducci
resigned suddenly on Friday evening but not
before alerting the 80-year-old cooperative of
inaccuracies in financial statements and
that the company should suspend its offer-
ing of its Series B Preferred Securities,
according to a news release.
We dont know what it is, said Mayer
when asked what the inaccuracies involve.
We do know its serious enough for Rich
Ghilarducci to resign immediately.
Late Wednesday afternoon, Mayer told
The Enterprise that by Sunday we could
have some pretty good information on
exactly what those financial irregularities
may be. Mayer said as soon as the board has
the information, plans call for sharing it
with producers and the community.
Mayer sat down with The Enterprise at
11:30 Monday morning, as visibly rattled
creamery board members came and went
from the milk plants Fernbridge office
building.
Its shocking, he said. I havent met a
single person who hasnt used that word
when they hear about this. I know the board
of directors was shocked last night when we
met.
With an intense effort underway to find
out what the irregularities are, Mayer said
the appropriate authorities will be notified
based on what we find.
We plan to tear everything apart, said
Mayer, who has been
the chief operating
officer at the cream-
ery since 2007.
Before joining the
creamery he was the
CEO of the North
Coast Cooperative for
four years. We have
independent and out-
side attorneys and
accountants coming
in.
Tuesday, a FBI
spokeswoman from
the agencys San
Francisco office said
the federal agency
was not involved, as
By Marilyn Davin
Redding-based Teamsters
Local 137 represents about half
of Humboldt Creamerys
approximately 250 employees.
The local represents both the
creamerys office staff and other
employees.
Contacted by phone mid-
morning on Tuesday, Local
137s secretary/treasurer Dave
Ferndale Elementary School
Principal Paul Meyers is the act-
ing head of the Ferndale Unified
School District as embattled
Superintendent Sam Garamendi
remains out on personal leave
this week.
When contacted by phone,
Garamendi reiterated that hes
been advised not to talk publi-
caly by his attorney but said he
was not at his post because hes
been asked to stay home.
We havent told him any-
thing, said Board President
In its announcement of
the independent inquiry into
potentional inaccuracies in
financial statements at the
Humboldt Creamery, the
cooperatives board of direc-
tors has announced a series of
steps the creamery will take to
investigate and deal with the
current crisis.
The Board has appointed
a subcommittee of the Board
to be involved daily in the
oversight of the investigation.
The Board has made a
commitment to share as much
information as possible under
the circumstances with the
Members of the Humboldt
Creamery cooperative, along
with the Companys employ-
ees and business partners. The
Suspended. Thats the
word to describe the current
status of an offering to buy into
Humboldt Creamery, making
the rounds of Ferndale and the
rest of the county over the past
month.
The two individuals hired
on contract by the creamery to
make contacts with potential
investors did not know
Monday morning of the week-
end meltdown at the creamery.
Ferndales Gregg Foster,
former executive director of the
Redwood Region Economic
Development Corporation and
Patrick Cleary, owner of
KHUM, chair of the countys
Headwaters Fund and a former
investment banker, were noti-
fied of the resignation of the
creamerys CEO and the sus-
pension of the preferred securi-
ties offering by The Enterprise
on Monday morning. The two
quickly descended on the
creamerys Fernbridge office
building to learn of the details
surrounding the cryptic mes-
sage in Rich Ghilarduccis letter
to suspend the sale because
there may be financial irregu-
larities.
Im disappointed, said
Foster, who now works in busi-
ness development at KHUM.
You put a lot of trust in people
who you work with for years,
Board Chairman:
James Renner
Director: Blake Alexandre
Director: Tom Ghidinelli
Director: Dennis Leonardi
Director & Vice-Chair:
Frank Leonardo
Director & Board Secretary:
Gary Nicholson
Director: Jim ONeil
Director & Board Assistant
Secretary: David Renner
Director: Domingo Santos
Wildcat Rodeo
Report from
Lakeport
See page five
SPORTS
Ferndale, California A National Trust for Historic Preservation Distinctive Destination February 26, 2009
Our 131st Year, Number 9 Price $1 (tax included)
Home of DAguanno Masonry
The milkshed is the milkshed.
Were all in this together.
Rumiano Cheese producer Jim Becker/See story below
Quote of the Week
Have Don Brown quote you an insurance rate today!
755 12th Street, Fortuna 725-1135
(see CREAMERY/page 4)
Creamery news hard to digest
Creamery hoped to raise $5 million from
community; $400,000 sold in first month
Books appeared
sound during recent
contract negotiations
CEO Rich Ghilarducci abruptly resigns, warning of financial irregularities; interim CEO says
producers monthly milk checks in the mail Friday answers to the puzzle possible Sunday
Shockwaves ripple through valley as all
wait to hear status of Humboldt Creamery
Shocked and stunned
Creamery union
leaders notified
School district superintendent
still absent; Meyers in charge
Creamery board acts
Equity buy-in offering on hold
Nine dairymen
make up
H u m b o l d t
Creamery board
Rainfall in Ferndale
Week ending 9 am 2/22 1.01
Weather year to date, 7/1 to 2/22 19.36
Last year July 1 to 2/22 27.42
Average since 1971, July 1 to 2/22 29.22
Average for February since 1971 6.58
Average per year since 1971 42.08
Percent of average as of 2/8 66%
Temperature in Ferndale Degrees
High for week ending 9 am 2/22 70
Low for week ending 9 am 2/22 36
Recorded at Ferndale Museum by Rob Roberts and Jerry Lema.
Historical data from George Andersons files.
Enterprise staff photo
Former Chief Executive Officer of the
Humboldt Creamery Rich Ghilarducci at
the cooperatives 75th anniversary in 2004.
Enterprise staff photo
Humboldt Creamery
Interim CEO Len
Mayer on Monday at
the creamerys
Fernbridge office.
Enterprise staff photo
Local 137s business manager
Mike Moffat at the creamery
Tuesday.
(See REACTION/page 4)
(See SUSPENSION/page 4)
(See LOCAL/page 4)
(See BOARD/page 4)
(see SCHOOL DISTRICT/page 5)
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Crisis management
We thought it was a bad joke Monday morning. When we
called Rich Ghilarducci over at the creamery to check it out, and
were told he wasnt in the office, we still thought we were wasting
our time running down another Ferndale rumor. But then the fax
machine rang and a news release like no other spit out.
How could this be? The hometown hero, the local boy who
made good. The man who worked around the clock with an office
overlooking the creamerys waste pond. The man whose company
vehicle was parked outside that unpretentious office every Sunday
as he worked overtime ensuring that our valleys way of life was
intact.
We dont know, and apparently creamery officials dont either,
what Ghilarducci meant by his cryptic statement that there may be
financial irregularities. What we do know is that he abruptly
walked out, fueling speculation and doomsday talk in a world
already teetering on economic abyss. Please, let it be minor. Please,
let there be no malicious intent. Say it aint so.
Meanwhile, we didnt realize that the dairymen that make up
the creamery board could move so fast. Transparency was not in
the vocabulary of the creamery prior to Friday night.
Understandably so. It is a private company. Now, however, every-
one is talking and available. Communication is the name of the
game. Weve never seen a crisis situation handled so well. Those
dairymen are running dairies while right smack in the middle of a
tornado. We applaud them and creamery officials this week for
their handling of the situation. They do not have answers yet, and
we are counting on them being forthright and straight with all of us.
The silver lining this week? A focus on the agriculture com-
munity and how important it is to everything in our lives here in the
valley. Who hasnt stopped this week and thought about what effect
the creamerys demise would have on them?
Parking issues
Dear Editor:
Every once in a while some-
thing gets to gnawing on me and
I have to vent, so I write a letter
to the editor.
Being in business for 14-plus
years in Fortuna and Ferndale, it
never ceases to amaze me how
many business owners and their
employees feel they have to drive
their car to work and park either
in front of or across from their
business or someone elses busi-
ness. Its like they cant walk ten
feet, and a lot of these people
spend a lot of money to join a
gym to work out but will not
walk ten feet to their job.
Fortuna was bad enough,
but parking in Ferndale is at a
premium. This town is not so
big that a lot of us could walk
from home, and I have heard all
kinds of excuses, but you know if
you stop and think about it,
there is no excuse.
If you feel you have to drive,
there is all kinds of parking on
the back streets like Berding
Street. Heaven forbid if you
have to walk a block.
To those of you that are
doing this, and you know who
you are, I feel you people are
inconsiderate and selfish, when
you take parking from potential
customers. You know I find a
nice brisk walk in the rain is
invigorating, we all can use a lit-
tle more exercise.
I know this will probably not
do any good, but maybe it will
wake up some of you to be a lit-
tle more considerate. There, I
feel better.
Jerry Austin
Ferndale
Jane L.
(Jacobsen)
Neal
Jane L.
Neal passed
a w a y
February 18,
2009 at her
home in Ft.
C o l l i n s ,
Co l o r a d o
after fighting a heroic battle
against small cell lung cancer.
She was born June 6, 1954 to
Kermit and Margie Jacobsen of
Ferndale, the seventh of eight
children.
Jane married Bill Neal
when Centerville Beach Naval
Facility was still operating.
They were posted at different
naval bases around the world.
She was proud of her husbands
service to our country.
Through good times and bad
she was a loyal wife and the
rock of their marriage.
She is survived by her hus-
band of 24 years Bill, son Shane
and daughter Samantha.
She is also survived by her
siblings: Joyce Fisher
(Brookings), Bonnie Schleef
(Orland), Skip Jacobsen
(Wilton), Merinee Duke
(Bridgeville), Renee Jacobsen
(Petrolia) and Cindy
McWhorter (Eureka).
Jane was preceded in death
by her parents, Kermit and
Margie Jacobsen and brother,
Tim Jacobsen.
Jane will be remembered
and greatly missed more than
words can ever convey.
Madgel L. Rylander
went to her Heavenly home in
the early morning hours of
February 16, 2009. She died
peacefully in her sleep of age-
related causes.
Madgel was born February
6, 1921 on a cold, snowy day in
Elgin, Nebraska. She was the
second daughter of Alva G. and
Blanche L. (Cooper) Wilson.
In June 1938, she moved with
her family to Ferndale. Several
months later, at a dance at
Camp Bauer, she met the love
of her life, Roy Rylander. She
attended Ferndale High School
and graduated in 1939. Roy
and Madgel were married on
January 20, 1940 in Carson
City, Nevada. They settled in
Arcata and their home, built by
Roy and tastefully decorated by
Madgel, created a loving and
joyful environment during
their 69 years together.
Madgel worked as a dis-
patcher for the Greyhound Bus
Company in the 1940s and as a
bookkeeper for several busi-
nesses during the 1950s. In
1962, she began working as a
library assistant at the Arcata
branch of the Humboldt
County library. Her love of
books prompted her to contin-
ue volunteering there well after
her retirement.
Madgel was an excellent
seamstress and enjoyed cro-
cheting, making many lovely
items for her friends and fami-
ly. She and Roy enjoyed travel-
ing to see family and friends in
their retirement years.
She loved ice cream,
genealogy, and eating popcorn
while watching Lawrence Welk
on TV. She authored the book,
Alderson Family Limbs and
Branches from her genealogy
research. She was an active
member of the Arcata First
Baptist Church for 50-plus
years.
She is survived by her hus-
band Roy Rylander; daughters
Bonnie Carter and husband
Jerry; Marilyn Roll and hus-
band Duane; grandchildren
Lori Patch, Drew Carter, Ty
Mettler and wife Mary, Tiera
Magnuson and Kari (Josh)
Mikesell; great-grandchildren
Andrew, Dylan, and Bryce
Mettler; Arieanna and Kenny
Patch; Darren Perreault;
Jayden and Jasmine Mikesell;
Emily and Sarah DeBellis; sis-
ter Minerva (Dale) Fast; broth-
ers Floyd (Barbara) Wilson and
Skeet (Ruth) Wilson; sisters-in-
law Sally Willson and Shiera
Wilson; many loving nieces
and nephews and lots of caring
and kind friends.
She was preceded in death
by her parents and step-father
Vic Willson; sisters Marie
Wilson and Virginia (John)
Saunders; brothers Donald,
Harold, and Charles Wilson;
Hal Willson and beloved
granddaughter Lucinda
Mettler.
Special thanks to Visiting
Angels staff Jeanne and Sheila;
special Angel care-givers
Brandy, Rachael, Jennifer, Kim,
Kelly, Kellie, Susan and many
others; Dr. Lawrence Senffner
and staff, Beverly Briggs and
other medical staff at Mad
River Community Hospital;
nurses at Mad River Home
Health; Hospice nurse Angela
and Chaplain Jim.
A special celebration of life
will be held on February 28,
2009 at 2:00 p.m. at Arcata First
Baptist Church, 1700 Union
Street.
In lieu of flowers, dona-
tions may be made to Arcata
First Baptist Church, Hospice
of Humboldt, or your choice.
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HISTORIC FILMS
Films about past and future history will be presented by the
Ferndale Museum Thursday, February 26th , 7:00 PM at the
Ferndale Repertory Theatre. Admission is $7.00 per person.
1. A Iogging hIm by Jack TippIo. Sr. from fho 1930s.
2. A 2004 hIm by Wonuy anu John !osfina fhaf commomo
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Fromthe
Back Pew
By Wendy Lestina
From the Back Pew Presents:
The Sunday Night Supper & Show
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Full-screen theatre with Dolby surround sound,
English subtitles for hearing impaired
Supper, 4:30; Show, 5, every Sunday
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Host: Wendy Lestina
MARCH 1: Because I Said So (2007) In an effort to prevent fam-
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(Diane Keaton) attempts to set up her youngest daughter, Milly (Mandy
Moore), with Mr. Right. Meanwhile, Daphne's other daughters, Maggie
(Lauren Graham) and Mae (Piper Perabo), try to keep their mother's
good intentions under control. PG-13.
MARCH 8: The Secret Life of Bees (2008) Haunted by the death
of her mother, 14-year-old Lily (Dakota Fanning) escapes the dreary life
she lives on her father's farm and heads to Tiburon, S.C., with her friend
and caregiver, Rosaleen (Jennifer Hudson), setting off on a life-chang-
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Martin Landau star in this adventure set in Ember, a city illuminated
only by artificial light. When the city's generator begins to fail, two teens
race to solve an ancient mystery and save Ember's citizens from dark-
ness. Based on author Jeanne Duprau's enchanting children's tale, City
of Ember stars Harry Treadaway and Saoirse Ronan as the two heroic
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The impact of this recession is real, and it is everywhere.
President Obama said those words aloud Tuesday night as whis-
pered conversations in the aisles of the Valley Grocery, Valley
Lumber, the Red Front, and the Post Office tried to pool the rumors
about Humboldt Creamery, conversations that, pointedly, stopped
short of articulating the question that is in each of our hearts.
Whats going to happen to us?
The 50 dairies that make up the membership of the cooperative
that is the creamery are not bucolic artifacts propped up in the
countryside to attract tourists. Our dairies are the rebar in the con-
struction of this community. When the dairies are struggling, the
town struggles; heaven forefend the dairies should fail.
Don Andersen was visiting with Terry Strong and me in the
Cream City Caf yesterday morning, and he reminded us of the
remark (made by the U.S. Comptroller of the Currency, Robert L.
Clarke, in 1988), When the economic tide goes out, you find out
who is swimming naked.
We dont know whos been skinny dipping at the Creamery; we
dont have the facts yet, we cant comprehend what has become
financial irregularities. Its huge, unquotables have uttered;
Its very bad were told enough to be scared and confused.
Lawyers can write and talk in code; journalists can report the
facts. I am neither. And so, I wonder: if, say, none of the 50 dairies
were paid, and the alternate markets for the milk were already sat-
urated with product, how would the bills in town be paid? Would,
for example, Frontier cut off telephone service to the entire valley?
In the Great Depression, little people oddballs no one paid any
attention to in the good times, eccentrics who hid cash in rusted
Folgers cans in the cupboard of their cabins sent money into
town to help out the widows and the ill. Who would help us now?
What about the cows? And where would the workers go? Most
are extended families who have lived here for decades; theyre not
new people. Five of the men who still milk on the dairies were at
the retirement party for my father, Doc Detlefsen, in 1983. These
families arent migrants; theyre people who have invested in this
community with their work, their enthusiasm, and the lives of their
children.
This is the point where my friends and family tell me to calm
down. Im warned that Im way ahead of the situation, imagining
circumstances that are highly unlikely. You exaggerate everything;
youre always so over-dramatic.
Reminds me of a day in October 1983, in Pittsburgh,
Pennsylvania. I was on a panel with Jane Pauley and Ken Blanchard
(The One-Minute Manager). I was the last person to speak, and
while Blanchard was talking, I studied the audience, and noticed
that their reactions to his remarks were peculiar. I discreetly
motioned for one of the conference organizers, and handed her a
napkin on which Id written: Whats with the audience? She
grabbed a pen and wrote back: Have no jobs. There were 500 peo-
ple attending what had been billed as a management conference,
and they had all recently become unemployed. In the five minutes I
had before being introduced, I rewrote my speech.
In my speech, I turned to the moderator of the program and
said, How do you plan to rebuild this economy?
Were not going to be an industrial, factory-based economy
anymore, she said, with an ominous pride. Were going to be a
service economy. Ken Blanchard nodded. People in the audience,
following his lead, smiled and nodded.
Really? I asked. And what are you going to service?
I was escorted from the podium, and later, it was carefully
explained to me how I didnt understand macroeconomics and the
evolution of the information-based, technological labor pool. They
will be retrained, I was told.
Yes, now that I reflect, the entire video game industry was sub-
sequently created by laid-off drill press operators.
Whatever revelations will become public in the next few weeks
and months, Humboldt Creamery is a group of professional dairy-
men and women who have the skills, intelligence, faith and dedi-
cation to repair the damage and rebuild the business.
That is their job.
Our job is to understand that our future relies on their recovery
and success and that our help is needed now, as critically as it was
during the floods, to aid that recovery.
When the facts are out and the damage is assessed, a town meet-
ing may be in order, to ask how we can help, what we can do to sus-
tain and nourish the Eel River Valley through what may be a long
and arduous recession.
In the meantime, if youre swimming without clothes, get out of
the water and grab a towel. Theres no civic inspiration in the sight
of a naked old man.
February 17: Report of a vehi-
cle vs. tree collision at Herbert and
Main.
Feb. 18: Headlight violation at
Centerville and the Wildcat.
Stop sign violation at Fifth
and Arlington.
Speed violation at Hwy 211
and Substation and at Hwy 211 and
Port Kenyon.
Lane violation at Van Ness
and Main.
Lane violation at Van Ness
and Main.
Slow speed and lane viola-
tion at Hwy 211 and Waddington.
Speed violation at Hwy 211
and Substation; negative DUI.
Vehicle stopped for speed
violation at Port Kenyon and
Dillon; unlicensed driver cited and
released, vehicle towed.
Feb. 19: Vehicle stopped at
Bluff and Rose for lighting viola-
tion. Driver was found under the
influence of alcohol and found with
illegal drugs in possession and
arrested at scene. Passenger was
intoxicated and was in possession
of illegal drugs and was arrested on
scene.
Illegal u-turn in the 300
This week This week
down at down at
the FPD the FPD
block of Main.
Monitored traffic on Grizzly
Bluff Rd.
Set up radar on Grizzly Bluff
Road.
Follow-up in the 800 block
of Waddington.
Speed violation at
Substation and Waddington; unli-
censed driver cited and released.
Speed violation on Main
Street.
Lighting violation at Hwy
211 and Substation.
Feb. 20: Speed violation on
Hwy 211 and Substation.
Vehicle stopped for speed-
ing in the 800 block of Main; driver
cited.
Vehicle stopped for speed-
ing in the 800 block of Main; driver
cited.
Vehicle stopped for speed-
ing in the 1000 block of
Waddington; driver warned.
Vehicle stopped for lighting
violation on Van Ness; driver
warned.
Feb. 21: Driving on a suspend-
ed or revoked license at Main and
Arlington.
Speeding violation in the
1000 block of Main.
Speeding violation at Hwy
211 and Port Kenyon; 65 mph in 55
mph zone.
Stop sign violation at Fifth
and Arlington.
Lighting violation at Van
Ness and Main.
Report of suspicious vehicle
at Ferndale Elementary; patrol
check and interviewed two juve-
niles who were waiting for parent.
Intoxicated male urinating
in the lawn at the fairgrounds.
Feb. 22: Lighting violation and
no drivers license on Herbert.
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Arizona, and Rio Dell were not successful. Ghilarducci's Rio Dell
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According to the creamerys
news release, an independent
inquiry was triggered when late
on Friday the creamerys outside
counsel received a call from the
Ghilarduccis personal lawyer.
Elliot Peters of the San
Francisco-based law firm Keker
& Van Nest, stated that
Ghilarducci had resigned, effec-
tive immediately, and a four line
letter warned them of possible
inaccuracies in the companys
financial statements and that
they should stop offering the sec-
ond round of preferred securities
an effort begun about a
month ago. Mayer said
Ghilarducci had left behind his
company vehicle and that his
office appeared to be intact.
Attempts to reach Peters,
who specializes in white collar
criminal and civil cases and
whose firm represented former
Enron Chief Financial Officer
Andrew Fastow, by The
Enterprise were not successful.
Attempts to reach Ghilarducci or
his attorney by the creamery
appeared Monday morning also
to not be successful.
Hes not returning my calls
or anyones calls, said Mayer.
Calls to Ghilarduccis Rio
Dell home by The Enterprise
were unanswered. Attempts to
reach the former CEO at his
Scottsdale, Arizona home, which
he purchased a year ago in the
Troon Village gated golf course
community for $384,000,
according to assessor records,
were also unsuccessful
The board of directors was
shocked at the news contained in
the telephone call from our for-
mer CEOs personal lawyer,
stated Jim Renner, chair of the
creamerys board in the news
release. We are determined to
get to the bottom of this matter
as quickly as possible and to act
in the best interests of our coop-
erative members, employees and
business partners.
He was going along nor-
mally, said Mayer, referring to
the well respected Ghilarducci, a
former mayor and city council-
man in Rio Dell, who, in the last
five years, guided the creamery
through major expansion with
the purchase of two plants
one in Stockton and the other in
Los Angeles. He has been presi-
dent and CEO of the company
since 1997. From 1985 to 1997
he served as chief financial offi-
cer. He is a past president of the
California Creamery Operators
Association and has served on
the boards of the U.S. Dairy
Export Council, the National
Milk Producers Federation, the
California Dairy Research
Program at the University of
California, Davis and the
Alliance of Western Milk
Producers. He was preparing
for our upcoming board meeting
and then left town on business.
The next thing we heard was the
phone call to our lawyer.
Ghilarducci announced on
January 13 that 2008 sales would
exceed $130 million, which rep-
resents an increase of 18 percent
from 2007 and a record sales
year.
Meanwhile, on Monday
morning employees were told of
the news as they reported for
their shifts. By 9 am Monday
morning, creamery board mem-
bers had met with or called all 50
co-op members, informing them
of the situation and leaving them
with many questions and few
answers.
An outside forensic
accounting firm was on site this
week attempting to pinpoint
those financial irregularities.
Dan Ray of San Franciscos
Hemming Morse, Inc., is a certi-
fied fraud examiner and worked
for the FBI for more than eight
years as a special agent.
Also hired by the creamery is
Walter F. Brown Jr., a partner at
Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe in
San Francisco. He is an attorney
who, according to his companys
website, is routinely engaged by
public and private companies to
conduct internal investigations.
Late Tuesday, when contact-
ed again by The Enterprise,
Mayer said Richs departure
and the mystery of his departure
are a challenge, but we are deter-
mined to come through on the
other side as healthy as possible.
People want absolute posi-
tive reassurance that everything
is going to be the way it was, he
said. I dont want to mislead
anyone and say, its going to be
exactly the way it was. We dont
know what its going to be.
Were going to go through this
thing in a measured way and
come out with the best possible
results we can.
With word spreading in the
community that there may be
problems with reported invento-
ry on the companys balance
sheet, Mayer said he had no
knowledge of any misrepresenta-
tion of inventory but did say that
company officials had been talk-
ing this week with Dairy Farmers
of America. The creamery
processes milk from the large
nationwide cooperative and
turns it into powdered milk.
Since the departure of Rich,
DFA a partner of ours has
been very supportive, said
Mayer. Weve talked on the
phone many times and they went
through significant turmoil not
too long ago. We have invited
them to participate in checking
inventories anything they
want to do, we are supportive of
that. They are going to send
inventory folks to our location in
the not too distant future and we
welcome them to do that.
As to the scope of any
financial irregularities or time-
frame, Mayer reiterated on
Tuesday its too early to tell.
At this point we are certain-
ly not planning to declare bank-
ruptcy, he said. Whatever
form the creamery exists in the
next month or year . . . the board
will consider what is the best
possible way.
Mayer said he feels every-
one is pulling for us, noting that
the company has been in com-
munication with its two lenders
CoBank and American
AgCredit.
The cooperatives annual
meeting remains on the calendar
for March 31 and Mayer and the
board of directors hope to have
answers before then.
Well get some answers, Im
confident, in the not too distant
future, he said.
And while the private coop-
erative under its past leadership
held its cards close to its chest,
Mayer said transparency is the
name of the game now.
Our commitment, the
boards commitment, is to be
open as legally and ethically as
we can be, he said. The board
has made it clear that a big part
of this whole thing is to make
sure we are as transparent with
the community as we can possi-
ble be.
As for the scrip or equity
investment many current and
retired dairy farmers have in the
cooperative and are now won-
dering what it is worth, Mayer
said everything depends on how
the business moves forward.
We do plan on having this
thing come out on the other
side, he said.
Meanwhile, a local Ferndale
attorney, who wished to remain
unnamed to protect the confi-
dentiality of his clients, said he
had received numerous calls
from those equity stakeholders
asking about legal remedies.
Im advising them that at
this point its too soon to consid-
er any legal type of action, he
said. Sit back, dont panic and
wait for more information, but
be concerned and proactive in
obtaining that information.
Hawley said he was just as sur-
prised as everyone else at the
sudden resignation of Humboldt
Creamery CEO Rich
Ghilarducci.
I just heard about it about
20 minutes ago, he said candid-
ly from his office. Were com-
pletely surprised and concerned
about our members, and con-
cerned about their jobs and
health and welfare.
Hawley said that during
contract negotiations with the
creamery, most recently for the
existing four-year labor agree-
ment that took effect in 2007, it
appeared that the financial
health of the company was
sound. He added that a compa-
nys financial soundness is typi-
cally at the top of the agenda
during contract negotiations,
and that federal law provides
unions with the right to exam-
ine a companys books if the
employer claims the company
cannot pay what a union wants
because it cant afford to pay it.
Thats exactly what hap-
pened in 2006, when Local 137s
auditor met with the creamerys
auditor in San Francisco during
negotiations for the current
2007 contract, which was ulti-
mately ratified by the member-
ship without either a work stop-
page or a strike.
Our position is that if the
company is profitable its
employees should share in that,
Hawley said. Though it doesnt
show on their balance sheets, we
[try] to get an idea of the valua-
tion of the company with its
expansion and increased valua-
tion.
Hawley said that at that time
there appeared to be no obvious
financial problems with the com-
pany.
Theyve always been heavily
leveraged but it seemed like it
was working out, he said. Last
summer they were running at
full bore. Hawley also noted
that the creamery business is
capital intensive. It costs money
to buy equipment, he said.
Hawley said that Local 137
will set up meetings with its
members as soon as more infor-
mation is available, and that
Local 137 will soon be talking
with the unions Sacramento-
based legal counsel.
In a worst-case scenario, he
emphasized that Our members
are creditors, a key considera-
tion should the creamery ulti-
mately be sold, liquidated, or
seek reorganization protection
under Chapter 11.
If they are heading to
bankruptcy we have a lot to talk
about, he said.
Meanwhile, Local 137s
business manager Mike Moffat
spent Tuesday morning in
Fernbridge, talking with both
Humboldt Creamerys Human
Resource Manager Renae Will,
who had called to give him a
heads-up about the press
release announcing
Ghilarduccis resignation, and
with Local 137 union employ-
ees working on the creamerys
production floor.
They [the employees] are
very concerned but also very
positive, he said after his visit
to the Fernbridge facility. My
take is that theres a positive
atmosphere with employees on
the floor and with the company
and theyre going to work
through it.
Moffat said Will promised
that as soon as we know any-
thing, you and the employees
will know. At the time this arti-
cle was completed, no employee
meetings had been scheduled.
companys 90 years in business.
We buy and sell milk from
each other, said Baird who
insisted that he doesn't want to
contribute to negativism when
so little is known about the sit-
uation.
"They're a good group of
dairymen who are passionate
about the creamery, he said.
They've survived bad times
before - floods and other things
- I just hope they'll be fine."
Rumiano producer and
Ferndale dairyman Jim Becker
noted the solidarity of the val-
ley.
The milkshed is the milk-
shed, he said. Were all in
this together. Everyone in this
whole county has a stake in
this thing. I am a dairyman
and this is dairy related. Yeah,
were all affected.
Even Cream City Cafe
owner Larry Horn was talking
about the creamery Tuesday
afternoon, pointing to the
array of Humboldt Creamery
ice cream in his cold case.
I just hope we can contin-
ue with this, he said, asking,
like many others, if there was
anything new on the situa-
tion.
and whats crazy for me is I did-
nt know.
Foster called the creamery a
bright spot in the county but
was busy emailing associates on
Monday, notifying them of the
suspension. He said about a
dozen meetings with prospec-
tive investors had been held over
the past 30 days.
The creamerys Interim
CEO Len Mayer said Monday
that the cooperative hoped to
raise $5 million to help feed the
growth of the company. So far,
he said, $400,000 had been com-
mitted. As to what happens to
that money, Mayer said
Tuesday, returning the funds
was at the top of a priority list
for the company.
We had several projects
that made sense, he said, and
record sales. All kinds of good
things. We dont know where
we stand now.
Cleary said he was, like most
others, stunned by the news.
But, Im hopeful they are
going to be okay, he said,
adding that theyve done so
many great things.
Cleary did confirm that the
creamery had made a request to
the Headwaters Fund last week
for a $2.5 million investment in
the preferred securities. Cleary
said on Wednesday morning he
had recused himself as board
president from the meeting and
from any conversations dealing
with the creamerys request,
since he had entered into a con-
tract with the company.
The Series B Preferred
Equity Securities were pitched to
dozens over the past month and
represented a non-voting equity
in the company. The minimum
buy in was $10,000 and divi-
dends would accumulate at a
rate of 7-7/8 percent yearly.
Board will also work as closely as
possible with the local leaders to
share information about the
impact of this situation on the
local community. In short, the
Board has pledged to be as
forthright as possible under
these difficult circumstances.
The Board has initiated a
series of meetings with the
Companys key creditors to
explore all possible approaches
to safeguarding the continuing
operations of Humboldt
Creamery.
The Board and key
Company officials are reaching
out immediately to the compa-
nys business partners and to
local community leaders. The
Board will also be convening
meetings of the Humboldt
Creamerys Members and
employees.
The Board has suspended
the offering of Humboldt
Creamerys Series B Preferred
stock.
The Board has pledged to
cooperate fully with any and all
inquiries into this matter, and
has instructed all Humboldt
Creamery employees to do the
same.
We are a family-owned
business with excellent prod-
ucts, talented employees, great
customer service, and an 80-year
history of excellence, conclud-
ed Board Chairman Jim Renner.
We intend to continue our nor-
mal business operations while
working as hard as we possibly
can to maintain the confidence
and support of our customers,
suppliers, employees and
lenders.
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We held our last rodeo in
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It was wet, cold, and rainy.
Thankfully we had a covered
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On Saturday the Wranglers,
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Even though it was rainy, every-
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Danielle Jackson and her horse
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All of us girls caught at least
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Morgan caught her calf in a 6
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of us caught both.
Morgan did well on both
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an 11.68 second run and on
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Team Roping was a tough
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brothers had long runs, however
still caught both steers to
received average points. This
was rodeo where no one
brought the best of their game.
In the Tie Down roping,
Corey Fitze earned points on
Sunday, and ended up placing in
the average.
In the Poles, Morgan had a
nice 22 second run on Saturday
and ended up fourth in the go.
Lexi and I are still trying to fig-
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standing. One of these days it
will come.
Our next rodeo will be our
inter-district rodeo held in Red
Bluff. Every year we have a
rodeo that coincides with dis-
trict one, hence the name inter-
district. We will be prepared
for the more rain and cold
weather. Our season is coming
to an end rather soon. Our last
two rodeos will be held in
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Thanks again to all our
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This week is National FFA
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many activities.
On Wednesday, we held a
"FFA Fun Relay," which
was good fun and a great sucess.
A free hot dog lunch is planned
for Thursday for all FFA mem-
bers and Ferndale High School
staff members. Finally, Friday
we are putting on a treasure
hunt for the school.
Also, in light of FFA week,
our chapter is participating in
the "Million Can Challenge."
Please donate by visiting our
cans located at the high school.
Next week, we will be visiting
homes around Ferndale to col-
lect cans. Tuesday we will be
hanging out reminder slips, and
Thursday we will be collecting.
We appreciate all of your sup-
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This past weekend, three
Ferndale FFA members traveled
to Ukiah for the North Coast
Regional Officer Screening.
Brytann Busick, Kerilyn
Ambrosini, and Abigail Titus
were put through three rounds
of vigorous interviews and
many hours of waiting before
learning that they had been
selected and slated for Regional
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year, and 12 were chosen to
move on.
Ambrosini was slated as the
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When theres no superinten-
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Garamendis contract was
not renewed in January by a 3-2
vote of the board. He has
threatened litigation for alleged
contract violations. The three
trustees are the subject of a
recall effort.
Meanwhile, the Humboldt
County Superintendent of
Schools Garry Eagles said this
week that while he has been
approached by a community
member to possible mediated a
solution to the ongoing dispute,
the request would have to come
formally from the board before
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In the past, I have been
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willingness and belief that there
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Meanwhile, a budget policy
committee meeting was sched-
uled for Wednesday afternoon,
past this editions deadline.
Were going to have to
issue pink slips for sure, said
Hansen. Theres a pretty good
deficit.
The deadline for issuing
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special meeting next week con-
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foundation and structural pest clear-
ance. Conveniently located at 746
Main St; inviting sun-room, formal
dining, country kitchen, over-sized
laundry, cupboards galore and convenient half bath.
Wood staircase leads to 2 large bedrooms and bath.
Priced to sell at $327,000
NOTICE OF PETITION TO
ADMINISTER ESTATE
Estate of Nedra C. Kausen, also
known as Nedra Clarice Kausen
To all heirs, beneficiaries,
creditors, contingent creditors, and
persons who may otherwise be
interested in the will or estate, or
both, of Nedra C. Kausen, also
known as Nedra Clarice Kausen
and Nedra Kausen.
A PETITION FOR PROBATE
has been filed by Wesley R. Kausen
in the Superior Court of California,
County of Humboldt.
THE PETITION FOR PRO-
BATE requests that Wesley R.
Kausen be appointed as personal
representative to administer the
estate of the decedent.
THE PETITION requests the
decedents will and codicils, if any,
be admitted to probate. The will
and any codicils are available for
examination in the file kept by the
court.
THE PETITION requests
authority to administer the estate
under the Independent
Administration of Estates Act.
(This authority will allow the per-
sonal representative to take many
actions without obtaining court
approval. Before taking certain
very important actions, however,
the personal representative will be
required to give notice to interested
persons unless they have waived
notice or consented to the pro-
posed action.) The independent
administration authority will be
granted unless an interested person
files an objection to the petition
and shows good cause why the
court should not grant the authori-
ty.
A HEARING on the petition
will be held on March 6, 2009 at
8:45 am, Department 4 located at
825 Fifth Street, Eureka, CA 95501.
IF YOU OBJECT to the grant-
ing of the petition, you should
appear at the hearing and state
your objections or file written
objections with the court before the
hearing. Your appearance may be
in person or by your attorney.
IF YOU ARE A CREDITOR or
a contingent creditor of the
deceased, you must file your claim
with the court and mail a copy to
the personal representative
appointed by the court within four
months from the date of first
issuance of letters as provided in
Probate Code section 9100. The
time for filing claims will not
expire before four months from the
hearing date noticed above.
YOU MAY EXAMINE the file
kept by the court. If you are a per-
son interested in the estate, you
may file with the court a Request
for Special Notice (form DE-154)
of the filing of an inventory and
appraisal of estate assets or of any
petition of account as provided in
Probate Code section 1250. A
Request for Special Notice form is
available from the court clerk.
Attorney for petitioner:
James K. Morrison
Morrison, Morrison & Cooper
233 K Street
Eureka, CA 95501
707-443-8011
Superior Court of California
County of Humboldt
Case Number PR090039
Filed February 3, 2009
3tcg: 2-12/2-19/2-26-09
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