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forallwithheldtaxesfrom 1997 through 1999. In 2003, the U.S. De- partment of Justice sued Molen and his now-de- ceased wife, Sandra, for $110,927 in unpaid pay- roll taxes and an errone- ous tax refund of $30,600. The amount increased to $222,830 in a 2010 civil complaint. Molen filed false liens against people involved in his case in 2004, includ- ing judges, attorneys, an Internal Revenue Service revenue officer and a wit- ness. He had claimed col- lateral of more than $93 billion. In 2007, a judge ordered Molen to stop filing false liens. Criminal charges were filed in 2012 after the de- fendant filed false liens in February 2010 against two revenue officers assigned to collect his taxes. He also filed financing state- ments with the state gov- ernment seeking to secure the IRS officers' purported debts. 'Sovereign'claims Prior to sentencing, Mo- len sought to throw out the jury verdict and other aspects of the case based on principles commonly associated with the "sov- ereign citizen" movement. He asserted he was a cit- izen of California as de- fined in the state's original 1849 constitution and the federal court's jurisdiction didn't apply to him. During the trial, Molen, who represented himself, was ordered not to assert that IRS officers aren't government employees and that the tax code only applies to Washing- ton, D.C. and federal ter- ritories. In response to Mo- len's pre-sentencing mo- tions, assistant U.S. attor- ney Sherry Hartel Haus wrote that Molen's asser- tions that the federal law doesn't apply to him were "offensive, baseless and nonsensical." She asked the judge to consider Mo- len's motions as evidence the defendant would likely never comply with the law. "Even today, after months in jail, he simply cannot accept that the fed- eral law and this Court govern his actions," Har- tel Haus wrote. 'Simply stupid' During sentencing, Judge Nunley said the fil- ing of false liens was ab- solutely absurd, according to the U.S. Attorney's Of- fice. He also noted the de- fendant's frivolous filings and statements regarding the court's authority. "The defendant has said things that are simply stu- pid," Nunley said. Wagner said in a state- ment that Molen ignored his obligations and tried to intimidate federal of- ficials in his attempts to evade federal tax laws. "The sentence imposed today reflects the fact that such tactics are not only ineffective, they are crim- inal," Wagner said. Molen had faced up to 10 years for each false lien count and three years for interference. There was no maximum penalty for con- tempt. In handing down the three-year sentence, the judge said it was a sig- nificant sentence given Molen's health. Once re- leased, the defendant will be on supervised release for three years. Online court records indicate the court recom- mended placing the defen- dant in a Northern Cali- fornia facility that can meet his medical needs. ReachreporterRyanOl- son at facebook.com/Nor- CalJustice and 896-7763. Florist FROMPAGE1 "7:30 is a little late. Maybe work that out where we get a little earlier. I eat dinner too early; 7:30 I want to go to sleep." The City Council's meet- ing days and time were set by a city ordinance ad- opted by the council in 1989, according to city staff. Solar savings The City Council also will consider entering a 20-year agreement with a solar energy firm that city staff estimates could save the city up to $1.5 mil- lion in energy costs in that time. The city has been in talks with the Ecoplexus energy firm out of San Francisco since 2012 that has ultimately resulted in a plan that would erect a solar facility at the city's wastewater treatment plant located on Gardiner Ferry Road, according to city staff. The solar proj- ect would produce energy savings for the wastewa- ter treatment plant and other city facilities, such as the police and fire de- partments. City staff said that while savings for the treatment plant would go toward the city's Sewer Enter- prise Fund, which has re- strictions on how money in the fund can be spent, other savings could be re- alized to such general fund facilities as City Hall and the police and fire depart- ments. Eric Paul of Ecoplexus will present specifics of the proposed agreement, known as a Solar Power Purchase Agreement, at the City Council's meet- ing on Tuesday. The Corning City Coun- cil is scheduled to meet at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday at 794 Third St. Council FROM PAGE 1 IT only T A K E S A S P A R K . O N L Y Y O U C A N P R E V E N T W I L D F I R E S . s m o k e y b e a r . c o m Please By Pat Eaton-Robb The Associated Press HARTFORD, CONN. Adam Lanza's parents and educa- tors contributed to his so- cial isolation in the years before he carried out the 2012 Sandy Hook Elemen- tary School massacre by accommodating — and not confronting — his dif- ficulties engaging with the world, according to a state report issued Friday. The Office of the Child Advocate, which investi- gated Lanza's upbringing to glean lessons for pre- venting future tragedies, concluded that Lanza's par- ents, education team and others missed signs of how deeply troubled he was and opportunities to steer him toward more appropriate treatment. Lanza killed his mother then shot his way into the Newtown school on Dec. 14, 2012, and gunned down 20 children and six educators before committing suicide. Lanza's obsessions with firearms, death and mass shootings have been docu- mented by police files, and investigators previously concluded the motive for the shootings may never be known. In exploring what could have been done differently, the new report honed in on his mother, Nancy Lanza, who backed her son's re- sistance to medication and from the 10th grade on kept him at home, where he was surrounded by an arsenal of firearms and spent long hours playing violent video games. "Mrs. Lanza's approach to try and help him was to ac- tually shelter him and pro- tect him and pull him fur- ther away from the world, and that in turn turned out to be a very tragic mistake," said Julian Ford, one of the report's authors, at a news conference. The authors said Lanza's parents tried to obtain help for him in variety of ways, but they did not know which path to take and appeared not to grasp the depth and severity of his disabilities. His parents were divorced, and Lanza had not seen his father for two years. After 2008, his parents did not appear to seek any mental health treatment for him, and there was no sustained input from a mental health provider after 2006, accord- ing to the report. The one provider that seemed to understand the gravity of his condition, the Yale Child Study Cen- ter, evaluated him in 2006 and called for rigorous daily therapy and medication for conditions including anxi- ety. At the time, a Yale psy- chiatrist warned there was risk to creating a "pros- thetic environment which spares him having to en- counter other students or to work to overcome his so- cial difficulties," according to the report. The day after the evalua- tion, Nancy Lanza told the doctor by email that her son would not agree to any sort of medication and that he had been angered by the doctor's line of questioning. The Yale recommendations went largely unheeded. In the eighth grade, Lanza was placed on "homebound" status, though he later returned before finishing high school through a com- bination of independent study, tutoring and college classes. Along the way, the report said, there was no indication that the New- town school system or the pediatrician coordinated with service providers re- garding Lanza's mental health needs, according to the report, which referred to Lanza as "AL." "Records indicate that the school system cared about AL's success but also unwittingly enabled Mrs. Lanza's preference to ac- commodate and appease AL through the educational plan's lack of attention to social-emotional support, failure to provide related services, and agreement to AL's plan of independent study and early graduation at age 17," wrote the report's authors. Joseph Erardi Jr., the su- perintendent of schools for Newtown, said the report will have great meaning if "there is one school leader, one district, one mental health provider or one set of parents who reads this work and can prevent such a heinous crime." The report also provoca- tively asks whether a family that was not white or as af- fluent as the Lanzas would have been given the same leeway to manage treat- ment for their troubled child. "Is the community more reluctant to intervene and more likely to provide def- erence to the parental judg- ment and decision-making of white, affluent parents than those caregivers who are poor or minority?" the report said. Despite disturbing, vio- lence-laced writings that came to the attention of teachers, investigators say there is no evidence Lanza displayed tendencies for vi- olence or aggression. NEWTOWN SHOOTING Agency: Schools helped Lanza's mom 'appease' him JULIOCORTEZ—THEASSOCIATEDPRESSFILE Officials stand outside of Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn., following the Dec. 14, 2012, shooting. "Mrs. Lanza's approach to try and help him was to actually shelter him and protect him and pull him further away from the world, and that in turn turned out to be a very tragic mistake." — Julian Ford SHARONP.ALFORD May 6, 1938 ~ November 16, 2014 Sharon P. Alford, 76, passed away at home peacefully Sunday, November 16, 2014 in the arms of her children who loved her very much. Sharon was born May 6, 1938 in Red Bluff, CA. She graduated from Red Bluff High School class of '57. Sharon is survived by her daughter Ronan Lentz (Barbush) and husband Pieter; sons, Rodney Alan and Pe- ter James Barbush, 8 grandchildren and 7 great grandchil- dren, many nieces and nephews, alot of friends, a care- giver to many, young & old. A celebration of life to be held at a later date. DONALD C. KINSER Donald C. Kinser, Lt Col USAF Ret, passed away recently at Willows Care Center after a lengthy struggle with Alz- heimers Disease. He was 88 years old at the time of his passing and is survived by his wife of 64 years Bettye Kinser, son Kerry Kinser, daughter Kris Horstman, and her four children, five grandchildren, and one great grandson. Don retired from the US Air Force after a distinguished career of 26 years which was devoted to flying his be- loved fighter jets, training future pilots, and serving his country in many foreign duty stations. His overseas as- signments included low-level night reconnaissance mis- sions over East Germany when stationed in Europe in the 50s, training Republic of China pilots in American-made fighter jets when stationed in Taiwan in the 60s, and two tours of duty flying support aircraft in Thailand during the Vietnam War in the 70s. He learned to fly as a teenager growing up in Tucson, Arizona where his first flying ex- periences were in a Stearman biplane, adding to his ex- pertise over the years with certifications in 8 aircraft rang- ing from single engine pleasure aircraft to multi-engine military aircraft including the L20, the T33, the B56 and B57, and the F100. After retiring from the military at Luke AFB in Arizona, Phoenix and the Valley of the Sun became too busy and the traffic too hectic, so in 1976 Don, Bettye and Kerry went searching for a small town where they could pur- chase land on water and build the perfect house. They were led to a peaceful little spot east of Red Bluff on the Sacramento River called Surrey Village, where over the subsequent two years Don personally designed, excavat- ed, bulldozed, plumbed, wired, and roofed the home in which the family is still living. He enjoyed water skiing and fishing, and played a wicked game of bridge. He will be remembered by his family as a man of great per- sonal integrity; for his sharp wit, his engaging smile, his tender heart towards any stray animal, and for his amaz- ing, comprehensive knowledge of just about everything. He will be sorely missed, but his accomplishments sur- round us everywhere, and his presence cannot be re- moved from our lives. Don has requested cremation. 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