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Thursday, November 10, 2011 – Daily News 5A Obituaries JANE LOIS HOLLAND Jane Lois Holland, 80, of Red Bluff, CA., passed away November 7, 2011. Born to William and Jennie Atteberry in 1931, was born in Santa Cruz, CA. Jane was married to Robert M. Holland, received a AA Degree from Shasta College, and was employed at St. Elizabeth Hospital in the Housekeeping Department for 14 years. She loved to crochet afghans for her family and friends and garden. She was an avid reader, she received a "Spirit of Mercy Award" from St. Elizabeth Hospital. Jane is survived by her husband Robert of Red Bluff, sons Phillip Coombs of Ventura, CA., Wyatt Coombs of Phoenix, AZ., Timothy Coombs of Sacramento, CA., Ricky Coombs of MO., and daughter Mary Elizabeth Jones of Olancha, CA. Private interment will be held at the Northern California Veterans Cemetery in Igo, CA. Death Notices Margaret L. Bennett Margaret L. Bennett died Tuesday, Nov. 8, 2011, at her residence in Red Bluff. She was 86. Red Bluff Sim- ple Cremations and Burial Service is handling the arrangements. Published Thursday, Nov. 10, 2011, in the Daily News, Red Bluff, Calif. Thelma Briggs Thelma Briggs died Wednesday, Nov. 9, 2011, at Red Bluff Health Care Center. She was 104. Hoyt-Cole Chapel of the Flowers is handling the arrangements. Published Thursday, Nov. 10, 2011, in the Daily News, Red Bluff, Calif. John Elmer Bussi John Elmer Bussi of Red Bluff died Tuesday, Nov. 8, 2011, at St. Elizabeth Community Hospital in Red Bluff. He was 88. Hoyt-Cole Chapel of the Flowers is handling the arrangements. Published Thursday, Nov. 10, 2011, in the Daily News, Red Bluff, Calif. Caroline Chopp Caroline Chopp of Corning died Wednesday, Nov. 9, 2011, at Brentwood Skilled Nursing in Red Bluff. She was 83. Hoyt-Cole Chapel of the Flowers is handling the arrangements. Published Thursday, Nov. 10, 2011, in the Daily News, Red Bluff, Calif. Major donor to Obama pushed for Solyndra loan WASHINGTON (AP) — Newly released emails show that, contrary to White House claims, a major donor to President Barack Obama pushed for a loan to a solar energy company that later went bankrupt. The donor, George Kaiser, pushed White House and Energy Department offi- cials for a second loan for Solyndra Inc. last year, after the California company had already received a $528 mil- lion loan in 2009, the emails show. The second loan was not approved. Instead, an investment venture con- trolled by Kaiser made a private loan that resulted in the firm and other investors moving ahead of taxpayers in line for repayment in case of a default by Solyndra. Solyndra, the first renewable energy company to receive a federal loan under the 2009 stimulus law, declared bankruptcy in September and laid off its 1,100 workers, leaving tax- payers on the hook for more than a half-billion dollars. The company's implo- sion and revelations that administration officials rushed to complete the loan in time for a September 2009 groundbreaking have become an embarrassment for Obama and a rallying cry for GOP critics of his green energy program. Kaiser, an Oklahoma bil- lionaire and major Obama donor, was a frequent White House visitor in 2009 and 2010. White House officials for months have denied that Kaiser talked about Solyn- dra during those visits. One the nation's richest men, Kaiser owns an oil company and other energy interests and is chief donor to the George Kaiser Family Foundation, which invests in early childhood educa- tion and community health. Storm batters Alaska coast ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — One of the strongest storms to hit west- ern Alaska in nearly 40 years battered coastal com- munities Wednesday with snow and hurricane-force winds, knocking out power, ripping up roofs and forcing some residents to board up their windows and seek higher ground. As the storm churned the Bering Sea, residents and emergency responders braced for a possible surge of sea water into already soaked villages along the coast. ''People out there are used to extreme weather, but this is not a normal storm,'' said Jeremy Zidek, spokesman for the state's emergency management agency. ''This is of a magni- tude that can be a storm of record, extremely danger- ous, and the state is treating it as such.'' Water already has reached homes in at least four Native villages, includ- ing Tununak and Kipnuk, state emergency managers said. Zidek noted there have been no reports of injuries, and that damage so far has been largely limited to blown-out windows and battered roofs. Nome, Hooper Bay and Tununak reported scattered power Psychic, author to sign books tonight Clairvoyant and author Jodi Foster of Chico will host a book signing event tonight, from 7 to 10, at Lyon Books in Chico. Foster's new release, "Forgot- ten Burial: A Restless Spirit's Plea for Justice," details the alleged murder of a Chico teen in 1976 that would have taken place in Red Bluff. DEAL Continued from page 1A Department of Finance might delay the contract until December. COKE Continued from page 1A Drug Enforcement task force dis- covered about 26 pounds of cocaine PARK Continued from page 1A November before the rec- ommendations are brought before the council, Stoufer said. He hopes to bring it to Foster describes visions and hauntings she had while living recently in a Chico apartment, which was the last known address of the victim, Marie Elizabeth Spannhake, before Spannhake disappeared. The story is entangled with the lives of Cameron and Janice Hooker, who were infamous for Now, things are back on schedule, Goodwin said. "It does appear we're moving forward," he said. The deal would allow the sale of 4.43 acres at 1740, 1750 and 1760 Wal- keeping a sex slave, Colleen Stan, in their Red Bluff home for seven years. The couple is rumored to be responsible for Spannhake's disappearance and death before they kidnapped Stan, but Spannhake's body has never been found. For more information, go to jodifoster.net. nut St. to the state for $1.23 million. The land is proposed as the location for a new 62,033-square-foot court- house with five court- rooms to consolidate and update the six existing in the cab of his semi-truck. The cocaine was packaged in 10 individ- ual bags and placed inside a black duffel bag that was sitting in the cab. A CHP K-9 first detected the cocaine during a random search of the council sometime in December, he said. The council voted to change the meeting time for the recreation commis- sion, which meets the first Tuesday of the month. The group will now meet at 6 p.m. county court facilities. ——— Andrea Wagner can be reached at 527-2153, extension 114 or awagner@redbluffdailyne ws.com. vehicles passing through the inspec- tion facility. Gill, of Delta, British Columbia, was headed in that direction and may have been coming from South- ern California, officials said. Three public meetings have already been held for the design of the skate park, which will be the first part of the park to be built. The final design is being worked on now and the city has started engi- neering and soil samples, Stoufer said. ——— Julie Zeeb can be reached at 527-2153, extension 115 or jzeeb@redbluffdailynews. com. Shasta woman neglected newborn to death REDDING (AP) — A Shasta County woman faces a possible murder charge after authorities said she neglected her newborn daughter for four days until the baby died. Sheriff's deputies arrested Jessi- ca Bradford, 23, on Monday after the child's body was found in a dor- mitory where she lived and worked, The Record Searchlight of Redding reported. The baby had been dead for more than a month. Bradford worked at the Julian Youth Academy, a boarding school in Whitmore for troubled teens that she once attended. According to detectives, Brad- ford gave birth in mid-September without telling anyone, including her boyfriend of three years, that she was pregnant. ''She did not want to tell her boyfriend about the baby because she did not want to affect his life and her life,'' Sgt. Steve Grashoff said in a statement. Bradford kept the newborn in a vacant residence on the academy's campus and checked on the new- born occasionally between going to work, socializing and taking at least two road trips to Redding, Grashoff said. Bradford told detectives that she didn't feed the baby but gave her water when she cried, Grashoff said. After the baby died, Bradford kept the body in a laundry basket for weeks before moving it to a utility closet because she feared that other school employees might see it, detectives said. An employee found the body WORLD BRIEFING outages. Dems says GOP needs to improve taxes offers WASHINGTON (AP) — Democrats on the con- gressional deficit-reduction supercommittee said Wednesday that Republi- cans need to up the ante on taxes before negotiations can resume in earnest on a potential deal to cut out-of- control budget deficits. ''We are waiting for them to bring us back a fair and bal- anced proposal,'' said Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash. Republicans said it's up to Democrats to counter a GOP plan that for the first time proposed new tax rev- enues. The impasse came even as lawmakers unaffiliated with the committee took a glass-half-full view of the Republican offer this week in which even GOP hard- liners on taxes showed new flexibility on tax revenue increases. ''I assume good faith,'' said Dick Durbin of Illinois, the Senate's No. 2 Democ- rat. ''And I assume that what we heard from Repub- licans is a breakthrough that can lead to an agreement, and that's what we need.'' There are just two weeks before the committee's deadline and the two sides are far apart on how much in new tax revenues a deal should include. Republi- cans offered up about $300 billion in new tax revenues over 10 years that would be skimmed off the top as Con- gress overhauls tax laws cluttered with breaks and deductions and uses most of the proceeds to lower tax rates. Iran defiant over UN nuclear report DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — With Iran angrily defiant about a U.N. report accusing it of devel- oping nuclear weapons, Western powers and allies faced complicated ques- tions Wednesday on how to further tighten pressure on the oil giant without shak- ing the fragile world econo- my. The path toward possible new sanctions also quickly confronted a huge road- block as Iranian ally Russia said it would oppose any new measures in the U.N. Security Council and reject- ed any military options as risking ''grave conse- quences'' to global security. The sharp push back reflects the increasing diffi- culties for Western leaders to find ways to rattle Iran. So far, four rounds of U.N. sanctions have apparently failed to stop secret nuclear tests that brought Iran to the under a pile of blankets and called authorities Sunday, but when the employee returned to check on it, it was gone. Deputies responding to the call found the body of the baby, which appeared to have been fully developed at birth. Academy director Phil Ludwig declined to discuss Bradford's posi- tion at the school. ''This had nothing to do with the school,'' Ludwig told The Record Searchlight. ''This was a private res- idence she rented; it did not directly involve the school in any way.'' Bradford was being held on sus- picion of murder and willful harm to a child. She has requested a public defender, but one had not yet been appointed. Bail was set at $1 million. brink of mastering the process for atomic weapons, according to a U.N. watchdog agency report released Tuesday. Iran claims the evidence in the report is baseless and says its nuclear program is only for energy and research. The two opposing narra- tives where on vivid display Wednesday. Cain accuser filed another complaint in her next job WASHINGTON (AP) — Three years after Karen Kraushaar settled her sex- ual harassment complaint against Herman Cain and quit the trade association where they worked, she filed another complaint at her new job. She argued that supervisors there unfairly denied her request to work from home after a car accident and accused one of them of circulating a sexually oriented email, The Asso- ciated Press has learned. 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