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Saturday, February 27, 2010 – Daily News – 5B LEGAL NOTICE Publish: February 27, 2010 & March 9, 2010 LEGAL NOTICE FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 2010000050 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: Kate's Trucking 530-567-9021, 4150 Hess Rd, Red Bluff, CA 96080 Brian H. Ramsey 22645 Fisher Rd Red Bluff, CA 96080 Katherine G. Ramsey 22645 Fisher Rd Red Bluff, CA 96080 The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on: 2/17/10 This business is conducted by: hus- band & wife S/By: Brian Ramsey Brian Ramsey This statement was filed with the Coun- ty Clerk of Tehama County on 2/17/2010 Beverly Ross Tehama County Clerk & Recorder Publish: Feb 20, 27, & Mar 6 & 13, 2010 LEGAL NOTICE FORFEITURE SALE The Tehama County Sheriffs Office will sell, via sealed bid, the following forfeit- ed item: 1) 2001 Nissan Quest Mini-Van Item may be inspected on Tuesday, March 2, 2010 from 9:00 a.m. until 11:00 a.m. at the Tehama County Sher- iff's maintenance garage, 502 Oak Street, Red Bluff. All items will be sold individually, and in "as is" condition. No warranty is expressed or implied. Sealed bids must be received by 4:00 p.m. Monday, March 8, 2010. Bid forms available in person at the Tehama County Sheriff's Office or by calling (530) 529-7950. Publish: February 20 & 27, 2010 1939 Batman comic sells for more than $1M DALLAS (AP) — A 1939 comic book in which Batman makes his debut sold at auction Thursday for more than $1 mil- lion, breaking a record set just three days earlier by a Superman comic, Heritage Auction Galleries said. The Dallas-based auction house said the rare copy of Detec- tive Comics No. 27 sold for a total of $1,075,500, which includes the buyer's premium, to a buyer who wished to remain anonymous. The consigner wanted to remain anonymous as well. ''It pretty much blew away all of our expectations and now it's the highest price ever raised for a comic book,'' said Barry Sandoval, director of operations of Heritage's comics division. A copy of the first comic book featuring Superman, a 1938 edition of Action Comics No. 1, sold Monday for $1 million in a sale between a private seller and a private buyer, with the transaction conducted by the New York City auction site ComicConnect.com. ''We can really say that Batman has nosed out Superman, at least for now,'' Sandoval said. He said the consigner had bought the Batman comic in the late 1960s for $100. With a bright yellow background, the comic features Batman swinging on a rope above city rooftops. ''That cover is just one of the most famous of all comic book covers,'' Sandoval said. J.C. Vaughn, associate publisher of The Overstreet Comic Book Price Guide, said most people had predicted it would be the comics with the first appearance of Superman and Batman that broke the $1 million barrier. Both comics that sold this week were in great condition — scoring an 8.0 on a scale that goes up to 10, he said. ''I think that you can greenly ascribe this to a real comfort with the liquidity of rare, high grade vintage collectibles,'' Vaughn said. George Pantela, owner of Melbourne, Australia-based GP Analysis, which tracks sales of certified comics from more than 20 auction houses and dealers, said the previous record was about $317,000 paid a year ago for a lesser grade Action Comics No. 1 than the one sold this week. Vincent Zurzolo, chief operating officer of Comicconnect.com, took the breaking of their record in stride. ''It's an exciting week in comic books when you have two comics selling for $1 million,'' he said. WORLD BRIEFING On health bill, Dems see glimmers of hope WASHINGTON (AP) — Democrats pushed hard to revive President Barack Obama's stalled health care overhaul on Friday — and pointed to glimmers of hope — but the long odds facing them seemed little changed after Obama's extraordinary summit with both parties' leaders. At the White House, press secretary Robert Gibbs said Obama would unveil a ''way forward'' next week on legislation that has been his foremost domestic priority. Obama, who will first discuss the strategy with Democratic congressional leaders, said at Thursday's bipartisan marathon that he's open to several Republican ideas, including medical mal- practice changes. On Capitol Hill, a pair of retiring Democrats who opposed the legislation when the House approved it in November appeared willing to reconsider. And some supporters of a House provision strictly ban- ning federal financing for abortion — a complicated sticking point — indicated an openness to different language. The outcome could affect nearly all Americans, remaking the way they pay for health care, the kinds of care they're likely to receive and where they're likely to get it. Or there could be smaller changes — or none — outcomes the Democrats say will lead to crushing budget problems and tens of millions of people still being left out. Republicans see problems in the health care system, too, but recommend less- far-reaching prescriptions. Despite the signs of movement, a day after televi- sion cameras brought the nation Obama's unusual day-long discussion with top Republicans and Democrats there were no clear indications of a major change in Congress. The equation remained the same: Democratic leaders, especially in the House, will have to scramble to find votes to pass any health legislation and they're almost certainly going to have to do it without Republican support. More than 1M powerless in wintery Northeast ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — A slow-moving winter storm smacked the Northeast on Friday, unleashing heavy snow, rain and hurricane-force winds as it knocked out power to more than a million homes and businesses. It turned Maine beachfront streets into rivers and piled on the misery in places hit by three major blizzards in less than a month. Every form of travel was miserable if not impos- sible. More than 1,000 flights were canceled, bus ser- vice across northern New Jersey was knocked out and roads from Ohio to West Virginia to Maine were closed. State troopers used snowmobiles to reach motorists stranded for hours on an eastern New York highway. ''We're buried,'' said Graham Foster, highway superintendent in the town of Wappinger, one of the hardest hit areas in upstate New York. ''My men have been out since 7 yesterday morning and we're not making much headway because there are so many trees down and wires down.'' Foster, who was working on one hour of sleep Friday, said one of his big concerns was getting more diesel fuel for his constantly running plows. Many local gas pumps were inoperable because of wide- spread power outages. Power failures were so severe and widespread in New Hampshire — 330,000 of the state's roughly 800,000 customers — that even the state Emergency Operations Center was operating on a generator. Utility officials said it would take days for all those lights to flicker back on. NY Gov. David Paterson drops bid for election NEW YORK (AP) — Less than a week after declaring he would seek a full four-year term, New York Gov. David Paterson abruptly dropped his election bid Friday under pressure from Democrats concerned about his faltering agenda and criticism of his handling of a domestic abuse case involving a trusted aide. At a news conference, Paterson cited an accu- mulation of distractions that prompted him to end his campaign, but said he had never abused his office. ''But I am being realistic about politics,'' he said. ''It hasn't been the latest distraction ... It's been an accumulation of obstacles that have obfuscated me from bringing my message to the public.'' Paterson insisted that he would not resign and said he would serve out his term ''fighting for the state of New York.'' And he said he would be vindicated by the criminal investigation he called for into his administration's handling of the abuse case. Ways and Means head Rangel won't step down WASHINGTON (AP) — Rep. Charles Rangel said Friday he won't step down as chairman of the powerful House tax-writing committee after being admonished by an ethics panel for accept- ing corporate-sponsored trips to the Caribbean. The public rebuke of one of the Democrats' most outspoken leaders posed more woes for a party that had vowed to end a ''culture of corruption.'' The House ethics committee said that aides to the 20-term New York Democrat tried at least three times to show him the trips — to Antigua in 2007 and St. Maarten in 2008 — had corpo- rate sponsorship, a violation of congressional gift rules. The chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee claimed that Friday's report by the ethics panel ''exonerates me'' because it cites no evidence that he knew the trips were sponsored by corporations. Rangel denied to investigators that he saw any of the written communications from staff mem- bers. The report said investigators could not deter- mine whether Rangel saw two staff memos to him mentioning corporate sponsorship in 2008 and a letter addressed to him in 2007. White House aide says Desiree Rogers stepping down as social secretary WASHINGTON (AP) — White House social secretary Desiree Rogers is stepping down three months after an uninvited couple crashed the Obama administration's first state dinner and she was heavily criticized for her role in allowing the embarrassing episode to happen. President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama issued a statement Friday thanking their longtime friend from their days together in Chicago for the ''terrific job she's done'' organizing more than 330 events in little more than a year in the post. They indicated no reason for the departure, effective sometime next month after a transition period. White House press secretary Robert Gibbs said a short time later that Rogers was neither forced out nor asked to leave. He also said he didn't think the dustup over the state dinner fac- tored into her decision. ''She's decided it's time to go back to doing things that she loves,'' Gibbs said. Rogers' handling of the Nov. 24 state dinner came under fire after a celebrity-seeking north- ern Virginia couple got into the exclusive South Lawn affair without a formal invitation, despite heavy White House security. As social secretary, Rogers was in charge of the event.