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Recognizing the unwrit- ten law, the Shasta county grand jury this morning al- most unanimously refused to indict Claude Reppert, who killed William Hern- iman for trying to despoil his home. Reppert will be retained in custody until to- morrow, when he will prob- ably be released. Reppert killed Herniman after he had stayed home from work and laid in wait for him, suspecting him of trying to break up his home. Herniman had persuaded Reppert's wife to elope with him and was calling for her when he was met at the door byReppertandwasshotand instantly killed. The plans for the elopement had gone so far as to send the wom- an's two children in advance of them. After the shooting Reppert immediately gave himself up to the authori- ties. Mrs. Reppert corrobo- rated her husband's story. — Feb. 24, 1917 100YEARSAGO... Unwritten law saves Shasta man Girls Inc. of the North- ern Sacramento Valley is proud to partner with the Society of Women En- gineers to deliver Wow, That's Engineering to 4th- 8th grade girls 8:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Saturday, March 4 at University Prepara- tory School in Redding. Girls will have the op- portunity to attend differ- ent workshops featuring STEM — Science, Tech- nology, Engineering and Math — activities and in- teract with professional engineers. Snacks, lunch and goodie bags will be provided to all partici- pants. The first workshop will feature Google's Made with Code initiative, which inspires girls 13-18 to learn to code and see coding as a means to pursue their dream careers. The Made with Code Chapters pro- gram will introduce thou- sands of girls to coding and build upon current Girls Inc. programming in which girls explore STEM as part of their lives and potential education and career options. The second workshop will include soil sampling and the construction of a water filtration system led by local female civil en- gineers. During the final workshop girls will con- sult in the design and con- struction of a Mars rover vehicle, powered by rubber bands and tested on the "Mars terrain" as guided by engineering and science professionals. The U.S. Census Bureau reports that women earn more than half of all the bachelor's degrees annu- ally but just 18 percent of the degrees awarded in computer science and en- gineering fields. This may explain the under-repre- sentation of women in the rapidly growing and high- paying STEM employment sector. GIRLS INC. Wo men e ng in ee rs t o ho st e du ca ti on al e ve nt CONTRIBUTED The February meeting of the Sun Country Quilters Guild is scheduled for 7p.m. Monday, Feb. 27. Natalie Larson will be presenting her trunk show. Guests are welcome to join in the fun for $5. More information is available at suncountryquilters. SUN COUNTRY Quilters guild presents Natalie Larson's Trunk Show The following informa- tion is compiled from Red Bluff Police Department, Red Bluff Fire, Tehama County Sheriff's Depart- ment, Corning Police De- partment, Corning Fire, Cal Fire and California Highway Patrol logs. Arrests RobertTylerPatrick: 35, of Red Bluff was arrested Thursday at the Brick- yard Creek Apartments and booked into Tehama County Jail on the felony charges of assault with a deadly weapon, not firearm or force: great bodily injury likely, battery on person, criminal threats and the misdemeanor charge of battery. Bail was $130,000. Police were sent to Walnut Street about 11:45p.m. Wednes- day for a fight in the back of the apartments near the dumpster. The incident was reported as a man punching a woman in the face then jumping on top of her to continue punching her before trying to leave the scene in a suburban. Phillip Wayne Thomas: 46, of Red Bluff was ar- rested Wednesday and booked into jail on the charges of contempt of court: disobey order and DUI. No bail was set. Assault Garryana Drive: A Red Bluff resident reported two people, including one with a silver handgun in his possession, came to the house Tuesday and threatened the resident at gun point about reporting incidents to the police. One man, described as a heavyweight man in his 20s with a goatee wearing blue jeans and a jean jacket, pointed the handgun at the victim. The second man, an older heavy set man with a beard, was standing in the front yard The two le the scene in a newer brown Chevy Silverado extended cab truck. Fire 10500block Cody Drive: A residential structure fire reported at 7:26a.m. Wednesday was caused by the heating system. The fire did $500damage before it was contained at 7:40a.m. Suspicious South Main Street: Two men were reportedly acting suspiciously near Chase Bank in a white Nissan Sentry about 12:30a.m. Wednesday. The men were reportedly running up to the doors of the bank and yank- ing on them and messing with the ATM. They were later seen at the Bank of America parking lot. Spyglass Drive: A man dressed in dark clothing was reportedly looking through a bedroom window at the front of a Red Bluff house about 10:30p.m. Wednesday. Hoag Road, cross of Oren Avenue: A man and woman in dark clothing were re- portedly opening mailboxes in a Corning neighborhood. Solano Street: A transient man was admonished for sleeping in the Quick Clean Laundry and making cus- tomers uncomfortable. The s Luther Road: A man in a red jacket and blue jeans stole items from Walmart. Hidden Harbor Drive: A Hidden Harbor RV Park resi- dent reported an attempted the of a propane tank. Vandalism Fi h Street: A Tehama resident reported her vehi- cle was hit several times as if smashed with a windows broken. A second report was received about 90min- utes later of a vehicle with a window smashed out on the same street and a third vehicle with windows smashed. 25200block Center Street: Windows were bro- ken out of a vehicle parked at a Los Molinos residence. POLICE LOGS One recent Sunday morn- ing, I woke up to a text mes- sage from a coworker saying she'd been up all night with her mother in the emer- gency room. Her mom had fallen, broken her hip, and was getting ad- mitted to the hospital for surgery. As you can imagine, my col- league was exhausted, wor- ried, and facing some im- portant decisions. Even as her mom was being prepped for surgery, the hospital's care coordinator was asking which rehabilitation facil- ity she should be sent to af- terwards. As a fellow official of the U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), my associate has a better- than-average understanding of the healthcare system. But she'd never had to find a rehabilitation facility for a loved one. So she turned to an online tool CMS devel- oped to help people find a suitable nursing home when they need one. The tool is called Nurs- ing Home Compare and you can find it on our www. Medicare.gov website. Just click on the button that says "Find nursing homes." En- ter your zip code or city and you can begin your search. Nursing Home Compare assigns from one to five stars to every nursing fa- cility that participates in Medicare or Medicaid, with five stars being the highest rating. These star ratings give you and your family an easy-to-understand sum- mary of three important di- mensions of nursing home quality: health inspection results, staffing informa- tion, and quality-of-care. The goal of our Five- Star Quality Rating Sys- tem is to help people distin- guish between higher- and lower-performing nursing homes. CMS also wants to help nursing homes identify problem areas and to im- prove their quality. Nursing facilities receive an overall star rating based on three types of perfor- mance indicators, each of which has its own star rat- ing. Health inspections: Nurs- ing homes that partici- pate in Medicare or Medic- aid undergo unannounced, comprehensive inspections about once a year. CMS bases health inspection rat- ings on the number, scope, and severity of deficiencies found during the three most recent inspections, as well as on results of complaint investigations during the most recent 36 months. Staffing levels: CMS bases staffing ratings on two com- ponents: 1) Registered nurse hours per resident day; and 2) total staffing hours (reg- istered nurse plus licensed practical nurse plus nurse aide hours) per resident day. The staffing measures are adjusted for different levels of resident care needs. Quality measures: These ratings are based on how a nursing home performs on 16 of the 24 quality-of-care measures currently posted on Nursing Home Com- pare. The measures reflect whether residents got flu shots, are in pain, or are los- ing weight. We also look at how well the facility con- trols pressure ulcers (bed sores), whether it overuses antipsychotic medications, and other indicators of how residents are treated. A facility's overall star rating is a composite of the ratings on the measures above. The core of the over- all rating is the health in- spection rating, which is adjusted up if the facil- ity receives high staffing or quality-of-care ratings, or down if those ratings are low. You can compare mul- tiple facilities on Nursing Home Compare, as my col- league did when looking for the best spot for her mother. But keep in mind that star ratings are intended to be combined with other sources of information (such as a doctor's recommenda- tion) and shouldn't substi- tute for visiting the nurs- ing home in person. Indeed, after my coworker identi- fied two possible facilities, she visited the one that had an available room and was pleased to learn it had high ratings for food service, something very important to her mother. At www.Medicare.gov, you'll also find "compare" websites for hospitals, home health services, dialysis fa- cilities, medical equipment suppliers, and Medicare-ap- proved health and prescrip- tion drug plans. GregDillisMedicare's regional administrator for Arizona, California, Hawaii, Nevada, and the Pacific Territories. You can always get answers to your Medicare questions by calling 1-800-MEDICARE MEDICARE Findingagoodnursinghomeforyourlovedones Greg Dill PLEASERECYCLETHISNEWSPAPER. 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