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Saturday, January 12, 2013 – Daily News Local Calendar Submit calendar items to P Box 220, Red Bluff, 96080 .O. or clerk@redbluffdailynews.com. SATURDAY, JANUARY 12 Red Bluff Airplane Display Days, 8 a.m. to 1 p.m., Red Bluff Airport, 1760 Airport Blvd., 527-6547 BMX racing, 5:30 p.m., Red Rock BMX Track, Tehama District Fairground, $10 Decorative Brushes of No. California, 10 a.m., Community, 1500 S. Jackson St., 527-7449 Red Bluff Outlaws Points Race 10, Red Bluff Yamaha Perpetual Trophy gates open at 10 a.m., trophy dashes start at 6 p.m., Tehama District Fairground St. Elizabeth Community Hospital Auxiliary Crab Feed, 5 p.m. doors, 6 p.m. dinner, Tehama District Fairground Tehama County Young Marine Drills, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., 1005 Vista Way, Ste. C. 366-0813 Weight Watchers meeting, 8 a.m, 485 Antelope Blvd., #N, 1-800-651-6000 Snow plowing at Canyon Dam this winter The Lassen National Forest has announced, in response to public input, the Canyon Dam boat launch area will be kept open for the remainder of the winter season to allow access to the shoreline area for fishing. Although access to the area will be plowed, boaters are reminded that there is no boarding float at the Canyon Dam launch. The float was removed last month due to safety concerns. The Forest had originally Los Molinos Red Bluff Antelope 4-H, 6:30 p.m., Antelope School, 5273101 Cardiac Support Group, 7 p.m., Columbua Room in Coyne Health Education Center across from the hospital, 527-5077 English as a Second Language class, 5:30-8:30 p.m., 1295 Red Bud, 736-3308, same time Tuesday and Wednesday and 9 a.m. to 12:20 p.m. Thursdays, free childcare, classes in Richlieu Hall, 900 Johnson St. Head Injury Recreational Entity, 10 a.m., St. Elizabeth Community Hospital, Coyne Center, 529-2059 Key to Life, 6 p.m., Family Resource Center, 220 Sycamore St. Ste. 101, 528-8066 Masterworks Chorale rehearsal, 6:45-8 p.m., Presbyterian Church, 838 Jefferson St., 527-4203 PAL Martial Arts, 3-5 p.m., ages 5-18, 529-7920, www.tehamaso.org Red Bluff Community Band Practice, 7-9 p.m., Red Bluff Presbyterian Church, Jefferson St., 5273486 Red Bluff Senior Writing Class, 10: a.m.noon,,Executive Room at Sycamore Center, 220 Sycamore St., 527-5762 Salvation Army Writing Class, 9:30-11:30 a.m., 940 Walnut St., 527-8530 Spartan Athletic Booster Club, 6:30 p.m. Red Bluff Union High School Library Sun Country Quilters Community Service Group, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., Family Resource Center, 220 Sycamore St. Ste. 101, 528-1126 TeenScreen Mental Health Appointments, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., free, by appointment only, 1900 Walnut St., 527-8491, Ext. 3012 Tehama County Sheriff's Search and Rescue, 7 p.m., Stillwell Training Center, Park Avenue near Baker Road, 527-7546 US citizenship preparation class, 5:30-8:30 p.m., Red Bluff High School Adult Ed building, 1295 Red Bud, 736-3308, same time Tuesday and Wednesday Venture Crew 1914 meeting, 6:30-8 p.m., Moose Lodge on 99W, co-ed ages 14-20 welcome Corning Alcoholics Anonymous, noon Monday through Friday, 5 p.m. Thursday, 7 p.m. Monday, Tuesday and Saturday and 1 p.m. Sunday, 783 Solano St. Bingo, 5:15 p.m. early bird, 6:30 p.m. regular games, Maywood Grange, Highway 99W, 833-5343 Corning 4-H, 7 p.m., Woodson Elementary School, 527-3101 Corning Neighborhood Watch, 5:30 p.m., City Hall, 794 Third St. Narcotics Anonymous, 7 p.m., 820 Marin St., 3851169 or 566-5270, every day through Saturday, additional meeting at noon Mondays Olive 4-H, 6:30 p.m., Maywood School, 527-3101 Tehama County Mental Health Stakeholders meeting, 1 p.m., Rolling Hills Casino TOPS Club (take off pounds Sensibly), 8:30 a.m., First Christian Church, 926 Madison Ave., 527-7541 or 347-6120, visit www.tops.org Weight Watchers, weigh in 5:30 p.m., meeting 6 p.m., Senior Center, corner of South and Fourth streets, Kayla Deihl leader Women's Domestic Violence Information and Support Group, Spanish speaking only, call for time and location, 528-0226 Albertson Training Center - KIDS SPECIAL Babysitting Classes Monday, January 21, 2013 Ages: 8 to 12 welcome Call to register Jan. Special 50¢ COFFEE ANYTIME Best Homemade Pies in Town • Ice Cream Orders to go 530-527-4997 margescpr@juno.com 80 Gurnsey Ave. - Red Bluff, CA 96080 (Behind Guy Rents) 731 Main St., 530.529.4012 open 7 days 5:30am-9pm planned to keep the Almanor boat launch area open and plowed to provide a full service launch facility complete with boarding float. The extremely cold and icy conditions at the Almanor launch ramp made the decision to provide service at Canyon Dam more reasonable. The Almanor boat launch was plowed on January 9 to provide an option for boaters who require a boarding float. As spring approaches, the Almanor launch will be plowed on an as-needed basis. Because funding is limited, the current priority is to keep the Canyon Dam ramp open throughout the winter. For questions regarding snow removal for these areas, please contact Jane Goodwin, Almanor Ranger District Resource Officer, at 530-258-2141. Questions regarding the boarding float at Canyon Dam should be directed to Heather Blevins, Assistant Forest Engineer, at 530-257-2151. Sandy response earns recognition from Edison Electric Institute The Edison Electric Institute (EEI) Thursday, Jan. 10, honored Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) with the association's 2012 Emergency Assistance Award for the utility's efforts to help other electric utilities restore power following Senior Dance, 7 p.m., Senior Center, Josephine Hurricane Sandy in Street, 384-2100 November. The electric power industry's Emergency SUNDAY, JANUARY 13 Assistance Award has been presented each year to EEI member electric Airplane Display Days, 8 a.m. to 1 p.m., Red Bluff utility companies since 1998. The award recogAirport, 1760 Airport Blvd., 527-6547 nizes extraordinary efforts undertaken in restoring MONDAY, JANUARY 14 electric service to another Red Bluff 3A utility company that has been impacted by severe weather conditions or other natural events. PG&E was chosen following an international nomination process, and the award was presented today during EEI's Winter CEO meeting in Phoenix. "PG&E's restoration assistance following Hurricane Sandy was truly remarkable," said EEI President Tom Kuhn. "Getting the lights back on quickly and safely following a major storm is never easy. Working through the industry's mutual assistance program, PG&E's crews were essential in helping their fellow utility companies restore service in affected neighborhoods. Importantly, PG&E's assistance also shows their compassion in helping others in their time of need. I congratulate them." In the days following Hurricane Sandy, PG&E sent more than 250 employees, including 24 from the Northstate, and 100 pieces of equipment to assist Con Edison and the Long Island Power Authority with restoration efforts in New York. Over two weeks, PG&E employees worked 16- hour days helping to restore power to thousands of customers in Queens, Brooklyn, Manhattan and Long Island. "The electric utility industry, through EEI, has a long tradition of providing essential assistance to impacted utilities following natural disasters," said Tony Earley, Chairman, CEO and President of PG&E Corporation. "I'm proud of the incredible effort that PG&E employees put in to restoring power to thousands of New Yorkers in the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy. This award is a tribute to the men and women of PG&E." Calif. teachers fund moves to divest from firearms SACRAMENTO (AP) — The nation's largest teacher pension fund took the first step Wednesday toward divesting from companies that make guns and high-capacity ammunition magazines that are illegal in California. State Treasurer Bill Lockyer made a motion to begin the divestment process after pension fund officials determined that the fund invests in the owner of a company that manufactured one of the weapons used in the Connecticut school shooting. The California State Teachers' Retirement System's investment committee unanimously approved the motion. ''CalSTRS' action targets ammunition clips that turn ordinary guns into killing machines, assault weapons and other firearms that pose extreme dangers to public health and safety,'' Lockyer said. The pension fund has investments in private equity firm Cerberus Capital Management LP, which owns the manufacturer of an assault weapon used at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn. The pension fund also owns shares of Sturm, Ruger & Co. and Smith & Wesson Holding Corp., two publicly traded Police reports The following information is compiled from Red Bluff Police Department, Tehama County Sheriff's Department, Corning Police Department and California Highway Patrol. Arrests • Alfredo Garcia Martinez, 30, Watsonville and Adolfo Soto Reynaga, 49, Redwood City were arrested on southbound Interstate 5 north of the Glenn County line for possession of a narcotic and transportation of a narcotic. Bail for each was $40,000. • Cooper Shad Hiller, 35, Gerber was arrested for a felony parole violation. • Timothy Dale Smith aka Tim Trexler, 50, Corning was arrested at the Spirit Gas Station for failure to appear on a felony charge, ex-felon with a firearm and possession of ammunition as well as a misdemeanor of carrying a concealed firearm. Bail was gun-makers. The three investments make up a tiny fraction of the pension system's holdings, about $11.7 million out of the $155 billion fund, according to CalSTRS staff. Harry Keiley, a high school teacher with the Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School District and chairman of the board's investment committee, said before Wednesday's vote that the pension board has the power to change its investments. After the shooting, Keiley said: ''I sat there with all of my thoughts and feeling very powerless knowing that I don't sit on the Supreme Court, I don't cast a vote in the United States Congress, I don't sit in the state Legislature. I'm a school teacher and dad. And then it dawned on me ... that I and this board are not powerless.'' Staff will meet with the companies and determine the impact divesting would have on the pension system. They'll report back to the board at an unspecified date. Cerberus has said it is attempting to sell its stake in Freedom Group International, which makes the .223-caliber Bushmaster rifle used in the school $50,000. • Denise Margaret Vanzant, 40, Chico was arrested on Highway 99 in Los Molinos for selling marijuana. Bail was $15,000. Burglary A plasma cutter was taken from a shop building on the 13000 block of Hoy Road. Prowler • A Shari's Restaurant employee reported a 20-something transient man with dark hair wearing a dark Carhartt jacket was hiding in the bushes staring at her early Friday morning while she was cleaning. The man then ran into Food Maxx. •A 71-year-old woman reported hearing a prowler near a barn on the 25000 block of 8th Avenue shortly before 1 a.m. Thursday. Vandalism A truck window was smashed on Musick Avenue early Friday morning. shooting. Lockyer also wants the California Public Employees' Retirement System, the nation's largest public pension fund, to divest from companies that make the types of weapons and highcapacity magazines that are illegal in the state. The federal assault weapons ban expired in 2004, but California has its own ban. The treasurer, who sits on both pension boards, is expected to make a formal motion for CalPERS in February. CalPERS did not return a call for comment Wednesday. The teachers' fund invests retirement benefits for more than 850,000 California public school teachers, workers and their families. It invests more than half of its assets in stocks but also has investments in bonds, private equity, real estate and other categories. CalSTRS Chief Investment Officer Chris Ailman said Cerberus' investment in Freedom Group didn't raise flags because the fund's ethics policy was not expanded to include private equity investments until 2008, after the fund invested in Cerberus. Ailman said staff did not look at past purchases. Crash A 73-year-old Manton woman was injured in a solo vehicle rollover crash at 1:15 p.m. Thursday on Haven Road, cross of Rolling Hills Road in the Manton area. Beverly Cottle was taken to Mercy Medical Center in Redding with minor injuries. Cottle was driving her 1987 Dodge Pickup on Haven Road when for unknown reasons she lost control of the vehicle, which rolled over and came to rest on the side of the road. The pickup had major damage. Nothing further was available. Theft Someone at the Spring Mountain Apartments, 240 Edith Ave., reported Thursday afternoon the theft of her wallet, described as a black Gucci, taken from her vehicle. Her credit card, Social Security number medical cards and identification cards were in the wallet. Vandalism Someone reported Thursday that two boys, about 13-years-old, were vandalizing property on Route 99W in Corning. The reporting party asked the boys to leave and they complied. 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