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Tuesday, February 26, 2013 ��� Daily News Obituaries JoAnn Brewer Murphy May 27, 1947 - February 22, 2013 JoAnn Brewer Murphy passed away on, February 22, 2013 in Chico, CA; at the age of 64. She was born on May 27, 1947 in Red Bluff, CA to Dwight (deceased) and Hazel Brewer of Los Molinos. She attended Lassen View Elementary, Red Bluff High School and graduated from Los Molinos High School in 1965. JoAnn is survived by husband; David Murphy of Los Molinos, daughter; Ginger Lombardi (husband Jerry), and grandsons; Scott and Brock of Brentwood, CA, son; Joe Zimmerman (wife Hallie) of Pittsburg, CA, and granddaughters; Sabella and Alexandra, mother; Hazel Brewer of Los Molinos, brothers; Steve Brewer of Los Molinos and John Brewer (wife Cindee) of Cottonwood, nieces and nephews; Charlie, Rick and Kendric Brewer of Los Molinos, Jake Brewer (wife Shonte���) of Red Bluff, and Marcie Graham (husband Daniel) of Red Bluff, cousins ; Sharon Poole and Connie Wagner of Los Molinos, Darla Scribner of Gerber and many other cousins, aunts, uncles and friends. JoAnn worked as a homemaker, a baker (in Antioch, CA), and as a mill worker and a bus driver in Red Bluff. She enjoyed baking, beachcombing, and spending time with family and friends, and listening to old country music, especially songs by George Jones, Marty Robbins, and Patsy Cline. Some go through life un-noticed. JoAnn was not one of those. She will forever be remembered as a positive "ray of sunshine" who brightened the world of most everyone she met, and who never, ever forgot a birthday or anniversary. A Celebration of her life with Potluck luncheon will be held at the Veteran���s Hall in Los Molinos on Saturday, March 2nd at 2:00 p.m. All are invited to attend and break bread with family and friends. Death Notices Death notices must be provided by mortuaries to the news department, are published at no charge, and feature only specific basic information about the deceased. Paid obituaries are placed through the Classified advertising department. Paid obituaries may be placed by mortuaries or by families of the deceased and include online publication linked to the newspaper���s website. Paid obituaries may be of any length, may run multiple days and offer wide latitude of content, including photos. Virginia M. Kaer Virginia M. Kaer of Red Bluff died Saturday, Feb. 23, 2013, at St. Elizabeth Community Hospital. She was 82. Hoyt-Cole Chapel of the Flowers is handling the arrangements. Published Tuesday, Feb. 26, 2013, in the Daily News, Red Bluff, Calif. Frank C. Ryberg Frank C. Ryberg of Red Bluff died Saturday, Feb. 23, 2013, at St. Elizabeth Community Hospital. He was 83. Hoyt-Cole Chapel of the Flowers is handling the arrangements. Published Tuesday, Feb. 26, 2013, in the Daily News, Red Bluff, Calif. Georgia Ruth Schaeffer Georgia Ruth Schaeffer of Corning died Saturday, Feb. 23, 2013, at Young At Heart in Sacramento, Calif. Hall Brothers Corning Mortuary is handling the arrangements. Published Tuesday, Feb. 26, 2013, in the Daily News, Red Bluff, Calif. WALNUT Continued from page 1A There���s more risk, because the grafts don���t always do well, and can be susceptible to crown gall, he said. Heringer said he���s also heard of waiting lists for almond trees. After the storms, many growers are opting for a new root stock called Krymsk 86, which has less of a tendency to blow over. Agents make pair of I-5 drug busts The Tehama Interagency Drug Enforcement made a pair of Interstate 5 semi-truck drug busts Saturday ��� one involving 10 pounds of drugs and a second involving a driver with methamphetamine. who said she felt too impaired to drive. Around 1 p.m. California Highway Patrol officers at the Cottonwood scales observed a semi-truck being operated by Eraclio Huerta Benitez, 51, Ridgefield, Wash., whom they believed to have been drinking alcohol. TIDE agents assisted when the semi-truck was set for further inspection. Upon a search of the vehicle, around eight pounds of heroine and two pounds of methamphetamine were found in the sleeper portion of the truck. Benitez was arrested and booked into Tehama County Jail for possession of methamphetamine for sale, transportation of methamphetamine. possession of heroine for sale and transportation of heroin. His bail was $2,450,000. About an hour later TIDE agents responded to the northbound rest area north of Red Bluff. While at the rest area, agents contacted two subjects who were stopped and parked in a semi-truck. The passenger was identified as William Warfield Phillips, 34, Lathrop. The driver was identified as Susan Joyce Day, 48, Big Bear. During contact agents conducted a search of Day and found she was Red Bluff Police Friday evening caught two people suspected of stealing a car and items from a construction zone. An officer tried to stop a green Saturn around 7:45 p.m. Friday for running a stop sign. The driver didn't stop and led the officer on a slow-speed pursuit that ended at the dead end of James Street, where the suspects got out and fled on foot. Mitchell Borden, 25, and Crystal Rickards, 26, were captured after a search of the area by additional officers and taken into custody without incident, according to a press release issued by the department. Inside the car, which had been reported stolen, officers found power tools DAY Continued from page 1A American to a rodeo contestant, there was quite a variety amongst the Gerber resident���s pieces on display. Traveling with the North West Rodeo Association in the Klamath Falls, Ore. area for several years and working in the kitchens allowed her to meet several rodeo champions, including world champions Trevor Brazile and the Garrett brothers, was booked into Tehama County Juvenile Hall. All three were booked Continued from page 1A on the charges of burglary, booked into Tehama conspiracy to commit a County Jail and the girl crime, resisting, delaying or obstructing a peace offiGore, a walnut farmer and Butte County Farm Bureau presidents, said a certain number of trees are usually set aside for single-sales. That means if just a few trees die in an orchard, farmers should be able to buy replacement walnut trees. But if a grower wanted trees for 100 acres, they should be on a list now. Reach Heather Hacking at 8967758, hhacking@chicoer.com, or on Twitter @HeatherHacking. Have a news tip? Call 527-2151, Ext. 112 The Coast Guard on Monday also released one of the family���s recorded distress calls, in hopes that it will lead to new information from the public that could help in the search. So far the agency has received no reports of missing persons in the case. The agency believes the boat may have been called ������Charmblow.������ In the crackling recording, a man���s voice is heard saying, ������Coast Guard, Coast Guard, we are abandoning ship. This is the (Charmblow), we are abandoning ship.������ The agency has not identified the family, although investigators were able to determine from the broken distress calls that they were a husband and wife, their 4-year-old son and his cousin, Lampert said. The family���s location initially was reported farther north, but Lampert said investigators using the boat���s radio Jon Harvey Ramelli 3-23-1945 ~ 2-26-2008 In Loving Memory, you are missed everyday by your friends and family that had been taken from a construction site at the former Holiday Market. The release did not indicate whether the tools came from the Cedar Street or Antelope Boulevard location. Borden was booked into the Tehama County Jail for auto theft, possession of stolen property, failing to yield to the officer���s traffic stop, posses- Bears said. This was her second year exhibiting at the festival and she said she loved it. The retired special education teacher was exhibiting on her own, but is a member of the Tuesday Art Group from Corning that was also on exhibit, she said. The group meets from 1-4:30 p.m. on Tuesdays at the Corning Senior Center, on Fourth Street. ���Everyone is welcome and we have artists from any and all mediums,��� said Kathie Able, a group member. ���It keeps me motivated to K-9 But nurseries can only grow so many so fast, he said. Nurseries can���t just pop up overnight to meet the current demand. Heringer said the soil needs to be carefully maintained and the growers build trust with farmers. A farmer investing in a fresh batch of trees is making a long-term commitment. This means farmers stick with a nursery that has a long history of quality trees. Even though there are waiting lists for walnuts right now, people might get their trees sooner. Also, Stacy the call came from an area about 60 miles west of Monterey. The boaters reported that their 29-foot sailboat was taking on water and the electronics were failing. An hour later, the family members reported they had to abandon the boat and were trying to make a life raft out of a cooler and life-preserver ring, Lampert said. The Coast Guard then lost radio contact. The agency looked for the family through the night and on Monday, with help from the California Air National Guard. They planned to continue into Monday night, using lights from aircraft and boats, and other technologies to search the area. ������We will just saturate the search area with as many assets as we can, so we can hopefully rescue them,������ said Coast Guard Chief Petty Officer Mike Lutz. in possession of a glass methamphetamine. smoking pipe and 0.2 grams of crystal methamphetamine. Day told agents she felt too impaired to drive and stopped at the rest area to wait for a sober driver to continue on, an agency press release said. Day was arrested and booked into Tehama County Jail for possession of methamphetamine and possession of drug paraphernalia. Her bail was $30,000. During a search of the interior of the truck, agents located a glass methamphetamine smoking pipe in Phillips��� jacket pocket. He was arrested and booked into Tehama County Jail for possession of drug paraphernalia. His bail was $3,000. Officers recover stolen car in Red Bluff Search for family who abandoned sinking boat MONTEREY (AP) ��� Crews planned to search by sea and air through the night Monday as they ramped up efforts to find a husband, wife and two young children who sent a series of distress calls saying their sailboat was sinking far off the Central California coast and they were fashioning a raft from a cooler and a life ring. The unidentified family had been sailing a small vessel Sunday west of Monterey Bay, where strong winds, cold water and big swells made for perilous conditions. Forecasters had issued a weekend advisory warning boaters of rough seas in the area. The group ��� which included two children under 8 ��� made its first distress call late Sunday afternoon, Coast Guard Lt. Heather Lampert said. Investigators used the boat���s radio signal and radar to determine 7A signal and radar now believe the call came in west of Monterey Bay, which is about 100 miles south of San Francisco. The boat did not have a working GPS system. The National Weather Service had issued an advisory throughout the weekend warning boaters of strong winds and rough seas around the San Francisco Bay Area. Water temperatures in the area typically are in the 40s and 50s, making long-term survival difficult. Mariners ������operating smaller vessels should avoid navigating in these conditions,������ the advisory said. Calls to harbors in California have failed to locate the boat, and database searches have come up empty too, Lampert said. The Coast Guard was expanding its search to Hawaii, the Seattle area and north into Canada. sion of stolen property, resisting arrest and lesser included charges. Borden���s bail was set at $52,000. Rickards was charged with auto-theft, possession of stolen property and resisting arrest. Her bail was set at $33,000. There were no collisions, injury to officers, suspects or the public as a result of this incident. work with the others and see what works for them.��� Chico resident Debbie Bryson came to support her mother, Able, and really enjoyed the show, she said. ���It���s just a beautiful event,��� Bryson said. ���All the artworks are so interesting. I love how Suzanne Bears��� artwork just comes to life.��� ��������� Julie Zeeb can be reached at 527-2153, extension 115 or jzeeb@redbluffdailynews.com. Follow her on Twitter @DN_Zeeb. cer. The two men were booked on the additional charge of contributing to the delinquency of a minor. No bail was set for Rodriguez. Bail for Cervantes was $107,500. ��������� Julie Zeeb can be reached at 527-2153, extension 115 or jzeeb@redbluffdailynews. com. Follow her on Twitter @DN_Zeeb. TV production helicopter crash in Calif described LOS ANGELES (AP) ��� A helicopter that crashed during a reality TV production this month suddenly pitched down and hit the ground about a minute after taking off in early morning darkness, a preliminary report said. The National Transportation Safety Board report described the Feb. 10 accident that killed all three people aboard, but it drew no conclusions on what caused the Bell 206B JetRanger to go down on a remote film production ranch in the rugged Acton area of northern Los Angeles County. The helicopter was being used for scenes in which an actor dropped a backpack to the ground from the hovering aircraft. The production crew on the ground was not filming at the time, but there was a camera operator aboard and a GoPro camera pointed at an actor in the left front seat, the report said. The recording devices were sent to NTSB headquarters for examination. ������Dark night visual meteorological conditions prevailed,������ the report said. The untitled, militarythemed TV program was being produced by Eyeworks USA for Discovery Channel, the channel confirmed previously in a statement that said it was cooperating with authorities. The NTSB said Eyeworks contracted with Orbic Air, a helicopter services compa- The staff at Red Bluff Simple Cremations would like to thank all of the families who trust us with their loved ones needs. Red Bluff Simple Cremations & Burial Service 527-1732 722 Oak Street, Red Bluff, FD Lic. 1931 ny, and the pilot filed paperwork with the Federal Aviation Administration under his own company, Crossbow Helicopters. The report said the pilot and members of the production crew scouted the location a few weeks earlier and discussed maneuvers and what equipment they needed. Two scenes were necessary, with two different actors at two separate locations. The helicopter left its base at Los Angeles��� Van Nuys Airport, about 30 miles southwest of Acton, at 4:45 p.m. Feb. 9, with about 55 gallons of fuel aboard and 10 extra gallons in plastic containers, according to the report. After arriving at the shooting location, the pilot gave a safety briefing to production crew members and removed the fuel containers and left side doors. The first flights began about 9 p.m. and lasted an hour as the pilot circled numerous times, returned to the landing zone to retrieve the backpack and discuss changes necessary for getting the right shot.