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THURSDAY JUNE 3, 2010 Breaking news at: Band Concerts Pastimes www.redbluffdailynews.com See Page 4A RED BLUFF Lakers, Celtics SPORTS 1B Mostly cloudy 78/61 Weather forecast 8B DAILYNEWS TEHAMACOUNTY DAILY 50¢ T H E V O I C E O F T E H A M A C O U N T Y S I N C E 1 8 8 5 Man charged with molesting 3-year-old A 38-year-old man was arrested Friday on suspicion of molesting a 3-year-old child. One of the child’s parents contacted Tehama County Sher- iff’s Deputies on the evening of May 27 to report that Jamie Mitchell Carter, Los Molinos, had sexually molested the tod- dler, who is not related to Carter, while assisting with babysitting at his home, accord- ing to a statement issued Wednesday by the Sheriff’s Department. In the subsequent investiga- tion, the child’s account of the incident was consistent with the parent’s accusations, Tehama County Sheriff Clay Paker said Wednesday. Parker declined to state whether Carter admitted to the crime and whether the depart- Wild to mild Trainers take on challenge to rescue horses ment uncovered any physical evidence in its investigation. Booking sheets indicate that Carter was arrested at the Tehama County Sheriff’s Department and not at his home. No other alleged victims have been found, but an investi- gation is continuing. Carter is being held at the Tehama County Jail on charges of oral copulation with a child under 10 years old with bail set at $250,000. —Geoff Johnson Councilman: Where are funds going By TANG LOR DN Staff Writer The city has completed its annual financial audit and received an overall qualified evaluation, but concerns about General Fund unreserved funds were brought up. Maureen Greer, who serves as the resident member on the audit committee, addressed the council with her concerns of the dwindling General Fund unreserved funds. The fund is money that is set aside when there is an See FUNDS, page 7A Downtown cleanup set Daily News photo by Julie Zeeb By GEOFF JOHNSON Stacey Spangler, of Gerber, round pens Ben, an 8-year-old three strikes mustang she is training for the Help Rescue Me Trainers Challenge. By JULIE ZEEB DN Staff Writer GERBER — Come Wednesday, June 9, Stacey Spangler and Tina Sizemore will be headed to Cal Expo in Sacramento to compete in the Help Rescue Me Trainers Challenge. The first time event, put on by the Grace Foundation of Northern California and The Western States Horse Expo, gave trainers across the state 70 days to train horses in a variety of categories. Spangler has been training horses professionally for 30 years and, with the help of Sizemore, took on two horses for the challenge through the Broken Oaks Boarding Stable in Gerber. Broken Oaks is owned by Lin Mathews and man- aged by Spangler, who owns SNS Ranch Spangler Suspect pleads innocent to rape charges An Anderson man, arrested in May on suspicion of kidnapping and raping a woman, plead- ed innocent Wednesday morning in Tehama Coun- ty Superior Court. Rodne y Franklin French, 28, is accused of driving a woman, in her car and against her will, from Anderson to a location on Highway 36W, roughly 20 miles west of Red Bluff on May 13. Deputies say he then threatened her with a rock and raped her, before forcing her to drive French him back to Anderson, stealing her keys and ditching her. Physically, the woman suf fered minor injuries, which were treated at a Redding area hospital, deputies said previously. French is facing charges of forcible rape, kidnapping and issuing criminal threats. As of Wednesday he was being held in the Tehama Coun- ty Jail with a $220,000 bail. A preliminary hearing for French is slated for June 15 in Department 2. —Geoff Johnson 7 5 8 5 5 1 6 9 0 0 1 9 Red Bluff Outdoor Power Training. Spangler is training Ben, an 8-year-old three strikes mustang, while Sizemore, as a junior trainer, works with Elli, a 2-year-old standard bred filly. A three-strikes mustang is a horse that has been to three adoption outings without getting adopted, after which the horses are sent to a three-strikes ranch, Span- gler said. In Ben’s case, he was sent to a ranch in Nebraska where he was later one of 84 mustangs rescued by the Humane Society of the United States before eventually making his way to the challenge. As an older mustang with no prior training, Ben has been entered in the Elite Trainers Challenge. While not the oldest mustang Spangler has trained, Ben was one of the more challenging because of his See WILD, page 7A SACRAMENTO (AP) — It could soon cost California shoppers at the checkout aisle if they forget to bring their own bags to the store under what would be the nation’s first statewide plastic bag ban. The California Assembly on Wednesday passed legislation pro- hibiting pharmacies and grocery, liquor and convenience stores from giving out plastic bags. It also calls for customers to be charged for using store-issued paper bags. The goal is to get rid of unsightly disposable plastic bags that often wind up in urban rivers and the ocean, as well as to reduce the num- ber of bags heading for landfills. ‘‘The biggest way to eliminate this kind of pollution is to ban it,’’ said Assemblywoman Julia Brown- ley, D-Santa Monica, who authored the bill. Discouraging plastic bag use through fees or bans first gained traction outside of the U.S. in Please Join Ron & Becky Dodd in support of CLAY PARKER for SHERIFF Paid Political Advertisment (530) As Local As.... CALL TODAY 529-1222 237 South Main Street DN Staff Writer If you ever wanted to clean up Red Bluff, or to weed out problems down- town, Saturday is your chance. More rain means more weeds, and a group of vol- unteers, including mem- bers of the Red Bluff- Tehama County Chamber of Commerce and the Downtown Red Bluff Business Association, will be taking trowels, hoes and green thumbs to a dis- trict they say the green has grown out of control. “When you drive into town, it looks dirty,” DRBBA President Tod Dolling said. “I’m sorry, but that’s it, pure and sim- ple.” Anyone willing to help fix up Red Bluff is asked to meet with Dolling and a pair of crews from North Valley Services at 8 a.m. Saturday at the cor- ner of Rio and Walnut streets, by the Tehama Rural eXpress bus stop. From there, the plan is to take out weeds from Rio Street to the railroad tracks to the west, and from Cedar Street all the way to Oak Street to the south. See CLEAN, page 7A State moves to ban plastic bags at grocery stores ‘This is not the time to be putting a financial burden on families in a very tough economy’ Assemblyman Ted Gaines, R-Granite Bay nations such as South Africa, Ire- land, China and Bangladesh. In 2007, San Francisco became the first U.S. city to require super- markets and large drug stores to offer customers bags made only of recyclable paper, plastic that can be turned into compost, or sturdy cloth or plastic that can be reused. No other U.S. state has adopted a ban, according to Brownley’s office. The bill, AB 1998, still needs state Senate approval. A spokesman said Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger supports a plastic bag ban. Ashley Smith, 29, of Sacramento said she favors banning plastic bags, even though she reuses her plastic bags to pick up after her dog. ‘‘It’s good to do things that are good for the environment,’’ Smith said as she left a Safeway grocery store in Sacramento. Requiring stores to charge cus- tomers for paper bags is a cost Republican lawmakers argued some Californians can’t afford. ‘‘This is not the time to be putting a financial burden on fami- lies in a very tough economy,’’ said Assemblyman Ted Gaines, R-Gran- ite Bay, who estimated his family would spend $50 a year on paper bags. The American Chemistry Coun- cil estimates the bill would amount to a $1 billion tax and threaten 500 jobs in the plastic bag manufactur- ing business. • “Main Street or Wall Street” banking, which do you want • Still offering better than free checking • Now offering Health Savings Accounts • Local decision making • Community Support