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Wednesday, March 13, 2013 ��� Daily News 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. 7A Hundreds attend spaghetti fundraiser Ernest Eugene Hartman Ernest Eugene Hartman died Tuesday, March 12, 2013, at his residence in Red Bluff. He was 80. Red Bluff Simple Cremations is handling the arrangements. Published Wednesday, March 13, 2013, in the Daily News, Red Bluff, Calif. BEALER Continued from page 1A 2. After interviewing him for several hours, police charged him with murder. At the 1 p.m. hearing, two more alternate public defenders, Kathryn Thompson and Laura Woods declined to take on the case. Thompson said she did not have the time available to properly represent Bealer while Woods said she had a conflict due to issues she had discussed with Garaventa in the judges chambers. Garaventa, to clarify the statement, said only the procedures of the case had been discussed. While there are no alternate public defenders available, Garaventa said he will contact Shaun Northam, a former Tehama County Deputy District Attorney, to check the possibility of his taking the case. Northam worked in the District Attorney���s Office in the early 2000s before moving to Sacramento County, where he worked as a criminal defense lawyer, District Attorney Gregg Cohen said. Northam does work with Muto and Muto, a Red Bluff law firm, assisting with Child Protective Services cases, Cohen said. Bealer will appear in court at 9 a.m. today, however, if Northam is unable to take the case, there are other options, Cohen said. The next option would most likely be to contact local private attorneys, he said. If a local attorney is found, the court would enter a contract in the same manner it would for a public defender, Cohen said. Bealer was initially arraigned on multiple cases on March 6. Bealer was arraigned on the charge of one count of open murder, which can be charged as felony murder. It carries a sentence of 25 years to life with the option of a special circumstance request for death penalty, Cohen said. The other options are first degree murder, which carries a sentence of 25 to life and second degree murder, which carries a sentence of 15 years to life, he said. In addition to the murder charge, there were seven other cases Bealer was appearing for, Garaventa said. Those cases include possession of a methamphetamine smoking device, second degree burglary and receiving stolen property; and possession of a controlled substance. The case is still awaiting results from the department of justice and final reports from all involved law enforcement agencies, Cohen said. ���I will be meeting with the team of investigators this afternoon to discuss it further,��� Cohen said Tuesday. ���He has been charged with murder and we will go forward with that case. It is up to him and his lawyer to dispel his confusion (on the murder charge).��� For cases involving a murder, the process involved can take up to a year, sometimes longer, Cohen said. ��������� Julie Zeeb can be reached at 527-2153, extension 115 or jzeeb@redbluffdailynews.c om. Follow her on Twitter @DN_Zeeb. 21, and is one of a multitude of events taking place that week. For a complete Continued from page 1A schedule of events, and to purchase tickets, visit the get into it.��� at RedThe Wild Ride is spon- website sored by PJ Helicopters. BluffRoundup.com or call The Red Bluff Round- the Round-Up office at Up takes place April 19- 530 527-1000. WILD LAW Continued from page 1A pushed last year by former Sen. Michael Rubio, DBakersfield. The reform effort was led by Rubio until he Daily News photo by Julie Zeeb A turnout of about 425 people, including volunteers, attended a fundraiser Monday night to benefit the family of Marysa Nichols at Knick���s Family Fun Zone, 830 Main St. The event raised $3,726, which will be given to the family. Those who missed the event can still donate to the Marysa Nichols Benefit Memorial Fund at Wells Fargo Bank. Donations are accepted at any branch. COURT Continued from page 1A June 30, with all of its business being transferred to Red Bluff. Cuts in Tehama County have led to a 20 percent reduction in court staff. The court is without a research attorney, human resources professional and in-house information technology professional. The Assistant CEO position was also eliminated. State Sen. Jim Nielsen, R-Gerber, told the Associated Press Monday the state���s budget situation has not improved enough to restore full funding. BASS Continued from page 1A in between those sizes had to be released back into the lake. That will change. Murphy said the regulation was primarily put into place in Lake Oroville to protect the number of large-mouth bass in the reservoir. It was also supposed to promote harvest of red-eye bass, which were relatively abundant and which seldom reached 12 inches, Murphy said. However, the large-mouth bass were not abundant. By setting the slot limit, scientists hoped to allow the large-mouth bass to spawn at least once and become more prevalent. Murphy cited several reasons officials decided to remove the slot limit. One reason is that the fish population in Lake Oroville has changed since the limit was first imposed. The red-eye bass population has resigned last month to take But they argued that the law���s benefits outweigh a job with Chevron. the number of times it has Opponents of revising been used for frivolous the environmental act lawsuits. acknowledged criticism that the law has been mis������The question for us used by those seeking to today as policymakers and block projects for non- advocates is, is this environmental reasons. claimed abuse enough to decreased significantly over the years, and the fish population has shifted in predominance from the large-mouth bass to the Alabama spotted bass. ���The spotted bass population in the lake is the dominant species in the reservoir now,��� Murphy noted. Also, anglers' preferences have changed over time. In 1983, it was common to harvest black bass. Today, Fish and Wildlife experts see a preference among anglers to catch and release the fish, regardless of the size, Murphy said. Murphy said Lake Oroville was the only lake in Butte County that had a slot regulation imposed on it. At other large bodies of water, such as the Thermalito Afterbay, fishers could already keep bass 12 inches long or longer. Although the state is ending the slot limit, the change may not be permanent. ���We���re not just making the change and walking away,��� Murphy said. For the next three to five years, the DFW will be monitoring the fish in give away the next generation���s clean air and clean water and the next generation���s agricultural lands and open spaces and wild places?������ said Sen. Noreen Evans, D-Santa Rosa. ������We must not confuse private profit with public good.������ STATE BRIEFING Sex allegations put Colombian priest in Calif jail SACRAMENTO (AP) ��� The Diocese of Stockton says a priest visiting from Colombia has been arrested on suspicion of sexual battery and child molestation. The Rev. Julio Guarin-Sosa is being held at Sutter County Jail in Yuba City, north of Sacramento. The district attorney���s office says he will be arraigned later Tuesday. The diocese says the 43-year-old priest had been assisting at St. Anne���s Parish in Lodi, 40 miles south of the state capital. The diocese has revoked Guarin-Sosa���s authority to minister. The Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests said in a statement that California bishops have a ������habit of accepting foreign priests with little to no investigation of their backgrounds.������ A statement from the diocese said Bishop Stephen Blaire had received a letter of good standing by Guarin-Sosa���s diocese in Colombia. 2 plead not guilty in Calif. pot deal slayings SANTA ROSA (AP) ��� Two of the suspects in a triple slaying in Sonoma County during an apparent botched marijuana deal have pleaded not guilty. The Press Democrat of Santa Rosa reports that 46-yearold Mark William Cappello and 38-year-old Odin Leonard Dwyer, both of Colorado, entered the pleas on Tuesday. Both face murder charges in the Feb. 5 slayings at a home near Forestville. Authorities say Cappello, Dwyer and Dwyer���s father, 65-year-old Francis Raymond Dwyer, drove from Colorado to Sonoma County to buy pot, and Cappello shot and killed the three men when they met at the house. The victims have been identified as Raleigh Butler, 46- ���The courts, I think, are deserving of some improvement,��� Nielsen said. ���Full restoration we can���t promise right now. The budget is not at all fixed.��� California spends about 1 percent of its general fund on the court system. Other states typically spend closer to 2 percent. year-old Richard Lewin and 42-year-old Todd Klarkowski. Prosecutors say the elder Dwyer is fighting his extradition from New Mexico. AG: Calif. couple made $4M selling stolen phones SACRAMENTO (AP) ��� A Sacramento couple has been charged with collecting hundreds of stolen smartphones from across the nation, then selling them in Hong Kong for as much as $2,000 each. California���s attorney general says they made nearly $4 million in just eight months. Officials say 39-year-old Shou Lin Wen and his wife, 27-year-old Yuting Tan, were arraigned in Sacramento County Superior Court on Tuesday on eight felony counts of money laundering, grand theft, possession of stolen property and conspiracy. They are jailed in lieu of $1 million bail each. Neither entered a plea. Their attorney declined comment. Prosecutors say the couple recruited people from homeless shelters to sign up for multiyear service contracts that let them buy multiple smartphones at a discount. 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 The new Tehama County Courthouse is scheduled to be built on 4.4 acres between Walnut Street and Hook Road. It has an authorized budget of around $72 million. It will house the existing four facilities in Red Bluff as well as the Corning branch. Lake Oroville to evaluate changes that take place, how removing the slot limit affects the black bass population and whether the impact will be positive. ���We don���t think it���s going to have a negative impact,��� he said. Murphy said the agency's goal is for Lake Oroville to be a ���robust��� fishery that benefits the fish population, anglers and the community. ���Lake Oroville is a very popular fishery for black bass fishing,��� he said. ���It���s important to the economy of the community.��� It���s also important to a large number of people who participate in tournaments for black bass that occur at the lake. Murphy said DFW understands the importance of having a strong fishery and that the agency is trying to make a positive change. ���We think it���s being hindered by the regulation,��� Murphy said. ���At the same time, we don���t want it negatively impacted.��� THE PASSING PARADE (From Dave Minch���s I Say column of January 1959) Washington, January 8th������Henry A. Wallace, former Vice President of the United States, tonight proposed keeping health and hereditary records of everyone, to help young people choose marriage partners, so as to improve posterity.��� Let���s see how this would work out. Most engagements today, I am told, are figured out in the seat of a parked car rather than in the parlor on one knee. In this instance we see a man and woman parked in a secluded spot. One thing leads to another until suddenly she breaks their embrace and says, ���Stop right where you are and turn on the dome light of the car so I can read your pedigree, health records and vital statistics.��� This should make the work load lighter for overworked marriage license clerks. Whether it improves the human race is anybody���s guess. *** Newspaper editorials are ably written and have an enormous influence on the people of their communities. Two former owners of the Red Bluff Daily News, John G. Miller and F.W. McKechnie wrote excellent articles which were often copied by other newspapers .When a county is as upset as ours over the feuds going on in our local government, I believe the editor of this newspaper should get all possible information and then take a stand and make an effort to get things straightened out. *** We like to believe that justice balances her scale exactly even for the rich man and the poor man. But we know this is not always the case. The president of a large brewery in San Francisco this week was charged with drinking while driving, crossing over a double line and causing the death of a local banker. If a poor man with no influence or money had caused the death, he could be expected to soon reside in San Quentin. If the man who had been killed had also without money or influence, it is reasonable to think that one way or another the charge might have been reduced. But with influential men on both sides of the accident, it will be interesting a year from now how this case is disposed of *** When voting for Chamber of Commerce Directors, don���t forget to vote for Walter Stoll*. He has accomplished more for the Chamber than any other person. (*Walter, along with his brother Ernest, ran Stoll���s Auto Supply on the west side of the 600 block of Main, across from my father���s grocery store on the east side. The store was started by their father who sold buggies, harness and buggy whips, yet successfully made the transition to automobile accessories. The Stoll Victorian stills stands diagonally across from the Fire Department at Washington and Elm. I toured it with Ernest���s many years ago with only the ghosts of yester year in residence��� and the sound of horse���s hooves could be easily imagined coming from without.RM) Dave Minch 1900-1964 The Passing Parade is brought to you by by Minch Property Management, 760 Main Street specializing in commercial leasing and sales. 530 527 5514