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TUESDAY A Day For Self Defense MARCH 19, 2013 Deadly Crash Vitality Breaking news at: www.redbluffdailynews.com See Page 4A SPORTS 1B DAILY NEWS RED BLUFF Scattered rain 68/48 Weather forecast 6B TEHAMA COUNTY DAILY 50¢ T H E V O I C E O F T E H A M A C O U NTY S I N C E 1 8 8 5 Froome receives 3-year suspended sentence By JULIE ZEEB DN Staff Writer Red Bluff resident and longtime monster truck promoter Joseph Dailey Froome was sentenced Monday under a plea agreement to a three-year suspended sentence and given 180 days of community service. If he successfully completes the three years, the charges will be dropped down to a misdemeanor. "I'd like to thank all my family and friends (for their support)," Froome said following the sentencing. Froome was arrested in October 2009 along with his son-in-law, Daniel Miguel Ludwig, after TIDE agents found more than 400 marijuana plants and 30 pounds of processed marijuana in a warehouse off Baker Road in Red Bluff. The pair maintained they were operating a legal medical marijuana patient collective. Ludwig was facing charges of cultivating marijuana and possession of marijuana for sale. Froome pled no contest on Feb. 8 to the charges of maintaining a place for sale or storage of marijuana and failure to 'I don't consider you a victim. You chose your course of conduct and what happened resulted from this.' — Judge William Abel file income taxes under a West plea, which is when the defendant has not admitted to wrongdoing, but has consented to be punished as guilty in order to avoid going to trial. Ludwig was determined eli- gible for deferred entry judgment, an 18-month program that upon successful completion would see the dismissal of the charge of possession of marijuana for sale. "It has been devastating for them to go through this," said Froome's attorney William Panzer. "It's been a tremendous strain financially and emotionally. It's been a long process. It's like anything in history like slavery, women's suffrage, gay marriage. The attitude changes about things, but it's not like a light switch that goes off and on. It takes time and it's a process. In five to 10 years, this case would not have happened." Panzer said the deal was reached because even though there's no evidence, Froome See FROOME, page 5A Year in jail for brother's death Field day By JULIE ZEEB DN Staff Writer Clifford Manuel Palmer, 46, of Corning was sentenced Monday to a year in Tehama County Jail in the death of his brother Fermin "Mitch" Alberro, 40, also of Corning. Palmer was also served with a temporary restraining order against his father due to elder abuse, according to court records. Charges against Palmer, initially accused of voluntary manslaughter in the Nov. 27, 2012 death of his brother at a Flournoy Avenue residence, were dropped at the Feb. 4 trial readiness conference. See JAIL, page 5A City looks to update waste plant By RICH GREENE DN Staff Writer Daily News file photo Tehama County Cattlemen's Field Day is scheduled for Saturday, April 6 at The Ferguson Ranch in Cottonwood, The event will feature stock dog trials, stockman's challenge, all girl branding, Herman Daugherty Memorial Working Cow Horse and 3-man calf branding. A prize of $2,000 will go to the champion cow horse from Pine Creek Cattle Company. Buckles for all events. Events get underway at 9 a.m. with the stock dog contest registration followed by the trials at 9:30 a.m. There is a $50 entry fee. Registration starts at 11:30 a.m. for the afternoon events and lunch, which will be served at 12:30 p.m. by Vic Woolery of Vic's Branding Iron and feature either a New York steak or hamburger. A no host bar will be available and soft drinks will be offered by a local 4H club. Afternoon events get underway at 1:30 p.m. with the stockman's challenge — $30 entry fee. Twoman teams move through an obstacle course and the fastest time wins. Working cow horse entry is $30 with $2,000 added and a buckle Cal State plans enrollment hike with extra funds LOS ANGELES (AP) — California State University plans to spend the projected $125.1 million in extra state funding for the 2013-14 academic year to expand enrollment and online courses, boost employee salaries and pay for increased energy and health benefit costs, officials said Monday. The board of trustees is set to discuss the administration's proposal on Tuesday, said Assistant Vice Chancellor Robert Turnage during a conference call with the news media. The additional money marks the first increase in state funding for the 23campus system, one of the nation's largest public higher education systems with 420,000 students, after five years of budget 7 5 8 5 5 1 6 9 0 0 1 9 cuts that resulted in layoffs, reduced admissions and tuition hikes. The $125 million is slated as the first of five annual increases planned by Gov. Jerry Brown that will total $518 million by 2016-17. Turnage said the biggest slice of the 201314 funding — $48.2 million — will pay for increased costs for employee health benefits, gas and electricity. It will also be used to cover the operating costs of new labs and facilities that are coming on line next fall. Officials plan to use $21.7 million to hire more instructors and student support staff to admit nearly 6,000 more students, $10 million to fund online courses to allow more students to enroll in high-demand, required courses and $7.2 million for incentives for campusSee FUNDS, page 5A from the Pine Creek Cattle Company. Horse must compete in the calf branding to be eligible. All girl branding is $40 per member and $120 per team of three, with at least two being women. The three-man calf branding has the same entry fees for male teams. The Ferguson Ranch is at 15610 Evergreen Road in Cottonwood. Take the Bowman Road Exit from Interstate 5 and go west three miles before turning right on Evergreen. Continue on Evergreen for 7 miles. For more information, call 5273101. The Red Bluff City Council will consider authorizing the city manager to find $4 million in funding for a secondary clarifier at the Red Bluff Waste Water Reclamation Plant when it meets tonight at 7 p.m. The council will also hear from two resident groups about proposed enhancement projects within the city. The public works department hopes to replace two aging, unreliable, 45-foot diameter secondary clarifiers with a new 80-foot diameter secondary clarifier. The original clarifiers were constructed in 1964. City staff will seek funding from grant programs and the Clean Water State Revolving Fund and the Water Recycling Funding Program. The construction project is estimated to cost around $2.7 million, with the remaining funding needed for interest, ancillary components and other requirements. Also on the agenda: • Cleaner Greener Red Bluff will ask the council to authorize a project to clean up and remove dead and downed vegetation from Dog Island Park. See CITY, page 5A Monroe crash sends one to hospital Photo courtesy of Ross Palubeski Red Bluff Fire and a St. Elizabeth Community Hospital ambulance were dispatched around 2:20 p.m. Monday to a traffic collision at Monroe Street near Crittenden Street. The first unit at scene reported a three-vehicle collision and one patient with minor injuries. The patient was transported to the hospital. No other injuries were reported.