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March 19, 2013

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Tuesday, March 19, 2013 – Daily News Obituaries Boy arrested in barbecue tong attack A Red Bluff boy was arrested Sunday evening for battery and Cynthia Hall passed away on March 15th, 2013. She assault with a deadly weapon after leaves behind her spouse; Michael Hall, sons; Matthew he tried to assault his father's girlMisener and Michael Hall Jr, daughter; Taylor Misener, friend with barbecue tongs. parents; Jerry Bartlett and spouse; Dina of Hardy, ArkanRed Bluff police officers sas, mother; Sally Bartlett of Red Bluff, brother; Jerry Barresponded to Garden Avenue around tlett Jr, his wife; Michele of Red Bluff, their children; Jerry L. Bartlett III, Christopher R. Bartlett, and Sarah A. Bartlett, 6:30 p.m. Sunday for a disturbance. DANIELLE HALL sisters Melissa Williams and Paula Gravelle, and Aunt Cheryl Skinner. Viewing will be held at Chapel of the Flowers Tuesday, March 19th 5pm-9pm as well as Wednesday, the 20th, 10am-1pm, service will immediately follow. FROOME Continued from page 1A 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. Elsie Bakerville Elsie Bakerville of Red Bluff died Thursday, March 14, 2013, at Oak River Rehab. She was 101. Hoyt-Cole Chapel of the Flowers is handling the arrangements. Published Tuesday, March 19, 2013, in the Daily News, Red Bluff, Calif. Jean Crook Jean Crook of Los Molinos died Thursday, March 14, 2013, in Chico. She was 59. Affordable Mortuary is handling the arrangements. Published Tuesday, March 19, 2013, in the Daily News, Red Bluff, Calif. Larry Dean Ford Larry Dean Ford of Red Bluff died Sunday, March 17, 2013, at Red Bluff Healthcare Center. He was 72. Red Bluff Simple Cremations & Burial Service is handling the arrangements. Published Tuesday, March 19, 2013, in the Daily News, Red Bluff, Calif. Bonita M. Gifford Bonita M. Gifford of Corning died Wednesday, March 13, 2013, at Windsor Chico Creek Care & Rehab in Corning. She was 83. Hall Brothers Corning Mortuary is handling the arrangements. Published Tuesday, March 19, 2013, in the Daily News, Red Bluff, Calif. Cynthia L. Hall Cynthia L. Hall of Red Bluff died Friday, March 15, 2013, at Mercy Medical Center. She was 41. Hoyt-Cole Chapel of the Flowers is handling the arrangements. Published Tuesday, March 19, 2013, in the Daily News, Red Bluff, Calif. FUNDS Another $38 million will pay for average 1.2 percent raises to employContinued from page 1A ees with the exception of senior administrators, es to develop ways to push including campus presimore students to graduate dents and vice presidents, on time. and the system chancellor was worn down by additional charges against him and eventually his wife. "The government has more resources and time at their disposal," Panzer said. "It's not that it was illegal, but the totality of the stress and expense it was best for the family to put it aside." Changes have been made since the case began, which include rulings by an appellate court in situations like Froome's in which people were trying to establish a collective, he said. During the time the case has been going on, rulings were made that it is legal to allow a few members to grow for all and that members can contribute financially, Panzer said. Froome was initially facing 10 charges, including eight counts of money laundering, one count of possession of marijuana for sale and one count of cultivating marijuana, filed in 2009. In September 2012, the Tehama County District Attorney's Office filed additional charges of filing a false tax return and perjury by declaration against Froome and his wife, Kellie Mae Froome. Under the agreement, if Froome pays his 2008-2009 corporate taxes, which Froome said he was unable to do so since the police had seized his business records, and the Franchise Tax Board is satisfied restitution will have been deemed paid. If not, a restitution hearing would need to be set, Judge William Abel said at the Feb. 8 court appearance. Froome entered a Harvey Waiver in both cases so the court took into consideration all charges, including and vice chancellors, Turnage said. Executive pay has been a sore issue over the past year as some campus presidents were granted 10 percent salary hikes while tuition was increased and Officers learned the disturbance started when a Red Bluff juvenile pulled an 8-year-old girl off a scooter and caused her to sustain minor injuries. When the girlfriend of the juvenile's father questioned the boy about the incident, the boy became angry and knocked the woman to the ground. He then began to punch her in the chest. He also tried to assault her with barbecue tongs. The boy was arrested for battery and assault with a deadly weapon. — Rich Greene the 10 initial charges that were dismissed, in the sentencing. As a part of the deal with the District Attorney's Office, charges against Kellie Froome were dropped at the sentencing. Also taken into consideration were 23 letters of support from community members that were submitted by Panzer, who is based out of Oakland. An additional 25 were collected, but not submitted, Panzer said. "I don't know you or the rest of the room, but I have read the letters from the community members," said Abel, a retired Colusa County judge who presided over the matter. "You have a lot of support, seem to have lived an honorable life and do not have a record, which I have considered, however, I don't consider you a victim. You chose your course of conduct and what happened resulted from this. You started the ball." "This is an individual who thumbed his nose at and refused to obey the laws of the state," Assistant District Attorney Matt Rogers said. "He considers himself as the victim when in fact he broke the laws. 365 days in Tehama County Jail is appropriate to punish him and encourage him to be a law abiding citizen while deterring others by demonstrating the consequences." Rogers said he hopes it is a message others will hear, not just in Tehama County but statewide. Panzer said since Froome started growing marijuana in February 2009 with 12 plants there was no way it could have reached the hundreds law enforcement reportedly found as there was not time to grow that much. There is also an issue with the profits listed from the marijuana, he said. "They just pulled it out of the sky," Panzer said. "They said he only made $50,000 legitimately and subtracted that amount saying the rest was from marijuana." One of the deposits listed in the eight counts of money laundering was a payment from the Red Bluff Round-Up for use of Froome's personnel as security, Panzer said. Others were proceeds from ticket sales and sponsor fees and a personal loan from a friend, Panzer said. "The probation report is colored by misinformation," Panzer said. While such a sentence was appropriate for someone who was selling marijuana, it was not in this matter, Panzer said. "Mr. Froome set up a collective he thought was legal in talking with a San Francisco lawyer," Panzer said. "There's no evidence that he was trying to hide behind the medical laws." Panzer asked for community service instead of jail time as Froome is self-employed refurnishing tubs. "He's not a danger or a flight risk," Panzer said. "He's more valuable to the community outside that cage." Froome was ordered by Able to see the Tehama County Probation Department as soon as he had signed paperwork. Restitution, which Panzer said was mainly court fees, will be about $1,000 and is payable in a 30-month period. faculty went without contract-stipulated raises. Turnage noted that the financial proposal was in its early stages and is subject to the state Legislature's final decision on the state budget. Shasta Co. deputy shoots man lunging with knife REDDING (AP) — A Shasta County sheriff's deputy shot and wounded a man with mental health issues after he tried to stab the officer with a knife. The Record Searchlight reports the man was taken to a local hospital with two non-life threatening deputy shot the man with a stun gun, but it was ineffective. Police say the man lunged at a deputy in an attempt to stab him and the deputy shot him, police said. The officer-involved shooting is being investigated by the Redding Police Department. gunshot wounds. The incident unfolded around 7 p.m. Saturday when two deputies received a report of a family disturbance. When deputies arrived, they encountered an uncooperative man armed with a knife. Police say a Mendocino, feds may be in talks over pot records SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Mendocino County officials and the U.S. attorney for Northern California may be trying to reach an outof-court settlement in a long-running dispute over records from the county's medical marijuana program, a lawyer in the case said Monday. A hearing in the county's effort to quash a grand jury subpoena for the records had been set for Tuesday in San Francisco, but on Monday it was taken off the docket of U.S. District Judge Richard Seeborg. The files in question relate to a program that issued permits to medical marijuana growers until Mendocino County lawmakers ended it last year. The move came after representatives of U.S. Attorney Melinda Haag's office warned that sanctioning pot cultivation could put county officials in violation of federal drug laws. A cancellation of a scheduled status confer- THE GREAT RED BLUFF HEIST Will be giving out thousands of $$$ in FREE "Loot" from local businesses. Saturday, April 13th 1pm Downtown Red Bluff at the $ famous Chili Cook-Off Sponsored by The Gold Exchange proceeds to benefit Economic Development Branding Project ence at this stage of the proceedings often signals that settlement talks are in the works, said Adam Wolf, a lawyer representing Northern California medical marijuana growers and users in the case. Lawyers for the county argued in their motion to suppress the subpoena that it was too broadly written and unnecessarily intrusive in county affairs. Wolf believes the motion left room for compromise. ''Oftentimes, grand jury subpoenas are broader than they need to be,'' Wolf, said. ''The government will then confer with the recipient of the subpoena.'' County Counsel Tom Parker said federal prosecutors asked to have the case removed from the calendar for the time being, but he declined comment on the possible significance. ''We don't think the time is ripe for a hearing,'' Parker said. The A spokeswoman for Haag, whose office is overseeing the grand jury's work, could not immediately be reached for comment. In October, after a year-long crackdown on California's medical marijuana growers and dispensaries by the state's four federal prosecutors, Haag's office subpoenaed Mendocino's auditor-controller and sheriff seeking all records about the program that had allowed certain marijuana growers to cultivate as many as 99 plants if they agreed to regular inspections and met certain operating conditions. Growers with permits were issued numbered red zip ties for each plant, confirming the county's seal of approval and giving a visiting deputy proof the pot was being grown legally as far as the local government was concerned. The information STOVE JUNCTION BBQ PELLETS The North State's premier supplier of stoves Popular customer request Serving Butte, Glenn & Tehama Counties Tues-Sat 9am-5pm • Closed Sun & Mon 22825 Antelope Blvd., Red Bluff 530-528-2221 • Fax 530-528-2229 www.thestovejunction.com sought included inspection records, permit applications, correspondence between inspectors and county supervisors, and financial information from the program, which generated more than $1 million in fees for the county before it was canceled. The subpoena gave the county until Jan. 8 to comply, but the Mendocino County Board of Supervisors voted to instead fight the demand for records. Supporters of medical marijuana and state and local government officials objected to the inquiry as the most blatant assault on California's authority to legalize medical marijuana. Pot remains illegal under federal law, although using marijuana for health reasons is now legal in 17 states and the District of Columbia, and voters in two states — Colorado and Washington — authorized its recreational use last year. ——— Julie Zeeb can be reached at 527-2153, extension 115 or jzeeb@redbluffdailynews.com. Follow her on Twitter @DN_Zeeb. JAIL Continued from page 1A He was charged instead with assault with a deadly weapon by means likely to produce great bodily injury, to which he pled guilty at the conference. Palmer and his brother had gotten into an argument at the residence in the 23100 block of Flournoy Avenue about firewood and collecting more of it in preparation for an upcoming storm, Tehama County Sheriff's Lt. Dave Greer said. That argument led to a fight during which Palmer hit Alberro on the face and Alberro fell to the floor CITY Continued from page 1A The cleanup effort is scheduled for Saturday, April 6. 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Deputies responded to the residence at 5:35 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 27, for reports of an unconscious man, Alberro, who was found not breathing, laying on his back in the entry way. Palmer, who told deputies that he and his brother had been consuming alcohol throughout the day, did dial 911 when he realized that Alberro was unresponsive. ——— Julie Zeeb can be reached at 527-2153, extension 115 or jzeeb@redbluffdailynews. com. Follow her on Twitter @DN_Zeeb. the pedestrian bridge. • The Red Bluff Union High School Class of 1972 will ask for authorization for a cleanup project of Tosh Field on April 13 and 14. Alumni are proposing striping, removing and replacing shade structure components at the park as well as cleaning up and repairing some park facilities. Parks and Recreation also has the color scheme and paint to be used to cover up graffiti at that facility.

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