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Friday, July 9, 2010 – Daily News – 9A Obituaries SUIT Continued from page 1A three attorneys responsible for the suit. “Why do they project July 1, 2010 at his home with his wife and children by his side. Ralph was born November 17, 1927 to Sara and Thomas Potter in Live Oak, CA. Ralph was a lov- ing husband and father, and was always known for his kindness and his ease at gaining friends. He will be greatly missed by all who knew him. Surviving Ralph are his RALPH POTTER Ralph Potter passed away growth that’s, like, 10 times what’s going to hap- pen?,” Waggoner said. “What’s the point of doing that? Our view is that this is because the developers can make a whole ton of money and they’re the ones giving money to the supervisors who voted for this.” Cottonwood resident and CARES founder Gary Catlin, whose organization RADIO Continued from page 1A wife Betty, daughter & son- in-law Cindie Brad Mullins, daughter & son-in-law Deni and Ron Fox, son & daughter-in-law Steve and Jill Potter, son & daughter- in-law John and Barbara Potter, 6 grandchildren, 14 great-grandchildren, 1 great great-grandchild. Sister and brother-in-law Judy and Mike Henderson, brother and sister-in-law Bruce and Terri Clendenning, sister-in- law Rosie Potter and sister- in-law Diane Watson. A memorial for Ralph will tial of this happening. The Feder- al Communications Commission notified him by letter in Novem- ber 2009, but he was not sure if the power increase would reach all the way to Red Bluff, he said. In comparison to KKLC, Spartan Radio runs on 100 watts and is licensed as a Low Power FM sta- tion. be held Saturday, July 10, 2010, at the Veterans Me- morial Hall in Los Molinos, at 11:00 a.m. CURTIS G. EMERSON July 17, 1914 in Jellys Ferry, CA. and died June 28, 2010 in Sonora, CA. He retired from the South- ern Pacific Railroad after 30 years Conductor/brakeman. He was a Charter member of the Elks Lodge in Mount Shasta, CA. Curt was a real Renaissance man with many talents; a skilled woodsman, logger, metal shop craftsman and inven- tor. He was well known for his ability to build anything anyone needed in his shop, and excelled in metal lathe work and welding. He de- signed and built a portable saw mill, a wood splitter and also built several utility trailers for his daughters. He designed and built a chuck wagon bar-b-que that is still in use by the Elks Lodge and was the Elk of the year in 1981-1982. He is survived by his daughter Sharon D. Sawyer and her husband Tom and his daughter Dolores (Dee) Thompson and her hus- band Kem. Curt had 8 grandchildren, 5 step grandchildren, 23 great grandchildren, and 13 great-great grandchildren. There will be a memorial service held at the Elks Lodge #2333 in Mount Shasta located at 326 North Mt. Shasta Blvd, on July 24th, 2010 at 2:00 P.M. In lieu of flowers a charitable donation may be given to the Elks Lodge or the American Cancer Society in his honor. Formal reviews start on Klamath dam removal KLAMATH FALLS, Ore. (AP) — State and federal officials have started the formal envi- ronmental and economic reviews of plans to remove dams on the Kla- math River, and a related plan to give upper Kla- math Basin farmers greater certainty over irri- gation water. Hearings around the region began Wednesday in Northern California and continue through July 15. At issue are a pair of landmark agreements. One lays out a roadmap for removing hydroelec- tric dams on the upper Klamath River that block salmon. The other details how to share water between fish and farms and restore the ecological balance of the basin. The conflict came to a head in 2001 when drought forced irrigation shutoffs to protect salmon. After irrigation was restored, tens of thousands of salmon died. as a Curtis G. Emerson. Born 60 Continued from page 1A class on how to train for a marathon, she said. At the age of 31, in 1982, she ran the Long Beach Marathon, her first, and has been completing marathons ever since. In 1998, Shaw’s sister, Denise Boehle, of Red- ding, began running with her in the Inaugural Rock N Roll Marathon in San Diego. The two typically CASE Continued from page 1A minimum of 50 years to life if convicted on all four charges, Bit- dress up in a princess theme with plastic tiaras and something pink as their dress code for the races. In 2007, the pair decid- ed to become Rock Stars by running all five Rock N Roll Marathon events in Phoenix, Ariz., Nashville, Tenn., San Diego, San Jose and a half marathon in Virginia Beach, Va. “It was in San Diego, at event number three, that my son Chad asked me if I was planning to run my 60th marathon for my 60th birthday,” Shaw said. “It was really fun to plan our race strategy. Denise and I saw some great marathons and saw some places I’d probably never have visit- ed otherwise.” Since San Diego was her 46th marathon, Shaw said she knew she would have to step up the pace to reach 60 by 2010, she said. Deciding to complete her 60th marathon in San Diego, since that is where the challenge began, Shaw set another goal of raising ter said. He is now on an immi- gration hold and will likely be deported back to his native Mexi- co. ‘‘My client has always main- tained his innocence,’’ she said. money for Run Willamette Valley — a program that trains girls third through eighth grades to be able to complete 5K races. Shaw, who lives in Cor- vallis, Ore., has been active in the program as a running buddy for girls competing in their first races. “I raised about $1,000 and the best part is it stayed in Corvallis,” Shaw said. “I wanted to do something to give back and for the girls to see something they can start ‘‘He is relieved and happy to be done with it.’’ Peter Henning, an expert in criminal law at Wayne State Uni- versity Law School, said it’s rare for evidence to be destroyed and have fun with for the rest of their lives.” Shaw said she will con- tinue run marathons and other races, having already finished her 61st at the Seattle Rock N Roll Marathon and the 4th of July Chester Classic. Shaw said she hopes to show people that running isn’t drudgery, it’s fun. ——— Julie Zeeb can be reached at 527-2153, extension 115 or jzeeb@redbluffdailynews. com. while a suspect is still at large. ‘‘Unfortunately for the prose- cution, stuff happens,’’ Henning said. ‘‘You wish it didn’t happen, but these are human beings.’’ Audit finds funeral trust misspent money SACRAMENTO (AP) — A state audit has found that California’s second-largest prepaid funeral trust misused millions of dollars that consumers have set aside to pay for cemetery plots, caskets and services when they die. The money was improperly spent on admin- istrative fees, political lobbying, conventions and other activities, according to the review by the Department of Consumer Affairs. The department gave more than 300 funeral homes that participate in the California Master Trust until July 21 to say how they will correct the problems found in the audit. The trust serves about a third of the state’s funeral homes, holding about $70 million paid in advance for funeral services by 27,000 con- sumers. ‘‘The one silver lining here is we don’t expect consumers to lose money,’’ said depart- ment spokesman Russ Heimerich. The trust remains solvent, he said Thursday. The audit, which was released this week, outlines $12.6 million that was misspent, used improperly for administrative fees, or that should have been reimbursed to consumers but was not. Only about half the money may need to be paid back, said Heimerich and Rick Wallinder, chief of the department’s Cemetery and Funer- al Bureau. The remainder has already been repaid, can be adjusted through accounting changes or may be impossible to track because records have been lost during the nearly 10 years covered by the audit, they said. The audit is the first to find systematic prob- lems with a funeral trust fund, Wallinder said. Typically, auditors find problems involving individual funeral homes or trusts set up for individual consumers, he said. In this case, the department ordered the Company recalls 4,200 bags of spinach IRWINDALE (AP) — Ready Pac Foods Inc. announced that it is recalling some 4,200 bags of spinach salad after fed- eral investigators con- firmed the presence of E. coli in a random sample test. Mike Celani, a spokesman for the Irwin- dale-based company, said Thursday that no illnesses have been reported in connection with the Spinach Temptations line of six-ounce bagged sal- ads it is recalling. The company announced the recall of 702 cases of salad mix, each containing six bags, on Wednesday evening. The action applies to bags sold in California, Washington and Arizona with a July 4 use-by date and product code I1707B, IR127121 and to products with a July 8 use-by date SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — San Francisco officials are considering whether to ban the sale of pets, except fish, throughout the city. Supporters of the ban say animal shelters are overrun by people who buy hamsters, parrots, snakes and other ani- mals from pet stores on impulse, then regret the purchase. Under the proposal, San Francisco residents would have to go outside the city to purchase pets. San Francisco’s animal control direc- and code I2007B, IR130373. Celani said U.S. Food and Drug Administration investigators detected the bacteria in a bag of salad mix taken from a store shelf and informed his company of their findings on Tuesday. An FDA spokeswoman did not did not immedi- ately return a phone call seeking details about the test. SF considers ban on sale of most pets tor Rebecca Katz says hamsters are the most euthanized pet in the city. Pet store owners say the measure would put them out of business. The ban is being considered Thursday evening by the city’s Commission of Animal Control and Welfare. It plans to hear testimony from those affected by the ban before voting. If approved, it would still have to go before the Board of Supervisors for a vote. Over 50 years of serving Tehama County trust’s governing board to return more than $2 million that was spent on lobbying and conven- tions for the California Funeral Directors Asso- ciation. Some of the money already has been paid back, auditors said. The audit also found the trust failed to pay at least $1.6 million it owed to consumers, their estates or the state treasury in cases where funeral homes went out of business or families paid for funeral services because they didn’t know their loved one had a prepaid plan. The audit found that $4.2 million was improperly spent on administrative fees for the participating funeral establishments over eight years. The trust improperly inflated its income in 2001 and 2002 so it could pay $4.8 million in administration fees to the fund’s trustee, Comerica Bank, and Funeral Directors Service Corp., which administered the fund, the audit found. The fate of Spartan Radio relies on petitioning the FCC for a new station frequency. Wagner has already identified several available FM dial positions and will send the paperwork to the FCC. If all goes well, the FCC will grant KRBH a new position and a specific period of time to begin broadcasting at its new position, Wagner said. is co-funding the suit, said the issue had less to do with the buildout and more to do with the growth percentage. Catlin said the buildout, defended by officials as a legal requirement, was unrealistic. What he feared, he said, is the county would outpace the 2.2 percent growth rate it planned for in the EIR, and that even its measures to prepare for that growth were inadequate. Both men said the EIR failed to account for the increased water a larger population would need, and for the increased release of global warming gases. Both were critical of King’s ruling. They said the statement, only three paragraphs long, offered little comment on the mountain of argument, some 100 pages, presented before him. “Considering the importance of the subject matter to the future of Tehama County, I’m amazed that this ruling could be so incredibly short and lack any analy- sis,” Catlin said. The suit did little to stop Tehama County from implementing its general “We are allowed to play with the big boys with the understand- ing (we) might have to move someday,” Wagner said. “Our day came. I just hope when we do set- tle on a new dial position we get at least another 8 years before being asked to move again.” The move to a new frequency could cause some potential prob- lems for the station. Costs may be incurred for having to retune and install the transmitter and antenna to the new dial position. “We will be calling on some friends to help get us back on the air, but we will be back” Wagner said. The station relies on the sup- port of underwriting sponsors to fund day-to-day expenses. This will be the first time since the sta- tion started 8 years ago that there will be an absolute need for a new piece of equipment to stay on the plan, which has been used as a basis for county deci- sions almost since it was adopted last year, County Counsel Arthur Wylene said. King could have instructed the county to tweak or rewrite its plan, but by ruling in the coun- ty’s favor, he has reaf- firmed the county’s deci- sion. “It tells the county and the Board of Supervisors that we did a good job,” Wylene said. “We have a plan that complies with the law.” Bill Moule, a local businessman active with air, he said. The moving process could take anywhere from 2 to 4 months. The unknown timetable is the toughest part of this change for Wagner. Efficient use of time is a big part of teaching any class, and not knowing how long the process will take is stressful, Wagner said. In the meantime, more Web- based audio and video projects will be added to the class curricu- lum, and students can produce audio for local radio stations KTHM and KBLF. Former student Kellie Gale, who graduated in May, has spent lots of time on the air as host of the Morning Drive show. The radio station provides an opportu- nity for students to reach out the community and is a great service, she said. “Between 7:30 to 8 I basically had a whole recording room to the Red Bluff-Tehama County Chamber of Com- merce, said the chamber was eager for the ruling. The threat of a general plan revision has been enough to deter certain developments, and King’s ruling will give a signal to pending projects, Moule said. been waiting can now move impunity,” Moule said. ——— Geoff Johnson can be reached at 527-2153, exten- sion 114 or gjohnson@red- bluffdailynews.com. myself and it was fun,” Gale said. “It kind of sucks to hear that this is happening.” Gale is hopeful a new dial will be granted, as it will be a great loss to the community and stu- dents if the radio station were to go away, she said. “It’s a community thing, and people look forward to it,” she said. “It’s really important that we keep this going.” The radio station used to reach listeners in an about six mile radius, but now the best spot is in the high school parking lot, Wag- ner said. Those living near the school can still catch the station, too, but everyone else will have to wait for the return of Spartan Radio. ——— Tang Lor can be reached at 527- 2153, Ext. 110 or by e-mail at tlor@redbluffdailynews.com. “Any project that has forward with Independently owned Telephone: (530) 824-3792