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Friday, July 12, 2013 – Daily News Obituaries MARJORIE ANN NANFITO October 5, 1932 - July 6, 2013 Marjorie Ann Nanfito, 80, of Red Bluff, California,passed away on Saturday, July 6, 2013. Born October 5, 1932 in Negaunee, Michigan, she was the daughter of the late William I. Booker and Flossie Johns Booker. As a young woman Marjorie first moved to Chicago, Illinois at the ripe old age of 17 and from there she traveled to California when she was 18 years old. There she met a young World War II Veteran named Tony Nanfito in the café she worked at in Long Beach, California. They were soon married and began a long and prosperous relationship lasting more than six decades. Marjorie is preceded in death by her son Tony Nanfito Jr. She is survived by her husband of 62 years Tony Nanfito Sr. and her children Carmella St. Martin and her husband Marc of Livermore, CA, Mike Nanfito and his wife Dawn of Tacoma, WA, Ross Nanfito of Oceanside, CA and Paul Nanfito and his wife Connie of Red Bluff, CA and her grandchildren Alyssa, Jason, Justin, Anthony, Lexi, Nina, and Brandon. Memorial services will be conducted at 11:00 AM Tuesday, July 16, 2013 at Northern California Veterans Cemetery 11800 Gas Point Road Igo, California. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to the St. Elizabeth Hospice 1425 Vista Way Red Bluff, California 96080 or the Senior Nutrition Program 1500 S Jackson Street Red Bluff, California 96080. FANG Continued from page 1A with a snake out of its cage, meaning he must muzzle the snakes as well. The preparation is the most dangerous part, he said. "That's the only thing about this training that's tough and why I charge what I charge," Will said. The cost is about $100. The process to train a dog to recognize a rattlesnake and stay away, Will said, is conducted in four phases during one session with the help of a shock collar. 1. Introducing the dog to a muzzled juvenile rattlesnake "I put (the snake) out in open ... and I let the dog spot it," Will said. "The thing about this training is, I almost don't like calling it training. It's more or less just setting up a realistic scenario and the dog is going to do all the learning on its own. We're just taking the place of a snake bite with a zap from a shock collar." Will said the training is Agents eradicated the year-old John Lopez and plants and are still investi- found 189 marijuana plants on the property, gating the case. Continued from page 1A A third search warrant they determined were not being grown consistent Law enforcement did was executed in the area of with state laws. not locate any people on Hoag Road and Hall Road the property, but did find outside of Corning. Agents seized a 2005 73 marijuana plants. Agents contacted 82- Dodge Ram 2500 truck POT LAMALFA Continued from page 1A cies to follow the laws as Congress writes them, not as they might wish they were written," said LaMalfa. "Requiring permits for routine agricultural work is the definition of regulatory overreach, especially when the law specifically exempts these activities." In one instance, a Northern California family farm's plan to convert fields under ditch irrigation to piped irrigation was blocked when a feder- al agency claimed the work would negatively impact the Sacramento River. The agency ignored the fact that the fields drained through a man-made ditch to a man-made stock pond, located about six miles from the Sacramento River, turning a one-day, $2,500 project into a multi-year legal fight that cost the family more than $100,000 in legal bills. "As a rancher whose land includes wetlands, ducks and other wildlife, I understand reasonable protections for our natural resources," LaMalfa said. "However, when federal agencies interpret for all breeds of dogs, but all breeds of dogs react differently to the shocks and snakes. "Some dogs, a shock or two is all it takes," Will said. "Others are more stubborn and they go back to it and get it again and then I'll turn it up and up each time to how they respond. Eventually they stop checking (the snake) out and figure out that it hurts." The reluctance from dog owners to allow a shock collar to be used on their pets isn't lost on Will. He says he gets it, and if there were a way to do the training effectively with the use of positive reinforcement, he would. But he also says the alternative, a venomous snake bite that could kill a dog, is less desirable than the measured zaps a dog receives. 2. Isolated scent recognition "A lot of dogs, like ... the shepherds, I can totally see why they use those for police dogs and drug dogs," Will said. "I had one shepherd that picked up the smell really well and eradicated all of the plants. TIDE will be requesting criminal charges be filed against Lopez for cultivation of marijuana and possession of marijuana for sale. the law in creative ways meant solely to increase their own powers, Congress should act to rein them in. This amendment does exactly that, helping our farms and ranches operate without cumbersome requirements that do nothing to protect or improve the environment." The Energy and Water Appropriations bill later passed with bipartisan support. LaMalfa is a lifelong farmer representing California's First Congressional District including Butte, Glenn, Lassen, Modoc, Nevada, Placer, Plumas, Shasta, Sierra, Siskiyou and Tehama counties. NTSB: No sign of mechanical trouble on Asiana 214 SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Investigators have found no evidence of mechanical problems with Asiana Flight 214, the head of the National Transportation Safety Board said Thursday, putting the focus of the safety probe into the crash landing at the San Francisco airport squarely on the pilots. In her final briefing before the agency concludes its on-site detective work, NTSB Chairman Deborah Hersman said the airplane itself showed no signs of a breakdown, and on voice recorders, the pilots of the Boeing 777 fail to notice that their approach is dangerously low and slow until it's too late. ''There is no mention of speed until about nine seconds before impact when they're at 100 feet,'' she said Thursday. Just seconds before impact, two of the pilots call for the landing to be aborted. Investigators have stressed that nothing has been definitively ruled out and no firm conclusions reached. The agency's final evaluation is expected to take more than a year. The airliner itself, though heavily damaged in the crash, had no malfunctions in any critical systems, including the engines and flight-control surfaces, the autopilot, the autothrottles and the flight director, she said. Two people were killed and 180 of the 307 people were hurt Saturday when the airliner slammed into a seawall at the end of the runway. The impact ripped off the back of the plane, tossed out three flight attendants and their seats and scattered pieces of the jet across the runway as it spun and skidded to a stop. The battered passengers, some with broken bones, were told over the jet's public-address system to stay in their seats for another 90 seconds while the cockpit consulted with the control tower, a safety procedure to prevent people from evacuating into life-threatening fires or machinery. And in this accident, authorities are investigating whether one of the two Chinese teens who died may have been run over by a fire truck rushing to the burning jet. Hersman has said repeatedly that pilots Lee Gang-kuk, who was landing the big jet for his first time at the San Francisco airport, and Lee JeongMin, who was training him were ultimately responsible for a safe landing. The NTSB investigators will soon head back to Washington with ''a mountain of information'' to analyze and review, from pieces of the airliner to interview transcripts. A firefighter who scrambled aboard the jet looking for victims as fire was breaking out told inspectors the seats in that section of the aircraft were almost pristine. ''He said it looked like you just fluff the pillows and turn the airplane around it can go out for its next flight.'' That section soon erupted in flames caused by oil spilling on hot engines. The fuel tanks did not rupture, Hersman said Thursday. The FAA has found ''no significant issues'' during 134 unannounced mechanical, pilot or avionic checks on Aviana airliners over the last 18 months, said Hersman. Hersman clarified Thursday that the pilot trainee told investigators he saw a flash of light at about 500 feet, which would have been 34 seconds before impact and the point at which the airliner began to slow and drop precipitously. She said he told investigators that the light did not prevent him from seeing his instruments, and that it may have been a reflection of the sun. The other pilots made no mention of a light, she said. While the pilots were manually flying the jet for the landing, as expected on a clear, sunny day, they told investigators they thought the airliner's speed was being controlled by an autothrottle set for 157 mph. Inspectors found that the autothrottle had been ''armed,'' or made ready for activation, Hersman said. But investigators are still determining whether it had been engaged. In the last two minutes, there was a lot of use of autopilot and autothrottle, and investigators are going to look into whether pilots made the appropriate commands and if they knew what they were doing, she said. Experts said the evidence points toward pilot error. Lee Collins, a pilot with 18,000 hours and 29 years of experience on a variety of airliners, said the question is how the Asiana pilots could make such a ''gross error.'' ''What caused this airplane to crash was their failure to maintain proper airspeed,'' Collins said. During the evacuation, many passengers jumped out the back of the plane or slid down inflated slides through emergency exits. Then, say some, an unnerving wait began. 911 tapes recorded frantic callers, pleading for help. ''We've been on the ground, I don't know, 20 minutes, a half hour,'' said one woman. ''There are people laying on the tarmac with critical injuries, head injuries. We're almost losing a woman here. We're trying to keep her alive.'' Calif. removes signs objecting to twin tunnels WALNUT GROVE (AP) — Activists opposed to California's $14 billion twin-tunnel plan for the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta are accusing state transportation workers who removed anti-tunnel yard signs of trying to silence them. The signs proclaiming ''Save the Delta! Stop the Tunnels!'' have disappeared over the past several days from yards fronting a state highway in Sacramento County. Transportation officials they were placed too close to the highway, violating state law. Caltrans spokesman Gareth Lacy says any private sign is for- bidden within a state right of way. The state Natural Resources Agency, which oversees the tunnel project, says it's working with Caltrans and property owners to ensure that signs are placed in a way that follows the law and respects freedom of speech and property rights. from the actual snake in the first step and by the time I hid the shed skins, he got within 5 or 6 feet, he stopped panting and his ears perked up and he was looking for one." 3. Exposure to rattlesnake sounds Will said because the snakes he uses have become used to being handled during the training, some don't rattle every time. Will has trained about 60 dogs, including a veterinarian's dog, since he started his business in March. While he says dogs are likely to be exposed to a real rattler sound once or twice during the process, he has a backup plan: a portable stereo system hooked up to an iPod that can play the sounds of the rattlesnake. Will says he hides the stereo in bushes and lets the dog explore. Once a dog gets close, Will hits play. "What I do is have the owners and anybody else that's around stand around the spot," Will said. "And then I hit the play button and play the rattle sound. And as soon 9A as it plays I have everybody jump back." Some dogs will get the hint, and won't need to be shocked during this step, Will said. 4. Introducing the dog to an adult rattlesnake "The end is more or less a test," Will said, adding, "With the big snake, 90 percent of the dogs learn from the first three steps where they won't go anywhere near the big snake." Will admits there's something about his personality that attracts him to things other people may find outrageous, such as handling live rattlesnakes. "I don't like to go with the flow, I guess," said Will, who lives in Cottonwood and plans to attend UC Davis to study entomology. "I don't really like what everybody likes. I like to find something people don't like and have fun with that." Will's business is called Will's Skills Professional Services and he can be reached at 530 200-1880. Senate backs Brown's choice for prison secretary SACRAMENTO (AP) — The state Senate on Thursday confirmed Gov. Jerry Brown's choice to lead California's troubled prison system on the same day that a new challenge arose from a federal judge. Hours after Corrections Secretary Jeffrey Beard, 66, was confirmed on a 23-6 vote, a judge said there is far more work that needs to be done to improve the treatment of mentally ill inmates in state prisons. U.S. District Judge Lawrence Karlton of Sacramento ordered his court-appointed special master to review practices at prison mental health facilities operated by the Department of State Hospitals. The department is responsible for treating inmates at some of California's prisons, including one in Soledad that inmate advocates say is poorly staffed and provides substandard care. Witnesses at a hearing last month testified that officials at Salinas Valley State Prison should have done more to prevent the deaths of two inmates with known histories of trying to harm themselves. Karlton ordered the special master and his team to also monitor Department of State Hospital programs at five other prisons. The decision was the latest blow to Brown's attempts to end federal oversight of prison medical and mental health care. Karlton ruled in April against the Democratic governor's bid to end court oversight of mental health programs. ''Given the gravity of the evidence in this hearing, the defendants' previous motion to terminate takes on the character of a condition in which the defendants have simply divorced themselves from reality,'' Karlton scolded Thursday in his 14-page order. He cited ''significant and troubling evidence of...severe staffing shortages...denial of basic necessities including clean underwear, failure to follow established timelines for transfer of patients to inpatient care, and perhaps premature discharges of patients from inpatient care, all of which call into question the adequacy of the inpatient care....'' State officials did not immediately comment. The new ruling came as Beard is under court order to free nearly 10,000 inmates by year's end to improve care for sick and mentally ill inmates, unless the U.S. Supreme Court overturns a lower court order. The state on Wednesday asked Justice Anthony Kennedy to delay the releases while the high court considers California's appeal. Beard also must transfer about 2,600 inmates from two Central Valley prisons because they are particularly vulnerable to a fungus that originates in the soil and causes a potentially fatal disease known as valley fever. State Sen. Loni Hancock, D-Berkeley, chairwoman of the Senate Public Safety Committee, said the corrections system is in crisis and she supported Beard's appointment because of his experience as the reform-minded head of Pennsylvania's corrections system for nine years before he came to California. Republicans objected to Beard's confirmation because of the prison system's ongoing shift in sentencing thousands of lower-level criminals to county jails instead of state prisons to ease crowding. Though that law was passed before Beard's appointment to the $225,000-a-year job in December, he is carrying out the law that ''continues the darkness of risk to our families,'' said Sen. Jim Nielsen, R-Gerber. Beard also is trying to manage a mass protest in which thousands of inmates are refusing meals to support better conditions for gang leaders held in isolation at Pelican Bay State Prison and three other maximum security prisons. More than 12,400 inmates had skipped at least nine consecutive meals by Thursday, meaning they are considered to be on an extended hunger strike. That is down from the more than 30,000 inmates who refused meals Monday, but it eclipses two separate prison hunger strikes in 2011 that involved between 4,000 and 6,500 inmates. The department said those who participate in the protest could face disciplinary action. They also threatened to confiscate food items that some inmates have stockpiled in their cells.