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Friday, August 27, 2010 – Daily News – 9A Obituaries ARLA FARMER A celebration of Arla Farmer’s life will be held on August 28, 2010 in the Westside Room at the Red Bluff Community and Se- nior Center, 1500 South Jackson Street, Red Bluff, CA, beginning at 1:00 p.m. Family and friends of Arla are invited to share stories of their shared good times and their of remembrances of her. ELIZABETH Elizabeth Michael Har- bath, 50 years old, passed away suddenly at home in Red Bluff, CA on August 17, 2010. Elizabeth was born October 14, 1959 in Apple Valley, CA to Carl and Norma Micheal. Elizabeth is survived by MICHAEL HARBATH JAMES “MIC” MICHAEL SCHNASE, JR. 10-07-86 to 08-18-10 her sons Sean A. Michael and Cory G. Harbath and her grandson Kaden Mi- chael of Red Bluff, CA. In addition, she is survived by her parents, Carl and Nor- ma Michael of Forth Wayne, IN and her sisters Carlen (Tony) Trujillo of Hesperia, CA and Deanna (Adam) Flores of Red Bluff, CA and numerous nieces and nephews. Elizabeth was a loving mother and grandmother and precious to her family. Memorial Services will be Friday, August 27, 2010, 5:00 p.m. at Liberty Hill Christian Church, 4145 Rhonda Rd., Cottonwood, CA. In lieu of flowers, the family requests donations to the charity of your choice in memory of Eliza- beth Harbath. CLARK EVISON, III On August 24, 2010, Clark Evison III passed away qui- etly at his home. A lifelong resident of Corning, he is survived by his daughter Angela, her husband Telly and their two children, Ryan and Alexandra, of Sacramento; his brother Walter of Shingletown; his niece Sterling and her son Bryce of Sacramento; and his nephew Winston of Au- burn, Washington. Clark will be remembered fondly for his keen sense- of-humor and wit, his kind nature and gentle spirit. The graveside service will be held at 11:00 a.m. Au- gust 27, 2010, at Sunset Hill Cemetery in Corning. Death Notice Kaye Mosier Kaye Mosier died Saturday, Aug. 21, 2010, in Los Molinos. She was 71. Hoyt-Cole Chapel of the Flowers is handling the arrangements. Published Friday, Aug. 27, 2010, in the Daily News, Red Bluff, Calif. PLANE Continued from page 1A brakes, and four tires blew out dur- ing the landing, airline spokes- woman Sharon Jones said. Sacramento Fire Department crews were on scene within four minutes of being dispatched and were escorted to the runway by air- port security, according to the department. Sacramento County Airport Sys- tem Aircraft Rescue Firefighters extinguished tires of the aircraft that were on fire, while Sacramento fire- fighters triaged aircraft passengers and crew, according to a Sacramen- to Fire Department release. The 87 passengers were taken to the terminal on buses, airport spokeswoman Gina Swankie said. The nature of the injuries weren’t immediately available, but five peo- gust 18, 2010 in Portland, Oregon, at the age of 23, in a motorcycle accident. He is the son of James Michael “Mike” Schnase, Sr. and Luanne Powell Schnase of Red Bluff, CA. Mic was born in Oakland, CA on October 7, 1986, and was raised primarily in Red Bluff. He was a graduate from the College of the Siskiyous and was about to re-enroll Helicopters to complete his commercial helicopter pilo- t’s license. Mic worked as a server for Ruby Tuesdays and The Cheesecake Facto- ry in Portland and enjoyed the fellowship of The Solid Rock. Mic was an avid snowboarder and motorcy- clist. He cherished his fam- ily and girlfriend, Brynn, and their puppy, Mowgli. In addition to his parents, Mic is survived by his brother Kelly Matthew Schnase and sister Nella Marie Schnase; his girl- friend Brynn; Maternal grandparents Nella and Kel- ly Powell; Paternal grand- parents Florence and John Duncan and Jim Schnase; Aunts Lauralee, Penny, and Michelle, and Uncles Kelly, Gary, Jon, and David; Cousins Andrew, Korie, Nicole, Garrett, Joseph, Brayden, Colton, and Allisha. We will celebrate Mic’s at Precision ADA Continued from page 1A But Stevens, himself legally blind since birth and a former City Councilman who sued the city over access, said since the passage of the Americans with Disabilities Act in 1990, the city has taken on a differ- ent tilt. Curbside ramps, bars on Wash- ington and Oak streets, an entirely grant-funded elevator for the court- house — all have made for the city easier for the differently-abled and Red Bluff’s senior population. The County Administration building, built in 2008 on Oak Street, includes a number of wheelchair-friendly accommoda- life together at 2:00 p.m., Saturday, August 28, 2010, at Calvary Chapel, 12375 Paskenta Road, Red Bluff, CA. Because of Mic’s love of children memorial con- tributions can be made in Mic’s honor to any childre- n’s charities. No flowers please. STOP Continued from page 1A case. “I won’t go into it tonight, but I recom- mend against repealing the interim ordinance,” Fitzpatrick said. Fitzpatrick said a local judge had already ruled on the matter of the ordinance, saying the city was within its rights and that the idea of fed- eral law preempting state law was only one of many reasons Corning has given for its ban. “The ordinance was adopted pursuant to Cal- ifornia Government Code 65858 and there is no reference in any ple were taken to a hospital, she said. An elderly woman was seen being placed onto a stretcher, com- plaining of neck pains. Everyone was ‘‘able to slide down that slide and walk over to our triage,’’ Sacramento Fire Depart- ment Capt. Jonathan Burgess said. Passenger Shannon Ruppe of Paradise said it wasn’t that easy. Most of the injuries she saw were abrasions and sprained ankles caused by the slides, she said. ‘‘They’re incredibly fast, and there was no time for the flight attendants to give us any instruc- tions,’’ Ruppe said. Rob Vanatta, 32, was waiting for the JetBlue flight when someone announced on the terminal intercom that it was delayed. ‘‘Then they came back on the intercom, sounding surprised or in shock, and said ’I’m not sure how to tell you this, but the wheels caught revolver, a pistol and a safe were reported stolen Wednesday afternoon on Arbor Lane. Someone reportedly broke into the garage of the Arbor Lane residence and stole a 9 mm glock, a .357 revolver with ivory grips, a Marlin .22 caliber rifle, a Remington 20 gauge shot- gun, a Remington 12 gauge shotgun, a .273 cal- iber Remington bolt action rifle and a fireproof safe, according to a press release from the Tehama County Sheriff’s Department. The owner estimated the combined loss to be $2,075, according to the release. It is believed the theft took place sometime between 8 a.m. and 8 p.m. Wednesday. Neighbors reportedly saw a four-door, Mic passed away on Au- GAP Continued from page 1A City Council in which Van Warmerdam reported the 2010-2011 budget deficit to be $300,000. Van Warmerdam said while preparing a Power- Point presentation, she listed a higher amount, but Nichols changed the number to $300,000. A draft of the March 16 budget update report obtained by the Daily News shows the number at $300,000. The draft copy mirrors the final public document that was presented to council in March. Van Warmerdam said other attempts to tell the council about the short- fall were prevented. Nichols edited a pre- sentation that was sup- posed to go to the Budget Committee May 11. He told her to delete a slide that showed a higher deficit, she said. Documents obtained by the Daily News show a May 7 e-mail conversa- tion between the two, in which Van Warmerdam sends Nichols a copy of the May 11 presentation. Nichols writes, from is personal e-mail account, “pull this slide” in refer- ence to a slide that shows a negative $1,164,494 fund balance. Nichols said he asked Van Warmerdam to pull the slide because he was confused. He did not have the opportunity to ask her to explain the slide to him because he was working from home and was about to go somewhere. “We were exchanging e-mails,” he said. “It’s not like we were having a direct phone conversa- tion. I thought it was con- fusing, and I didn’t understand it.” Part of his confusion was because there was a lot of different numbers, ranging anywhere from $600,000 to $900,000, being thrown around at the time, Nichols said. The final May 11 bud- get update report that was presented to the Budget Committee does not include the slide showing the $1.1 million shortfall and another slide that presents budget cut options. Instead, the pre- sentation shows the deficit at $600,000 to $950,000 with no reserve. According to docu- ments, an updated ver- sion of the slide that was pulled was presented to the Budget Committee on June 10 with a $1,353,413 deficit. The rest of the council was made aware of the $1.3 million shortfall on June 25 when the agenda for a special budget meeting was posted. Nichols does not deny the fact that he knew rev- enues were dropping and the deficit was growing, as anyone watching financial forecasts and tions. Inside, speakers can adjust the height of the podium to their needs. Not all those changes are station- ary, either. Before the Tehama Rural Area eXpress was established in 1996, the county offered a kind of taxi service for Red Bluff and the surrounding area, but appointments had to be made in advance. Today, TRAX serves 81,000 cus- tomers a year on fixed route between Red Bluff, Corning and the city of Tehama, Public Works Deputy Director Barbara O’Keeffe said. Of these, about 3.5 percent are considered disabled and 10 percent are 70 or older. Most people who opt out of monthly passes pay 50 cents a ride for in-city routes or action the council took in adopting or extending the ordinance, that refer- ences federal law,” said City Planning Director John Stoufer. Tehama County Supe- rior Court Judge Richard Scheuler ruled the court found nothing to suggest that a marijuana collec- tive could open its doors anywhere in the city of Corning whether the zoning laws are constitu- tionally valid or invalid ordinance. Scheuler said the court found the city’s interpretation of its zon- ing laws to be correct. Mayor Gary Strack said that any discussion at the Sept. 14 meeting during a closed session fire upon landing and the emergency slides had been deployed,’’’ Vanatta said. He ran to a window and saw pas- sengers standing on the runway near the plane, surrounded by fire trucks. ‘‘My friend and I were able to rebook to a flight out of Oakland, so we’re driving there now,’’ he said. Hours after the incident, the empty plane had yet to be towed from the runway. About a dozen passengers lingered in the terminal, waiting for their luggage or snack- ing on airport food paid for by Jet- Blue. ‘‘Everybody’s been really nice and taking care of each other,’’ said Ruppe, who was celebrating her birthday. ‘‘I just wish that I had worn my tennis shoes.’’ Federal Aviation Administration spokesman Ian Gregor said the plane had not caused any delays at the airport. Sheriff seeks info in guns theft Shotguns, rifles, a gold or tan sedan leaving the residence around 2 p.m. Anyone with further information is asked to call the TCSD at 529-7900. —Staff report Have a news tip? Call 527-2151, Ext. 112 Dr. Andrew PomazalD.O. Physician & Surgeon General Medicine Saturday Appointments Available • High Blood Pressure • Diabetes • Joint & Muscle Pain • Lung Problems We offer Osteopathic Manipulation 530 528-2066 2050 Main St, Red Bluff Accepting New Patients tax receipt returns could figure that out. But it was not until June that he, Van Warmerdam and the bud- get committee, based on all the information that had been provided, con- cluded the deficit to be at $1.3 million, he said. “Even if we had picked that number in April or in June, it proba- bly would not have made a practical difference,” Nichols said. Van Warmerdam declined a follow-up interview after the docu- ments were obtained say- ing Nichols would not give her written permis- sion, and he could later use her comments as a basis to terminate her. Nichols denies any allegations that he pre- vented her from talking to the Daily News. ——— Tang Lor can be reached at 527-2153, Ext. 110 or by e-mail at tlor@redbluffdailynews.c om. $1.50 for intra-city transit, but everyone 70 or older automatically qualifies for a lifetime pass, O’Ke- effe said, and buses include a wheel- chair lift. But for Stevens the greatest change may be one of attitude. “When I first moved to the city of Red Bluff, there was absolutely no game plan,” Stevens said. Funding, Stevens concedes, is a lot tighter these days. But if and when money comes in, Red Bluff has plans to address its problems, and perhaps more importantly, the attention of its disabled, he said. ——— Geoff Johnson can be reached at 527-2153, extension 114 or gjohnson@redbluffdailynews.com. would have no bearing on what happened at the next court date for the citations, which is scheduled for Sept. 15. “The city is not citing THC, Inc. for violations of interim ordinance 637,” Stoufer said. “We are citing them for vio- lating previously estab- lished zoning regula- tions within the Corning Municipal Code.” The city began issu- ing citations in January and to date has issued 226 citations, which, if THC remains open every day until Sept. 14, will total 245, Stoufer said. The first citation imposed a $50 fine, the second $100 and $250 for every violation fol- lowing. At 243 viola- tions, the total would be $60,750, Stoufer said. The Corning City Council, which meets the second and fourth Tuesdays of the month at City Hall, 794 Third St., will next meet Sept. 14 with a closed session at 6:30 p.m. followed by the regular meeting at 7:30 p.m. Meeting min- utes and agendas are available at www.corn- ing.org. ——— Julie Zeeb can be reached at 527-2153, extension 115 or jzeeb@redbluffdai- lynews.com. Bill lets counties fund domestic violence shelters SACRAMENTO (AP) — Counties could raise fees on marriage licenses by up to $10 to fund domestic violence shelters under a bill sent to Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger by the state Senate. Counties already collect a $23 fee on marriage licenses to fund domestic violence shelters. The bill approved Thursday lets county supervisors increase the fee to $33. Sen. Leland Yee says the increase would offset a drop in state funding that recently forced four shelters to close. Yee’s bill, SB662, was approved on a 21-13 vote. The Senate also sent Schwarzenegger a second domestic violence bill by Yee, a Democrat from San Francisco. That bill, SB782, would protect victims from retaliation by landlords if they are involved in a domestic violence dis- pute. It passed, 22-14. Bill aims to reduce smog fraud SACRAMENTO (AP) — Smog checks on cars might soon be conducted with more advanced technology intend- ed to save California motorists money under legislation sent to Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger. The bill by Assemblyman Mike Eng would employ cars’ on-board diagnostic systems. Currently, tailpipe emis- sions are measured. AB 2289 was approved by the Assembly on a 48-21 vote. It now goes to the governor. Most inspection stations would use scanners to access a car’s computerized data on pollution control systems. Eng says the advanced testing system would make it more difficult to falsify test results, while keeping an addi- tional 70 tons of smog a day from being emitted. The Bureau of Automotive Repair would set fine amounts for any violations.