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Obituary STEVE A. WHEELER Born January 2, 1956, on Saturday, August 28, 2010 Steve’s battle with cancer ended and he was called home to be with our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. He was the manager of Suburban Propane in Red Bluff for the past thee years and loved being part of this community. A memorial service, spon- sored by the Red Bluff Ro- tary, where he was an ac- tive member, is being held on August 31, 2010 at the Elk’s Lodge. In lieu of flow- ers we are asking you to make a donation to Steve’s favorite charity, The Italian Greyhound Rescue of Cali- fornia. Please contact Bar- bara Brits for information at bjb5557@sbcglobal.net. Steve is survived by his wife Kay Wheeler and step- son Jonathan Riess- Wheeler. Death Notices Vernon D. Hicks Vernon D. Hicks passed away Saturday, Aug. 28, 2010, in Anderson. He was 71. Hoyt-Cole Chapel of the Flowers is handling the arrangements. Published Tuesday, Aug. 31, 2010, in the Daily News, Red Bluff, Calif. Olive Willeford Olive Willeford died Sunday, Aug. 29, 2010, in Corning. She was 77. Red Bluff Simple Cre- mations & Burial Service is handling the arrangements. Published Tuesday, Aug. 31, 2010, in the Daily News, Red Bluff, Calif. MAN Continued from page 1A at an unknown time Fri- day when he allowed the vehicle to travel off the left side of the gravel road, a CHP release said. The vehicle, which CHP Officer Phillip Mackintosh said went about 60 feet down an embankment, slid sideways, overturned and threw Rather, who was not wearing a seat belt. — Staff report 36W Continued from page 1A for an unknown period of time before emergency per- sonnel arrived, suffered a broken arm, rib fractures and a concussion, the release said. Linehan’s dog was in the car during the crash but was not hurt, said CHP Officer Phillip Mackintosh. — Julie Zeeb POT Continued from page 1A production in a landmark decision, but proposed operations there would fill a maximum of 100,000 square-feet. “Chico would be the largest facility in the coun- try,” Oh said. “It would definitely be groundbreak- ing.” The company is report- edly looking into operat- ing a similar, albeit small- er, operation in Los Ange- les. Oh said Plant Proper- ties Management’s main objective is to ensure qual- ity medicine for ailing individuals. He said he aims to work within exist- ing law, even with the November ballot initiative to legalize recreational marijuana use. “Our business model is intended to be a solution to problems in the indus- try,” Oh said. “It is intend- ed to regulate medical marijuana, the way it should be.” Oh anticipates his plan would create 250 to 500 jobs in Chico, with the city to see increased tax rev- enue. Chico City Councilor Andy Holcombe said that is a possibility he can rally behind. “If it actually creates jobs and tax revenue, it sounds like a promising business, just like any other business,” Holcombe said. “From a jobs and business standpoint, in principle, it sounds like a good idea. Why not be Task force reviews Calif. campaign part of the medical mari- juana cluster that’s devel- oping in California? Assuming it’s a legal use, it could be beneficial to our community.” The question of legali- ty, however, is one that is contested. Oh maintains the busi- ness is “legal in every way.” “We’re just leasing space in a controlled envi- ronment,” he said. Butte County District Attorney Mike Ramsey and Chico Police Chief Mike Maloney disagree. Ramsey said based on the information he was provided, the facility would not be a legal oper- ation. Although Proposition 215 allows for the cultiva- tion of marijuana for med- ical purposes, it does not give the green light to mass marijuana produc- tion. Maloney said it is “ridiculous” to think oth- erwise. “There is nowhere in the law that provides for what they’re proposing,” Maloney said. There is also no provi- sion in the city’s zoning regulations for the ven- ture. The Koret building, which was vacated in 2007 by the clothing business, is in an area zoned airport manufacturing. With zoning laws pro- hibiting any use that is not explicitly stated, City interim Planning Services Director Mark Wolfe said the type of operation Oh is seeking to create would be STATE BRIEFING more transparency in politics. Bill would give finance law SACRAMENTO (AP) — A panel established by California’s campaign watchdog agency began the task Mon- day of reviewing the state’s law gov- erning political donations and lobby- ing activity. The 25-member task force’s job: to update and simplify the 36-year-old Political Reform Act. ‘‘It’s become clear the act is in need of an overhaul,’’ Dan Schnur, chair- man of the Fair Political Practices Commission, told members of the task force. ‘‘The work we’ll be doing isn’t exactly glamorous, but it is of critical importance.’’ Among other steps, he charged the panel with updating rules for online political communications and redoing regulations he characterized as unnec- essarily complicated. The task force has been charged with drafting recommendations by the end of the year. Any changes must be approved by the Legislature. Republican Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, who appointed Schnur in June, said he endorses the commission’s work and called for molesters lifes SACRAMENTO (AP) — Certain child molesters in California would be sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole under a bill law- makers sent Monday to Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger. The bill, which passed unanimous- ly in the state Assembly, was named after 17-year-old Chelsea King, who was murdered in a San Diego County park this year. A convicted child molester pleaded guilty to raping and killing King and 14-year-old Amber Dubois. ‘‘There’s nothing a legislative body can do to remove all evil from our state, but we can certainly try,’’ said Republican Assemblyman Nathan Fletcher of San Diego, the bill’s author. Adult predators who kidnap, drug, bind and torture or use a weapon while committing a sex crime against a child would face life in prison without parole. The bill also increases parole terms for those who target children under the age of 14 and restricts offenders’ abil- ities to enter parks. prohibited. Wolfe also pointed out the medical marijuana ordinance currently under city consideration — which aims to regulate the cultivation, processing and distribution of medical marijuana — would still impede Oh’s plans. The ordinance only allows dispensaries to operate in light manufac- turing and industrial zones, as well as general manufacturing and indus- trial zones within the city. Oh contends the ordi- nance, which comes before the city Planning Commission in Septem- ber, applies to dispen- saries, which his proposed plan is not. Even so, he is request- ing the city include airport manufacturing areas in the ordinance, to better accommodate his proposal and serve a need he sees in the community. “There’s a huge demand for this,” Oh said, “The industry is just com- pletely out of control. This would implement a solu- tion.” But it’s a solution that at least one local collective opposes. Max Del Real, a cannabis lobbyist and spokesman for Chico’s Citizen Collective, a nonprofit collective at the forefront of city med- ical marijuana regulation discussions, said Oh’s proposal is “absolutely ludicrous” and “auda- cious.” “It’s wrong on so many fronts,” Del Real said. “First off, anything out of ‘‘Our public safety system has failed to protect our children from the most violent criminals,’’ said Assem- blyman Marty Block, D-San Diego. ‘‘In cases like these ... it may be best to just lock them up and throw away the key.’’ Bill targets parents of truants SACRAMENTO (AP) — Par- ents whose children perpetually skip school could be penalized under a California bill that is one step away from the governor’s desk. The bill by Democratic Sen. Mark Leno of San Francisco would make it a misdemeanor punishable by a fine or jail sentence when par- ents or guardians allow their chil- dren to be chronically truant. It passed the Assembly Monday on a 41-13 vote and now returns to the Senate for final action. The bill, SB1317, would apply to the parents of students age 6 and older who have missed classes for 10 percent of the school year or more without a valid excuse. Republican Assemblyman Chris Norby of Fullerton, who opposes the bill, says the measure criminalizes par- ents and leaves schools off the hook. Hoyt-Cole Chapel of the Flowers owns and operates the only on-site crematory in Tehama County. • Your loved one NEVER leaves our care. • For your peace of mind, we personally perform cremations on site. • No hidden charges. If cremation is your choice, there really is no other choice for you than the cremation experts at Hoyt-Cole Chapel of the Flowers. Contact us today so we may answer your questions. Hoyt-Cole Chapel of the Flowers Funerals • Cremations • Prearrangements 816 Walnut Street | Red Bluff (530) 527-1174 www.chapeloftheflowers.net Los Angeles is not a good thing. Los Angeles, right now, is not a model city in terms of effective medical marijuana regulation. Los Angeles, if anything, is what we don’t want to become.” “This just lends itself to what we have been asking the city for nine months,” Del Real said. “Chico needs a medical cannabis ordinance to protect her- self from outside entities. If anything, this is a wake up call for Chico to work with those people that are of our community.” Chico City Manager Dave Burkland is also opposed to welcoming the business into Chico. Burkland recently met with a number of individu- als associated with the enterprise at their request. He was not sold on the facility’s merits. “Frankly, we discour- aged it,” Burkland said. “This is not something we would support from a city staff level. I don’t think it’s appropriate for our city and I don’t think it’s the best use of that building.” But there are no other businesses lining up to uti- lize the building, as evi- denced by the property’s current standing. Building owners Steve E. and Julie E. Brown have defaulted on a loan with an unpaid balance of $8.5 million on the struc- ture, according to a legal notice published Thursday in the Enterprise-Record. The notice says the building is to be sold at a Is cremation your choice? trustee’s sale on Sept. 2 on the steps of the Butte County Courthouse. That action could be delayed or canceled if the situation is financially resolved. Oh would not comment on whether his company plans to buy or lease the building, saying the details are under negotiation. He did say bringing in an interested business that will fill that unoccupied space, create hundreds of jobs and boost the city’s struggling economy is a smart move. “Taxes help a city func- tion,” Oh said. “With the recession, the city is see- ing lower tax revenue. We could fill that void.” Ultimately, however, Oh said Plant Properties Management is a business and as such, needs to be profitable. He noted as much as he would like to see Chico rise to become a leader in the medical marijuana movement, if the facility faces significant hurdles, it might have to look else- where. And based on the city’s initial response to the pro- posal, the budding venture could be snuffed out in Chico before ever lifting off. “We’re not going to come in a city if the police chief or district attorney is going to kick our doors down,” Oh said. “We want the city’s blessing.” Toni Scott is a reporter with the Chico Enterprise- Record. SOUGHT Continued from page 1A The gunman ran out the door with the cash and tried unsuccess- fully to fire the weapon a second time, ran south and met an FAIR Continued from page 1A to go with the Rock Cross Continued from page 1A accomplice before fleeing through a field behind the busi- ness. Some of the money was found in the field, with more money and clothing found on Toomes and Grant avenues, the release said. Another witness at the Green event, which will be held as the main event on both Friday and Saturday. Sun- day’s main event will be the Destruction Derby. CONCERT Prices, which include tickets to all five concerts, are $50 for adult membership, $15 for students 17 and younger and $115 for family membership, which includes two adults and all children 17 and younger. For membership and ticket information, call 727-8727 or visit www.TehamaCommunity- Concerts.org. About Community Concerts The history of Community Concerts parallels in many ways that of the past century. During the 1920s, radio, film and the phonograph gave millions of Americans their first taste of pro- fessional-quality performing arts. Door Tavern told officers the wit- ness saw a white Nissan pull rapidly into the parking lot. Two subjects were seen in the vehicle while a patron of the restaurant was outside to smoke, the release said. The subjects immediately left, heading southbound on Several ground acts have been booked, includ- ing a science show and the animal to be featured this year will be sharks. While America's interest in live music was growing, the audi- ences to support such concerts were largely confined to major cities, while hundreds more cities had no concerts at all. Community Concerts proved to be the solution. The association started on a shoe-string budget in Chicago in 1920, the brainchild of two music managers, Dema Harshbarger and Ward French. They were faced with declining concert dates for their artists as both small towns and larger cities were cutting back on concert pre- sentations. The partners proposed to do away with local financial risk by organizing a permanent concert association on a non-profit membership basis, raising money through an intensive one- week campaign. Once the Tuesday, August 31, 2010 – Daily News – 7A Highway 99W. Anyone with information should call Corning Police at 824- 7000. ——— Julie Zeeb can be reached at 527-2153, extension 115 or jzeeb@redbluffdailynews.com. The 2010 theme will be Big Cheers for 90 Years. For information call 527-5920. ——— money was raised, artists would be engaged within the limits of the available funds. Sale of sin- gle admissions would be done away with — only members could attend the concerts. Thus was born the organized member- ship concert audience move- ment. The idea blossomed and fos- tered cultural development on an unprecedented scale. Families who had been indifferent to high- brow single concerts were attract- ed to a whole season with varied offerings at a reasonable price. A new appreciation for the perform- ing arts, deeply rooted in commu- nity spirit, steadily developed across North America, contribut- ing to the growth of local sym- phonies, theaters and dance com- panies. The first year saw the new idea Julie Zeeb can be reached at 527-2153, extension 115 or jzeeb@redbluffdailynews. com. planted in 12 cities, and by the end of the second year 40 cities in the Midwest had organized mem- bership concert audiences. By 1928, the movement was orga- nized in New York City as the Community Concert Association, with French as its president. The Tehama County Commu- nity Concert Association began in 1938. The community has enjoyed some wonderful perfor- mances, including concerts by the Trapp Family Singers, violinist Susanne Hou, Franc D'Ambrosio, the Slovak Chamber Orchestra, the Texas Boys Choir and Nan Merriman. Since 2002, the Association has been managed by an indepen- dent and locally elected Board of Directors, which makes all the arrangements for the concerts.