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Thursday, October 31, 2013 – Daily News 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. Wayne James Lamson Wayne James Lamson, of Red Bluff, died Tuesday, Oct. 29, at Twin Oaks Rehab. He was 80. Arrangements are under the direction of Hoyt-Cole Chapel of the Flowers. Published Thursday, Oct. 31, 2013 in the Daily News, Red Bluff, Calif. Mary Lou Moore Mary Lou Moore, of Red Bluff, died Tuesday, Oct. 29, at Mercy Medical Center in Redding. She was 83. Arrangements are under the direction of Hoyt-Cole Chapel of the Flowers. Published Thursday, Oct. 31, 2013 in the Daily News, Red Bluff, Calif. David Keith Weinkauf David Keith Weinkauf died Tuesday, Oct. 29, at his Los Molinos home. He was 46. Arrangements are under the direction of Hoyt-Cole Chapel of the Flowers. Published Thursday, Oct. 31, 2013 in the Daily News, Red Bluff, Calif. DA (Continued from page 1A) whether or not you understand what is being put forth in front of you or whether or not you call into question the source of the information provided to you," Cohen said. Red Bluff Police Chief Paul Nanfito attended the conference. Nanfito responded to a question regarding a defense exhibit of a "Mock DNA report" that had been presented to Bealer when he was questioned after turning himself in. Nanfito would not comment on who created the document, but said such "props" are ethical and compared its use to a burglary suspect being shown a fake fingerprint in an effort to solicit a more truthful answer. Nanfito said the DNA result being played up by some media outlets was just one of hundreds his department collected during its investigation. On top of that the Department of Justice took its own evidence from the crime scene. In regards to whether anyone else was involved in the case Nanfito said he could not comment on ongoing cases. "There's nobody else charged with the defendant," Cohen said. Nanfito added that the media should not draw conclusions when a law enforcement agency won't comment on a question. Rich Greene can be reached at 527-2151, ext. 109 or rgreene@redbluffdailyne ws.com. Oil, Ag Land Investment Brokers, Anderson & Sons Shelling, I-5 Rentals (Continued from page 1A) and Cornerstone CommuTickets are $25 each in nity Bank. advance and $30 at the door. For more information, Sponsors include call the Farm Bureau at Northern California Farm 527-7882 or visit the Credit, Outback Construc- office at 275 Sale Lane in tion, Rabobank, Fisher Red Bluff weekdays. NIGHT ART (Continued from page 1A) The exhibit will be filled with art representing many different genres and styles including original works on paper and canvas, art prints, sculpture, greeting cards and other unique artisan works. Not only does this offer a means to do some early Christmas shopping, but it is a time to meet the artists in person, some of whom are available to do commission work. Perhaps there is a cherished pet, favorite relative or dearly loved landscape that you've always wanted to EXPO (Continued from page 1A) nomic development initiatives in 2013, including the $250,000 worth of economic vitality grants, Moreno said. "It's in everyone's interest that local communities thrive," he said. "So as a good corporate citizen we are offering these programs, which are paid for with shareholder dollars." Upstate California, which was founded in 1989, says its goal is "to expose a global audience see memorialized in an art piece. This event, hosted by the Tehama County Arts Council and the Downtown Red Bluff Business Association's Holiday Open House, is free to the public and will feature up to 35 participating locations, each to be marked by colorful flags. RBAA, bringing art opportunities, education and enrichment to the North Valley, meets morning and afternoon, Thursdays, at the Tehama County Fairgrounds, 650 Antelope Blvd., Red Bluff. For exact information call 529-1603 or go to the w e b s i t e redbluffartists.com. of business decision-makers to the profit-enhancing opportunities available in the 20 counties that top our golden state," according to its website. "(The grant) will be a big help," said Stranix, who has been involved with the nonprofit for about five years. "It will give us that seed money and hopefully attract other investors in the expo concept." ——— Andre Byik can be reached at 527-2151, ext. 111 or on Twitter: @andrebyik Setting it straight –––––––– It is the policy of the Daily News to correct as quickly as possible all errors in fact that have been published in the newspaper. If you feel a factual error has been made in a news story, call the news department at 527-2153. 7A Harvest for Health scheduled Saturday The Family Counseling Center will be hosting a Harvest for Health event 4-7 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 2, at Bianchi Orchards, 10337 State Route 99E in Los Molinos. The event will feature music by the Loosely Strung, savory appetizers and wine tasting. Wines can be ordered at the event for home delivery. Wines from the Napa Valley will be featured and have been donated by Young's Market Company. There will be a wide variety of silent auction items for bidding, and lots of finger food. Hay ride tours of the orchard will be available. Tickets can be purchased from a Family Counseling Center board member, at the Hope Chest on North Main Street, the Enjoy Store at 615 Main St. in Red Bluff, Bianchi Orchards and the Family Counseling Center. Tickets can also be purchased at the door. The cost is $25 per individual, or $40 per couple. The Family Counseling Center, formerly known as the Family Service Agency, provides affordable counseling to the underserved in Tehama County; it employs three fully licensed therapists and three interns and is open Monday through Saturday. This year it is seeing record numbers of individuals with a wide range of needs from domestic violence, depression and anxiety, crime witness and drug and alcohol recovery. The Family Counseling Center is supported by the efforts of the Hope Chest, a thrift store next door to the agency. Both the Hope Chest and Family Counseling Center have been serving the community for almost half a century. They rely on the generosity of the community to continue their services. Report: Deputy shot boy before partner left car SANTA ROSA (AP) — A 13-year-old boy was fatally wounded by a California sheriff's deputy before a second officer was able to get out of a patrol vehicle and take cover, investigators said, bolstering accounts of just how quickly the shooting occurred. The trainee remained behind the wheel of the cruiser while Deputy Erick Gelhaus confronted Andy Lopez on Oct. 22 carrying a pellet gun that resembled an assault rifle, Santa Rosa police Lt. Paul Henry told the Press Democrat of Santa Rosa (http://bit.ly/1clAGJC) in a story Tuesday. In a matter of seconds, Gelhaus ordered the boy to drop the weapon then opened fire before the trainee could take cover behind an open door of the car, Henry said. The trainee's account bolsters eyewitness reports and dispatch records that only 10 seconds or so elapsed between Gelhaus confronting the boy and the shooting. ''Deputy Gelhaus was able to engage more quickly because he didn't have to drive the vehicle,'' Henry told the newspaper. The FBI, Santa Rosa Police Department and Sonoma County prosecutors are investigating the shoot- ing. The FBI is looking into whether any federal civil rights violations occurred. Henry and Santa Rosa Police Assistant Chief Lorenzo Dueqa didn't immediately return phone calls on Wednesday from The Associated Press. Investigators have said Gelhaus feared for his safety after Lopez turned around and allegedly raised the pellet gun in his direction. Gelhaus fired eight times, striking the eighth- grader seven times with his departmentissued 9 mm handgun. The Press-Democrat reported that Lopez was wearing a hooded sweatshirt, but the hood was down and Lopez was not wearing earphones when ordered to drop the gun. Gelhaus is a 24-year veteran of the department. He previously served in Iraq in the Army and was a certified training officer with the department. Henry said it appears Gelhaus and his partner encountered Lopez about 3 p.m. as he walked down a street. Gelhaus told investigators that he could not remember if he identified himself as a police officer before firing. Gelhaus tried CPR and other life-saving measures after the shooting, the newspaper said. iPads face toughest holiday season yet NEW YORK (AP) — Apple CEO Tim Cook believes Santa's sleigh will be loaded with iPads this Christmas, but a variety of competing tablets are sure to be along for the ride, too. Apple's iPad Air, a thinner, lighter and faster-running version of its previous large tablet computers, goes on sale Friday with a starting price of $499. The company also unveiled an updated version of its iPad Mini recently. It goes on sale sometime in November. Apple is expecting strong sales of both models —so much so that Cook told analysts during the company's most recent earnings conference call that ''this is going to be an iPad Christmas'' as he predicted year-over-year growth. But this year the iPad faces its stiffest holiday season competition since its 2010 introduction. While Apple still holds the largest chunk of the growing tablet market, the iPad has been losing market share to quality —and often cheaper— alternatives that run Google's Android operating system. According to data released by market research firm IDC on Wednesday, iPads accounted for about 30 percent of the tablets shipped during the JulySeptember quarter, down from about 40 percent in the same period a year ago. Tom Mainelli, IDC's research director for tablets, noted that Apple faced tough year-ago comparisons because it released a new iPad during the second quarter of 2012, which caused its sales to spike in both the second and third quarters of that year. Meanwhile, Samsung Electronics, Apple's closest rival, saw its market share jump to 20 percent from 12 percent a year ago. Smaller tablet makers such as Asus, Lenovo and Acer also saw big increases, though their shares of the market remained in the single digits. The overall number of tablets shipped in the JulySeptember period jumped 37 percent from a year ago, driven by a surge in Android tablet shipments. At the same time, iPad shipments rose less than 1 percent. Mainelli said that despite the competition he expects Apple to post a year-overyear increase in iPad sales for the fourth-quarter, predicting that the slimmed down nature of the iPad Air will be a big draw for consumers who complained in the past about the iPad's weight. If Apple does lose market share during the holiday season, Mainelli said, the amount will be tiny and of little consequence to the company's bottom line. ''We're all guilty of this, of looking at Apple's market share and saying: 'Are they in trouble?''' Mainelli said. ''But the reality is they're going to have a real good fourth-quarter, they're going to have great average selling prices compared to their competitors and that's going to be great for their profits and great for the Street too.'' Cook in his comments Monday emphasized that his company isn't just focused on how many iPads it sells in comparison to its rivals, saying that Apple also looks at things like customer loyalty and usage rates. Mainelli noted that because Apple keeps its prices high, it's much more profitable than other tablet makers who try to boost unit sales by keeping prices low. As a result, Apple makes significantly more on each tablet it sells. Shawn DuBravac, chief economist for the Consumer Electronics Association, said there should be plenty of demand to go around. His group expects U.S. fourthquarter tablet sales of 40.1 million units. LAW from the last three years appears to show the weight of bags bought by retailers has decreased, while the weight of bags being recycled grew slightly. Retailers reported purchasing 62.3 million pounds of bags in 2012, down from 107.4 million in 2008, a possible result of municipal bans on plastic shopping bags. They reported 4 million pounds of bags and 27 million pounds of mixed bags and plastic film were returned for recycling in 2012. But those figures don't reveal how many bags were recycled. A study by California State University, Sacramento, which calculated previous recycling rates, showed the storesubmitted totals for collected bags often included other materials. Without verifying the stores' totals, it's impossible to say how much was from bags, plastic film or general garbage. Mark Murray, executive director of Californians Against Waste, said his group has not pushed CalRecycle to update recycling rates because he does not want to take resources from more effective programs. ''I'm not sure having state bean-counters counting recycling that's not happening is all that use- ful,'' he said. Murray credited the law with increasing recycling of commercial plastic film stores previously discarded, but said it has failed to significantly affect how many shopping bags are recycled. He faulted the plastics industry for not doing enough public outreach. Plastics industry officials say they fulfilled their role by creating the bins, signs and other educational materials. They say grocers failed to aggressively promote the program, while the state grocers association argues education was the responsibility of manufacturers. ''It didn't increase recycling the way we had hoped,'' said Kevin Kelly, chief executive of Union City-based Emerald Packaging and among those involved in discussions on the original recycling legislation. Grocers acknowledge they have changed their position on recycling and now support phasing out bags. California Grocers Association spokesman Dan Heylen said stores have been shifting away from plastic as California communities approved local bag bans. (Continued from page 1A) field said. Last year, lawmakers renewed the law through 2020. But in doing so, they did not give the recycling department, known as CalRecycle, more authority or money to improve oversight. At least four other states, including New York and Delaware, have enacted statewide recycling programs to prevent plastic waste. More than a dozen states this year considered fees or bans on the bags, according to the National Conference of State Legislatures. Former Democratic Assemblyman Lloyd Levine, who authored the California recycling legislation, said he hoped the program would help prevent the tangle of dirty bags in tree branches in his San Fernando Valley district. He initially sought a fee on bags, but the plastics industry urged him to first try recycling. ''My goal was to eliminate plastic bags from polluting the environment,'' Levine said. ''It's now 2013 and recycling rates have only marginally improved. It's absolutely pathetic.'' The state's raw data More than 80 counties and cities in California have banned plastic bags, including Los Angeles, where a ban starts in January. Levine says he is disappointed the program — and what his former staffers affectionately refer to as ''the Lloyd bins'' — has not had a greater effect. He now supports a statewide bag ban. ''It's never too late to increase awareness on recycling,'' he said. ''But at this point, I am skeptical of whether that will ever be as effective as we'd like.''