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Saturday, January 15, 2011 – Daily News – 7A Obituary MARY FAY "MICKEY" HOPPER 10, 2010. She was born in Helena, AR., on November 7, 1933. Her parents were marvin and Julia Johnson. She is predeceaced by her parents, her sister Dorothy Lynch of Pacifica, CA., and her husband Billie Ray Hopper of Stutt- gart, AR. She is survived by her brother Marvin Johnson of San Carlos, CA., her sister Edna Johnson of Manteca, CA., her sister Doris Ezell of White Oak Lake, AR., her sons Rick Hopper of Red Bluff, CA., Ken Hopper of Con- cord, CA., and Terry Hopper of Redding, CA., and 6 grandchildren. A Memorial Service will be held on January 22, 2011 at 3:00 pm at the Calvary Chapel in Red Bluff, CA. Death Notices Frederick Wikoff Frederick Wikoff, formerly of Red Bluff, died Fri- day Jan. 14, 2011 in Chico. He was 78. Affordable Mortuary is handling the arrangements. Published Saturday, Jan. 15, 2011 in the Daily News, Red Bluff, Calif. Food distributions Gleaners will distribute food as follows on January 17- 19: • Rancho Tehama, noon to 2 p.m., Monday, Rancho Tehama Recreation Center. • Los Molinos, 9 a.m. to noon, Tues- day, Masonic Hall. • Red Bluff, 8 a.m. to noon, Wednesday, 20699 Walnut St. • Corning, 8 a.m. to noon, Corning Senior Center. All other sites will be in their usual times and places. Income is gross monthly, not net income. One card will be issued per household. Applications may be made on the day of giveaway. Bring large paper bags if possible. Emergency food is available by appointment. Call Jane Shirley at 529-2264 for an appointment. Join the search for talent The Exchange Club of Red Bluff announces the 5th Annual Search for Talent. This event to showcase the talents of the youth of Tehama County has been getting better each year, with 18 of Tehama County’s finest competing last year and Ashiah Scharaga winning the Senior division and going on to take the Senior Division competition at the Sierra District Con- vention at Oroville. Flyers, posters and entrance forms were sent to all of the schools in the county to promote the event. The deadline for entering this year’s competition is Tuesday, Jan. 18. Entry forms may be obtained from your student’s school, the Tehama County Department of Education on Lincoln Street or at Sierra Central Credit Union. Show and Competition will be the evening of Saturday, Feb. 26 at the Red Bluff Veterans Hall. Mary Fay "Mickey" Hopper passed away on December VANDAL Continued from page 1A man, about 5 feet 10 inches tall. Just after 1 a.m., callers started to report hearing glass shattering again. Businesses, including JS Food & Liquor, at 222 S. Main St., and an Edward Jones office next to Little Caesar’s Pizza, were found with their windows and doors shattered. Ashish Sharma, 45, a co- owner of JS Food & Liquor, got an early morning call from an alarm company let- ting him know the business had been vandalized. “I came and saw a person running with a white shirt,” he said. It was too dark to see anything else, Sharma said. COFFERS Continued from page 1A include creating regional collaboration, regional food systems, community buildings, alternative energy, strategic partners and capital markets. “We heard that loud and clear and we’re trying to work on a solution via our R-BOGs,” Humiston said. Out of 400 applicants for Rural Business Opportunity Grants (R- BOG) only five states were awarded, including California. Four regional initiatives are under- way in California, including one encompassing Tehama County that is focused on alternative energy and healthcare jobs. Other projects include regional food systems in Sonoma, Mendocino and Lake counties; biomass utilization in Plumas, Sierra, Butte and Nevada counties and alternative energy and agricultural development in eastern Riverside and Imperial counties. Humiston said efforts are being made to encourage economic garden- ing strategies for economic develop- ment rather than economic hunting. Instead of recruiting big companies, Auditions will be held Saturday Jan. 22 and the Gala FARM AAUW to visit Salisbury The Red Bluff-Tehama county branch of the American Association of University Women will visit Salisbury High School at 6:30 p.m. on Monday, Jan. 17. The school is located at 1050 Kimball Road. Principal Barbara Thomas will update the group on pro- grams for students who can benefit from an individualized program. Some students are able to complete their studies in months instead of years. She will explain the special REACH program and child care services with a Power- Point presentation. FOOD Continued from page 1A do not require routine antibiotics like their feed- lot counterparts. The farm is thriving under this system while farmers watch the top soil get deeper and the farm fertility grow each year. Polyface and Chaffin Orchards are both farms that were started about 100 years ago by forward- thinking individual's with NEW YORK (MCT) — U.S. stocks reached their highest closing levels in two and a half years Fri- day, driven by a rally in the financial sector following stronger-than-expected earnings from JPMorgan Chase & Co. The Dow Jones indus- trial average rose 55.48 points, or 0.5 percent, to 11,787.38, its highest close since June 28, 2008. The gain put the Dow industrials up 0.96 percent for the five-day period, extending the measure's winning streak to a sev- enth week. The Dow's financial components led its climb after JPMorgan posted a 47 percent jump in fourth- quarter profit, beating ana- lysts' expectations as rev- enue increased and loan- loss reserves were sharply reduced. JPMorgan's shares rose 1 percent, while shares of rival Bank of America Corp. jumped 3.3 percent ahead of its earnings results due next week. But Intel Corp. limited conservation principles in mind. They had a strong understanding of nature and an almost instinctive knowledge on how to interact with the land leav- ing the least impact and enhancing the property for both the environment and the local community. Ticket are $14 each. For tickets go to http://chaffinorchards.eve ntbrite.com/. Co-Spon- sored by the Butte Valley Weston A. Price Founda- tion Chapter. Stocks gain, JPMorgan lifts banks the Dow's advance, falling 1 percent even as its fourth- quarter earnings rose 48 percent, topping analysts' views. Investors said they were unsure how much longer Intel will be able to post such strong numbers. Also, the chip maker's shares had climbed earlier in the week ahead of the report, and it still ended the week 2 percent higher. The Nasdaq composite index was up 20.01 points, or 0.7 percent, at 2,755.30, its highest close since Nov. 6, 2007. The S&P 500 index rose 9.48 points, or 0.7 percent, to 1,293.24, the highest since August 2008. He yelled to the man to stop, but to no avail. Sharma found a fist-sized rock inside the store and glass everywhere, but noth- ing was taken, he said. By Friday afternoon, Sharma had already put in a new door, and is out at least $300, he said. Down the street, 108 Main St. Ste. B had a wood- en panel over the door Fri- day afternoon. A sign in the business’ window said the branch was closed because of the vandalism. Owners of the neighbor- ing Little Caesar’s Pizza said that part of the problem is there is very little lighting behind the building. Lighting is part of mak- ing a business safer from vandalism or other crimes, said Red Bluff Police Sgt. Quintan Ortega. He offered tips to businesses to keep them safer. “Report any suspicious activity, double check to make sure the business is locked and serialize any expensive or common items,” Ortega said. “Install alarm systems if none are present, and at a minimum have outside or inside light- ing to help prevent break- ins.” During the vandalism, some businesses were ran- sacked, but it is not known if any property was stolen, Ortega said. Total damages were estimated at several hundred dollars. No suspect was found, but officers pursued a man starting at 1:30 a.m., police logs said. The man was wearing a white t-shirt and ran down the west side of Main Street toward Tractor it is important to work with businesses already in existence, she said. Humiston said with the industrial era of jobs ended it was important to find other ways to bring capital to our communities. “If we can’t get more capital into our communities you’re just spinning your wheels,” Humiston said. “We need to look at what kinds of vehicles we can use to get more capital. Aside from some equity most folks only have retirement as capital.” Humiston suggested having every- one in a county put a portion of their retirement into an account. “Just imagine what could be done if everyone in the county put 2 percent of their retirement in an account,” Humis- ton said. “It really adds up.” Other steps include getting rid of the red tape, such as when it was decided to go with just the California Environ- mental Quality Act (CEQA) instead of requiring both the CEQA and National Environmental Quality Act (NEQA), she said. Another example is the creation of Intermediary re-loan program, which was created because of the difficulty of paperwork. Humiston gave an overview of Continued from page 1A motion, contests, leadership development and political action, he said. “The best part about the Young Farmers and Ranch- ers Committee is it has the freedom to be whatever it chooses to be and the free- dom to change as it goes,” Pauli said. California is the eighth largest economy in the world and in agriculture is the fifth largest, Wenger said. “We need stimulus to get the water to create the crops, which will have a huge eco- nomic impact,” Wenger said. “If the governor wants the state to be successful, we need to create what the world is hungry for — the best fruits and nuts in the world.” Wenger said he promised to continue to take that mes- sage to Gov. Jerry Brown. “We need to quit talking conservative or liberal, Republican and Democrat and just do it,” Wenger said. “Rural California is getting less and less. We’ve got to start going in the other direc- tion. It won’t change overnight, but we can take a step in the right direction.” The 2011 officers installed were President Richard Edsall, First Vice President Sam Mudd, Sec- ond Vice President Michael Vasey, Chief Financial Offi- cer John Martinson and Past President Burt Bundy. Directors were Mike Andersen, Anne Bianchi, Tyler Christensen, Carol Anne Crowley, Dan David- son, Frank Ferreira, Mark Gilles, Greg Jones, Julie Kelley, Dave Lester, Bruce Lindauer, Ken Lindauer, Shelley Macdonald, Bert Owens, John Rohr, Bob Steinacher, Garry Vance and Chris Wray. Those honored were pre- sented certificates of recog- nition by Assemblyman Jim Nielsen, who also presented certificates on behalf of Sen. Supply Co., but he was not captured, the logs said. Sharma said he is worried that the vandalism is hap- pening more at the strip of stores where JS Food & Liquor is located. In the last weekend of December, a rock was thrown through the window of Los Amigos Meat Market a few stores down. Damages there were estimated to be $600. “The police have to take care of it,” Sharma said. “We can’t stay here all night.” Although nothing was stolen from his business, the broken window may cause his insurance premiums to increase, he said. The case is still under investigation. Anyone with information about these inci- dents is asked to call the Red Bluff Police Department at 527-3131. Rural Development programs includ- ing rural microentrepreneur assistance, rural energy assistance, R-BOGs and cooperatives. For more information, visit rur- dev.usda.gov/CA-Home.html. “It was a learning experience,” said Tehama County Supervisor Dennis Garton. “I’m trying to find what pro- grams are out there and how to meld them into what our county needs.” Supervisor Bob Williams said the forum was a valuable resource for learning about the programs available and economic development and job creation. “Job creation is important for Tehama County,” Williams said. “Since Tehama County lost the timber industry we haven’t had an industry in Tehama County to compensate. If we can find a way to increase jobs, the bet- ter it is for us.” Kathy Schmitz of the Job Training Center in Red Bluff said she enjoyed the presentation, especially in relation to economic development. “Economic gardening instead of hunting the next big business is what we’re trying to do here in Tehama County,” Schmitz said. “It’s not as flashy, but you get better results.” Doug LaMalfa, and a plaque from the Farm Bureau. Member of the Year was Sam Mudd, Friend of the Farm Bureau was Red Bluff Garden Center, which was accepted by owner George Winter and Media Person of the Year went to Julie John- son of the Corning Observer.