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Tuesday, February 8, 2011 – Daily News – 7A Obituaries Wilcox Oaks Ladies Social Club BETTY MAE MARTIN on February 3, 2011 at the age of 84 in Corning, Califor- nia. She was born on March 10, 1926 in Hamberton, Ar- kansas. She moved to California as a teenager with her family. She spent many years working in the various olive plants in Corning and at Duschene Nut Co. in Orland. She loved to help out in the snack bar at the Little League Field in Corning where she would watch her grandsons play. One of her greatest pleasures was crocheting, noth- ing was ever to hard for her to make. She is survived by her husband LeeRoy Martin of Corn- Betty Mae Martin passed away peacefully at her home ing, CA., daughter Berva (Sam) Treat of Janesville, CA., sons Tim (Laura) McDonald of Los Molinos, CA., Jim McDonald of Corning, CA., and Larry McDonald of West Virginia, 9 grandchildren and 11 great grandchildren. She was preceded in death by a son, Perry McDonald and a daughter, Diane McDonald. Services will be held Saturday, February 12, 2011 at 11:00 at Sunset Hill Cemetery in Corning. Potluck to follow at Veterans Memorial Hall in Corning. All arrangements are through the Hall Brothers Corning Mortuary. Janel Pluim Fitzgerald of Plum Crazy on Main Street will present a pro- gram when the Wilcox Oaks Ladies Social Club holds their first meeting of the new year today. She will talk about and display items, baubles, etc. that can be carried in a lady’s handbag. New officers will assume their duties. They are President Rhonda Johnson, Vice President Irene Winter, Secretary Marilou Gallusser, Trea- surer Leenie Napier, Past President Marge Beam, Program Debbie Car- nesecca, Publicity Sis Davidson and Drawing Judy Isola. A social time will begin at 11:30 a.m., fol- lowed by lunch at noon. Marilou Gallusser and Debbie Carnesecca will be in charge of the lun- cheon. All members, non- golfer as well as golfers, of Wilcox Oaks are invit- ed. URSULA BROWN 1929-2011 81, passed away in Prescott, Arizona. Ursula had Parkin- son’s disease. To honor Ursula and the giant imprint she left in our lives and on this earth, please gather friends to- gether and go to Denny’s for a Grand Slam breakfast. Ursula leaves behind daughters, Ellicott Patton Reynolds of Red Bluff, CA; Kellogg Patton of Prescott, AZ; grandson Ian Mattingly of Denver, CO; grandson Christian Ward and great-grandson Levi Ward of Chico, CA. She is sur- vived by older sisters Lucille Vineyard, 92, of Trinidad, CA; Jean Patton, 88, of Red Bluff, CA; and Ellicott Million, 84, of Santa Barbara, CA; plus nieces Randy, Terry, Gerry, Kay, Jean-Jean, Christian and Noel. In lieu of flowers, please make a generous contribution (in memory of Ursula Brown) to the: Prescott Public Library c/o Ms. Toni Kaus, 215 E. Goodwin Street, Prescott, AZ 86303. Death Notices David W. Goddard David W. Goddard of Red Bluff died Saturday, Feb. 5, 2011 in Red Bluff. He was 92. Hoyt-Cole Chapel of the Flowers is handling the arrangements. Published Tuesday, Feb. 8, 2011 in the Daily News, Red Bluff, Calif. Gilbert Roy Stewart Gilbert Roy Stewart died Monday, Feb. 7, 2011. He was 94 years old. Hoyt-Cole Chapel of the Flowers is handling the arrangements. Published Tuesday, Feb. 8, 2011 in the Daily News, Red Bluff, Calif. Landlord, tenant fight with rifles A Red Bluff man and his tenant got into a fight and hit one another with the butt stocks of rifles Friday afternoon on Oklahoma Avenue in Red Bluff. David Easter, 44, reported to the Tehama Coun- ty Sheriff’s Department about 12:45 p.m. that his tenant, John Nichols, 46, who lives on the same Oklahoma Avenue property had assaulted him with a rifle, hitting him on the head. Before deputies could locate Nichols, he showed up at the Sheriff’s Department, claiming Easter had assaulted him, a Sheriff’s press release said. Nichols had bruises and abrasions on his neck and shoulder but declined medical treatment. He told deputies he had struck Easter with the butt stock of a rifle, but said he did so to defend him- self. Nichols told officers Easter had vandalized his trailer before swinging a rifle at him, hitting him in the neck and shoulder. Evidence at the scene more closely matched Nichols’ story and deputies recontacted Easter who admitted he had been the aggressor in the incident and hit Nichols first, the release said. Charges of assault with a deadly weapon are being submitted to the Tehama County District Attorney. Nothing further was available. — Staff report RIDE Continued from page 1A ately follow the opening lap. Each member of a team will take their turn making a lap and teams are required to have one team member on the track at all times. Team members are asked to raise $100 each to receive a t-shirt. For more information on the event visit www.norcalheroridefor- life.org. Those interested in finding out more about the event or signing up can call Macdonald at 529-9679 or Brownfield at 527-6290. Community Clip? e-mail: clerk@red- bluffdailynews.com or Fax: 527-9251 A Clean, Reliable, Trustworthy, Chimney Company... Possible? ”Their tarps are always clean and my home is always clean afterward. What I like best is their reliability and quality.” “I can trust them!” Dr. Evan Reasor Flue Season 527 3331 THE Chimney Professionals On Thursday, January 27, 2011 Ursula Bartlett Brown, Courtesy photo Girl gives sister’s name during drug bust Three Tehama County people, including a 17-year-old girl who lied about her identity, were arrested after methamphetamine was found in a pickup during a traffic stop at 1:32 a.m. Sunday on Antelope Boulevard at Interstate 5. Tehama County Sheriff’s Deputies contacted the driver, identified as Billy Joe Polley, 26, of Gerber, who was on active parole. A search of the pickup turned up a film canister with 0.4 grams of crystal methamphetamine in the driver’s door next to Polley, a Sheriff’s release said. A search of the pickup also turned up two baggies with 2.5 grams of crys- tal methamphetamine, which were located on the rear passenger floor- board where Denny Bradford Pinheiro, 29, of Corning and a 17-year-old girl were seated. Both Pinheiro and the girl were in close proximity and had access to the discarded methamphetamine, which resulted in their arrest. During the investigation, it was determined the girl had given her sis- was in for a surprise when she woke-up at 5:32 a.m. Sunday to find a burglar inside her residence in the 300 block of Sixth Street. Van Doorn told Corning Police she had woken to find the man in her residence and ordered him to leave at which point he fled out the back, a Corning Police press release said. Van Doorn reported she was missing an expired credit card, her drivers license and $2 in cash. An officer in the area saw the man fleeing south on Sixth Street toward Colusa Street, but lost sight of the subject between Colusa and Butte Street. An area check was conducted but officers were unable to find him. ter’s name to deputies trying to make them believe she was 18, the release said. Polley and Pinheiro were booked into Tehama County Jail and the girl was booked into Tehama County Juve- nile Hall on the charges of possession and transportation of methampheta- mine. The girl was booked on the addi- tional charge of providing a false name to a peace officer. Bail was $35,000 each for Polley and Pinheiro. No bail was set for the girl. —Staff report Corning woman finds burglar in residence Barbara Van Doorn of Corning The man is described as being in his early 20s and is about 5-foot 9- inches and 160 pounds. He was wearing dark blue jeans and a black hooded sweatshirt with white letter- ing. Anyone with information on the incident is asked to call Corning Police at 824-7000. —Julie Zeeb Bell officials in court for preliminary hearing LOS ANGELES (AP) — Attor- neys for six of the eight defendants in a major municipal corruption case have had preliminary discussions with authorities about possible plea bar- gains, a prosecutor said Monday. The disclosure came as the eight current and former officials with the city of Bell arrived in court for a pre- liminary hearing to determine if there is sufficient evidence to try them on charges of looting the working-class Los Angeles suburb of $5.5 million. The eight — including the mayor, vice mayor and former city manager — are named in dozens of counts of misappropriation of public funds in a scandal that District Attorney Steve Cooley described as ‘‘corruption on UPSET Continued from page 1A When bills are examined on an individual basis, PG&E usually finds out the increase is due to usage not the newly installed Smart- Meter. A higher bill also could result from customers not recertifying participation in rate discount programs, such as the CARE or Medical Baseline discounts, Moreno said. Nelson said while PG&E may attribute the increases to the weather or other factors, higher bills are a result of the meter itself. The tolerance on analog meters are off two percent in favor of the cus- tomer but the digital ones are off by two percent in favor of PG&E, which means PG&E is charging customers more with the new meters. An independent auditor has assessed the SmartMeter steroids’’ on the day they were taken from their homes in handcuffs last Sep- tember. Former City Manager Robert Rizzo is also charged with falsifying public documents in an effort to hide the scan- dal. Outside court, Deputy District Attorney Jennifer Lentz Snyder con- firmed prosecutors had discussed a possible plea bargain with attorneys for all of the officials except Rizzo and for- mer Deputy City Manager Angela Spaccia. Snyder declined to discuss possible terms of the deal, saying the talks were only preliminary. ‘‘We have been contacted about a possible disposition in this case,’’ she said. ‘‘We have provided a response.’’ program and delved exten- sively into the billing issue, Moreno said. The auditor determined the meters were working correctly and billing was done correctly. Radio frequency emis- sions SmartMeters collect real- time data on how much elec- tricity and gas is being used. The information is then transmitted through a wire- less radio frequency network back to PG&E. Customers have voiced concerns about exposure to radio frequency emission. According to a report by the California Council on Science and Technology, released in January, Smart- Meters emit less radio fre- quency than many common household electronics, including cell phones and microwave ovens. Smart- Meters emit radio frequency that is a very small fraction of the exposure level allow- able by the Federal Commu- 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 An attorney for one of the defen- dants, former City Councilman Luis Artiga, said prosecutors had offered a deal in which his client would serve two years in prison for a guilty plea, but Artiga had rejected it. “The plea bargain offer made, which for lack of a better word on my client’s behalf, it’s a waste of time,” defense lawyer George G. Mgdesyan said. Attorney Stanley L. Friedman said his client, Mayor Oscar Hernandez, had not been offered a deal but if he was, he was certain it would be reject- ed. “If it is something related to a felony, we would turn it down,” Fried- man said. nications Commission. The study verifies what PG&E has consistently reported, Moreno said. Nelson agrees the radio frequency subject is moot. There are just too many other electronic devices being used in homes these days to blame exposure to radio frequency on the meters alone, she said. “Don’t get me wrong. I’m with the people trying to stop them, but don’t use an excuse that’s not going to fly,” Nelson said. Her biggest concern is similar to Linch’s. She sees the SmartMeter Program as PG&E’s way of monopoliz- ing the energy consumption industry. “We will be solely depen- dent on PG&E,” Nelson said. “They’re taking over and there is nothing the people can do. There is no recourse to stop it. It’s going to hap- pen, and that’s what I don’t like.” PG&E will host a Smart- Meter Educational Center on Thursday, Feb. 24 from 10 to 11:30 a.m. and 12:30 to 2 p.m. at PG&E's customer service office, 515 Luther Road. PG&E will have a Smart- Meter expert available for customers to speak with indi- vidually. Customers can drop in anytime during the educational center hours to ask questions one-on-one. For information about PG&E’s SmartMeter pro- gram, visit www.pge.com/smartmeter or call PG&E’s 24-hour SmartMeter Hotline at 1- 866-743-0263. Information is also available at www.pge.com/smartmeter or call PG&E’s SmartMeter Hotline, 1-866-743-0263. ——— Tang Lor can be reached at 527-2153, Ext. 110 or by e- mail at tlor@redbluffdai- lynews.com. Red Bluff Simple Cremations & Burial Service Family owned & Operated Honor and Dignity 527-1732 722 Oak Street, Red Bluff, FD Lic. 1931