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A, Suites 10 & 20, Red Bluff (530) 527-3100 http://redbluff.stromerrealty.com Gold Exchange 423 Walnut St., Red Bluff 530 528-8000 T-F 10am-5:30 pm • Sat 10am-4pm Established 1994 Pawnbroker with a Heart • Checks Cashed • Income Tax • Local Payroll • Jewelry • Coins 25% off Jewelry Judge presents to Corning Exchange Club The Corning Exchange Club was pleased to wel- come the Honorable Todd Bottke, Superior Court judge, as its guest speaker in January. Exchange Club Speak- er's Chairman Bucky Bowen introduced Bottke and gave club members a brief explanation of his educational and legal cre- dentials. Bottke is the assistant presiding judge for the Tehama County Superior Court. In addition to his other qualifications he was a former partner of the McGlynn and Bottke Law Firm for six and a half years, and a deputy district attorney in Tehama County for nearly two years. Bottke is a proud grad- uate of The Ohio State University, and Pepper- dine University School of Law. He was appointed to the Tehama County Supe- rior Court by then Gover- nor Arnold Schwarzeneg- ger on Sept. 9, 2010. He resides in Red Bluff with his wife and children. Bottke began his remarks by telling the audience that he serves on a number of state panels working on trying to find fixes to the justice system within current economic restraints. In this capacity Bottke is also involved in teaching criminal law and family law to other judges. He gave a very easily understood and cogent report on the crisis facing the justice system follow- ing the passage in Octo- ber of 2011 of A.B. 109. A.B. 109 was passed due to a legal ruling involving prison overcrowding and resultant lack of adequate health care for prisoners. As a result of A.B. 109 many law breakers who in the past would have been sent to State prisons are now sent to county jail. This has caused over- crowding of the county jail system, so sheriffs are now faced with making hard choices of who should be incarcerated or be given work release, informal probation or other non-custodial action including outright release. This has led to an increase in repeat offend- ers who are quickly losing their fear of incarceration. Adding fuel to the fire, due to budgetary issues, the county has fewer parole officers responsi- ble for more and more parolees. Bottke praised Sheriff Dave Hencratt for his implementation of a jail auto shop program that is providing some additional work release opportuni- ties for transgressors who would have previously been incarcerated. Other problems that Bottke brought to atten- tion include: Court clerks are seriously under- staffed; causing a reduc- tion of window hours open to the public. Because of less clerical support, paper and com- puter records of court actions are no longer kept current as they previously were. Bottke pointed out that I-5 is the largest drug cor- ridor in the United States resulting in more drug seizures and prosecutions in Tehama County. Bot- tke wrapped up his pre- sentation by stating that even with all of the prob- lems facing courts, Cali- fornia still has the great- est judicial system in the world. Exchange members expressed concern when they heard that only two deputies can be expected to be on patrol in the County at any one time. Everyone agreed that while we have great deputies doing their best, it is hoped that resources can be found to help beef up the Sheriff's Depart- ment and the court sys- tem. Bucky Bowen summed up the evening by thank- ing Judge Bottke for giv- ing us a straight forward and informative overview of the problems facing our courts without sugarcoat- ing any of the facts. Courtesy photo Pictured, from left, are Superior Court Judge Todd Bottke and Exchange Speakers Chairman Bucky Bowen. Drought tolerant, deer resistant plants The Sacramento River Dis- covery Center has drought tol- erant, deer resistant plants for sale. The winter drought may be coming to an end and now would be an excellent time to take advantage of these hardy plants that have survived the December freezes and the lack of winter moisture. The plants will be available until March 15 for only $5 each. There will be someone to assist you with selection of plants for your site 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tues- day through Saturday. For more information, call the center at 527-1196 or send an email to bhughe1@tehamaed.org. Many of the plants available will be pictured on our website: www.srdc.tehama.k12.ca.us. The center is located within the Mendocino National For- est's Red Bluff Recreation Area at 1000 Sale Lane. Courtesy photo Sacramento River Discovery Center has a good number of drought tolerant and deer resistant plants for sale. Mystery writer to present The Writers Forum will meet at 10:30 a.m. Saturday, Feb. 8 in the Memorial Hall of All Saints Episcopal Church, 2150 Benton Drive, Redding. The church is locat- ed at the corner of Benton Drive and Quartz Hill Road. Anthony Award-winning mystery writer Simon Wood will share the secrets of creating suspense across writing genres from literary fiction to the hard-boiled thriller. He will also address the effective use of twists in a how-to program sure to help writers improve their craft. Wood is a San Francisco Bay Area author with more than 150 published stories and articles to his credit. He's an ex-race car driver, licensed pilot and occasional private investigator whose short fiction has appeared in magazines and anthologies such as Seattle Noir, Thriller 2 and Woman's World. His novels include Working Stiffs, Accidents Waiting to Happen, Paying the Piper, Terminated, We All Fall Down, Asking For Trouble, The Fall Guy and No Show. His latest thriller is the follow up to Did Not Finish, and the second book in the Aidy Westlake series, Hot Seat. As Simon Janus, he's the author of The Scrubs and Road Rash. Wood is a frequent contributor to Writer's Digest Mag- azine. His books will be available for purchase and sign- ing at the meeting. Learn more about Simon Wood at www.simonwood.net. The public is welcome to attend. First visit is free. Donations are requested at the refreshment table. For fur- ther details or directions to the location, call 547-5303, or visit www.reddingwritersforum.com