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8A – Daily News – Friday, February 25, 2011 Surplus furniture to be donated to nonprofits California State University, Chico’s Office of Prop- erty Management has been authorized to donate sur- plus property furniture to approved nonprofit organiza- tions. Available items include furniture such as desks, chairs, bookcases, filing cabinets and other miscella- neous office supplies. The items are available on a first-come, first-served basis. Viewing and pick-up hours are 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. on Wednesday, March 2, at 810 Oak St., in Chico. At the time of viewing, organizations need to pro- vide the following items: • Personnel to lift and load selected furniture. • A vehicle to take all items selected by 11 a.m. Items will not be held for later pickup. • A release of liability form which will be obtained through the Property Management Office the day of the viewing. This form specifies that CSU, Chico is donating surplus items to nonprofits with a 501 (c3) status. • The organization must also provide the Property Management Office with a copy of its 501 (c3) form. The form can be sent prior to the viewing day by e- mail eaeden@csuchico.edu or faxed to 530-898-6166. For people’s safety, appropriate footwear is required. No open-toe shoes will be permitted. Nonprofits that wish to be added to a donation list to receive periodic e-mails about special donation events and available items can provide the Universi- ty’s Property Management Office with an e-mail address by e-mailing eaeden@csuchico.edu. Prop- erty Management can be contacted at 898-5176 with questions. Nielsen named to Budget Conference Committee Assemblyman Jim Nielsen, R- Gerber, announced this week that he was named by Assembly Speaker John Perez to the Bud- get Conference Com- mittee late Tuesday. The committee, con- sisting of 5 Assembly- members and 5 Sena- tors, convened this morning to begin solv- ing the projected $26 billion budget deficit. “I am pleased to Nielsen once again join this conference committee, as we begin to deliber- ate on this very difficult spending plan,” commented Nielsen in his opening remarks. “As we proceed, we must be very careful and very prudent in our actions. There are several issues that I have great con- cerns with. We are being asked to extend ‘tempo- rary’ tax increases by another 5 years, but there have been no guarantees that the cuts we are mak- ing will be for longer than 1 year. These taxes were promised to the voters to be only for 2 years, but now are being extended to 7 years? So much for government keeping its promises. This is a recipe for auto-pilot spending in future years and impedes, rather than stimulates, Sen. Doug LaMalfa, R – Richvale, announced the winner of the 2011 “There Ought Not Be A Law” contest. The purpose of the contest was to point out the numerous reg- ulations and restrictions on peoples every day activities. LaMalfa’s office noted that the sena- tor received hundreds of worthy entries, many of which will be used in coming years or will be worked into existing proposals. The winning suggestion, Senate Bill 413, jobs and economic growth.” “We must also be very careful with the proposed realignment pro- gram. We must not shift the burden of all these massive mandates and programs on local governments and force them to raise taxes to pay for it all, while compromising justice and public safety. I stand ready to tackle these issues and others with my fellow colleagues, and hope we can find some common sense pro- posals and reforms to make govern- ment more citizen-friendly.” Assemblyman Nielsen repre- sents the Second Assembly Dis- trict, which includes: Tehama, Butte, Colusa, Glenn, Modoc, Shasta, Siskiyou, Sutter and Yolo counties. LaMalfa names winner of There Ought Not Be a Law Contest ed,” LaMalfa said. “This bill is an obvious example of what’s wrong and a chance to elim- inate another layer of unneeded bureaucracy. When grieving families need to seek permis- sion from the State of California to bury a loved one, and wait days to do so, it seemed clear that this was a law that needed to be abol- ished.” was submitted by Lorna Livingtree of Klamath, Del Norte County, who was forced to delay burying her father by 10 days due to red tape required for a state-issued burial permit. Coun- ty coroners, often in conjunction with county sheriffs, already authorize burial if no investigation is required. “From Obamacare’s death panels to California’s death permits, every aspect of Californian lives are overregulat- LaMalfa Additional entries that will be submitted are SB 333, which eliminates decreased highway speeds for trucks on non-urban freeways, and SB 319, which will require that smog checks consider only tailpipe emissions without any under-the-hood inspections. Senator Doug LaMalfa represents the fourth Senate Dis- trict including Tehama, Shasta, Butte, Colusa, Glenn, Siskiyou, Sutter, Del Norte, Placer, Trinity, Yuba and Neva- da counties. COURT ROUND-UP Recent State Prison Commitments: • Marty Dupree Hilliard was sentenced to 10 years in state prison for transportation of a controlled substance-spe- cial allegation-prior felony, special allegation- controlled substance prior, resist, obstruct, delay of peace officer or EMT. An officer conducted a traffic stop on a vehicle in which Hillard was a pas- senger. Upon contacting the driver of the vehicle the officer noticed Hillard was making furtive move- ments at which point the officer ordered Hillard out of the car. The officer then searched the area where Hillard was sitting and was unable to locate any- thing. The officer con- tacted the driver of the vehicle and determined she was hiding cocaine in her clothing that belonged to Hillard. • Thomas Jerome Arnold was sentenced to five years in state prison for transportation of a controlled substance, spe- cial allegation-controlled substance prior. Arnold was originally granted formal probation. He violated his probation when he failed to keep in contact with probation as ordered. • Dustin Carl Shepherd was sentenced to three years in state prison for resisting executive officer. Deputies contacted Shepherd at his residence to conduct a parole search. While the deputies were searching Shepherd they located a container of pills in his pocket. Shepherd took off on foot until the deputies were able to catch him. After a struggle and the use of pepper spray Shep- herd was taken into cus- tody. • Maria Dismute was sentenced to two years in state prison for possession of a controlled substance. Dismute was originally granted formal probation. She violated her proba- tion when she failed to complete her required hours of public service as ordered. • John Raymond Harris was sentenced to two years in state prison for criminal threats, corporal injury to spouse/child’s parent. Harris was originally granted formal probation. He violated his probation when he failed to report to probation and provide verification of enrollment in a court ordered pro- gram. Recent County Jail Commitments: • Garr Jessie Midgett was sentenced to 270 days in Tehama County Jail for receiving stolen property, possession of a deadly weapon. Officers responded to a residence in regards to a vehicle window that had been shot out. Upon investigating the incident officers obtained a search warrant and conducted a search of Midgett’s resi- dence. Inside the resi- dence they located several items that had been reported as stolen from a previous burglary. They also located several rifles, ammunition and a billy- club. • Jing Xue Huang was sentenced to 180 days in Tehama County Jail for transportation of marijua- na. An officer conducted a traffic stop on a vehicle driven by Huang. After a canine alerted on the vehicle a search was con- ducted. Inside the vehicle officers located marijuana as well as cocaine which was found in Huang’s pocket. • Michael James Smith was sentenced to 150 days in Tehama County Jail for perjury by decla- ration. Officers received a report that Smith’s truck was found on the side of a road crashed into a tree. The next day Smith reported to police that his truck had been stolen from his residence and signed a statement under penalty of perjury stating this. An investigation into the incident revealed this statement to be false and Smith was in fact inside the truck at the time of the accident. Recent Proposition 36 Commitments: Note: All cases where- in a defendant is sen- tenced per the terms of Proposition 36 are not at the request of the Tehama County District Attor- ney’s Office. Per the requirements of Proposi- tion 36, a defendant who possesses drugs cannot be sentenced to confinement time in jail or prison. Instead, the court must place defendant on proba- tion and require drug treatment alone. Per the requirements of Proposi- tion 36, only upon a third drug related probation violation may the court impose confinement time. In the event the defendant violates a non-drug relat- ed term of probation the court may then elect to sentence defendant to jail or prison. The Tehama County District Attorney’s Office contends that each crimi- nal case is unique and that in certain, specific, cases a defendant should be sentenced to a combina- tion of drug treatment and jail time. We further con- tend that in other specific cases where a defendant has an extensive criminal record and/or a history of non-compliance with either previous grants of probation or previous grants of drug treatment, a state prison sentence should properly be imposed. • Jimmy Michael Hames was sentenced to Prop. 36 probation for transportation of a con- trolled substance. A deputy attempted to conduct a traffic stop on a vehicle in which Hames was a passenger. The dri- ver of the vehicle fled on foot and was later appre- hended. Hames was found running near the scene and was also taken into custody. Inside the vehicle the deputy located methamphetamine. Upcoming Court Dates -Trials, Prelimi- nary Hearings(PX) & Pre Trial Conferences(PTC): • Jeffrey S. Vanderveer will appear in court for resetting at 8 a.m. on March 29 in Department 3. He is facing the charges of possession of matter depicting minor engaging in sexual conduct. Vanderveer was being investigated for filming girls at a local gym by mounting a camera under a desk. During the investigation the Van- derveer’s computer was seized and investigators located several items of child pornography. • Cheryl Lynn Holder will appear in court for sentencing at 1:30 p.m. on April 5 in Department 3. She is facing the charge of grand theft by embezzlement with spe- cial allegations. Holder was a book- keeper for Wheeler Log- ging. Over a period of several years the defen- dant used the company’s funds to purchase per- sonal items totaling over 2 million dollars of embezzlement. When Holder was confronted by the Wheeler Board of Directors she admitted to taking $750,000 but denied taking over 2 mil- lion dollars. Defendant tried to pay off board members to let the case go. • Gann Bradford Gan- non will appear in court at 1:30 p.m. on March 7 in Department 1 for a pre-trial conference and a date of 9 a.m. on April 5 in Department 1 has been set for trial. Gan- non is facing 20 counts of the charge grand theft of personal property. Gannon owned a local car lot and sold cars to various people. During many of the sales Gan- non failed to pay the DMV fees. Gannon also sold extended warranties on the vehicles but instead of paying the warranty company Gan- non kept the money leaving many vehicle owners without their warranties. Kindergarten Pre-Registration Reeds Creek School Date: March 16, 2011 Time: 3:30 - 5:00 PM Place: Room 1 Children must be five years old on or before December 2, 2011 to be eligible for enrollment. Please bring proof of residency, birth certificate and immunization. If you have any questions please call Reeds Creek School at 527-6006