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8A – Daily News – Friday, April 8, 2011 Water board seeks candidates The newly formed Northern Sacramento Valley Inte- grated Regional Water Management Board is soliciting interested individuals to serve on their Technical Advisory Committee in an "at-large" appointment. The NSVIRWM area includes all of Tehama County. The TAC will include a landowner and county-level staff representative from each of the six counties, which will be appointed by each county's Board of Supervisors. In addition, the TAC will include one representative from the State Department of Water Resources; one repre- sentative from the Northern California Water Association, and three "at-large" public interest representatives from within the region. The at-large appointments will be made by the full NSVIRWM Board. Board members are excluded from serving on the TAC. The TAC will be a working group that will advise the Board and act as staff to the Board. The Board will direct the activ- ities of the TAC, Appointments to the TAC will be recon- sidered every two years or as positions are vacated. The ini- tial two-year period will coincide with the development of an Integrated Regional Water Management Plan for the NSV which is anticipated to begin by July 2011. The TAC will meet at least monthly during the development of the IRWM Plan. Candidates will need to commit to serving on the TAC for two years and have a general understanding of water resources and of the NSV region. Interested individuals should submit a resume and cover letter explaining why they should be selected to we on the TAC. Hard copies or electronic submittals of interest shall be sent to Vickie Newlin by 5 p.m. on May 16, 2011 to: Vickie Newlin, County of Butte Department of Water and Resource Conservation, 308 Nelson Ave., Oroville, 95955 or via e-mail: vnewlin@buttecounty.net. The following defen- dants were sentenced in Tehama County Superior Court, according to the Tehama County District Attorney’s Office: —————— Recent State Prison Commitments: • Alejandro Maximino Sanchez was sentenced to nine years in state prison for possession of a con- trolled substance with firearm-special allega- tion-prior strike,-special allegation-prior felony. Deputies served a search warrant at defen- dant’s residence and located firearms and methamphetamine. • Pamela Ann Rowley was sentenced to six years in state prison for assault with a deadly weapon,- special allegation-prior strike. Rowley went to vic- tim’s residence and attempted to borrow some items. When the victim declined to release the items Rowley grabbed a AARP to offer driver safety class An AARP Driver Safe- ty Program class is sched- uled for Wednesday, April 20, and Thursday, April 21. The two-day class begins each day at 1 p.m. and ends at 5 p.m. at the Sycamore Center, 220 Sycamore St., in Red Bluff. The class is designed for both first-time students as well as returning stu- dents. Participants must attend both days to obtain a Certificate of Completion. The AARP Driver Safe- ty Program is designed for drivers 50 and over. Upon completion of the course, students may qual- ify for an auto insurance discount. Check with your insurer to see if you quali- fy and the amount of the discount. The class costs $12 for AARP members and $14 for non-members. Class size is limited. To register call 528-1728. Wild horses and burros available for adoption Wild horses and burros from public land ranges in northeast California and northwest Nevada will be available for adoption Saturday, April 16, at the Sil- ver Dollar Fairgrounds in Chico. The U. S. Bureau of Land Manage- ment will offer 30 mustang mares, geldings, colts and fillies ranging in age from about 1 to 5 years old. The BLM expects to offer 10 wild burros of all ages. “These animals have been vacci- nated against diseases including rabies and West Nile virus and are certified healthy,” said Nancy Haug, manager of the BLM’s Northern California Dis- trict. “They are ready to begin training for pleasure riding, competition or work.” Anyone interested can preview the animals when they arrive at the fair- knife and stabbed the vic- tim in the stomach before fleeing the scene. The vic- tim was then able to get to a neighbors house to con- tact police. • Guadalupe Sanchez Valencia was sentenced to four years and four months in state prison for possession of marijuana for sale, possession of an assault weapon, receiving stolen property. Deputies served a search warrant at Valen- cia’s residence and locat- grounds Friday, April 15, at 2 p.m. The adoption event opens at 9 a.m. Saturday with two hours of silent bid- ding. Animals not taken during bid- ding will be available for a $125 adop- tion fee. To qualify, adopters must be at least 18 years old and residents of the Unit- ed States. Adopted animals must be kept in corrals that offer at least 400 square feet per animal and are sur- rounded by six-foot pipe or board fences (five and a half-foot fences are allowed for horses under 2 years old; four-foot fences are allowed for bur- ros). Two-sided roofed shelters are required. Title to adopted animals initially remains with the U. S. government, but after providing a year of good care, adopters can receive title. COURT ROUND-UP ed packaged marijuana, two stolen firearms and an AK-47 located in the closet of a bedroom. • Michael Johnathan Russell was sentenced to four years in state prison for first degree residential burglary. Russell entered vic- tim’s residence when no one was home and stole numerous items. As the deputies investigated the incident they located muddy shoe prints at the scene that led all the way to Russell’s residence. • Steven James Council aka: Stamper was sen- tenced to three years and four months in state prison for receiving stolen property, receiving stolen property-motor vehicle, two counts. Victim reported some- one had stolen the tail- lights off of his vehicle. An investigation into the incident led deputies to Council who had bought them from somebody knowing they were stolen. On two different occa- sions officers responded to stolen vehicle reports involving the same defen- dant. On the first incident officers recovered a stolen vehicle that had been abandoned by Council after he got it stuck in a creek. During the second incident officers respond- ed to a residence regard- ing a stolen dirt bike. When officer’s arrived at the Council’s residence to investigate the incident they located the dirt bike on Council’s property. Recent County Jail Commitments: • Shawn Allen Draper was sentenced to 300 days in Tehama County Jail for attempted bur- glary. Officers responded to a Corning business regard- ing the front window being smashed in. An investigation into the inci- dent revealed the defen- dant and two other com- panions attempted to break into the business by throwing a rock through the window. • Jan Michael Paul Stutz was sentenced to 180 days in Tehama County Jail for cultivating marijuana, possession of a firearm by a felon. Deputies responded to Stutz’s residence regard- ing a report of shots fired. Upon arriving at the resi- dence the deputies con- tacted and detained Stutz. During a search of the residence deputies located marijuana plants growing as well as firearms and ammunition. 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. • Freddie Shaw was sentenced to Pro. 36 pro- bation for transportation of marijuana, special alle- gation-two prior strikes. A deputy conducted a traffic stop on a vehicle driven by the defendant. Upon contacting the defendant the deputy could smell an odor of marijuana coming from underneath the cover on the bed of the pickup truck. A search of the pickup revealed packaged marijuana. 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Main St. 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 Most of the horses and burros com- ing to Chico were captured last sum- mer from the Twin Peaks Herd Man- agement area along the California- Nevada border northeast of Susanville. The BLM removed the animals to maintain the wild population at a des- ignated level. Wild horses and burros are protect- ed by a federal law, the Wild and Free Roaming Horses and Burros Act, which requires the BLM to maintain wild populations in balance with other range users, including wildlife and domestic livestock, so that food and water sources are sustained. More information on wild horse management can be found online at www.wildhorseandburro.blm.gov. Adoption information is available by calling 866-4MUSTANGS.