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qualificationsthatapply. Interested persons must come in to the shelter to sign up, starting Thursday, May 1. Surgery spots will be available on a first come, first served basis and space must be reserved in person at the center. In addition to the free spay neuter clinic, the cen - ter will be holding a licensing and microchipping clinic 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Sunday, June 1 at the center. A second li - censing and microchipping clinic will be held 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Monday, June 2 at the Recreation Hall in Rancho Tehama. Microchipping ser - vices will be available to all dogs and cats for $15, which includes a lifetime registra- tion. Dogs must have a copy of their current rabies vac- cine in order to obtain a li- cense. The Tehama County An- imal Care Center is at 1830 Walnut St. in Red Bluff. Care Center hours are 8 a.m. to noon and 1-5 p.m. Monday through Friday and 10 a.m. to noon and 1-5 p.m. Satur - day. Adoption hours are 10 a.m. to noon and 1-4:30 p.m. If you would like more in- formation regarding adopt- ing, fostering or becoming a Care Center volunteer, call McClintock at 530-527- 3439 or email her at: cmc - clintock52@sbcglobal.net. Clinic FromPage1 cerned last year when the board heard a series of ap- peals to the county's mar- ijuana ordinance. During those hearings he saw a dis- regard by growers for the rules the board put in place for legal grows. "They were just thumb - ing their nose at what was going on," Bundy said. "It's your own fault that we're in- creasing the fee to be used to pay for the costs to over- see this program. It's frus- trating because I thought maybe it was a good pro- gram to allow people to do that, but you just flat ignored it. You've thumbed your nose at the face of the county." Only one Tehama County grower spoke in opposition to the fee increase. "Most people aren't here because they're at home planting their gardens," Donna Will said. "They don't even know about your action today. They have no desire to register their garden and be on a list, a hit list." Will said she would do ev - erything in her power to re- move the board members for their unfair actions. During public comment earlier in the meeting Will said medicinal marijuana use had been approved in other countries where she claimed it was curing breast and brain cancers. Two other public speak - ers, who came from out- side Tehama County, spoke against the fee increase. One man asked the board to consider exemptions for low-income residents. He later accused the board members of lining their pockets. A Shasta County woman had an even more severe ac - cusation. "You are straight up mur- dering people," she said. "And the reason I say it like that is that you are taking the very substance some of these people need to live. I am telling you this as a pa - tient who, if I was to take one of your little blood tests, it would say I am as high as a kite." As for the low-income ex - emption Chamblin said the board retained the right to waive certain regulations and fees in special cases un- der the Compassionate Use Act. No one addressed the murder accusation. Resident Christina Stan - ley spoke in favor of the fee increase. She praised the board's recent actions in re- gards to marijuana cultiva- tion including the move of oversight to Environmental Health. She said it was a better fit for that department to deal with the groundwater, traf - fic and odor issues caused by grows. Stanley said she also be- lieved marijuana users were asking for special treatment by not having fees issued to regulate their medicine. She said the rest of the public pays for registration control through pharmacy prices. County staff said the orig - inal $40 one-time fee was an estimate in 2010 when the county's medicinal mar- ijuana ordinance was ad- opted. The fee study estimated it would take an average of 90 minutes of staff time to pro - cess each registration. That time includes prop- erty ownership verification, physician recommendation review, form examination and data entry. The study estimated the cost per minute to the county to be $1.16. Estimates were used be - cause Environmental Health has never handled the regis- trations before, but it relied on projections from other types of permit processing. Registrations already on file with the county will ex - pire Dec. 31, 2014. Marijuana growers will have until March 1 to resub- mit their registration for the 2015 growing season. The registration includes the name of each person owning, leasing or occupy - ing the premises, the name of each qualified patient or primary caregiver, a copy of a current, valid medical recommendation, the num - ber of plants being cultivated on the premises and other information Environmen- tal Health deems necessary to ensure compliance with state law and the county or- dinance. Pot From Page 1 Allen said he understands the needs of large and small districts. He said education changed his life, and has the power to change lives of chil - dren in the county's school districts. He said his prior- ities are school safety, stu- dent achievement and prac- ticing effective stewardship. Allen said student achievement needs to in- crease, and students must be well versed in the science, technology, engineering and mathematics fields. North said he's a lifetime resident of Northern Cali - fornia, and brings with him 40 years of educational ex- perience. He said he's run- ning for the position because he believes in the "American Dream," which is achieved through education. North said he would change the focus of the De - partment of Education be- cause the system is "dis- jointed." He said there's a gap between eighth and ninth grades that is not serving the needs of stu- dents. District4state senator Incumbent Jim Nielsen, R-Gerber, who was not pres- ent, and engineer and edu- cator CJ Jawahar, a demo- crat from Roseville, did not receive any questions from the audience. Jawahar said he is run - ning because when one looks at the numbers in this dis- trict, there's an inequality of jobs. District 3 state Assembly member Small-business owner Jim Reed, a democrat, busi- nessman and farmer James Gallagher, a republican, and farmer Ryan Schohr, a re- publican, took questions re- garding prison realignment, jobs and revenues. Reed said he graduated from UC Berkeley, went on to law school, and said he feels qualified for state of - fice. He said water in the North State needs to be protected, education needs to be funded, and tax reform must be tackled. Reed said it's a travesty that more money is spent on prisons than schools. He said the prison realign - ment bill, or AB 109, is work- ing quite well in Tehama County, citing the sheriff's auto repair shop. He said he supports AB 109. Gallagher said he went to law school at UC Davis, and that the "regulatory re - gime" in the state needs to be reeled in. He cited Sites Reservoir as a project that needs to get done. He said AB 109 is terri - ble public policy, and work needs to be done to keep dangerous people in prison and out of the community. He added that he also will advocate for upgrades to fa - cilities in the county. Schohr said he's a sixth- generation California farmer who went to Chico State, and added that he's seen the impacts of the state government has had on his farm. He also said Sites Res - ervoir can do good. Regarding AB 109, he said dangerous criminals can not be set loose to "ter- rorize" the community. California's 1st Congressional District IncumbentDougLaMalfa, R-Richvale, Dan Levine, a democrat from Chico, Heidi Hall, a democrat from Grass Valley,andGregoryCheadle, a republican from Redding, did not receive any questions from the audience. Hall, a democrat from Grass Valley, said she grew up in the Bay Area and hasn't run for elective office before. She added she be - lieves in giving back to her community, and that she is running to resolve the is- sues in rural areas, such as water considerations, by crossing party lines. Levine said he is a farmer who is originally from New Jersey who wants to take the government to task. He added that the country needs to find unity again, rein in spending, and pro - vide more jobs. Cheadle alluded to the Af- fordable Care Act as a leg- islative "monstrosity," and pleaded on people to vote against what he called "es- tablishment politicians." He added that he is not part of the establishment, and does not take any money from outside the district. LaMalfa was not present. Unopposed Sheriff Dave Hencratt does not have an opponent for sheriff and coroner race. Auditor-controller Leroy M. Anderson, assessor Dale Stroud and treasurer and tax collector Dana Hollmer also do not have opponents to their campaigns to seek reelection. Stroud, Hencratt, Hol - lmer made brief statements at the forum but largely yielded their time to candi- dates who are in contested races. Candidate statements in the races for the Tehama County District Attorney, clerk and recorder and Te - hama County District 4 su- pervisor went past the Daily News print deadline Tues- day night. Forum From Page 1 TheAssociatedPress rICHmoND Authorities say they plan to use an un- derwater camera as they search for wreckage from the midair collision of two small planes that sent one crashing into San Fran - cisco Bay. Lead National Transpor- tation Safety Board investi- gator Howard Plagens said Tuesday that crews with the Contra Costa County Sheriff's Office are looking for additional pieces of the Cessna 210 that went into the water on Sunday. Parts of the plane were discovered Monday un - der 13 feet of water about 1 miles off the Richmond shoreline east of San Fran- cisco. The pilot has not been found or identified. The pilot of the other plane was able to land at Ea - gle's Nest Airport in Ama- dor County. A federal investigator said Monday that a mid- air collision between two planes that ended with one crashing into the San Fran- cisco Bay over the weekend occurred when one pilot at- tempted a passing maneu- ver. The lead National Trans- portation Safety Board in- vestigator, Howard Plagens, said the pilot of a vintage Hawker Sea Fury TMK 20 pulled up to the left side of a travelling companion flying a Cessna 210. The Sea Fu - ry's pilot heard a "thump" and immediately focused on trying to fly his own plane to land safely. Plagens said the pilot saw the Cessna going down but did not see it crash. "Obviously, he's still shaken up," said Plagens, who interviewed the sur - viving pilot twice. The Contra Costa County Sheriff's Office said search- ers located the Cessna un- der 13 feet of water about 1 miles off the Richmond shoreline east of San Fran- cisco. The crashed plane and its pilot haven't been recovered, and officials haven't identified the two pilots. Plagens inspected the Hawker, which suffered tail damage, and said he's awaiting the recovery of the Cessna to continue his investigation. It was not immediately clear why the planes were flying so close together dur - ing the passing maneuver. John Cox, CEO of the consulting firm Safety Op- erating Systems and a pi- lot with 44 years of experi- ence, said the distance that pilots should maintain from nearby planes depends on whether the planes are fly - ing together in formation. "If they are not flying in formation, basically several hundred feet," Cox told The Associated Press. If they are flying in formation, that dis - tance may shrink to as little as 30 or 40 feet, he said. The overtaking plane — in this case, the Sea Fury — is responsible for maintain - ing separation, but it's pos- sible that the surviving pilot didn't see how close he was to the Cessna, Cox said. The collision occurred at about 4 p.m. Sunday near the Richmond-San Rafael Bridge. Witnesses at Point San Pablo Yacht Harbor told the San Francisco Chroni - cle that the Cessna spiraled out of control and crashed into the choppy water. De- bris was found in the bay af- ter the collision. The Sea Fury's pilot landed at Eagle's Nest Air- port in the small city of Ione in Amador County, said Federal Aviation Admin- istration spokesman Ian Gregor. The Sea Fury's oc- cupants — a husband and wife — weren't hurt. mID-aIr CollIsIoN Search for wreckage resumes in SF Bay The Associated Press HUroN A 3-year-old Cen- tral California girl was found alive, alone and apparently unharmed in a field about 12 hours after she was taken from her car seat in what sheriff's officials believe was a stranger abduction. On Monday, a detective spotted the girl running through a field less than a half-mile from her Huron apartment, where she was taken from a vehicle Sun - day evening, Fresno County sheriff's officials said. The girl appears to have been taken by a stranger, but there was no indication she was hurt, Fresno County Sheriff's Lt. Rick Ko said Tuesday. Her mother told police she left the girl inside her car as she went back into her home to get her wallet around 7:45 p.m. Sunday. CeNtral Valley Police: Abducted girl, 3, found alive 900JacksonSt.• 527-1833 Lic. #0530362 Home Auto Farm Commercial www.andy4ins.com ANDYHOUGHTON Insurance Agency Motorcycle Boat RV Life BILLYG.SHORT 2-28-1927 ~ 4-24-2014 Beloved husband, father, and grandfather went home to be with the Lord Thursday, April 24th. Billy was born in Shannon, Texas on February 28, 1927. His family moved to Avondale, Arizona when he was eleven. He met and married Estelle Barker when he was 20 years old. They lived and worked for his father in-law for eight years farming cotton. In 1956 they moved to Prescott, Arizona where he worked for the City of Prescott. They moved to Red Bluff, California in 1959. He managed a walnut or- chard for fifteen years and grafted trees all over Tehama County. In 1975, he went to work at Antelope School and became the Maintenance Superintendent. He worked there for fifteen years before retiring in 1989. In 1991, he and Estelle moved to Brookings, Oregon, where their son Rod built them a new home. He always wanted to live on the coast and he loved it there. They lived there for 13 years and then moved to Eagle Point, Oregon to be near better medical facilities. They lived there until 2011 when they returned to Red Bluff to be closer to family. He is survived by his wife Estelle and his four children, Linda (Nick) Rogers, Rod (Deborah) Short, David (Laura) Short, and Dot (Steve) Duncan. He also has 12 grandchildren and 11 great grandchildren. The Memorial Service will be held at First Church of God, 1005 So. Jackson, on May 3rd, 11:00 am. Should friends desire in lieu of flowers, contributions be sent to: Alzheimer's Association PO Box 96011 Washington, DC 20090-6011 alz.org OR St. Elizabeth Hospice 1425 Vista Way Red Bluff, CA 96080 Obituaries The Passing Parade is brought to you by by Minch Property Management, 760 Main Street specializing in commercial leasing and sales. 530 527 5514 THE PASSING PARADE (From Dave Minch's I Say column of March 1959) AMarylandAgriculturalExperimentalStationhasjust completed raising a fryer chicken up to 3 lbs in 7 weeks on less than a pound of feed. If this were to become common practice, it could become the end of all hunger in the world. At present it takes about 10 pounds of feed to attain one pound of gain in beef and around 4-6 pounds of feed for each pound of pork gain. … I received many letters offering to explain why some of the industries I mentioned which were in business 50 years ago but have since ceased to function. One reader said that the Stanford Vina Vineyard was once the largest in the world but the soil was too rich and the grapes would not make good champagne. Fig orchards, numerous around Corning, were pulled out and replanted with olives with the arrival of Warren Woodson, and when the Tuscan Springs Hotel burned, that was the end of mineral water sales. The Sanitary Fruit Company and many other industries were burned out and never rebuilt. … A nationally known canning company will have a representative in Red Bluff shortly to extend long term contracts to orchardists who will plant cling peaches. There has never been any question of whether they could be grown profitably in Tehama County. There has always been a need.* *Father's experiment with 40 acres of cling peaches ended with split pits. … The railroad laid off two track walkers in Gerber last week Somebody higher up decided they were not needed. Saturday morning there was a split rail in the north end of the Gerber yard. Eleven loaded freight cars went upside down. It was necessary to call a wrecker and crew from Dunsmuir and one from Roseville to right the cars. It took about 50 men to correct the situation. It probably cost more than those two men would have received for many years. … Up until about 40 years ago, a person who developed diabetes died shortly thereafter. Then, with the discovery of insulin, life was prolonged but only by the unhappy process of one or more daily needle injections. A few years ago, a pill called Orinaise was developed and it helped in some cases. Now a new drug is on the market called Diabanese. One small pill a day is all that is needed in most cases. It is of no value to children however, and adults must have a doctor's prescription, but it is well worth the trial* *As previously mentioned, father's mother died in his arms on their way to San Francisco by train in search of insulin. He later contracted adult diabetes himself, and our daughter Madalyn succumbed to juvenile diabetes eventually, age 51. … Our orchard manager, Robert Hoffman, is experimenting with 2000 seeds of many varieties of Avocados to see if he can find one profitable for our area. Dave Minch 1900-1964 Wednesday,april30,2014 redBlUFFdailyneWs.COM |NEWS | 7 a