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ByLolitaC.Baldor The Associated Press FORT BRAGG, N.C. After three deployments to Iraq and three to Afghanistan, Staff Sgt. Dennis Swols is agitated, prone to bouts of anger and unable to really talk about his time on the battlefield. But as Swols sits in a small office in the Robinson Health Clinic at Fort Bragg, his hand drops to the furry head be- sidehimandhismoodbright- ens. Settled at his feet, Lexy, a 5-year-old German shep- herd, gives Swols a few mo- ments of distraction. It's her job. And, accord- ing to Swols, she's good at it. "I have a hard time talk- ing to people about my de- ployments and everything," says Swols, who is with the 82nd Airborne's 4th Bri- gade Combat Team. After taking part in the invasion of Afghanistan in 2001 and the march into Baghdad in 2003, he's been diagnosed with post-traumatic stress. "But having her here, I just pet Lexy. Or I'm just sitting here and we won't talk about deployments, we'll just (talk) about the dog. ... My day is better every time I come in." Amedicaltool For 82nd Airborne psy- chiatrist Maj. Christine Ru- mayor, Lexy is a partner, a conversation starter and a living, breathing medical tool that can calm a patient and make a therapy appoint- ment a little more enjoyable. A slowly evolving form of treatment, animal therapy is usedinonlyafewotherArmy installations, including Wal- ter Reed National Military Medical Center in Bethesda, Maryland.Asmallnumberof dogs like Lexy are being used almost as co-therapists. Oth- ers routinely work as service animals and are often used for animal-assisted therapy, including in visits to patients in the hospitals. Lexy's move into therapy was unexpected. Rumayor decided to put her new puppy through the training when she realized Lexy was less of a guard dog and more of a calm cuddler. So, Lexy went through about 2½ years of training before she was able to pin on her rank — she's a lieutenant colonel — and become certified as Fort Bragg's only therapy dog. Lending a helping paw As the Army struggles to address the broad swath of stress disorders and men- tal health problems brought on by more than a decade of war, one of the biggest hur- dles is getting soldiers to put aside the bravado and seek treatment. Lexy, it turns out, is particularly good at that. Van Woodruff, who was a sergeant first class, went to his scheduled appoint- ment just a few days before he was set to get his medi- cal retirement and move out of the Army after 13 years in the service. "It's hard for me to come to these appointments. I can't really sit in the wait- ing room," said Woodruff, who suffers from obsessive- compulsive disorder. "I don't look forward to this whole process of being here. ... The whole process of being here is something that's agitative to my diagnosis." But on a sunny Wednes- day morning, the Alabama native is sitting in Rumayer's office. "This is the only one I look forward to going to be- cause of Lexy. I love dogs." Resistance melts away Rumayor, who wrote the Fort Bragg policy that al- lows her to use Lexy in her practice, said there was re- sistance at first. "Youdon'twanteverybody to think they can just bring their dog to work," she said. Rumayor also has seen what an asset the dog can be in getting soldiers to seek out therapy and consistently attend their appointments. Walking around the base, she uses Lexy as a lightning rod to attract soldiers, then draws them into conversa- tion. On any given day, she and Lexy will wander over to the motor pool or anywhere troops might gather, to see who might be interested in having a chat. "Stigma is one of the huge things the military is trying super hard to overcome — behavioral health stigma be- ing the biggest one, I think. And Lexy is probably the biggest asset I have in over- coming that stigma," Ru- mayor said. "There's nothing better than coming to an ap- pointment where you get to have a warm fuzzy thing that you get to pet all the time. People don't want to come in the door. When they see her coming in, it makes them want to come in the door." And often the soldiers re- ward her. On her vest, Lexy sports an Army Ranger tab and a spray of other badges and patches that she got from patients. The special forces tab came from a soldier who had been injured in a road- side bomb blast, and Lexy and Rumayor visited him in the hospital. Big impact Navy Capt. Robert Koff- man, the senior consultant for behavioral health at the National Intrepid Center of Excellence in Bethesda, has a therapy dog of his own, named Ron. And he's seen the broad impact the dogs can have. Ron, a 3-year-old golden retriever/labrador mix, holds the rank of a one- star general and his desig- nated military occupation is a "psych tech." He's even trained to bring tissues to distressed patients and put his head on a person's lap if he or she is stressed. Lt. Col. Matthew St. Laurent, who is the occu- pational therapy chief at Walter Reed, said the use of dogs to aid therapy has been endorsed by U.S. Army Medical Command and appears to be getting more support across the military. Both he and Koff- man said additional re- search is needed to deter- mine how and when it is best to use the animals. "It's tough for anybody to go to their mental health provider," said St. Laurent, who also runs the Thera- peutic Service Dog Training Program. "But they need to see mental health providers and if you're introduced to the mental health commu- nity by a fluffy, loving ca- nine, you'd be more inclined to come to the clinic and pet the dog. And one thing leads to another, and you're in the clinic." MILITARY Th er ap y do g he lp s tr oo ps d ea l wi th p os tw ar s tr es s ALEXSANZ—THEASSOCIATEDPRESS This Feb. 18photo shows a German Shepherd Lexy, with Van Woodruff, former Sgt. 1st Class who got a medical retirement, that is changing the lives of U.S. Army soldiers being treated for physical and psychological injuries. LEGALNOTICE NOTICE OF PROPOSED ADOP- TION OF A DEVELOPER FEE STUDY AND THE INCREASE OF THE STATUTORY SCHOOL FEE NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Governing Board of the Los Molinos Unified School District will consider input from the pub- lic on the proposed adoption of a Developer Fee Justification Study for the District and an in- crease in the statutory school facility fee ("Level I Fee") on new residential and commercial/industrial develop- ments as approved by the State Allocation Board on January 22, 2014. The adoption of the Study and the increase of the Level I Fee are necessary to fund the construction of needed school facilities to accommodate growth due to development. Members of the public are invit- ed to comment in writing, on or before May 29, 2014, or appear in person at the hearing at 7 p.m. on May 29, 2014, at the following location: Los Molinos High School Library 7900 Sherwood Blvd. Los Molinos CA 96055 Materials regarding the Study and the Level I Fee are on file and are available for public re- view at the District Office locat- ed at 7851 Highway 99E. Los Molinos CA Publish: May 9, 2014 LEGAL NOTICE NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF Lilian M. Kenyon CASE NO. 15072 To all heirs, beneficiaries, cred- itors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both, of Lilian M. Kenyon A Petition for Probate has been filed by David Neggers in the Su- perior Court of California, Coun- ty of TEHAMA. THE PETITION FOR PROBATE re- quests that David Neggers be appointed as personal represen- tative to administer the estate of the decedent. The petition requests the decedent¹s will and codicils, if any, be admitted to probate. The will and any codicils are availa- ble for examination in the file kept by the court. The petition requests authority to administer the estate under the Independent Administration of Estates Act. (This authority will allow the personal repre- sentative to take many actions without obtaining court appro- val. Before taking certain very important actions, however, the personal representative will be required to give notice to Inter- ested persons unless they have waived notice or consented to the proposed action.) The inde- pendent administration authori- ty will be granted unless an in- terested person files an objec- tion to the petition and shows good cause why the court should not grant the authority. A hearing on the petition will be held in this court as follows: June 2, 2014 at 1:30 p.m. in Dept. 1, located at 633 Washington Street, Rm 17, P.O. Box 310, Red Bluff, CA 96080, Civil Division. If you object to the granting of the petition, you should appear at the hearing and state your objections or file written objec- tions with the court before the hearing. Your appearance may be in person or by your attorney. If you are a creditor or a contin- gent creditor of the decedent, you must file your claim with the court and mail a copy to the personal representative ap- pointed by the court within the later of either (1) four months from the date of first issuance of letters to a general personal representative, as defined in section 58 (b) of the California Probate Code , or (2) 60 days f h d f ili , ( ) y f rom the date of mailing or per- sonal delivery to you of a notice uner section 9052 of the Califor- nia Probate Code. Other Califor- nia statues and legal authority may effect your rights as a cred- itor. You may want to consult with an attorney knowledgeable in California law. You may ex- amine the file kept by the court. If you are a person interested in the estate, you may file with this court a Request for Special No- tice (form DE-154) of the filing of an inventory and appraisal of estate assets or of any petition or account as provided in Pro- bate Code section 1250. A Re- quest for Special Notice form is available from the court clerk. Attorney for petitioner Sandra L. Johnson, SBN:138721 1923 Court Street Redding, CA 96001 530-244-7777 SJohnson @SLJLegal.com Publish: Ma y 9, 14 & 16, 2014 LEGAL NOTICE SUMMONS (CITACION JUDICIAL) NOTICE TO DEFENDANT: (AVISO AL DEMANDADO): HOMER W. PATTERSON, DE- CEASED, THE TESTATE AND INTESTATE SUCCESSORS OF HOMER W. PETTERSON, (OTHER THAN ROBERT PATTERSON AND HELEN CROWE); HELEN HEATHERINGTON, DECEASED, THE TESTATE AND INTESTATE AND INTESTATE SUCCESORS OF HELEN HEATHERINGTON; WILMA ROBERTSON, DECEASED, THE TESTATE AND INTESTATE SUC- CESSORS OF WILMA ROBERT- SON; VIRGINIA ALEXANDER; JEA- NETTE PUGH; J.A. ALEXANDER, DECEASED, THE TESTATE AND INTESTATE SUCCESSORS OF J.A. ALEXANDER (OTHER THAN DORIS H. ALEXANDER, THOMAS H. ALEXANDER, LINDA A. SCHUT, AND LAURA S. FIORE); KENNETH ALEXANDER, DECEASED, THE TESTATE AND INTESTATE SUC- CESSORS OF KENNETH ALEXAND- ER; AND MARJORIE DUNCAN, DE- CEASED, THE TESTATE AND INTESTATE SUCCESSORS OF MARJORIE DUNCAN (OTHER THAN JOHN A DUNCAN AND SCOTT DUNCAN) YOU ARE BEING SUED BY PLAIN- TIFF: (LO ESTA DEMANDANDO EL DEMANDANTE): RONALD D. SANDERS NOTICE! You have been sued. The court may decide against you without your being heard unless you respond within 30 days. Read the information be- low. You have 30 CALENDAR DAYS af- ter this summons and legal pa- pers are served on you to file a written response at this court and have a copy served on the plaintiff. A letter or phone call will not protect you. Your writ- ten response must be in proper legal form if you want the court to hear your case. There may be a court form that you can use for your response. You can find these court forms and more in- formation at the California Courts Online Self-Help Center ( www.courtinfo.ca.gov/selfhelp), your county law library, or the courthouse nearest you. If you cannot pay the filing fee, ask the court clerk for a fee waiver form. If you do not file your re- sponse on time, you may lose the case by default, and your wages, money, and property may be taken without further warning from the court. There are other legal require- ments. You may want to call an attorney right away. If you do not know an attorney, you may want to call an attorney referral service. If you cannot afford an attorney, you may be eligible for free legal services from a non- profit legal services program. You can locate these nonprofit groups at the California Legal Services Web site (www.la- whel pcalifornia.org), the Califor- p g), nia Courts Online Self-Help Cen- ter (www.courtinfo.ca.gov/selfh elp), or by contacting your local court or county bar association. Tiene 30 DIAS DE CALENDARIO despues de que le entreguen esta citacion y papeles legales para presentar una respuesta por escrito en esta corte y hacer que se entregue una copia al demandante. Una carta o una llamada telefonica no lo protegen. Su respuesta por escrito tiene que estar en formato legal correcto si desea que procesen su caso en la corte. Es posible que haya un formulario que usted pueda usar para su respuesta. Puede encontrar estos formularios de la corte y mas informacion en el Centro de Ayuda de las Cortes de California (www.courtinfo.ca. gov/self help/espanol/), en la biblioteca de leyes de su condado o en la corte que le quede mas cerca. Si no puede pagar la cuota de presentacion, pida al secretario de la corte que le de un formulario de exencion de pago de cuotas. Si no presenta su respuesta a tiempo, puede perder el caso por incumplimiento y la corte le podra quitar su sueldo, dinero y bienes sin mas advertencia. Hay otros requistos legales. Es recomendable que llame a un abogado inmediatamente. Si no conoce a un abogado, puede llamar a un servicio de remision a abogados. Si no puede pagar a un abogado, es posible que cumpla con los requisitos para obtener servicios legales gratuitos de un programa de servicios legales sin fines de lucro. Puede encontrar estos grupos sin fines de lucro en el sitio web de California Legal Services, (www.lawhelpcalifor- nia.org), en el Centro de Ayuda de las Cortes de California, (ww w.courtinfo.ca.gov/selfhelp/esp anol/) o poniendose en contacto con la corte o el colegio de abogados locales. CASE NUMBER: (Numero del Caso) 18587 The name and address of the court is: (El nombre y direccion de la corte es) CALIFORNIA SU- PERIOR COURT, 633 Washington St. #17, P.O. Box 310 Red Bluff, CA 96080. The name, address, and tele- phone number of plaintiff¹s at- torney, or plaintiff without an at- torney, is: (El nombre, la direccion y el numero de telefono del abogado del demandante, o del demandante que no tiene abogado, es) RONALD D. SANDERS 357 Caldarella Cir. Roseville, CA 95678 530-519-5427. PROPERTY DESCRIP- TION: The property described in the Complaint is the real property located in the Tehama County, California com- monly known as Tehama County As- sessor's Parcel Number 075-140-17-1, more particularly described as the Westerly one-tenth (1/10) of Lot 8, Block 14 of the Maywood Colony per map filed 23 May 1891 in Book A of Maps at Page 33, Tehama County Re- cords. DATE: April 21, 2014 (Fecha) Caryn A. Downing CLERK OF THE COURT Clerk, by Lane Moore, Deputy ( S e c r e t a r i o ) (Adjunto) Publish: Ma y 2, 9, 16 & 23, 2014 LEGAL NOTICE NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Tehama County Board of Su- pervisors will hold a public hear- ing on Tuesday, May 20, 2014 at 10:30 a.m., or as soon thereafter as may be heard, in Board Chambers, 727 Oak Street, Red Bluff, California, on the following matters: RESOLUTION OF INTENTION - FOOD VENDING TRUCKS The Planning Department is re- questing that the Board of Su- pervisors adopt a Resolution of Intention (ROI) directing the Tehama County Planning De- partment to prepare an amend- ment to the Tehama County Code pertaining to the consider- ation and approval of mobile food vending in various zoning districts upon securing a use permit. On 5/1/14, at a Public Hearing, the Planning Commission adopt- ed ROI #14-1 with a vote of 4-0-1. All interested persons are invit- ed to attend and be heard. Please be advised that if you challenge the above-entitled matter in court, you may be lim- ited to raising only those issues you or someone else raised at the public hearing described in this notice, or in written corre- spondence delivered at or prior to the public hearing to the Tehama County Clerk of the Board of Supervisors Office, Room 12, County Courthouse, P.O. Box 250, Red Bluff, CA 96080. BEVERLY ROSS, Clerk of the Board of Supervisors Publish: Ma y 9, 2014 LEGAL NOTICE APN: 049-080-20-1 Property : 23140 Kitty Street, Red Bluff, CA 96080 Title Order No. : 1549828 Trustee Sale No. : 8313-010827- F00 NOTICE OF TRUSTEE'S SALE YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST, DATED January 07, 2004. UNLESS YOU TAKE AC- TION TO PROTECT YOUR PROP- ERTY, IT MAY BE SOLD AT A PUB- LIC SALE. IF YOU NEED AN EX- PLANATION OF THE NATURE OF THE PROCEEDING AGAINST YOU, YOU SHOULD CONTACT A LAW- YER. On May 23, 2014, Sage Point Lender Services, LLC, as duly ap- pointed Trustee WILL SELL AT PUBLIC AUCTION TO HIGHEST BIDDER FOR CASH, CASHIER'S CHECK/CASH EQUIVALENT drawn on a state or national bank, cashier's check drawn by a state or federal credit union, or a cashier's check drawn by a state or federal savings and loan association, or savings as- sociation, or savings bank speci- fied in Section 5102 of the Finan- cial Code and authorized to do business in this state, or other form of payment authorized by 2924h(b), (Payable at time of sale in lawful money of the Unit- ed States). The sale will be made, but without covenant or warranty, expressed or implied, regarding title, possession, or encumbrances, to satisfy the obligation secured by said Deed of Trust with interest and late charges thereon, as provided in said note(s), advances, under the terms of said Deed of Trust, fees, charges and expenses of the Trustee and of the trusts created by said Deed of Trust. The undersigned Trustee dis- claims any liability for any in- correctness of the property ad- dress or other common designa- tion, if any, shown herein. All right, title and interest conveyed to and now held by it under said Deed of Trust in the property sit- uated in said County and State described as: AS MORE FULLY DESCRIBED IN BELOW MEN- TIONED DEED OF TRUST Execut- ed by: ROY SCOTT EDWARDS AND ANDREA DAWN EDWARDS, HUSBAND AND WIFE AS JOINT TENANTS Recorded on January 15, 2004, in Book 2432, at Page 283 of Official Records, in the of- fice of the County Recorder of Tehama County, California ? Date of Sale: May 23, 2014 at 02:00 PM Place of Sale: at the main entrance to the Tehama County Courthouse at 633 Wash- ington Street, Red Bluff, CA 96080 The street address and other common designation, if an y, of the real property descri- y, p p y bed above is purported to be 23140 KITTY STREET, RED BLUFF CA 96080 APN# 049-080-20-1 The total amount of the unpaid bal- ance of the obligation secured by the property to be sold and reasonable estimated costs, ex- penses and advances at the time of the initial publication of this Notice of Sale is $129,006.89 The beneficiary under said Deed of Trust heretofore executed and delivered to the under- signed a written Declaration of Default and Demand for Sale and a written Notice of Default and Election to Sell. The under- signed caused said Notice of De- fault and Election to Sell to be recorded in the County where the real property is located. If the Trustee is unable to convey title for any reason, the success- ful bidder's sole and exclusive remedy shall be the return of monies paid to the Trustee, and the successful bidder shall have no further recourse. If the sale is set aside for any reason, the Purchaser at the sale shall be entitled only to the return of the deposit paid. The Purchaser shall have no further recourse against the Mortgagor, the Mortgagee, or the Mortgagee's Attorney. NOTICE TO POTENTIAL BIDDERS: If you are considering bidding on this property lien you should understand that there are risks involved in bid- ding at a trustee auction. You will be bidding on a lien, not on the property itself. Placing the highest bid at a trustee auction does not automatically entitle you to free and clear ownership of the property. You should also be aware that the lien being auctioned off may be a junior lien. If you are the highest bid- der at the auction, you are or may be responsible for paying off all liens senior to the lien be- ing auctioned off, before you can receive clear title to the property. You are encouraged to investigate the existence, priori- ty, and size of outstanding liens that may exist on this property by contacting the county re- corder's office or a title insur- ance company, either of which may charge you a fee for this in formation. If you consult either of these resources, you should be aware that the same lender may hold more than one mort- gage or deed of trust on the property. NOTICE TO PROPERTY OWNER: The sale date shown on this notice of sale may be post- poned one or more times by the mortgagee, beneficiary, trustee or a court, pursuant to Section 2924g of the California Civi Code. The law requires that in- formation about trustee sale postponements be made availa- ble to you and to the public, as a courtesy to those not present at the sale. If you wish to learn whether your sale date has been postponed, and, if applicable, the rescheduled time and date for the sale of this property, you may call 855-880-6845 or visit this Internet Web site WWW.NA TIONWIDEPOSTING.COM, using the file number assigned to this case 8313-010827-F00. Informa- tion about postponements that are very short in duration or that occur close in time to the scheduled sale may not immedi- ately be reflected in the tele- phone information or on the In ternet Web site. The best way to verify postponement informa- tion is to attend the scheduled sale. Date: April 25, 2014 Sage Point Lender Services, LLC 400 Exchange, Suite 110 Irvine, CA 92602 949-265-9940 Edward Fos- ter FOR TRUSTEE'S SALE INFOR- MATION PLEASE CALL 855-880- 6845 or visit WWW.NATIONWIDE POSTING.COM SAGE POINT LENDER SERVICES, LLC MAY BE ACTING AS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION OB- TAINED MAY BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. 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