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616,521acres;thecomposi- tion of crop sales at 71 per- cent to livestock sales at 29 percent in 2012 has not changed significantly from 2007; and 912 farm opera- tors listed farming as their primary occupation, up from 877 five years ago. In addition, the Ag Cen- sus reported that there are 1,743 farms having an aver- age of 354 acres, that 1,352 realize less than $50k per year in sales, and that there are 22,600 acres walnuts, 8,600 acres of olives and about 7,500 acres each for almonds and prunes. Olives showed an especially large increase in acreage in the past five years with a 40 percent increase. Orle Jackson, who heads the Tehama County Com- munity Food Alliance, said the county's strong five year agriculture sector perfor- mance came amid the back- ground of the 18-month U.S. economic recession that began in December, 2007. Due to the large number of small farms in the county, Tehama Trails and the four farmers markets pro- vide excellent venues for the public to support the small farmer and to obtain local, healthy agricultural prod- ucts. Further details from the 2012 Agricultural Cen- sus will be presented at the May 12 meeting of the Community Food Alliance scheduled for 10 a.m. at the Pine Street Plaza, 332 Pine St. The Community Food Alliance is a collaboration of public and private pro- grams that support the co- ordination of a healthy food system in Tehama County. The CFA is a program of Tehama Together, Inc. For further details, call 530- 527-2223 or send an email to info@tehamatogether.com. Sales FROMPAGE1 By Jennifer Cooper SocialSecurityManagerinRed- ding Mother's Day is right around the corner. It's al- ways nice to give Mom a card, flowers or candy, but this year, people all over the country are helping their moms save an estimated $4,000 annually on the cost of Medicare prescription drugs. You can help your mom too—and it won't cost you a dime. If your mother has Medi- care coverage and has lim- ited income and resources, she may be eligible for Extra Help—available through So- cial Security—to pay part of her monthly premiums, an- nual deductibles and pre- scription co-payments. To figure out whether your mother is eligible, So- cial Security needs to know her income and the value of her savings, investments and real estate (other than the home she lives in). To qualify for the Extra Help, she must receive Medicare and have: Income limited to $17,505 for an individual or $23,595 for a married couple living together. Even if your mom's annual income is higher, she still may be able to get some help. Some examples where income may be higher in- clude if she and, if married, her spouse: • Support other fam- ily members who live with them; • Have earnings from work; or • Live in Alaska or Ha- waii. Resources limited to $13,440 for an individual or $26,860 for a married couple living together. Resources include such things as bank accounts, stocks and bonds. We do not count her house or car as resources. We have an easy-to-use online application that you can help Mom complete. You can find it at www.socialse- curity.gov/prescriptionhelp. To apply by phone or have an application mailed to you, call Social Security at 1-800- 772-1213 (TTY 1-800-325- 0778) and ask for the Appli- cation for Help with Medi- care Prescription Drug Plan Costs (SSA-1020). To learn more about the Medicare prescription drug plans and special enrollment periods, visit www.medi- care.gov or call 1-800-MEDI- CARE (1-800-633-4227; TTY 1-877-486-2048). This Mother's Day, give your mom a gift she can re- ally use without spending a dime—savings of around $4,000 a year on her Medi- care prescription drug costs! Flowers wither and candy won't last long, but the Ex- tra Help through Social Se- curity will keep on giving throughout the year. And keep in mind as Father's Day approaches, you can get the same "free gift" of Extra Help for Dad! Learn more by visiting www.socialsecurity. gov/prescriptionhelp. SOCIAL SECURITY Give Mom some extra help The following information is compiled from Red Bluff Police Department, Tehama County Sheriff's Department, Corning Police Department and Califor- nia Highway Patrol logs. Arrests MichaelJosephDuenes: 22,Lathropwasarrested Wednesday at River View and Rio Alto drives on suspi- cion of felony possession of narcotic controlled sub- stance, and misdemeanor driving under the influence of drugs and driving under a suspended license. Bail was $21,140. Damian Pomoso Vasquez: 21, Chico was arrested Wednesday on the 400 block of James Avenue on suspicion of felony charges relating to planting and sell- ing marijuana, and misde- meanor possession of mari- juana. Bail was $45,000. Claudia Ramos Marquez: 46, Corning was arrested Wednesday on the 200 block of Solano Street in Corning on suspicion of felony possession of a controlled substance and outstanding felony charges of transporting a controlled substance, violation of probation and misdemeanor controlled substance para- phernalia. Bail was $47,500. Amanda Jean Vasquez: 37, Red Bluff was arrested Wednesday at Pine and Rio streets on an outstanding failure to appear on a felony charge. Bail was $40,000. Jared Levi Macdaniels: 27, Red Bluff was arrested Wednesday at Cone Grove Park on an outstanding felony charge of military desertion. Shots fired 13600block of State Route 36E: A man re- ported Wednesday that his neighbors were shooting at cats with a pellet gun, and that some pellets struck his trailer. Break in 19400block of Lake California Drive: A man reported Wednesday that when he returned home he found several items out of place in his home, and that his guitar was found outside his house. Animal 19500block of Longcor Road: A man reported Wednesday that he caught dogs in his yard killing his chickens. He stated that he shot one of the dogs and had one dog contained in a chicken coop. Suspicious Hooker Creek Road at Overo Way: A woman re- ported Wednesday that she observed Satanic activity under a nearby bridge. Of- ficials were unable to locate Satanic activity, but found a small fort with animal hair on the outside. Officials were advised the fort was built by juveniles about six months ago. Fig Lane at Chicago Av- enue: A railroad employee requested extra patrol Wednesday at the railroad crossing. The employee said the crossing guard has been tampered with on several occasions, and most recently the lights were tampered with. Police log show the City Council, he said, what police are faced with. "Red Bluff has one of the fastest growing crime rates in the United States," Nan- fito read. "Since 2011, vio- lent crime has increased 41 percent and property crimes have increased 30 percent. The violent crime rate is 250 percent higher, and property crime is 200 percent higher than the national average, per 2013 uniform crime data. In 2013 Red Bluff averaged 145 crimes per square mile, which is over three times higher than the national median of 39.3." A $1 million Byrne Crim- inal Justice Innovation Pro- gram grant was awarded to the city of Corning last year. Grant FROM PAGE 1 Since then, its said to have served as a "conduit" for scientific advances in agri- culture and nutrition from public universities to grow- ers, producers and commu- nities. "It was a brilliant strat- egy to get information to people," Buchner said. Tehama County's exten- sion office, Buchner said, was established in 1918, so it still has a few years be- fore it celebrates its 100th birthday. Its staff includes 4-H rep- resentatives, a nutrition ed- ucator, livestock and irriga- tion advisers, and more. Darla Bandsma, the nu- trition educator who per- haps is better known as the "food lady" to the roughly 3,000 students she edu- cates in the county, said, "We educate, but also we bring awareness and we do research." Bandsmasaidshetriesto empower students to make the healthy choices when it comes to food "rather than saying, Well you shouldn't eat this, you shouldn't eat that." Visitors who came to cel- ebrate the program's anni- versary in Red Bluff also were able to aid in a day of UC scientific research throughout the state. One research question asked people to identify the num- ber of pollinators — bees, butterflies, beetles and more — in their community that can then be entered in a database at http://goo.gl/ XbT15Z. Lynn Strom, a 4-H pro- gram representative, guided people through the Tehama County Probation Department's collaborative garden located next door to the Cooperative Extension office on Walnut Street. "You'll be able to actually pull up the address and look and see what we found," said Strom, adding that it appears to be a big year for ladybugs. Josh Davy, a livestock and natural resources ad- viser, said the advantage of UC Cooperative Extension is that it is an unbiased re- source for growers and pro- ducers. "There's nothing being sold by the research that's down here," Davy said. "It's not my job when you call for me to give you what my opinion is. That's not what we do. We give out re- search-based information. If we don't have the answer, we do a project." The UC Cooperative Ex- tension is a part of the UC system's Division of Agri- culture and Natural Re- sources, but it is also de- scribed as a sort of sepa- rate entity. Davy said counties in- vite the Cooperative Ex- tension in "with the intent of bringing all the tools that the university has be- hind it into the commu- nity." 100 years FROM PAGE 1 Froome: George Michael Froome, 84, of Red Bluff died Wednesday, May 7 at Emeritus at Lassen House. Arrangements are under the direction of Red Bluff Simple Cremations & Bur- ial Service. Published Fri- day, May 9, 2014 in the Daily News, Red Bluff, Ca- lif. Miller: Charles Daniel Miller, 60, died Tuesday, May 6 at his Cottonwood residence. Arrangements are under the direction of Red Bluff Simple Cre- mations & Burial Service. Published Friday, May 9, 2014 in the Daily News, Red Bluff, Calif. Death notices must be pro- vided by mortuaries to the news department, are pub- lished at no charge, and fea- ture only specific basic in- formation about the de- ceased. Paid obituaries are placed through the Clas- sified advertising depart- ment. Paid obituaries may be placed by mortuaries or by families of the deceased and include online publica- tion linked to the newspa- per's website. Paid obitu- aries may be of any length, may run multiple days and offer wide latitude of con- tent, including photos. DEATH NOTICES The Associated Press CAPECANAVERAL,FLA. Sci- entists have come up with the best computer model yet of the universe. This new virtual cos- mos created by U.S., Ger- man and English research- ers includes details never be- fore achieved in a simulation. Called Illustris, the numeri- cal-based model covers the 13 billion-year evolution of the universe beginning just 12 million years after the Big Bang, or creation. And it ac- curately depicts the distribu- tion and composition of vari- ous types of galaxies. Illustris was developed by a team led by astrophys- icist Mark Vogelsberger of Massachusetts Institute of Technology. It's described in Thursday's issue of the jour- nal Nature. The Illustris creators say it represents "a significant step forward in modeling galaxy formation." They at- tribute their success to ad- vanced computer power. SCIENCE Virtual world tops cosmic charts for scale and rigor ILLUSTRIS COLLABORATION — THE ASSOCIATED PRESS This image shows a massive cluster in a simulation of the evolution of the universe since the Big Bang. By Hyung-Jin Kim The Associated Press SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA South Korean prosecutors are seeking to formally ar- rest the head of the company that owns a doomed ferry in part of their investigation into its sinking last month that left more than 300 peo- ple, mostly high school stu- dents, dead or missing, offi- cials said Friday. Prosecutors asked a court late Thursday to is- sue an arrest warrant for Kim Han-sik, president of Chonghaejin Marine Co. Ltd, over allegations of cargo overloading, accord- ing to a judge at the court in the southern port city of Mokpo. The Mokpo court will review the request Friday to determine whether to approve Kim's arrest, the judge said on condition of anonymity, citing depart- ment rules. Authorities believe im- proper stowage and over- loading of cargo are one possible reason the ferry sank on April 16. Four employees at Chong- haejin Marine Co. Ltd, who handled cargo on the Sewol, have already been arrested, and Kim faced allegations that he was aware that the ferry exceeded its cargo limit but didn't do anything before it started it trip, se- nior prosecutor Yang Jung- jin said. Kim was detained on Thursday. "I feel very sorry for the victims .... their fam- ily members. I committed a grave sin," Kim, wearing a cap and a mask, told re- porters at a detention facil- ity in Mokpo, according to South Korean TV footage. He declined to comment on questions over alleged cargo overloading. More than three weeks after the sinking, 273 bod- ies have been retrieved but 31 others are still listed as missing. Searches have been hampered by strong currents, bad weather and floating debris inside the ship. A civilian diver fell unconscious while search- ing and died on Tuesday. Relatives of the dead and missing passengers and many other South Koreans have been highly critical of the government's han- dling of the rescue effort, and the regulatory failures that may have allowed the disaster to happen. SOUTH KOREA Prosecutors seek the arrest of head of ferry company PLEASE RECYCLE THIS NEWSPAPER. Thank you! 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