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Paid obitu- aries may be of any length, may run multiple days and offer wide latitude of con- tent, including photos. DEATHNOTICES forward with a plan to form a partnership, known as a joint powers authority, to change the governance of the 30th District Agricultural Associ- ation. The JPA, which would untie the fairgrounds from state control and take ad- vantage of county services, must be approved by Brown. "It's not a silly sit-around- in-a-circle meeting," said Steve Kimbrough, interim CEO at the fairgrounds. "It actually is incredibly produc- tive if you do something with the information that you've gained, and that's the key part of it." Bill Goodwin, the county's chief administrator, pointed to a session in January that brought the community to- gether to discuss the future of the Tehama County Li- brary, and how the informa- tiongleanedfromthatdiscus- sion was valuable. "Let'smakesureweputev- erything on the table," Good- win said. "We've been saying JPA, JPA, JPA, ... but at the end of (a session) we should knowifinfactthecommunity says, 'Let's go for a JPA, send astrongmessagetothegover- nor,'orsays,'Youknowwhat? Afterwe'vemetwerealizethe fair can do it on their own.'" He added that the session could only be good, and that when it's done the fair board will have a path forward. Board President Linda Durrer stressed that the ses- sion will invite all those who wish to attend. "In our community every- one is a stakeholder," Durrer said. "And I think we need everyone's presence that comes to the fair, that ever uses these facilities, ever considered using this facil- ity." Board FROM PAGE 1 district is lucky to have a person of Rasmussen's cal- iber serving as a director. Corning Healthcare Dis- trict's mission is to bring quality healthcare and hu- man services related to health to the south county region in order to facilitate areas of unmet healthcare needs. For more information call Fay at (530) 824-5451. Service FROM PAGE 1 solving issues with gang members visiting Vista Prep to intimidate students, drugs and alcohol on cam- pus and now working to re- move graffiti at the school and city. Additionally, Nanfito said, the officer collabo- rates with Red Bluff Union High School's school re- source officer, and also with the county's Probation De- partment and District At- torney's Office to gather gang-related intelligence. He said the GREAT pro- gram is designed to be a two-year program, and re- sults become noticeable in three to five years. "It is an evidence-based program that shows sub- stantial results with stu- dents that are at risk of becoming involved with gangs, and don't move on to become involved with gangs," Nanfito said. Students involved in the program at Vista Prep completed their GREAT in- struction with end-of-sem- ster "Making Vista a better place" projects, according to the release. Two classes produced video projects on gangs, alcohol and bullying. Another class replaced old playground equipment, an- other painted over areas hit with graffiti and one more developed a reusable lunch menu board, which will be installed by school staff. GREAT FROM PAGE 1 By Robert Burns The Associated Press WASHINGTON An Air Force security team's botched re- sponse to a simulated as- sault on a nuclear missile silo has prompted a blister- ing review followed by ex- panded training to deal with the nightmare scenario of a real attack. The Air Force recognized the possibility of such an in- trusion as more worrisome after the 9/11 terrorist at- tacks. But an internal review of the exercise held last sum- mer at Malmstrom Air Force Base in Montana said the se- curity forces were unable to speedily regain control of the captured silo, and called this a "critical deficiency." The Associated Press ob- tained a copy of the report through a Freedom of Infor- mation Act request. The previously unre- ported misstep was the rea- son the 341st Missile Wing flunked a broader safety and security inspection. The unit, which has been beset with other problems in re- cent months, including an exam-cheating scandal that led its commander to resign in March, passed a do-over of the security portion of the inspection last October. The failure was one of a string of nuclear missile corps setbacks revealed by the AP over the past year. The force has suffered em- barrassing security, lead- ership and training lapses, discipline breakdowns and morale problems. Earlier this year, Defense Secre- tary Chuck Hagel ordered two reviews, still underway, to address his concern that the lapses could erode pub- lic trust in the security of the nation's nuclear weapons. The partially censored document obtained by the AP indicate that the secu- rity team was required to re- spond to the simulated cap- ture of a Minuteman 3 nu- clear missile silo by hostile forces, termed an "Empty Quiver" scenario in which a nuclear weapon is lost, sto- len or seized. Each of the Air Force's 450 Minuteman 3 silos contains an inter- continental ballistic missile armed with at least one nu- clear warhead and ready for launch on short notice on or- ders from the president. The Air Force review ex- amined why the security force showed an "inability to effectively respond to a recapture scenario." It cited a failure to take "all lawful actions necessary to imme- diately regain control of nu- clear weapons" but did not specify those actions. Asectionapparentlyelabo- rating on what was meant by the phrase "failed to take all lawful actions" was removed from the document before its release to the AP last week. The Air Force said this was withheld in accordance with Pentagon orders "prohibiting the unauthorized dissemina- tion of unclassified informa- tion pertaining to security measures" for the protection of "special nuclear material." Thedocumentprovidedno details on how the silo take- over was simulated, the num- berofsecurityforcesordered to respond or other basic as- pects of the exercise. The prize for terrorists or otherswhomightseektoseize control of a missile would be thenuclearwarheadattached to it, since it contains pluto- nium and other bomb materi- als. A rogue launching of the missile is a far different mat- ter, since it would require the decodingofencryptedwaror- ders transmitted only by the president. In2009,theAirForcecited a "post-9/11 shift in thinking" about such situations, saying that while this scenario once was considered an impossi- bility, the U.S. "no longer has the luxury of assuming what is and what is not possible." The Defense Threat Re- ductionAgency,whichhelped conduct the Malmstrom in- spection last August, has called its inspections "likely the most intense, invasive and critical" in the U.S. mil- itary. The agency says on its website that its drills are de- signed to "ensure everybody knows their job, the proper procedures — and how to re- act when chaos unfolds and the situation changes." When the Air Force pub- licly acknowledged the broader inspection failure in August, it said "tactical-level errors" had been committed during one phase of the in- spection, but it did not say the errors were made by se- curity forces. At the time, the Air Force declined to provide details, saying to do so could expose potential vulnerabil- ities. The report provided to the APsaidthatbecausesecurity of nuclear weapons is para- mount, "the inability to dem- onstrate effective recapture/ recovery TTPs (tactics, tech- niques and procedures) de- tracts from the Wing's abil- ity to conduct its day-to-day mission." The document describes in broad terms the nature of the inspection failure, its sig- nificance and its underlying causes. It said insufficient training was at the heart of the prob- lem, beginning with a lack of familiarity among the secu- rity forces with "complex sce- nario" exercises. It also cited unspecified shortcomings in "leadership culture" and a lack of standardized simula- tions not only at Malmstrom but throughout the nuclear missile corps. Amongthecorrectivemea- sures cited in the report: Ar- range to hold recapture ex- ercises at one launch silo among the 50 silos in each of the 341st's three Minuteman squadrons, using "realistic, varied, simple-to-complex" scenarios based on what the Pentagon calls its "local nu- clearsecuritythreatcapabili- tiesassessment."Also,theAir Force is taking steps to more closely track lessons learned from each "recapture" exer- cise. The Air Force document did not identify or other- wise describe the security team, but each Minuteman 3 missile base has "tactical response force" teams spe- cially trained and equipped for nuclear weapons recov- ery. MILITARY MISSTEPS Botched nuclear silo drill revealed U.S.AIRFORCE,JOHNPARIE—THEASSOCIATEDPRESS A Malmstrom Air Force Base missile maintenance team removes the upper section of an ICBM at a Montana missile site. By Jake Pearson The Associated Press NEWYORK Thegrislydeaths of two inmates — one who "baked to death" in his over- heated cell, another who sex- ually mutilated himself while lockedupaloneforsevendays — have raised new questions about the New York City jail system's ability to deal with a burgeoning number of men- tally ill people. The two cases — both ex- posed by The Associated Press—havepromptedacity lawmaker to schedule over- sight hearings next month. "No inmate should be treated that way, especially those with mental health needs. The city has to do more to protect them," City Councilwoman Elizabeth Crowley said Thursday. "A lot of people who are in Rik- ers Island should be in a hos- pital, in a clinical setting, not in a jail." BradleyBallard,a39-year- old inmate who family mem- berssaid hadbeendiagnosed asschizophrenic,diedinSep- tember after he was confined to his cell in a mental ob- servation unit at Rikers for seven days for making a lewd gesture at a female guard, according to interviews and documents obtained by the AP. Denied some of his med- ication, the agitated inmate tied a rubber band tightly around his genitals. During that period, guards repeat- edly peered through the win- dow in his cell but didn't ven- tureinsideuntilitwastoolate, according to corrections offi- cials' account. Ballard was found naked andunresponsiveonthefloor, covered in feces, his genitals swollen and badly infected. He died at a hospital of what officials said appeared to be sepsis, an infection that has spread through the body. PRISONS 2 deaths put NYC jail system under scrutiny By Nomaan Merchant The Associated Press DALLAS Former Defense Secretary Robert Gates was confirmed Thursday as the Boy Scouts of America's new president, taking over one of the nation's largest youth organizations as it fights a membership decline and de- bates its policy toward gays. Thegroup'snationalcoun- cil voted to approve Gates for the volunteer role at the or- ganization's annual meeting in Nashville. Gates, 70, was announced as interim president in Octo- ber. As head of the organiza- tion's executive board, Gates will become one of Scout- ing's most public figures at a pivotal time in its history. The Boy Scouts voted last year to allow openly gay boys in its ranks while con- tinuing to exclude openly gay adult leaders, a compromise that continues to entangle the group in debates over its membership policy. Shortly afterthechangewasenacted, one openly gay Boy Scout re- ceived his Eagle award, the highest in Scouting. But the organization's expulsion of a gay Seattle-area Scoutmas- ter drew national headlines, and some gay-rights advo- cates are still urging spon- sors to drop the Scouts. The change also led some conservatives to leave Scout- ing altogether, though defec- tions have been far fewer than once expected. A hand- ful of ex-Scouts formed Trail Life USA, which touts itself as a Christian-based alter- native to Scouting and has signed up hundreds of units nationwide. Gates served as defense secretary for Presidents George W. Bush and Barack Obama. He also formerly served as director of the CIA and president of Texas A&M University. As defense secretary, Gates oversaw the end of the military's "don't ask, don't tell" policy excluding openly gay soldiers. The Boy Scouts of Amer- ica has 2.5 million youth members and nearly 1 mil- lion adults nationwide. En- rollmenthasdeclinedslightly over the last decade, with a 6 percent drop last year. 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