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Friday, June 10, 2011 – Daily News 9A Death Notice Charles B. Goodman Charles B. Goodman of Red Bluff died Friday, June 3, 2011. He was 76. Red Bluff Simple Cremations and Burial Service is handling the arrangements. Published Friday, June 10, 2011, in the Daily News, Red Bluff, Calif. WISH Continued from page 1A cherry red, has helped him through his arduous treat- ments. At 11a.m. at Red Bluff Auto Body, 915 Madison St. in Red Bluff, Ethan’s dream car will be unveiled; he will receive the keys to drive away his wish-come-true and a cel- ebration will be held in his honor. The car refurbishment included custom paint, bodywork, upholstery, new stereo, glass, window tinting and much more. The following local businesses and individuals donated goods and ser- vices to Ethan’s dream wish: Red Bluff Auto Body, Accu Foam Plas- tics, Classic Industries, Ken Close, Jess Davis, Eagle Classic Auto Parts, Edelbrock Performance Parts, EZ Wing, F Body Warehouse, Goodmark, Hann’s Shop, FRP Cus- toms, Hill Enterprises Towing, Steve Hill, Josh Battenfield Upholstery, Kent Automotive, RIVER Continued from page 1A Four Festival Sports Challenges will take place at various times during the weekend, including a golf tournament at Wilcox Oaks, a Spartan Fun Run at Red Bluff Union High School and a bowling tournament and miniature golf tournament at Lariat Bowl. Admission to the festival at the park is free, as is the downtown Block Party. The remaining festival social events and sports challenges are ticketed activities, the proceeds of which will go to operate McGlynn Pool. “Several volunteers think the fashion show and fire- works at the Kick-Off Party at Wilcox Oaks will be the biggest highlight,” festival director Mark Neebling said. “Another handful are betting that the band line-up for the Dance Party at the fairgrounds will blow people away. Both of those events have been created for local residents past and present to enjoy, and we’ve worked hard to get lots of folks to come back home and recon- nect with their old friends.” Asked to cast his vote on the biggest highlight, fes- tival co-chairman Matt McGlynn preferred to cast two. “Personally? My money is on the water ski and wakeboard extravaganza being put on by national slalom champion Eric Pettinger during the festival at the park, or else the Spartan Fun Run through Red Bluff High School,” McGlynn said. “Eric’s lined up a troop of water ski pros to do some amazing stuff on the river, and the airplane flyovers and helicopter hijinks that go along with it should be a thrill. For the Fun Run, the course has been designed to take participants on a tour through the campus. With all the Red Bluff High alumni that are returning to town for the festival, I think they’re really going to get a kick out of seeing how the campus looks today.” Conceived as a citywide celebration to save the McGlynn pool, festival organizers are mindful of the situation with the city pool, which might have to close mid-summer if the festival is not successful. “It has been heartwarming to me to have so many volunteers come together to put this thing on,” said organizer Kelly Forward. “It will be heartbreaking to everyone if we don’t get the turnout and support we anticipate.” “I do know this, though. We can hold our heads high, even if we fail and the pool closes. All these vol- unteers, and all our sponsors, everyone has done a fab- ulous job in creating something really special to enjoy.” SUPES Continued from page 1A able to attend classes and get through it so fast,” Garton said. Traveling to Sacramento twice a month since November, Garton and Williams carpooled to save the county money, Gar- ton said. They were only the fourth group of people to complete the program, he said. Classes included topics such as bargaining, water rights, handling emergency situations and many other things, Garton said. CSAC represents 58 coun- ties at the state and federal level. The association’s long- term objective is to improve the fiscal health of all California counties so they can meet the demand for vital public pro- grams and services, a CSAC release said. For more information about the program, visit www.csacin- stitute.org. ——— Andrea Wagner can be reached at 527-2153, extension 114 or awagner@redbluffdailynews.c om. Keyston Brothers, Knights Paint, Sandy Phillips, Les Schwab, Matt’s Classic Bowties, Napa Auto Parts, P.C.M., P & T, Red Bluff Auto Electric, Ron’s Muf- fler, Sac Bumpers & Plat- ing/Coating, Steele Rub- ber Products, Stereo Solu- tions, SunBlockers, Upholstery FX, Steve Vanderpool, VFN, Vin- tage Air, Walmart, Bill Wilson and Year One. The Make-A-Wish Foundation of Sacramento & Northeastern California is a charitable nonprofit organization whose pur- pose is to grant the wishes of children with life- threatening medical con- ditions to enrich the human experience with hope, strength and joy. Founded in 1983, this chapter is part of the largest wish-granting charity in the world. With the help of gener- ous donors and nearly 400 volunteers, the Sacramento and Northeastern California chapter has granted more than 3,800 wishes in the 24 counties it serves. For more information, visit www.sac- northeast.wish.org. POT Continued from page 1A sion ahead two weeks. At Thursday’s meeting, only three of the five com- missioners were present. Commissioners Kim Tip- ton and Tom Gano, who had said they were more supportive of a regulation ordinance at the previous meeting, were absent. In a 3-0 vote, the com- mission decided to disap- prove the regulation ordi- nance and approve the ordinance to ban marijua- na dispensaries in the county. District 1 Commission- er Don Jones, who spoke very little during the meet- ing and who was absent at the previous meeting, voiced his concerns before voting. “I’m very upset that we’re asked to make this kind of decision on some- thing that has such high emotional value to our cit- izens,” Jones said. Admitting to being socially liberal, feeling that people can and should do what they want in their own homes, he is fiscally conservative, he said. The way the law is written is not something he could support. Commissioner Lynn DeFreece, District 2, who told the commission he was ready to vote for an outright ban at the previ- ous meeting, brought up several areas of concern. With either decision, there’s no way to win, he said. “It’s hanging on a razor blade banister and not let- ting go,” DeFreece said. District 5 Commission- er, Chairman Delbert David, also balked at the uncertainties of medical marijuana legislation. “I firmly believe that medical marijuana has a place in our society,” he said. There is just insuffi- cient information and guidance from the federal level, David said. Such an important issue needs to T Continued from page 1A California State University, Chico bookstore donated another 40, all of which were underwritten by the Olive Pit in Corning. “This has been a fun and unique project that inspires people,” Mendon- ca said. “We’ve been getting great feedback on it on how it impacts not just the kids, but the people giving the shirt, as well.” While the students have been excit- ed about receiving shirts, those donat- ing have been just as excited to see their shirts around town, she said. The project is one that the group hopes to see continue next year, but help is needed, said Amanda Wigno, a member of Next Tehama’s leadership team. “We would like to hand it off to par- ents and community groups,” Wigno said. “Lassen View is a great example, where Marilyn Long donated T-shirts for the eighth-graders. We’re hoping more people like Marilyn will take on the project and adopt schools.” Next Tehama does have help, MAPS Continued from page 1A whether we see more people ... willing to participate in the political process.’’ The process is being closely watched because Cali- fornia has one of the few citizen-led panels in the nation. It also has implications for the state’s legislative and con- gressional districts. The commission will release the first draft of maps Friday and hand in a final version in August. According to the National Conference of State Legis- latures, most state maps have their political boundaries drown by the Legislature or commissions appointed by the parties or governors. Arizona’s model comes closest with five commissioners selected at random. California’s commissioners were chosen from an ini- Red Bluff Simple Cremations COMPLETE AUTO REPAIR All makes and models. 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June 9 Planning Commission votes 3-0 to recom- mend an outright ban on dispensaries. June/July Public hearing will open at board meeting. August Last chance for the Board of Supervisors to adopt a resolution that will replace a morato- rium expiring Sept. 14. be made clear and concise. “I cannot go forward with a law called a ‘grey law,’” David said. Returning advocates, both for and against dis- pensaries, Richard Clapp, Kathy Nelson and Robert Alejandre, spoke during a public comment portion of the meeting. Alejandre supports having well-regulated dis- pensaries to give veterans a safe way to obtain med- ical marijuana and to con- tribute financially to the community. Street dealers are “lick- ing their chops” for profits when low income and dis- abled people, namely vet- erans, have to look to ille- gal means for their medi- cine and aren’t able to grow their own, he said. Kathy Nelson has spo- ken against “grocery store” dispensaries and in support of small, patient- focused collectives. David, who interrupted two of the speakers multi- ple times, made it clear that he would only allow them to speak about “something new” that they hadn’t brought before the county officials before. Arthur Giles told com- missioners he had never touched marijuana before he turned 69. Then, his wife was diagnosed with a termi- nal disease and given 10 months to live, he said. The doctors pushed her to eat marijuana-laced cookies. Giles was advocating for honest dispensary operations to be allowed to continue so people like his dying wife could get medication. Commissioners asked Sheriff Dave Hencratt to step forward to answer questions about the law including information on raising the funds to get college t-shirts, she said. “Everybody loves the project and 30-40 is doable, but doing 800 is a huge undertaking,” Mendonca said. “Schools like Vista and Maywood, who have about 200 students, will need multiple champions to help out.” Next Tehama will still take shirt donations for next year at the Tehama County Department of Education, 1135 Lincoln St. or call Mendonca at 528-7358. Each school has done it differently, with Lincoln Street and Sacramento River Discovery Charter School hand- ing shirts out at eighth grade gradua- tion, while others like Evergreen did it at an assembly. Evergreen Principal Brad Menden- hall told his students that he hoped they would keep in mind what they had learned about college as an option over the school year. “For me, college was always an expectation,” Mendenhall said. “Some of your families don’t have that expec- tation, but if you have that expectation for yourself it will happen. It will open doors for you.” Student Tori Gallegos said she real- enforcement point of view. DeFreece asked how the sheriff’s department would be affected taking into consideration budget constraints and law enforcement should dis- pensaries be allowed to operate. There will be more work to do, Hencratt said. “We still have the issue of how the marijuana gets to the dispensaries,” Hen- cratt said. Transporting marijuana to distribute or sell still needs law enforcement, he said. His job is to collect evidence and enforce the law, but it is the court’s job to interpret and judge. Law enforcement is seeing an increase in transportation of marijua- na and related crimes, Hencratt said. However, those people who have recommendations for medical marijuana and who are behaving legally are left alone. “It’s fair to let you guys know that there are a lot of people that stay within the law,” Hencratt said. The commission dis- cussed options for permit fees to recover money spent on law enforcement and regulation and track- ing dispensary patients through various means. Neither issue had conclu- sive solutions. The next step will be to send the commission’s recommendations back to the board for a public hearing. The supervisor’s may then make a decision to accept the planning commission’s recommen- dation or to adopt a differ- ent ordinance. The issue should come before the board either late June or early July to give the board time to meet the August deadline, Wylene said. Check the county web- site at www.co.tehama.ca.us for current agenda items. ——— Andrea Wagner can be reached at 527-2153, extension 114 or awagner@redbluffdailyne ws.com. ly wants to go to a good college and the project is a good one because it expos- es students to the variety of schools available. “It makes me want to go to college,” said Katiee Scott. “Getting the T-shirts and when we went to (Chico State) and they showed us around actually encouraged us and made me want to go to college more.” Alexis Taylor said the project is great because even if students can’t afford to go to college, at least they are being exposed to what is available to them. “The whole thing, the T-shirts and the trip to Chico State, made me really think about why I want to go to col- lege,” Taylor said. Kyra Crile enjoyed both the T-shirt and touring Chico State and said both encouraged her in her educational jour- ney. “The T-shirts encourage me because it shows the support of my community,” Crile said. “It helped show me how important (college edu- cation) is to my future.” Students also were given a tag on the shirt that had a website for more information on that shirt’s college. tial field of about 30,000 applicants and reflect the state’s racial and political diversity. There are five Democrats, five Republicans and four decline-to-state or registered with another party. The panel will draw the maps for all 120 state Senate and Assembly districts, the state’s 53 congressional dis- tricts and for the districts represented on the five-member Board of Equalization, which collects state sales taxes, vice taxes and fees, and hears appeals on tax disputes. Last November, voters rejected a ballot initiative that sought to eliminate the commission. Paul Mitchell, president of Redistricting Partners, a consulting firm in Sacramento, said the public will like some of what it sees, but not everything. ‘‘On the input, I would give it high marks — the pub- lic nature of it, the hearings. You’ve got extremely smart people on the commission. They’re doing the right things,’’ Mitchell said.