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The business had been secured at 11 p.m. Wednes- day, the release said. The loss is estimated at $329 for the cash register and $1,800 in cash. The department is ac- tively investigating this in- cident. Burglary FROMPAGE1 boe said the idea was to streamline the process for applicants. The Technical Advisory Committee, made up of the police and fire chiefs, community development director and public works director, reviews every special event and closure request before passing on a recommendation to the council. While staff members said the new system would mainly be used to avoid routine annual permits such as street closures for the Christmas and Round-Up parades having to come before council, C ou nci lma n Way ne Brown aired concerns regarding new events. Staff responded by saying not only would all new events and substantial changes still come before the council, they were decisions the committee members didn't want to be making. Crabtree said, for instance, a decision about introducing a beer garden to a family- themed farmers market was better left to the city council to set policy. Brow n event ua lly joined w ith a 3 -2 majority to introduce the ordinance and adopt the resolution after he was reassured the council would be notified in writing whenever a decision was made and in time for the council itself to reverse a decision. "We don't need to approve the Rodeo Parade, the Christmas Parade whatever else there is over and over and over," Brown said. Mayor Daniele Jackson and Councilman Rob Schmid voted against the action. Jackson said she liked the items coming before council and, while she would be in favor of a more streamlined process, she didn't want council comment and approval being taken away. Schmid said he believed it would create another level of bureaucracy and raised concerns about the egos of those on the Technical Advisory Committee. "The idea here was just to make things simpler," Crabtree said. Council FROM PAGE 1 By Peter Leonard The Associated Press H RABOVE , UKRAINE Ukraine accused pro-Rus- sian separatists of shooting down a Malaysian jetliner with 298 people aboard Thursday, sharply escalat- ing the crisis and threat- ening to draw both East and West deeper into the conflict. The rebels denied downing the aircraft. American intelligence authorities believe a sur- face-to-air missile brought the plane down but were still working on who fired the missile and whether it came from the Russian or Ukrainian side of the bor- der, a U.S. official said. Bodies, debris and burn- ing wreckage of the Boe- ing 777 were strewn over a field near the rebel-held village of Hrabove in the Donetsk region of eastern Ukraine, about 25 miles from the Russian border, where fighting has raged for months. U.S. Vice President Joe Biden described the plane as having been "blown out of the sky." The aircraft appeared to have broken up before im- pact, and there were large pieces of the plane that bore the red, white and blue markings of Malaysia Air- lines — now familiar world- wide because of the carri- er's still-missing jetliner from earlier this year. The cockpit and one of the turbines lay at a dis- tance of one kilometer (more than a half-mile) from one another. Residents said the tail was about six miles farther away. Rescue workers planted sticks with white flags in spots where they found human remains. There was no sign of any survivors from Flight 17, which took off shortly after noon Thursday from Am- sterdam to Kuala Lumpur with 283 passengers, in- cluding three infants, and a crew of 15. Malaysia's prime minister said there was no distress call before the plane went down and that the flight route was de- clared safe by the Interna- tional Civil Aviation Orga- nization. President Petro Porosh- enko called it an "act of ter- rorism" and demanded an international investigation. He insisted his forces did not shoot down the plane. Ukraine's security ser- vices produced what they said were two intercepted telephone conversations that showed rebels were re- sponsible. In the first call, the security services said, rebel commander Igor Be- zler tells a Russian mil- itary intelligence officer that rebel forces shot down a plane. In the second, two rebel fighters — one of them at the crash scene — say the rocket attack was car- ried out by a unit of insur- gents about 15 miles north of the site. Neither recording could be independently verified. Earlier in the week, the rebels had claimed respon- sibility for shooting down two Ukrainian military planes. President Barack Obama called the crash a "terri- ble tragedy" and spoke by phone with Russian Pres- ident Vladimir Putin as well as Poroshenko. Brit- ain asked for an emergency meeting of the U.N. Secu- rity Council on Ukraine. Later, Putin said Ukraine bore responsibility for the crash, but he didn't ad- dress the question of who might have shot it down and didn't accuse Ukraine of doing so. "This tragedy would not have happened if there were peace on this land, if the military actions had not been renewed in southeast Ukraine," Putin said, ac- cording to a Kremlin state- ment issued early Friday. "And, certainly, the state over whose territory this oc- curred bears responsibility for this awful tragedy." At the United Nations, Ukrainian Ambassador Yuriy Sergeyev told the AP that Russia gave the sepa- ratists a sophisticated mis- sile system and thus Mos- cow bears responsibility, along with the rebels. Officials said more than half of those aboard the plane were Dutch citizens, along with passengers from Australia, Malaysia, the United Kingdom, Ger- many, Belgium, the Phil- ippines and Canada. The home countries of nearly 50 were not confirmed. The different nationali- ties of the dead would bring Ukraine's conflict to parts of the globe that were never touched by it before. Ukraine's crisis began af- ter pro-Moscow President Viktor Yanukovych was driven from office in Feb- ruary by a protest move- ment among citizens an- gry about endemic corrup- tion and seeking closer ties with the European Union. Russia later annexed the Crimean Peninsula in southern Ukraine, and pro- Russians in the country's eastern regions began oc- cupying government build- ings and pressing for inde- pendence. Moscow denies Western charges it is sup- porting the separatists or sowing unrest. Kenneth Quinn of the Flight Safety Foundation said an international co- alition of countries should lead the investigation. Safety experts say they're concerned that because the plane crashed in area of Ukraine that is in dis- pute, political consider- ations could affect the in- vestigation. The RIA-Novosti agency quoted rebel leader Alex- ander Borodai as saying talks were underway with Ukrainian authorities on calling a short truce for humanitarian reasons. He said international organi- zations would be allowed into the conflict-plagued region. Some journalists trying to reach the crash site were detained briefly by rebel militiamen, who were ner- vous and aggressive. Aviation authorities in several countries, includ- ing the FAA in the United States, had issued warn- ings not to fly over parts of Ukraine prior to Thurs- day's crash, but many carriers, including cash- strapped Malaysia Air- lines, had continued to use the route because "it is a shorter route, which means less fuel and therefore less money," said aviation ex- pert Norman Shanks. Within hours of Thurs- day's crash, several air- lines said they were avoid- ing parts of Ukrainian air- space. Malaysia Airlines said Ukrainian aviation au- thorities told the company they had lost contact with Flight 17 at 1415 GMT (10 a.m. EDT) about 20 miles from Tamak waypoint, which is 30 miles from the Russia-Ukraine border. FLIGHT Ukraine: Rebels downed Malaysian plane DMITRYLOVETSKY—THEASSOCIATEDPRESS People inspect the crash site of a passenger plane near the village of Grabovo, Ukraine, on Thursday. By Chris Brummitt The Associated Press HANOI, VIETNAM Two Boeing 777s. Two incredi- bly rare aviation disasters. And one airline. In what appears to be a mind-boggling coinci- dence, Malaysia is reeling from the second tragedy to hit its national airline in less than five months. On March 8, a Malaysia Airlines jetliner vanished about an hour after taking off from Kuala Lumpur, spawning an international mystery that remains un- solved. On Thursday, the airline — and the nation — were pitched into another crisis after the same type of aircraft was reported shot down over Ukraine. Ukraine said the plane was brought down by a missile over the violence- wracked eastern part of the country. Other details were only just beginning to emerge. But what's certain is that the struggling air- line and the nation must now prepare for another agonizing encounter with grief, recriminations, in- ternational scrutiny and serious legal and diplo- matic implications. "This is a tragic day in what has already been a tragic year for Malaysia," Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak said. Amid it all, a question: Just how could disaster strike the airline twice in such a short space of time? "Either one of these events has an unbeliev- ably low probability," said John Cox, president and CEO of Safety Operating Systems and a former air- line pilot and accident in- vestigator. "To have two in a just a few months of each other is certainly unprece- dented." The first disaster deeply scarred Malaysia and left the world dumb- struck. How could a Boe- ing 777-200ER, a mod- ern jumbo jet, simply dis- appear? Flight 370 had veered off course during a flight to Beijing and is believed to have crashed in the Indian Ocean far off the western Austra- lian coast. The search area has changed several times, but no sign of the air- craft, or the 239 people aboard, has been found. Until then, how the plane got there is likely to re- main a mystery. On Thursday, there was no mystery over the whereabouts of the Boe- ing 777-200ER, which went down on a flight from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur with 280 passen- gers and 15 crew mem- bers. Its wreckage was found in Ukraine, and there were no survivors. Officials said the plane was shot down at an al- titude of 10,000 meters (33,000 feet.) The region has seen severe fighting between Ukrainian forces and pro-Russia separat- ists in recent days. "If it transpires that the plane was indeed shot down, we insist that the perpetrators must swiftly be brought to justice," Malaysia's prime minis- ter said. Malaysia Airlines was widely criticized for the way it handled the Flight 370 hunt and investiga- tion. Some relatives of those on board accused the airline of engaging in a cover-up, and there have been persistent con- spiracy theories over the fate of the plane, includ- ing that it might have been shot down. There was no immedi- ate reason to think the two disasters to befall the airline were in any way linked. Najib said the plane's flight route had been de- clared safe by the global civil aviation body. And Cox said that to his knowledge, there was no prohibition against flying over eastern Ukraine de- spite the fighting on the ground. Charles Oman, a lec- turer at the department of aeronautics and astro- nautics at the Massachu- setts Institute of Technol- ogy, said it was too early to draw conclusions. "Given the military con- flict in the region, one has to be concerned that iden- tities could have been mis- taken," he said in an email. FLIGHTS For Malaysia Airlines, disaster strikes twice By John Heilprin The Associated Press GENEVA Texas blues leg- end Johnny Winter em- blazoned himself into the world's consciousness with his tattooed arms churn- ing out lightning-fast gui- tar riffs and his striking long white hair flowing from under his cowboy hat. His contrasting appear- ance and devotion to the blues pioneers of the 20th century turbo-charged a ca- reer in which he emulated and, ultimately, champi- oned, his childhood hero Muddy Waters and other icons. Winters carved out a wide niche — and became an icon himself — starting in the late 1960s and 1970s with a sound that blues and country singer Tracy Nelson, prominent during the same era with her band Mother Earth, described as "Texas second generation." "He did not overplay, like a lot of white blues guitar- ists," she said of Winter, who collaborated with the likes of Waters, John Lee Hooker and Jimi Hendrix. "His tone was a little more modern, more electric, but I could see the influences. He stayed faithful. People idol- ized him." Winter's representative, Carla Parisi, confirmed Thursday that he died in a hotel room just outside Zu- rich a day earlier at age 70. The statement said his wife, family and bandmates were all saddened by the loss of one of the world's finest gui- tarists. The cause of death was unclear and authorities have ordered an autopsy, said Zurich police spokes- woman Cornelia Schuoler. She said investigators are mainly looking at "medical causes" and there is no indi- cation that anyone else was involved. Winter was a leading light among the white blues guitar players, including Eric Clapton and the late Stevie Ray Vaughan, who followed in the footsteps of the earlier Chicago blues masters. He idolized Wa- ters — and got a chance to produce some of the blues legend's more popular al- bums. Rolling Stone maga- zine named Winter one of the top 100 guitarists of all time. Music writer Fred Schru- ers said Winter played a ma- jor role in introducing the blues to a new audience. "The real legacy of Johnny Winter is that he brought the blues to an audience in tie-dye that might otherwise have ne- glected the entire genre — and his timely work pro- ducing Muddy Waters only deepened that contribu- tion," said Schruers, author of an upcoming biography of Billy Joel. Winter had been on an extensive tour this year to celebrate his 70th birthday. His last performance was on Saturday at the Lovely Days Festival in Wiesen, Austria. He had recently an- nounced that he would follow up his 2011 album "Roots" with a new studio album, "Step Back," in Sep- tember featuring collabora- tors such as Eric Clapton, Ben Harper, Joe Perry, Dr. John and Joe Bonnamassa. John Dawson Winter III was born on Feb. 23, 1944 and raised in Beaumont, Texas. He was the older brother of Edgar Winter, who like him was an al- bino, and rose to musical fame with the Edgar Win- ter Group. "Made my first record when I was 15, started playing clubs when I was 15. Started drinking and smoking when I was 15. Sex when I was 15. Fifteen was a big year for me," Win- ter recalled with a laugh in a documentary released this year, "Johnny Winter: Down & Dirty." OBITUARY Bl ue s le ge nd J oh nn y Wi nt er d ie s at 7 0 JOHNEUGENE"GENE"LACY John Eugene "Gene" Lacy passed to a "greater hunting ground" July 13, 2014. He was born January 24, 1941 in Arkansas and moved to this area as a teenager, graduat- ing from Red Bluff High School. He worked at Safeway for 31 years. Gene, who never met a stranger, lived life to the fullest. He was an avid sportsman - hunting, fishing, archery, horse shoes, golfing, or any other game involving a ball. He is survived by his wife, Shari, his mother, Hester, sons John (Leslie), and Mark (Martina), three step-sons, five grandsons, three great-grandsons, and sisters Kay Far- ley, Donna Rosen, and Gail King. Gene was preceded in death by his father Norman and his first wife Mary. A Celebration of Life will be held Sunday, July 20, 2014 at 1:00 PM at the home of Dick and Gail King, 6091 Ala- meda Road, Corning, CA (Richfield) John T. Stribley "Mr. John T. Stribley, 72, of Red Bluff, CA went home to be with the Lord on Saturday, July 12, 2014, at St. Elizabe- th's Hospital. Mr. John T. Stribley was born February 22, 1942, in Stockton, CA. He was a retired Stockton Police Officer and a U.S. Army veteran. He was the son of John K. and Elaine Stribley and the grandson of Thomas Rooke Stribley who was a Stockton City Council member and popular business man who assisted in drafting the Stock- ton City Charter and for whom Stribley Park was named. John is survived by his wife Barbara Stribley (nee Dona- hue), six sons and one daughter, Ken Stribley of Woodridge, IL, John R. Stribley of Stockton, CA, Elizabeth Adams of Radcliff, KY, Kevin Benzler, David Benzler, and Mark George, all of Red Bluff, CA, and Blair Benzler of Lodi, CA, as well as 16 grandchildren and 5 great- grandchildren. He is also survived by his sister Alice McBride of Stockton, CA. The Funeral Honors will be held on Friday, July 18, 2014, at 3pm, at Northern California Veterans Cemetery in Igo, CA. The memorial service will be held on Tuesday, July 29, 2014, at 2pm at Bethel Assembly of God Church in Red Bluff, CA." Obituaries FRIDAY, JULY 18, 2014 REDBLUFFDAILYNEWS.COM | NEWS | 7 A