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Obituaries MAXINE OWENS A Memorial Service for Maxine Owens will be held at 10:00 AM, Thursday, July 7, 2011 at Oak Hill Cemetery. Reception following at 11:00 AM at the Elks Lodge. Death Notices Mary Blaser Mary Blaser of Red Bluff died Sunday, July 3, 2011, at St. Elizabeth Community Hospital in Red Bluff. She was 77. Hoyt-Cole Chapel of the Flowers is handling the arrange- ments. Published Wednesday, July 6, 2011, in the Daily News, Red Bluff, Calif. Adeline Espinola Adeline Espinola of Red Bluff died Sunday, July 3, 2011, at Brentwood Rehab Center. She was 94. Red Bluff Simple Cremations & Burial Service is han- dling the arrangements. Published Wednesday, July 6, 2011, in the Daily News, Red Bluff, Calif. Rose J. Grimes Rose J. Grimes, formerly of Los Molinos, died Monday, July 4, 2011, in Auburn. She was 95. Hoyt-Cole Chapel of the Flowers is handling the arrangements. Published Wednesday, July 6, 2011, in the Daily News, Red Bluff, Calif. Lillian Holbrook Lillian Holbrook of Red Bluff died Tuesday, July 5, 2011, at Mercy Medical Center in Redding. She was 69. Hoyt- Cole Chapel of the Flowers is handling the arrangements. Published Wednesday, July 6, 2011, in the Daily News, Red Bluff, Calif. VINA Continued from page 1A vera and Heaven Woods. The names of all parade winners will be listed on losmochamber.com and unclaimed prizes and tro- phies may be picked up at Rob’s Recycling starting today. Telephone is 384- 2326. “The Los Molinos Chamber of Commerce would like to thank the Mayor’s Candidates for all their efforts, for creating BOY Continued from page 1A Rangers from the Army Corps of Engi- interest in our annual Hon- orary Mayor's Race and for all the hard work put into fundraising events and activities, which without them, our parade would not be possible,” said Chamber President Betty Morales. “We would also neers began CPR and the boy was taken by air ambulance to Enloe Medical Center in Chico where he died, the release said. like to acknowledge the businesses that sponsored our candidates and thank the residents of Los Moli- nos for their generous donations made via the collection jar displays located in businesses all over town.” Neighbor arrested for gunshot, kick By ANDREA WAGNER DN Staff Writer A Cottonwood man was arrested Saturday after allegedly kicking another man in the head and shoot- ing a revolver near him. Brian James Barham, 51, was charged with assault with a deadly weapon and discharging a firearm in a gross negligent manner after deputies responded to a disturbance call at about 2 p.m. in the 17000 block of Quail Ridge Road in Cot- tonwood. The victim, Jeffrey Peters, 52, had been arguing with the assailant and Andrew Barham, 24, at Peters’ home, according to logs. Peters told deputies that Brian Barham had pushed him to the ground and hit him four or five times in the head and shoulders, a sheriff’s release said. Barham, who’d been wearing boots, then kicked Peters on the left temple, leaving a 3-inch-wide lump. Barham went to his residence, 20 feet away, and returned with a .22 caliber revolver, the release said. He banged on Peters’ door, continued to argue with Peters and fired one shot from the revolver toward the ground while only a few feet from Peters. Barham was booked into the Tehama County Jail and held on $33,000 bail. ——— Andrea Wagner can be reached at 527-2153, extension 114 or awagner@redbluffdailynews.com. Stolen truck recovered in Corning CORNING — A Red Bluff man was arrested Sunday afternoon at the Jack-in-the-Box parking lot in Corning in connec- tion with a vehicle theft, while officers were inves- tigating an alleged fuel theft. Corning Police had been sent to Love’s Truck Stop, on the corner of Highway 99W and South Avenue, for a possible fuel theft. The suspects, a man and a woman had been detained in the Jack-in-the-Box parking lot. Witnesses were con- tacted and it was deter- mined there was not enough evidence to arrest 40-year-old Terry Lee Nease. However, further investigation showed the 2008 Ford pickup in his Authorities find body of hiker on Mt. Shasta MOUNT SHASTA (AP) — Authorities recovered the body of a 56-year-old woman who died after getting lost in a snowstorm during a hiking trip on Mount Shasta. The Siskiyou County Sheriff’s Department says the unidentified woman and her 53-year-old hiking com- panion, John Vajo, embarked on a three-day trip on Sunday, June 26. Officials say the two got lost in a snowstorm on Tuesday, June 28 as night fell, and took shelter in a tree well. Vajo told authorities that the woman complained of blurred vision, exhaustion and disorientation, and stopped breathing at about 10 p.m. that night. Vajo hiked 4.5-miles out the next morning to his vehicle, and drove until he found road workers, who summoned authorities. Search and rescue crews had the body removed by helicopter. Results of an autopsy are pending. Sutter deputy kills man, 72, who drove toward him YUBA CITY (AP) — Authorities say a Sutter County sheriff’s deputy fatally shot a 72-year-old man after he allegedly drove his car at him. Undersheriff Jeff Pierce says the deputy was responding to a call of a reckless driver in Yuba City on Monday night and was talking a witness when he spot- ted the driver coming toward him. Pierce says the deputy fired several shots at Jagtar Singh Kang after the man ignored orders to stop. Kang later died at a hospital. Pierce says he couldn’t confirm any possible motives and that toxicology report on Kang is pending. The unidentified deputy was not hurt. Officials have placed him on paid leave. The shooting is under investigation by the Sutter County District Attorney’s office and the state Justice Department. possession had an incor- rect license plate dis- played, a Corning Police release said. Using a vehicle identi- fication number, officers discovered the pickup belonged to Coral Con- struction Co. out of Wilsonville, Ore. The pickup had been taken from a construc- tion site in Redding about three weeks ago. The loss was estimated at $60,000. Nease had tried to alter the vehicle’s appearance to avoid detection by law enforcement, the release said. Nease was arrested and booked into Tehama County Jail on the charges of possession of stolen property. Bail was set at $15,000. —Julie Zeeb REGIONAL BRIEFS Data show prison doctors at top of state pay scale SACRAMENTO (AP) — Doctors, dentists and psy- chiatrists with the federal receiver’s office overseeing inmate medical care are the highest paid state employ- ees in California, according to government salary data the state controller’s office released Tuesday. Two prison doctors make more than $700,000 a year. Dozens of other prison medical personnel, some with the Department of Mental Health, make more than $300,000 a year. A top official with the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection makes $309,000 annually. The controller’s office began requesting the data in response to the compensation scandal in the Los Ange- les County city of Bell. Residents there voted the entire city council out of office in March after learning that council members and other top officials were giving themselves enormous salaries and pensions. The people with the top four state salaries are two doctors, a dentist and a psychologist, all working for the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, who were paid salaries ranging from $777,323 to $582,609. They were followed by the chief risk officer for the State Compensation Insurance Fund, California’s largest provider of workers’ compensation, who is paid $561,072 annually. THE PASSING PARADE Long before the freeway, Highway 99 led travelers north via familiar designations such as 9 Mile Hill. An equally well known location was the 4 Mile marker for turning off to the Bend district. It also had an even more important meaning to those of my generation. It was the home of the 4 Mile House where every Saturday night folks could dance the night away in the spacious round roofed dance hall. The last time I looked, the concrete floor was still in place, but all other remnants of the plain but beckoning entertainment palace have long since vanished. There was a covered walkway on the south end of the hall leading to a restaurant operated by Les and Mary Houghtby. That was important place because, in those days, dances ran from 9 pm to 2am with a break at 11:30 for the “dinner dance”. A fellow could take his date for a quick snack…or, with the right come- on, convince a girl (who usually arrived with a group of other single girls) to be his partner for the dance and to “tie on the feed bag” COMPLETE AUTO REPAIR All makes and models. We perform dealer recommened 30K, 60K, 90K SERVICES AT LOWER PRICES Smog Check starting at $ (most cars and pick-ups) 2595 + cert. Pass or FREE retest 527-9841 • 195 S. 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Many Big Bands were on the road in those days, and even though they had to be crowded into the small stage, some well known bands stopped by Red Bluff’s famous 4 Mile House. However, my vantage point through much of this era was on the very same bandstand. I was a proud member of Glen Perrine’s Troubadours. Glen played great piano by mostly eliminating the swing bass notes and concentrating on modern sounding chords. I was his drummer and perched high in the back of the stage behind my all white Slingerland Radio Kings with bass drum, hi hat sock cymbal, snare and two tom toms. Trumpet player Leroy Pyle wrote an arrangement for me of Ellington’s “Caravan”. I thought I was hot stuff. It did not occur to me at the time, that the “B.M.” initials on my bass drum…yes, I was “Bobby” in those days, was also the abbreviation for “bowel movement”. Sigh. That was long ago and far away, but the memory, literally and figuratively, lingers on. May I say, once again, those were the days? Robert Minch 1929- The Passing Parade is brought to you by by Minch Property Management, 760 Main Street specializing in commercial leasing and sales. 530 527 5514 Glenn County offi- cials contacted the Tehama County Sheriff’s Department to help find and rescue the boy, logs said. CalFire also helped By ANDREA WAGNER DN Staff Writer Three Butte County residents were arrested on drug charges near Rolling Hills Casino Saturday. Tehama County Sheriff’s deputies spotted a red 1999 Pontiac Grand Am parking in the truck parking lot at 2655 Barham Ave. just after 1 a.m., logs said. Suspicious, deputies talked to the occupants of the vehicle, including driver Lorraine Ann Blanton, 52, of Chico, to find out what they were doing there, a sher- iff’s release said. A deputy found two baggies with a total of 1.8 grams of crystal methamphetamine, a small amount of marijuana and a glass methamphetamine smoking pipe while searching Blanton’s purse, the release said. The passengers of the Pontiac, James West Fis- chbach, 26, and Vanessa Nicole Hendrix, 33, both from the Chico area, were also found with controlled sub- stances, the release said. Fischbach, who had two outstanding misdemeanor warrants for his arrest, had a baggy with .5 grams of crystal methamphetamine and a glass smoking pipe underneath his seat, the release said. Hendrix claimed to own the four generic Vicodin pills found in the trunk of the vehicle, but could show no proof of legal possession, the release said. Blanton was arrested on charges of possession and transportation of methamphetamine, possession of drug paraphernalia and driving on a suspended license. Fischbach was charged with possession and trans- portation of methamphetamine and possession of drug paraphernalia. Hendrix was charged with possession and trans- portation of a controlled substance. Bail was set at $43,000 for both Fischbach and Blan- ton. Hendrix was held in lieu of $40,000 bail. at the scene. ——— Andrea Wagner can be reached at 527-2153, extension 114 or awagner@redbluffdailyn ews.com. Chico trio busted with drugs DEATH Continued from page 1A said. Deputies stopped Troy Matheson, who was seen leaving the residence in a grey Jeep Cherokee, the logs said. A female pas- FIRES Continued from page 1A Corning stations responded. • An electrical fire at Tehama County Jail was dispatched about 5:45 p.m. Monday after a correc- tional officer smelled smoke in the west wing of the housing area of the jail. An area check turned up a lower janitor’s closet with a large amount of smoke coming from it and inmates from that area were evacu- ated to another part of the jail. Red Bluff Police and Tehama County Sheriff’s personnel respond- ed to assist in securing the outside perimeter while Red Bluff Fire determined the electrical fire was senger was held temporar- ily and released without charges. Red Bluff police offi- cers assisted on the call. Medical personnel attended to Troy Mathe- son, who reportedly suf- fered lacerations and an injured foot, said Lt. Wednesday, July 6, 2011 – Daily News 5A Troy Matheson was David Greer. He was med- ically cleared before deputies arrested him. The men had no known history of violence, Greer said. They had little involvement with law enforcement. It is unknown what caused the fight. caused by a water booster pump overheating. Firefighters used fans to vent the effected area and inmates were rehoused without incident about an hour after smoke was reported. No staff or inmates were affected by the smoke. Fire personnel at the scene said the water riser pump activates when the city’s water level drops in order to keep adequate pressure inside the jail. It is suspected a bearing failed, a release said. The bearing failure caused the pump to overheat, expelling smoke. • Three smaller fires took place Monday with the first and biggest reported at 12:44 p.m. on Orange- wood Road in Corning. The half-acre vegetation fire, booked into Tehama County Jail on the charge of murder with bail set at $1 million. ——— Andrea Wagner can be reached at 527-2153, extension 114 or awagner@redbluffdailyne ws.com. contained at 12:55 p.m., was caused by smoking. Corning Volunteer Fire Department assisted CalFire and Tehama County Fire. A commercial vehicle fire involving a tractor reported at 8:34 p.m. on Paskenta Road near Stewart Road was caused by a equipment and caused a spot fire. The fire was contained at 8:43 p.m. with $750 damage and a $15,000 save. A dumpster fire was reported to Red Bluff Fire at 12:05 a.m. Tues- day at Red Bluff River Park near the boat ramp. The fire, which was caused by spent fireworks, was con- tained to the dumpster. ——— Julie Zeeb can be reached at 527-2153, extension 115 or jzeeb@redbluffdailynews.com.