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Saturday, July 30, 2011 – Daily News 9A Obituaries For Sale Memories: Richard Charles Rigsby Drag Car Racer, Stock Car Racer, went to race his final lap July 1, 2011, he just loved racing. Pit crew - wife Kathleen of 45 years, daughter Brandi and grandson Nicholas, son Dane, granddaughters Stephanie and Jacqueline and nu- merous loved ones and friends. Member of Red Bluff Friday Nights Car Club, Tehama County Aviation Association, Corvette Z-R1 Club Member, NRA, Nascar, Retired from Cal-Trans after 30 years. Served in the Marines in Vietnam and lifetime member of VFW - Anderson Post. Services to be held at Northern California Veterans Cem- etery in Igo on August 5, 2011 at 2 PM. Donations can be sent to Northern California Veterans Cemetery. Memories of Ricky Racers (Big Rick) Sprint Car Owner, Man gets three years for growing marijuana SACRAMENTO — A Mexican man was sentenced to three years in prison for growing marijuana in a rural area of Tehama County. United States District Judge Morrison C. England, Jr. sen- tenced Nemesio Reyna Ortega, 20, of Michoacan, Mexico, to three years and one month in prison for cultivation of marijuana on public land, U.S. Attorney BILLS Continued from page 1A The exchange was PLAN Continued from page 1A drag of the popped housing bubble. The state has seen a loss of more than 1 million jobs, not counting farm workers, in the past five years, according to federal data. The report also notes strengths that could underpin new growth in Cali- fornia, including a culture of business innovation, access to export markets, an educated workforce, and a solid foundation in the emerging ‘‘clean economy’’ for products with environ- mental benefits. ‘‘This is a remarkable state, and a big part of our job is highlighting what’s right,’’ Newsom said Thurs- day. The proposal lays out the broad CAROLE LYNN CHASE ed by her family. Born May 11, 1945 was a resident of Chico, CA. Carole Lynn Chase passed away July 27, 2011 surround- ville, sister Diane Lopez Emmerichs of Salt Lake City, two sons, James A. Chase of Chico and Michael W. Chase of Atlantic Beach, N.C. as a Navy Corpsman, nephews Ryan J. Lopez of Yuba City and Raymond of Marysville, and grandson Coby Chase. She is predeceased by her hus- band Arthur W. Chase, her father Harold J. Lopez, her brother Brian J. Lopez, and her aunt Annabel Lopez Burke. Carole made friends wherever she went. She loved learning language, enjoyed dance, sculpting, animals, gar- dening, but mostly family. Rosary will be held Monday, August 1, 2011 at 6pm at Lakeside Colonial Chapel, and Mass will be Tuesday, Au- gust 2, 2011 at 10am at St. Joseph’s Church, both in Mar- ysville. The family requests donations be made to American Cancer Society or National Foundation for Cancer Re- search in lieu of flowers. POT Continued from page 1A were worth about $2,500 per pound. Calculated at a half pound processed per plant, would have a $1.25 million street value, he said. The plants were cut down using machetes and clippers and stumps were removed before they were bundled together and lifted, 500 pounds per load, by helicopter. The site, littered with garbage in addition to many supplies, probably had two people at it who had been there at least 90 days, since around April, an agent said. No one was in the camp. The growers may have heard a helicopter in the area or sensed law enforce- ment presence and left for two to three days, Heil said. USFS would take the infrastructure, including a half-mile PVC pipe irriga- tion system, out, Heil said. The High Sierra Cas- cade Volunteer Trail Crew led by Shane Krogen would come in a week or two later to carry out the trash, he said. No arrests were made at the Paskenta site and no weapons were seized that he knew of, Heil said. It will probably be sev- eral months before it is known what percentage of the sites are operated by cartels versus other organi- zations, Heil said. “These camps will be investigated to see who is behind them and if a Drug Trafficking Organization She was an Artist, Collector and a lover of life. She is survived by her mother, Margaret Lopez of Marys- strokes of a plan to set the state on a course toward job growth. Among its proposals: — Consolidate and streamline fragmented economic development efforts into a cabinet-level office to assist businesses and coordinate sup- port for regional development efforts. The plan calls for keeping staffing and state spending at their present levels. — Emphasize innovation and manufacturing, particularly by small and agile companies serving global supply chains. Encourage expanded exports of both goods and services. — Re-establish a state presence in foreign markets to promote trade, starting with a privately funded office in China within 180 days, then one in Brazil. Benjamin B. Wagner announced Thursday. On Aug. 6, 2010, law enforce- ment agents raided a marijuana grow in a rural area of Tehama County and arrested Ortega and co-defendant Jose Pelayo, 37, also from Mexico, according to court documents. Agents found 5,344 marijuana plants at the grow site. made, Sgt. Quintan Ortega said Staff from Bank of America reported to police that the man later returned with six more damaged Pelayo, pleaded guilty, and is scheduled to be sentenced Aug. 25. This case is the product of an investigation by the United States Forest Service, Tehama County Sheriff’s Office and the California Department of Fish and Game. Assistant United States Attor- ney Michael D. Anderson is pros- ecuting the case. bills and attempted to change those out, but was declined, according to logs. The denomination of those bills was not available. While the incident is — Improve or eliminate state tax incentives that do not produce suffi- cient, measureable economic bene- fits. — Remove thickets of ‘‘onerous and inconsistent regulations, slow bureaucracies and misaligned poli- cies’’ that slow California businesses and impose barriers to global compe- tition, without weakening standards. — Plan education and job training with economic development in mind, emphasizing the skills workers will need for ‘‘new economy’’ jobs. With the proposal as a starting point, Newsom said, ‘‘the question is how we begin to make it real.’’ A bill to reorganize state econom- ic development efforts within the governor’s cabinet is the likely first step. AB29, by Assembly Speaker John Perez, a Los Angeles Democrat, could be amended and taken up by the Legislature in August. ‘‘Clearly the most urgent chal- lenge facing California is our need to grow the economy out of the reces- sion,’’ Perez said in a prepared state- ment. A coordinated, comprehensive long-term approach to economic development, he said, can help the state remain a home for innovative and growing industries. ‘‘Every year in California the bud- get crisis crowds out the jobs agen- da,’’ Newsom said, but a new Office of Economic Development would keep it on the radar. Business leaders have had a role in developing the proposals since just after the November 2008 election, said Carl Guardino, president of the Silicon Valley Leadership Group, which represents some of the world’s Operation Full Court Press statistics Grow sites Raided: 56 Trash removed: 23.2 tons Irrigation lines removed: 22 miles Fertilizer removed: 2,171 pounds Pesticides removed: 57 pounds Arrests Criminal: 89 Immigration violations: 13 (DTO) is behind them,” Heil said. “Largely these sites are part of a DTO and largely the arrests indicate Mexican Drug Trafficking Organizations, however it is unknown which ones.” Wire hung throughout the camp was probably used to dry plants that were being processed, Heil said. “This is a pretty typical site,” Heil said, speaking both of what was found and the disarray of the camp. Between two and four tenders typically live in one camp with as many more brought in to install the site or take the product out, Heil said. One agent said he has seen as many as 20 arrested in one spot. The camp, which had some marijuana that had already been processed, was located close to three grow sites filled with plants, many of which were almost as tall as the agents using machetes and clip- pers to bring them down. Had arrests been made, the people would likely have been taken to Tehama County Jail since it was in Tehama County and those arrested are taken to the county that has jurisdic- tion. Some have then been Oh Snap! The Daily News wants your photos: Cute kids, Adorable pets, Inspirational sights, Any shot you think readers would enjoy You might just see it in the Daily News Send pictures to editor@redbluffdailynews.com or drop off at 545 Diamond Ave. in Red Bluff. Include a caption. Total = 102 Seizures Marijuana plants: 462,549 plants Marijuana (processed): 1,510 pounds Methamphetamine: 18 grams Prescription drugs: 22 Xanax Tablets U.S. Currency: $15,981 Weapons: 32 Vehicles: 11 transferred on to the feder- al level with charges typi- cally being cultivation of marijuana on public lands, which is illegal, among other charges such as diverting a stream, Heil said. The Department of Fish and Game, Bureau of Land Management and local law enforcement are involved in Full Court Press, Heil said. “The National Guard correlates this with its training,” Laksbergs said. “It’s a real life situation versus a computer training and classes. It kills two birds with one stone while supporting an agency with August 2nd This event sponsored by the Job Training Center, Tehama EDC, Red Bluff Daily News, Rolling Hills Casino, the Tehama County Branding Project, and the Red Bluff/Tehama County Chamber of Commerce This is your opportunity to be part of creating the future of Tehama County. Thanks to your support and generosity, Roger Brooks returns August 2nd Rolling Hills Casino 8am to Noon (Breakfast Provided) Pre-registration required Cost: $25 per person Daily News photo by Julie Zeeb A special agent uses a machete to eradicate marijuana from a site raided Wednesday in the Paskenta area of Mendocino National Forest. Visit www.destinationtehama.wordpress.com Upcoming Fundraising Events September 2nd August 5th & Rolling Hills Comedy Night Doors open at 7:30pm Show starts at 8:30pm All proceeds to benefit the branding effort! suspicious, and police still do not know why the bills needed to be exchanged, the money was determined to not be counterfeit, Orte- ga said. largest technology companies. Gov. Jerry Brown, he said, approached the group and asked how the state could help restart job cre- ation at manufacturing and technolo- gy companies. The group’s top recommendation: ‘‘Make a plan, perform to it,’’ and put oversight high enough in state gov- ernment to ensure the goals stay in focus, Guardino said. The group also helped develop Newsom’s recom- mendations and will stay involved as it evolves, he said. ‘‘This plan is incredibly strong, and it will only get stronger,’’ he said. Guardino praised Newsom’s will- ingness to learn from others about better ways to foster economic devel- opment. Some fellow Democrats crit- icized Newsom for accompanying Republican lawmakers on a job- growth tour of Texas this spring, but ‘‘there’s a lot of stuff out there we can learn,’’ Guardino said. State Assemblyman Dan Logue, R-Linda, an organizer of that Texas trip, had not seen Newsom’s proposal but praised some aspects. ‘‘I commend him for stepping up to the plate on regulations,’’ as long as the streamlining helps all businesses, not just those in the ‘‘green’’ sectors, Logue said. He also supports the idea of a cab- inet-level economic development office, depending on who leads it. ‘‘You can’t drag somebody out of Stanford who’s never run a business and put them in charge of economic development,’’ Logue said. ‘‘You need someone who has run a compa- ny.’’ what they need. 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