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REDDING Early regis- tration is encouraged for Simpson University for Seniors' October courses, which begin Oct. 6. Classes meet 10:20-11:20 a.m. Mondays, Wednes- days and Fridays on Simp- son's campus and are open to adults of all ages. The monthlong courses are taught by university pro- fessors and professionals in their field of expertise, and there are no tests, grades or homework. The following courses are being offered: TheLifeofSt.Paul:Traveler and Roman Citizen: Born into Roman citizenry, educated to the highest levels of Hebrew scholarship, Saul became in- famous as a fierce persecutor of Jesus' followers. A er his sudden, dramatic conversion, his life became consumed with declaring Je- sus of Nazareth as Messiah, traveling across the Mediter- ranean world, o en under the most hazardous conditions, to become known as the Apostle St. Paul. Presented by Dr. Len Wallmark. Outsmarting Your Smart Phone: This course will help you become more proficient with your smart phone. It will cover Android and iOS (iPhone) devices and platforms. Some con- tent will also apply to using the iPad and some Android- based tablets. Features that will be discussed include contacts, calendar, email, voicemail, text mes- saging, Skype, FaceTime, "the cloud," apps, music, photos, security, and more. Presented by Ryan Belong, Simpson University website administrator. Two courses are offered each month through May. The cost is $95 per per- son, per course, or $145 for couples registering for the same course. Reg- ister online with a credit card at simpsonu.edu/se- niorschool. For more information, call Glenn Schaefer at (530) 226-4146. SIMPSON Un iv er si ty f or S en io rs accepting students The Rev. Leroy Blanken- ship will be at Abundant Life Fellowship for three services only at 6 p.m. Sun- day, Tuesday and Wednes- day. Blankenship is an accom- plished musician and song- writer, playing 12-string guitar and piano. His songs range from classic to coun- try and his music is enter- taining to children as well as adults. Blankenship has per- formed at the Grand Ole Opry, the North American Christian Convention and has traveled extensively across the United States, South Africa and England. He was lead singer for the Christian Troubadours Quartet for three years. His songs have been recorded by top recording artists. Blankenship has two children's books published, "Papa Oblong" and "Some- body Bigger Than You and I." Abundant Life Fellow- ship is at 21080 Luther Road in Red Bluff. ABUNDANT LIFE Blankenship to perform Owens: Frankey L Ow- ens, 79, of Orland, died Monday, Sept. 15 at St. Eliz- abeth Community Hospi- tal in Red Bluff. Arrange- ments are under the direc- tion of Hoyt-Cole Chapel of the Flower. Published Sat- urday, Sept. 20, 2014 in the Daily News, Red Bluff, Calif. Deathnoticesmustbepro- vided by mortuaries to the news department, are published at no charge, and feature only specific basic information about the deceased. Paid obitu- aries are placed through the Classified advertising department. Paid obituar- ies may be placed by mor- tuaries or by families of the deceased and include online publication linked to the newspaper's website. Paid obituaries may be of any length, may run mul- tiple days and offer wide latitude of content, includ- ing photos. DEATH NOTICES REDBLUFF Red Bluff Police Department Traffic Unit will be conducting a DUI Saturation Patrol on Satur- day Sept. 20. Red Bluff Police Depart- ment reminds everyone that they can assist in prevent- ing this crime from ever oc- curring. If you are planning a gathering or celebration with alcohol included, or if you are out on the town, plan ahead and designate a non-drinking sober driver. Report drunk drivers by calling 911. A DUI and drug-im- paired arrest can costs up to $10,000 or even more, in- cluding time in jail, the loss or your drivers license and increased insurance rates. In California, this deadly crime led to 802 deaths be- cause someone failed to designate a sober driver. Alcohol and drug-im- paired deaths still make up the largest category of overall vehicle fatalities in 2012 with 29 percent of all deaths caused by a drunk driver. These enforcement ef- forts are funded by a grant from the California Office of Traffic Safety, through the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. RED BLUFF PD Saturation DUI patrol planned for tonight ive oil produced in Califor- nia must be tested to deter- mine if it has been mixed with any chemicals, other grades of oil or degraded. The standards will elim- inate the popular market- ing term "light" to describe oil that has been refined with chemicals or addi- tives. Also eliminated is the term "pure" to describe a mixture of virgin and re- fined olive oil. Importers and distribu- tors of olive oil produced outside California are ex- empt from the regulations. So are California millers who produce fewer than 5,000 gallons. "California agriculture has an enviable reputation for high-quality products sought by consumers here and around the world," state Department of Ag- riculture Secretary Karen Ross said in a statement. "We believe the time has come to designate a Cali- fornia-grown olive oil, and these standards are an ex- cellent way to do it." The standards do not sit well with importers, the Los Angeles Times (http:// lat.ms/1uiKoVw ) reported Friday, adding that they see them as a move lead- ing to future restrictions. Most of the 293,000 metric tons of olive oil consumed in the U.S. last year came from such Euro- pean countries as Italy and Spain. California has been cutting into that market, however, producing 10,000 metric tons of olive oil last year, 10 times the amount delivered in 2007. State agriculture offi- cials say the new standards are based on research at the University of Califor- nia, Davis' olive center. "Only extra-virgin olive oil is produced here, and the standards will estab- lish a more stringent limit for free fatty acids, a neg- ative attribute that sig- nals a breakdown of olive oil quality due to exposure to heat, light and oxygen," officials said in a news re- lease. "The standards will be the first in the world to require testing of every lot of oil produced." Oil FROM PAGE 1 mas was 7.5 percent, Shasta reported 8.4 per- cent and Trinity came in at 8.7 percent. The national unem- ployment rate is 6.3 percent. Jobs FROM PAGE 1 PLEASE RECYCLE THIS NEWSPAPER. trict Attorney's Office. Onthecalendar The 28-year-old Daly City man charged with gross ve- hicular manslaughter stem- ming from the Aug. 30 death of Alejandro Barrera of Corning is scheduled to appear in court Tuesday for a pretrial conference. About 5:15 a.m. Aug. 30, Anthony Edwards Stangl was traveling south on Hall Road at about 60-65 miles per hour when he allegedly ran a stop sign at South Ave- nue and broadsided an east- bound 1988 Acura driven by Barrera, 45, according to the California Highway Patrol. Barrera, who was wearing a seat belt, was killed. Stangl, who also was wearing a seat belt, was re- portedly unhurt. Stangl was arrested on suspicion of driving un- der the influence and faces charges of gross vehicular manslaughter while intoxi- cated, driving under the in- fluence of alcohol or drugs causing injury and the spe- cial allegations of causing great bodily injury and hav- ing been convicted of prior serious felonies, according to online court records. Stangl has pleaded not guilty and remains in custody with bail set at $600,000. Murder FROM PAGE 1 By Fenit Nirappil The Associated Press PLACERVILLE Higher hu- midity Friday helped slow the growth of a massive Northern California wild- fire that authorities say was set deliberately and has forced some 2,800 people to evacuate. The wind-whipped wild- fire 60 miles east of Sacra- mento has burned through nearly 120 square miles of timber and vegetation east of Sacramento and was just 10 percent contained. Fire officials said Fri- day it had burned multi- ple structures in the White Meadow area of Pollock Pines. Crews were assess- ing the damage and might know later in the day how many structures were af- fected, fire information of- ficer Mike McMillan said. Some of the structures are likely homes and prob- ably burned in the past day or two, he said. The man suspected of deliberately starting a fire that is now threaten- ing thousands of homes in Northern California has pleaded not guilty to an arson charge. Wayne Allen Huntsman, 37, entered the plea Friday. He appeared briefly in an El Dorado County courtroom, keeping his head down most of the time. Huntsman was arrested Wednesday. Authorities have not said what led them to him, or released a possi- ble motive. Huntsman's sister, Tami Criswell, has said she doubts her brother started the fire but if he did, it wasn't intentional. Huntsman, 37, was jailed in El Dorado County on $10 million bail following his arrest on Wednesday. The fire grew overnight but not nearly as substan- tially as it did Thursday, when it more than dou- bled in size. Higher hu- midity helped control the fire's growth, though winds could be a factor in the eve- ning, fire officials said. "Things are looking bet- ter as far as the fire activity and our containment," Mc- Millan said. Still, those near the fire said it was powerful and dangerous. Nearly 4,500 firefighters were battling the blaze, which was threat- ening 12,000 homes. "There are a lot of fire- fighters saying that this fire is producing fire conditions unlike anything that they have ever seen," Cal Fire Battalion Chief Joe Tyler said at a community meet- ing Thursday night. "It's creating its own weather overhead." Huntsman faces a forest arson charge, along with a special allegation of ar- son with aggravating fac- tors because the blaze put a dozen firefighters in serious danger, forcing them to de- ploy their fire shields. They all escaped unharmed. District Attorney Vern Pierson declined to say what led to Huntsman's arrest this week in Pla- cerville. NORTHERN CALIFORNIA Man pleads not guilty to starting huge fire RANDALL BENTO/THE SACRAMENTO BEE Fire burns through tall trees near Uncle Tom's Cabin in El Dorado County on Thursday. By Scott Smith The Associated Press FRESNO Residents in drought-stricken Califor- nia whose wells have gone dry will soon get help from key state agencies under an order Gov. Jerry Brown signed Friday. The executive order pro- vides money to buy drink- ing water for residents, while also directing offi- cials to work with counties and local agencies to find solutions for the shortages. California is in the grips of its third dry year. In Janu- ary, the governor declared a drought emergency. Officials throughout the state's Central Valley farm- ing region report pockets of homes where private wells have gone dry, but nobody formally keeps a tally. Offi- cials in the Tulare County town of East Porterville es- timate as many as 290 dry wells, and countywide that figure is more than 400. Brown's order will make money available to coun- ties that apply through the California Disaster Assis- tance Act. It additionally extends the state's prohibi- tion on price gouging dur- ing an emergency. H.D. Palmer, a spokes- man for the state Depart- ment of Finance, said there is no dollar amount at- tached to the order, which will depend on how many counties apply for assis- tance. The state will reim- burse up to 75 percent of what each county spends, Palmer said. The order follows Brown's signature on Tues- day to legislation overhaul- ing the state's management of its groundwater supply, bringing it in line with other states that have long regulated their wells. The order addressing dry wells calls for the com- bined efforts of the State Water Resources Control Board, the Department of Water Resources and the Governor's Offices of Emer- gency Services and Plan- ning and Research. DROUGHT Br ow n or de rs h el p fo r dr y we ll s R ed Bluff Simple Cremations & Burial Service NowOffering Eco-Friendly urns at economy friendly prices. 722 Oak Street, Red Bluff, FD Lic. 1931 527-1732 SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 2014 REDBLUFFDAILYNEWS.COM | NEWS | 9 A