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Death Notice Linda King Linda King of Gerber died Thursday, Sept. 22, 2011 in Gerber. She was 60. Hoyt-Cole Chapel of the Flowers is handling the arrangements. Published Friday, Sept. 23, 2011, in the Daily News, Red Bluff, Calif. NILE Continued from page 1A to avoid the disease is to reduce exposure to mos- quitoes and eliminate their breeding grounds. Reduce their risk of mosquito-borne diseases by taking these precau- tions: • DEET – Apply inspect repellent contain- ing DEET, picaradin, oil of lemon eucalyptus or IR 3535 according to label instructions. Repellents keep the mosquitoes from biting you. DEET can be used safely on infants and children 2 months and older. • DRESS – Wear cloth- ing that reduces the risk of skin exposure. • DAWN AND DUSK – Mosquitoes that carry the virus bite in the early morning and evening so it is important to wear repel- lent at this time. Make sure doors and windows have tight-fitting screens to keep out mosquitoes. Repair or replace screens with tears or holes. • DRAIN – Mosquitoes lay eggs on standing water. Eliminate all sources of standing water, including flower pots, old car tires, rain gutters and pet bowls. • Call Tehama County Mosquito and Vector Con- trol District at 527-1676 if there is a significant mos- quito problem or possible source where you live or work. • Call Tehama County Health Services Agency at 527-6824 from 3-5 p.m. and a public health nurse will answer your medical questions. Most individuals who are infected with the virus do not experience any ill- ness. Only 20 percent of infections have mild symptoms, such as fever, rash, headache and body aches. Less than one per- cent of infections can prove severe. Death is uncommon, although FEES Continued from page 1A given by City Attorney Richard Crabtree to the Daily News. Scheuler ruled it was within public interest to release the letter, which the court called a "threatened suit" and granted the city to be compensated for rea- sonable attorney fees as related to the specific motion. Lost hunter found after 86 hours in Trinity woods WILLOW CREEK (AP) — A man who got lost during a hunting trip in Trinity County found his way back safely 86 hours after he went missing. Twenty-five-year-old Evan Cutting was hunting with a group of friends when he got separated from them while pursuing a deer around 11 a.m. Satur- day. Trinity County sheriff's deputies unsuccessfully searched for Cutting for two days, then suspended the search Monday night. Sheriff's officials say Cutting somehow managed to return to his truck Tuesday night and called fam- ily and friends. Cutting's friend, Dakota Fullerton, says three men from their hunting group had gone searching for Cutting late Tuesday, firing gunshots in the air to catch his attention. Fullerton says the group eventually managed to find him, dehydrated with blistered feet, and brought him out of the woods. Red Bluff Simple Cremations & Burial Service You DO have a choice in the Red Bluff area. Caring & Compassionate Service Full traditional burial service or cremation 722 Oak Street, Red Bluff, FD Lic. 1931 527-1732 GIFTS Continued from page 1A Board member Louis Moret was fined $400 for accepting two meals worth $217 in 2008. Others failed to report wine, clothing and enter- tainment that included bowling, golf and kayak- ing outings. The fines bring an end to the commission's gift investigation, Fair Polit- ical Practices Commis- sion spokeswoman Tara Stock said. ''There is no evidence of intentional non-dis- closure,'' the commis- sion's investigators said in a public memo. ''The conduct was at worst negligent and at best inadvertent.'' Feckner already paid his fine, CalPERS spokesman Brad Pacheco said. Investigators initially examined gifts accepted by 58 individuals, Pacheco said. Some employees were dropped when they could show they paid for the ques- tionable item or it didn't qualify as a gift, he said. The commission said 15 employees were sent warning letters because the gifts they accepted were all close to the $50 cap on such items. State employees must report gifts over $50 from one organization in a year, and can't accept more than $420 in a year from any single source. How- ever, the pension fund now prohibits its employees from accept- ing any gifts. Most employees vol- untarily reviewed their records to find where they had failed to prop- erly report gifts, Pacheco said, noting that some of the 16 are no longer with the pension fund. The pension giant later issued a statement: ''We are fully committed to transparency, openness and the highest ethical standards as we work to uphold the public trust and protect the retire- Independently owned Telephone: (530) 824-3792 ment and health security of our members.'' Those named in the attorney general's ongo- ing pay-to-play lawsuit include placement agent and former CalPERS board member Alfred Villalobos and former pension fund chief exec- utive Federico ''Fred'' Buenrostro Jr., as well as other former board and staff members. Lynda Gledhill, a spokeswoman for the attorney general's office, said the lawsuit had stalled after Villalobos declared bankruptcy. She said proceedings now are resuming after a judge recently ruled that the legal action can con- tinue separately from the bankruptcy. Gov. Jerry Brown, who sued Villalobos last year when he was state attorney general, is con- sidering a SB439, which would prohibit pension fund employees from accepting gifts exceed- ing $50 from any source in any one year. seniors and individuals with impaired immune systems have a greater chance of dying from an infection. The public is advised to see their med- ical providers if they develop symptoms that could be from West Nile virus. Human-to-human transmission of the virus is limited to unusual situa- tions such as blood trans- fusions and organ trans- plantation. Blood banks have developed extensive screening tests of speci- mens for evidence of the virus. West Nile virus is not directly transmitted from birds to humans. Widespread adulticid- ing and larvaciding began early within the district and will continue through- out the entire mosquito season, especially in areas where known populations of these potential disease- carrying mosquitoes are known. The district uses a comprehensive surveil- lance and integrated pest management to monitor and control nuisance and disease mosquitoes in order to reduce the threat. Since horses are sus- ceptible to the virus (with a 20 percent to 30 percent mortality rate) and a vac- cine is available for hors- es, horse owners are advised to contact their veterinarians about timely vaccinations. Tehama County resi- dents can help the dis- trict's monitoring effort for the virus by reporting any crows, ravens, mag- pies, jays, sparrows, finch- es, raptors and tree squir- rels that may have been dead for less than 24 hours to a special statewide toll- free hotline: 877-WNV- BIRD. The bird should show no signs of decom- position or maggot infes- tation. For more information about the virus in Califor- nia or to report dead birds online, visit CDHS' web- site at westnile.ca.gov/. RAID Continued from page 1A 63 marijuana plants, the release said. Two dogs were recov- ered from that address, according to Tehama County Sheriff's logs. Benjamin Peter Char- ron, 30, of Corning was arrested at that address on charges of cultivation and possession of marijuana for sale. Charron told agents that Chartouni had set up the marijuana grow operation and told Charron that he would receive 25 percent of the product at the end of the grow season in exchange for managing the marijuana plants at Lariat Loop, the release said. FAIRLY Continued from page 1A and Industry out of Portland, Ore. Julie Armstrong's class from Richfield School started off the day with local FFA students, including Rose Petros who talked about poul- try, Taylor Collins on swine, Billie Panziera on market steers and Shane Spencer on dairy heifers. Students shared about their ani- mals and the costs associated with raising them for and showing them at fair. Maureen Clements, a math and science consultant for the Depart- ment of Education, talked about centrifical force involved in the rides. "Centrifical force is the spinning motion," Clements said. "Some of these rides spin so fast that they defy gravity." GROUP Continued from page 1A farmers market booths and other venues. Co-founder and President Sharon Russell is pleased with the initial success, she said. "The people involved are not only enthusiastic, but they're doers," she said. The group aims to fill in where county dollars stop to purchase needed health care and supplies for recovered animals, she said. Many in the group already volunteer at the shelter, but this is a way for them to get the community involved more. "We can't do anything without the help of the community," Russell said. The idea for the organization came after shelter director Mark Storrey attended a conference in Las Vegas for the Best Friends Animal Society organization, which Agents found several of the same medical marijua- na recommendations as at the Kauffman Avenue address. Agents seized 71 mari- juana plants at Chartouni's third address on Remunda Drive and arrested Andrew Frank Tayloe, 32, of Corning, and Jarod Laurence Luneau, 33, of Orlando Beach, Fla. Tayloe was charged with cultivation and pos- session of marijuana for sale, while Luneau was charged with cultivation of marijuana. Tayloe told agents that Chartouni had set up the marijuana grow operation and would give Tayloe 25 percent of the product at the end of the grow season in exchange for managing the marijuana plants at Remunda Drive, the Friday, September 23, 2011 – Daily News 5A release said. Again, agents located several of the same med- ical marijuana recommen- dations as at the Kauffman Ave and Lariat Loop addresses. Chartouni operates Security Depot, 1415 Mangrove Ave., in Chico at which agents seized a computer and documents, the release said. The 207 marijuana, plants seized could have produced an average of 1 to 5 pounds of marijuana per plant, the release said. The average price for a pound of marijuana in Northern California is $2,000. The street value of the marijuana would have ranged from $414,000 to $2 million. Agencies involved in this raid were headed by the Tehama Interagency At "The Beauty of GPS," employees of the Resource Conser- vation District and Natural Resource Conservation helped students learn about using a global positioning system (GPS) device to find things. Split into four groups, students went on a mini treasure hunt and were rewarded with a piece of candy and a toy. Brin Greer with the Tehama County Landfill Agency spoke to students about remembering to recycle, reuse containers and reduce waste when possible. "We're going to talk about how your daily choices affect our com- munity and our environment," Greer said. "Recycling is one daily choice we can make to reduce the amount of waste going in to the landfill." At the OMSI presentation stu- dents learned about what air pres- sure is and all the things it can affect. The event concluded with a pre- involves one of the biggest no-kill animal rescue facilities in the nation, Russell said. The Best Friends theme is "no more homeless pets," and Storrey got ideas on how to do more from animal lovers from all over the world. "It kind of gave me a good charge," Storrey said. When he returned, he called Rus- sell with ideas to use locally. Russell ran with them, he said. "We're only able to do so much with county funding," Storrey said. PETS makes it possible to do much more, he said. "The end result is we're saving more animals," he said. On the PETS wish list is a vehi- cle, Russell said. Several volunteers, including board member Kerry Lovvorn, already volunteer to take dogs and cats to rescue facilities around the North State. Many res- cue groups target specific breeds and will take animals from all over. Drug Enforcement task force, or TIDE, assisted by the Glenn Interagency Narcotics Task Force, the Shasta Interagency Nar- cotics Task Force, Tehama County District Attorney Investigators, Tehama County sheriff's detec- tives, Corning Police Department, the Califor- nia Highway Patrol, Tehama County Probation Department and California State Parole. Chartouni is being held in lieu of $30,000 bail. Bail for Charron was set at $55,000, for Luneau at $15,000, and for Tayloe at $100,000. ——— Andrea Wagner can be reached at 527-2153, extension 114 or awagner@redbluffdailyne ws.com. sentation by The Law Dawgs and The Pisteleros, who re-enacted a stage coach robbery for students using guns with blanks in them. The group will be in the Don Smith Pavilion to stage a show at 1 p.m. and 3 p.m. Saturday. Richfield sixth-graders Oscar Torres and Elter Bright both said they enjoyed the carnival rides, but also the educational aspect of the day. "It was cool," Torres said. "I liked the that the Law Dawgs and Pisteleros recreated the scene." Bright said she enjoyed the OMSI presentation because she liked learning about air pressure and all the things it does. She also enjoyed learning about the animals, especially the steers. ——— Julie Zeeb can be reached at 527-2153, extension 115 or jzeeb@redbluffdailynews.com. Volunteers also take pictures of available animals to post online every week at petfinder.com. They are then visible to more people look- ing for specific breeds or qualities of animals. Adopting pets is the ultimate goal and helps keep the shelter popula- tion down. "It's amazing in a county this small that the shelter is full all the time," Russell said. Many members are motivated to help the shelter because of the high quality of service there, Russell said. "I hope people go out to the shel- ter to see how nice it is," she said. "The luckiest animals go there." PETS meets at 6 p.m. the third Tuesday of each month at the Cozy Diner. Any interested person is invited to attend or visit petste- hama.org. ——— Andrea Wagner can be reached at 527-2153, extension 114 or awagner@redbluffdailynews.com. Over 50 years of serving Tehama County