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Tuesday, November 8, 2011 – Daily News 7A Death Notices Elvira Harris Elvira Harris of Los Molinos died Monday, Nov. 7, 2011, in Red Bluff. She was 91. Hoyt-Cole Chapel of the Flowers is handling the arrangements. Published Tuesday, Nov. 8, 2011, in the Daily News, Red Bluff, Calif. Atholeen Larsen Atholeen Larsen of Red Bluff died Saturday, Nov. 5, 2011, in Red Bluff. She was 84. Hoyt-Cole Chapel of the Flowers is handling the arrangements. Published Tuesday, Nov. 8, 2011, in the Daily News, Red Bluff, Calif. ABOVE Continued from page 1A Jeff Veal, a pilot for the state Department of Fish and Game and a flight instructor, taught both his children how to fly. He learned it from his father. "It's fun and neat to have that connection," Jeff said. "It's a common ground that we have." Jeff, Bob and Scott all worked on restoring the vintage 1947 Piper J-3 Cub that Masie and her brother soloed in. She also wore the same leather jacket that Scott wore when he soloed. "Even though I really wanted to do it, that added some sentimental value," Masie said. To prepare for her flight she spent more than 51 hours in training, with the last few weeks being the most extensive. METTEER Continued from page 1A ifornia Army National Guard, read President Barrack Obama's proclamation in support of Veterans Day. A touching moment of the Veteran's Day Commemoration took place when Gaskin pre- sented Beth and Bob Chaney and Chuck Peterson of Military Family Support of Tehama County with items collected by stu- dents. Among the letters, food, movies and other items was a teddy bear donated by a first-grade girl. "A first grade-girl donated this brown teddy bear so that a sol- dier serving somewhere would not be scared at night," Gaskin said. "It was hers and that's how she knows it works." The Military Family Support, which will hold a fundraiser from 5-8 p.m. tonight at Round Table Pizza in Red Bluff, will be sending Christmas care packages to troops deployed over- seas for the holidays on Dec. 4. Donations or names of soldiers are always welcome and can be made by contacting Beth Chaney at 529-2416 or Chuck Peters at 529- 1852. The group is also in need of donations for the Gulf War monument for local veterans to be "She's got a lot of nat- ural ability and a fun per- sonality, so it was great working with her during training," Jeff said. While her father and grandfather have been able to use flying as a career, Masie said she only wants to fly for fun and has other plans. "She wants to be a mother, with lots of kids," Bob said. "She wants to populate this Earth with lots of nice people, nice people just like her." Jeff said the family will most likely go out for Mexican food for dinner, as that is one of Masie's favorites, but the solo flight was definitely the highlight of the day. "Nothing can really top that," he said. ——— Tang Lor can be reached at 527-2153, Ext. 110 or by e-mail at tlor@redbluffdai- lynews.com. built outside of Tehama County Administration Building. Students also had a brief lesson on the Civil War and the Gettysburg Address, which followed some four months after the battle on the Penn- sylvania Field. "It was a watershed moment for America," said former Metteer teacher Chris Boles. "Those who believed in the states' rights and those who believed in the nation's rights. We suffered a split of man against man and brother against brother who had a belief so strong they were willing to die for it." Students watched a video about supporting troops and another about the Arlington Cemetery where the tradition of laying a wreath for the soldiers was started by one man as his way of honoring their sacrifice. Students also took the time to thank veterans present both by the branch they served as the group's song was played and by the war they served in by applauding them as they stood. Representatives of those who served in Iraq and Afghanistan along with veterans from Viet- nam, Korea and World War II were on hand. ——— Julie Zeeb can be reached at 527-2153, extension 115 or jzeeb@redbluffdailynew s.com. Small business workshop Northeastern Califor- nia Small Business Development Center at Butte College is pre- senting a workshop on "U.S. Small Business Administration Financ- ing and Loan Programs for Your Business" from 10:30 a.m. to noon on Thursday, Nov. 10, at Carnegie Community Center, 912 Third Street, in Orland. This workshop is free of cost. The SBA has a vari- ety of loan programs for start-up businesses- A Small Business Admin- istration representative will cover funding options for your busi- ness, loan requirements, application process, loan application check- list d-nd a step-by-step handout detailing infor- mation and explanation on completing loan applications. Pre-registration is required. For more information or to regis- ter call the Northeastern California SBDC at Butte College at 895- 9017. Medical pot advocates sue feds over crackdown SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Attorneys for med- ical marijuana advocates on Monday sought a temporary restraining order to put a stop to a federal crackdown on California pot dispen- saries, claiming the effort by the state's four U.S. attor- neys is unconstitutional. Plaintiffs asked U.S. Dis- trict Court Judge Donna Ryu in Oakland to issue an order barring the govern- ment from arresting or pros- ecuting patients, dispensary owners or landlords of prop- erties housing dispensaries. Pot advocates said dis- pensaries in the San Francis- co Bay area would start closing this weekend if a restraining order was not issued. The state's four federal prosecutors last month announced a broad effort to close pot clubs, in particular by sending letters to land- lords who rent space to pot dispensaries threatening to seize their property under federal drug trafficking laws. Lawsuits filed starting Friday in all four of Califor- nia's federal court jurisdic- tions accuse the Department of Justice of entrapping pot providers by reversing its own policy, among other legal issues. Plaintiffs' attorneys cited a Santa Cruz County med- ical marijuana cooperative's agreement with federal prosecutors to dismiss its case against the government because the department issued a memo telling U.S. attorneys to defer to states on medical use of the drug. The lawsuits claim that by introducing the Justice Department's so-called Medical Marijuana Guid- ance memo as part of that case, prosecutors were essentially laying out their policy on medical marijua- na. ''They locked them- selves in,'' said San Francis- co attorney Matt Kumin, lead attorney on the suits. Based on the memo issued in 2009, other med- ical marijuana providers in the state could reasonably assume they would no longer face federal prosecu- tion, the suits argue. ''The conduct of the gov- ernment officials and their statement led the nation to believe that the government had changed its policy in 2009, ensuring that those who comply with state med- ical cannabis laws would not be subject to federal prose- cution,'' according to the suits. The U.S. Attorney's Office for the Northern Dis- trict of California had no comment, spokesman Jack Gillund said. Pot advocates hailed the 2009 memo as the fulfill- ment of an Obama cam- paign promise to respect state law on medical mari- juana. But after a short hon- eymoon the federal govern- ment has steadily moved toward more restrictive mar- ijuana policies, even as more states began permitting legal use of the drug for medical purposes. The California lawsuits argue that the federal gov- ernment is also violating the 14th Amendment of the Constitution requiring equal protection under the law because medical marijuana operations in Colorado are not facing a similar crack- down. The suits claim patients' rights to make their own health decisions are protect- Located in Chico, CA Red Bluff Simple Cremations & Burial Service You DO have a choice in the Red Bluff area. 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Fire engulfs suburban Sacramento strip mall CITRUS HEIGHTS (AP) — About 80 firefight- ers were battling a blaze that had engulfed a store in a suburban Sacramento strip mall. Sacramento Metro Fire Assistant Chief Scott Cock- rum says there were no immediate reports of injuries. Firefighters were called to the blaze at a Tuesday Morning store in Citrus Heights about 4 p.m. Mon- day. He says traffic in one direction was shut down on streets surrounding the strip mall so fire crews could get access to the store. Televi- sion footage showed grid- locked traffic more than an hour later. The building was engulfed in flames when crews arrived. Cockrum says the roof of the building later collapsed but that other stores in the strip mall were not endangered by the flames. Military probes Marine death at Camp Pendleton CAMP PENDLETON (AP) — Military authorities are investigating the death of a Camp Pendleton Marine whose body was found in his barracks over the week- end. The Naval Criminal Investigative Services said Monday that 19-year-old Lance Cpl. Mario Arias of Canoga Park, Calif., was an air crew trainee from Marine Light Attack Helicopter Training Squadron 303 of the 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing. The military says he enlisted in the Marine Corps on Aug. 23, 2010, and was awarded the National Defense Service Medal. Officials say they have no further details to release. Rodney King pleads not guilty to DUI RIVERSIDE (AP) — Rodney King has pleaded not guilty to charges of dri- ving under the influence stemming from his arrest in Southern California in July. Online court records show King entered the plea Monday in Superior Court in Riverside to misde- meanor counts of driving under the influence and dri- ving with a blood-alcohol content above the legal limit. King's next hearing is Nov. 21. Prosecutors have said King was driving under the influence of alcohol and marijuana when he was pulled over in Moreno Val- ley. If convicted, he could face up to a year in jail because of a prior DUI con- viction. King, who is black, was beaten by four white officers in 1991. A year later, the officers' acquittals in the beating sparked days of riot- ing that killed 55 people. Cal State faculty votes to strike on 2 campuses SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — California State University's faculty union voted Monday to strike on two campuses next week to protest the administration's decision to withhold negoti- ated pay raises, an unprece- dented job action leaders hope will draw attention to the plight of the state's beleaguered public colleges. The California Faculty Association's governing board voted to authorize a one-day strike at the East Bay and Dominguez Hills campuses after more than 90 percent of voting union members approved the move, said CFA president Lillian Taiz. ''Our members are angry,'' Taiz said. ''We are like many others in this country who are being asked to work more and earn less. And like all of them we are fighting for some fairness.'' The Nov. 17 walkout would be the first CSU fac- ulty strike since collective bargaining began in 1983. The union previously voted to strike in 2007, but that walkout was called off when a settlement was reached with the administration the day before the scheduled strike, said spokeswoman Alice Sunshine. Faculty members from other Cal State campuses plan to travel to the East Bay and Dominguez Hills cam- puses to support their strik- ing colleagues next week, union officials said. About 700 represented members work at each campus. CSU faculty members also plan to picket on all 23 campuses on Tuesday and Wednesday to protest the administration's policies and bargaining proposals. The faculty association, which represents about 23,000 professors, lecturers, coaches, counselors and librarians, decided to call for the two-campus strike after administrators decided not to pay salary increases nego- tiated for the 2008-2009 and 2009-2010 academic years. The CSU system rescinded the raises after the state cut higher education funding, but a state-appoint- ed fact-finding panel recent- ly recommended that the university provide a small fraction of the negotiated raises. The faculty union is cur- rently in negotiations for a new contract and isn't happy with the administration's proposals, which could lead to pay cuts over the next few years. Faculty members are also upset over the adminis- tration's decisions to dra- matically raise student tuition and increase some executives' salaries, union officials said. ''Our faculty has had enough,'' said Jennifer Eagan, union chapter presi- dent at the East Bay campus. ''Our working conditions are our students' learning conditions, and they're being eroded.'' Administration officials said the two campuses will try to minimize disruptions caused by the strike, but will most likely not hire replace- ment employees. ''Anything that might disrupt student learning or the operations of a campus is completely unfair to the group of people we strive to serve — the students,'' said CSU spokesman Mike Uhlenkamp. ''They should not be dragged into negotia- tions between the adminis- tration and the faculty union leadership.'' The administration does not plan to reopen the previ- ous contract because of the scheduled strike, saying it would be ''fiscally irrespon- sible'' to pay about $20 mil- lion in salary increases when the CSU system has sus- tained deep cuts in state funding, Uhlenkamp said. Over the past three years, the cash-strapped state has sharply reduced funding to California's public colleges and universities, which has led to steep tuition hikes, course cutbacks, staff lay- offs and reduced student enrollment. For the current fiscal year, the CSU and University of California sys- tems each lost $650 million in funding, about 20 percent, and could lose another $100 million each if the state takes in less revenue than antici- pated. To offset those cuts, Cal State raised tuition by more than 20 percent this academic year. PG&E: Pipe burst in test likely caused by backhoe SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A pipe that burst during a high-pressure water test along the same pipeline involved with a deadly explosion in Northern Cali- fornia last year was likely caused by previous damage from a backhoe, Pacific Gas & Electric Co. officials said Monday. Over 50 years of serving Tehama County Independently owned Telephone: (530) 824-3792