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4B Daily News – Thursday, November 24, 2011 WORLD BRIEFING Yemen's president of 33 years agrees to step down SANAA, Yemen (AP) — Yemen's autocratic leader agreed Wednesday to step down after months of demonstrations against his 33-year rule, pleasing the U.S. and its Gulf allies who feared that collaps- ing security in the impoverished nation was allow- ing an active al-Qaida franchise to step up opera- tions. President Ali Abdullah Saleh is the fourth leader to lose power in the wave of Arab Spring uprisings this year, following longtime dictators in Tunisia, Egypt and Libya. But the deal ushering Saleh from power grants him immunity from prosecution and doesn't explic- itly ban him from the country's political life — rais- ing doubts that it will address Yemen's many prob- lems. The deal opens the way to what will likely be a messy power struggle. Among those possibly vying for power are Saleh's son and nephew, who com- mand the country's best-equipped military units; powerful tribal leaders; and the commander of a renegade battalion. Saleh had stubbornly clung to power despite nearly 10 months of huge street protests in which hundreds of people were killed by his security forces. At one point, Saleh's palace mosque was bombed and he was treated in Saudi Arabia for severe burns. When he finally signed the agreement to step down, he did so in the Saudi capital of Riyadh after most of his allies had abandoned him and joined the opposition. Supercommittee thrusts deficit debate into 2012 WASHINGTON (AP) — The failure of Con- gress' deficit-reduction supercommittee adds a new dimension to the 2012 political contests, drawing political battle lines around broad tax increases and massive spending cuts that now are scheduled to begin automatically in 2013. President Barack Obama and his Republican challenger will be forced to debate alternatives for reducing deficits, made all the more urgent by the looming consequences of congressional inaction. The dividing lines already are sharply drawn, with Obama supporting deficit reduction that includes a mix of spending cuts and tax increases on the wealthy, while Republicans have declared them- selves averse to tax hikes. An election that has been shaping up as a refer- endum on Obama's stewardship of the economy now will require the candidates to offer competing forward-looking deficit-reduction plans to avoid cuts and tax hikes that neither side wants to see materialize. For Obama, that is a more favorable place to be, drawing contrasts with his opponent and arguing for higher taxes on the rich rather than defending his oversight of an economy that could still be suffering from high unemployment and slow growth next November. Beginning in 2013, the federal government faces two oncoming trains. When the supercommittee was unable to find agreement by Wednesday, it trig- gered spending cuts of $1.2 trillion starting in Janu- ary 2013 and extending over 10 years. Half of the cuts would come from defense spending, the other from education, agriculture and environmental pro- grams, and, to a lesser extent, Medicare. GOP insiders wonder if Gingrich's past will appeal to voters WASHINGTON (AP) — Being a conventional Republican has never been Newt Gingrich's style, and he clearly doesn't see it as the way to beat Mitt Romney in the presidential nominating contest. Gingrich, the former House speaker, is sticking to his call for lenience for some illegal immigrants, a stand that critics call amnesty and that veers from GOP orthodoxy. A day after he emphasized his point in a debate, his position drew both praise and condemnation Wednesday. But there's broader debate within Republican circles, six weeks ahead of the Iowa caucuses: Do party loyalists think their best challenger to Presi- dent Barack Obama is a 68-year-old veteran of Washington's inside games, who left Congress with dismal approval ratings and who recently held a million-dollar consulting contract with mortgage backer Freddie Mac? Gingrich is the latest Republican to emerge as a serious rival to Romney, the former Massachusetts governor who is more popular with the party estab- lishment than with conservative activists. Campaign veterans still tend to see Romney as the likeliest nominee. But Gingrich's long, roller-coaster career makes it hard to rule him in or out with confidence. Gingrich seems to have become ''the center of gravity in this very unusual Republican nomination contest,'' said Dante Scala, a pollster and Universi- ty of New Hampshire political scientist. He said the former Georgia congressman might be able to unite very conservative voters ''who want a fundamental change in the scale and scope of government'' and ''somewhat conservative Republicans, who just want to defeat Obama.'' Medvedev: Russia will target US missile sites MOSCOW (AP) — Russia threatened on Wednesday to deploy missiles to target the U.S. missile shield in Europe if Washington fails to assuage Moscow's concerns about its plans, a harsh warning that reflected deep cracks in U.S.-Russian ties despite President Barack Obama's efforts to ''reset'' relations with the Kremlin. President Dmitry Medvedev said he still hopes for a deal with the U.S. on missile defense, but he strongly accused Washington and its NATO allies of ignoring Russia's worries. He said Russia will have to take military countermeasures if the U.S. continues to build the shield without legal guaran- tees that it will not be aimed against Russia. The U.S. has repeatedly assured Russia that its proposed missile defense system wouldn't be directed against Russia's nuclear forces, and it did that again Wednesday. ''I do think it's worth reiterating that the Euro- pean missile defense system that we've been work- ing very hard on with our allies and with Russia over the last few years is not aimed at Russia,'' said Capt. John Kirby, a Pentagon spokesman. ''It is ... designed to help deter and defeat the ballistic mis- sile threat to Europe and to our allies from Iran.'' White House spokesman Tommy Vietor said the United States will continue to seek Moscow's coop- eration, but it must realize ''that the missile defense systems planned for deployment in Europe do not and cannot threaten Russia's strategic deterrent.'' Romney defends ad's quote of 2008 Obama without context DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney is defend- ing a TV ad that quotes President Barack Obama out of context, signaling he's ready for bare-knuckled campaigning despite sharp com- plaints from Democrats and some neutral observers. Romney said while campaigning in Iowa Wednesday that the ad is fair game, and under- scores how the former Massachusetts governor stressing his decades in the private sector intends to confront the president if Romney is the GOP nominee next year. The ad which began airing in New Hamp- shire Tuesday uses audio of then-Sen. Obama campaigning in the state in 2008, saying: ''If we keep talking about the economy, we're going to lose. The ad omits any acknowledgement that Obama was quoting the campaign of his oppo- nent, 2008 GOP nominee John McCain. Instead, the ad leaves the impression that it is Obama who does not want to discuss the econ- omy. Romney told reporters in Des Moines his campaign distributed the ad with a press release noting the words were originally from Obama's opponent. Holiday travelers undeterred by cost CHICAGO (AP) — Undeterred by costlier gas and airfare, millions of Americans set out Wednes- day to see friends and family in what is expected to be the nation's busiest Thanksgiving weekend since the financial meltdown more than three years ago. Many people economized rather than stay home. ''We wouldn't think of missing it,'' said Bill Cur- tis, a retiree from Los Angeles who was with his wife at Bob Hope Airport in Burbank, Calif. ''Fam- ily is important and we love the holiday. So we cut corners other places so we can afford to travel.'' About 42.5 million people are expected to hit the road or take to the skies for Thanksgiving this year, according to travel tracker AAA. That's the highest number since the start of the recession at the end of 2007. Heavy rain slowed down early travelers along the East Coast. Snow across parts of New England and upstate New York made for treacherous driving and thousands of power outages. And a mudslide covered train tracks in the Pacific Northwest. But most of the country is expected to have clear weath- er Thursday. Medicare chief steps down in standoff with GOP WASHINGTON (AP) — The point man for car- rying out President Barack Obama's health care law will be stepping down after Republicans succeeded in blocking his confirmation by the Senate, the White House announced Wednesday. Medicare chief Don Berwick, a Harvard profes- sor widely respected for his ideas on how to improve the health care system, became the most prominent casualty of the political wars over a health care overhaul whose constitutionality will be now decided by the Supreme Court. Praising Berwick for ''outstanding work,'' White House deputy press secretary Jamie Smith criticized Republicans for ''putting political inter- ests above the best interests of the American peo- ple.'' Berwick will be replaced by his principal deputy, Marilyn Tavenner, formerly Virginia's top health care official. The White House said Obama will submit Tavenner's nomination to the Senate. Tavenner has been at Medicare since early last year, earning a reputation as a problem solver with years of real-world experience and an extensive net- work of industry contacts. A nurse by training, the 60-year-old Tavenner worked her way up to the senior executive ranks of a major hospital chain. She ran Virginia's health department under former Democratic Gov. Tim Kaine. Bachmann lashes out ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — GOP presidential candidate Michele Bachmann lashed out Wednesday at NBC for not apologizing or tak- ing immediate disciplinary action for an off- color song played during her appearance on Jimmy Fallon's ''Late Night.'' In her first comments on the flap, Bachmann said on the Fox News Channel that the Fallon show band displayed sexism and bias by play- ing a snippet of a 1985 Fishbone song as she walked onstage for Tuesday's show. The title of the song is ''Lyin' Ass B——.'' ''This is clearly a form of bias on the part of the Hollywood entertainment elite,'' Bach- mann said. ''This wouldn't be tolerated if this was Michelle Obama. It shouldn't be tolerated if it's a conservative woman either.'' She went further on a national radio conser- vative radio show hosted by Michael Medved, calling the incident ''inappropriate, outrageous and disrespectful.'' Fallon has tweeted an apology to Bachmann, saying he was ''so sorry about the intro mess.'' Ga. farmers crack down on rash of pecan thieves SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) — Hired by farmers as a private secu- rity guard, Brooks Rucker patrols thousands of acres of Georgia farmland on the lookout for thieves toting 5-gallon buckets. He rarely comes up empty handed. Since the fall harvest began Oct. 1, Rucker says, he and two other guards have caught more than 160 culprits in the act. Some they let go. Others get handed over to police. Either way, he's recov- ered thousands of dollars' worth of stolen goods: mounds of pecans snatched from his employers' trees. ''It's an all-day hassle trying to keep these folks out,'' said Rucker. ''You'll pull into a pecan grove and they'll have a 10-foot exten- sion ladder trying to shake the pecans loose with poles. It's bad.'' At a time when farmers should be giving thanks for pecans selling at record prices, they're instead cracking down on thieves. One sheriff in pecan-growing country says his department gets several calls a week reporting pecan snatchers, while the prosecutor in the area anticipates prosecuting dozens of pecan-theft cases. It's not just pecan pies and other nutty goodies driving demand so close to the holidays. Prices have soared as China has developed an insatiable appetite for pecans, while withering drought in the southern U.S. has limited supplies. In Georgia, the nation's top pecan producer, farmers and authorities say criminals can earn a tidy profit by stealing the nuts — worth $1.50 or more per pound in smaller quantities. Pecan grower Bucky Geer estimates a single 5- gallon bucketful is worth about $38. ''Some of these pecans are approaching a nickel in value apiece,'' said Geer, whose neigh- bor set up surveillance cameras after a theft. ''It makes them too tempting to steal.'' Geer and six other farmers in southwest Georgia's Mitchell County hired Rucker and his friends to watch their combined 7,500 acres of pecan groves during the fall harvest, which runs through December. The farmers pay the men, all of them volunteer firefighters, about $2,100 a week total. Legal Notices Legal Notices LEGAL NOTICE The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: Teresa Foxthorn Enterprises 707-479-4087, 16065 Woodside Rd, Cottonwood, CA 96022 Teresa E. Littlefield 16065 Woodside Rd Cottonwood, CA 96022 The registrant commenced to transact business under the fic- titious business name or names listed above on N/A This business is conducted by: an individual File No. 2011000339 STATEMENT FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME S/By: Teresa E. Littlefield Teresa E. Littlefield This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Tehama County on 10/24/2011 BEVERLY ROSS Tehama County Clerk & Recorder Publish: Nov 3, 10, 17 & 24, 2011 LEGAL NOTICE File No. 2011000343 STATEMENT FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: Technology Support For Seniors 530-347-3338, 22315 River View Drive, Cottonwood, CA.,96022 Douglas Irvin Pruitt 22315 River View Drive Cottonwood, CA 96022 The registrant commenced to transact business under the fic- titious business name or names listed above on October 31, 2011 This business is conducted by: an individual S/By: Douglas Irvin Pruitt Douglas Irvin Pruitt This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Tehama County on 10/31/2011 BEVERLY ROSS Tehama County Clerk & Recorder Publish: Nov. 3, 10, 17 & 24, 2011 LEGAL NOTICE The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: Property Investments 530-347- 1300, 218330 Brush Trail, Cotton- wood, CA 96022 Linda D. Pearson 218330 Brush Trail Cottonwood, CA 96022 James R. Pearson 218330 Brush Trail Cottonwood, CA 96022 The registrant commenced to transact business under the fic- titious business name or names listed above on N/A This business is conducted by: husband & wife File No. 2011000334 STATEMENT FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME S/By: Linda D. Pearson Linda D. Pearson This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Tehama County on 10/20/2011 BEVERLY ROSS Tehama County Clerk & Recorder Publish: Nov 3, 10, 17 & 24, 2011 LEGAL NOTICE Notice Re: Seizure of Property and Initia- tion of Forfeiture Proceedings, Health and Safety Code Sections 11470 et. seq. and 11488.4. To: All persons claiming any right, title, or legal interest in the following seized property (appraised values appear in pa- rentheses): One Thousand Fice Hundred Fifty-Eight dollars ($1,558.00) valued in terms of United States Currency, seized from or about the person or property of Emigdio Ortiz. Notice is hereby given that the above described property was seized on October 22, 2011 at 774 3rd Street, Corning, CA by T.I.D.E for alleged violations of Califor- nia Health and Safety Code section(s) 11378. On October 22, 2011 non-judicial forfeiture proceedings were commenced by the Tehama County District Attorney in Ac- tion #AS011-506. Please use this case number on all documents and correspondence. You have thirty (30) days from the date of the first publication of this notice to file a verified claim, unless you have received actual notice. The claim must state the nature and extent of any interest you hold in the property, must be verified, and must be filed with the Superior Court Clerk, 633 Washington St., Red Bluff, CA 96080, or the prop- erty will be forfeited to the State. An endorsed copy of the claim must be served on the Dis- trict Attorney, 444 Oak St., #L, Red Bluff, CA 96080 within thirty (30) days of the filing of your claim. Claim forms can be ob- tained from the Asset Forfeiture Clerk, District Attorney¹s Office. Dated: November 15, 2011 Gregg Cohen, District Attorney By: MATTHEW D. ROGERS, Assistant District Attorney Publish: Nov. 24, Dec. 1, 8 & Dec. 15, 2011 Legal Notices Legal Notices The following ABANDONMENT OF USE OF FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME FILE # 2011000337 LEGAL NOTICE STATEMENT OF has/have abandoned the use of the following fictitious business name: Rapid Response Medical Staff- ing, 11210 Rawson Rd, Red Bluff, CA 96080 The fictitious business name re- ferred to above was filed on: 5/29/2007 in the County of Tehama person(s) #2007000219 Rapid Response Medical Staff- ing Original File 11210 Rawson Rd Red Bluff, CA 9680 S/By: Robert Kinyon Robert Kinyon This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Tehama County on 10/24/2011 Beverly Ross Tehama County Clerk Publish: November, 3, 10, 17 & 24, 2011 LEGAL NOTICE File No. 2011000342 STATEMENT FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: Transitional Living Centers - T.L.C, The Storehouses, The Church Without Walls, 530-567- 5031, 12849 Wilder Rd, Red Bluff, CA 96080 New Covenant Community Development Corporation 12849 Wilder Rd Red Bluff, CA 96080 The registrant commenced to transact business under the fic- titious business name or names listed above on N/A This business is conducted by: a corporation S/By: Susan Harms Susan Harms This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Tehama County on 10/28/2011 BEVERLY ROSS Tehama County Clerk & Recorder Publish: Nov 3, 10, 17 & 24, 2011 LEGAL NOTICE FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: Little Creations 530-384-1663, 25253 South Center Street, Los Molinos, CA 96055 Melamie M. Grace-Short 25253 South Center Street, Los Molinos, CA 96055 Jerry T. Short File No. 2011000338 STATEMENT 25253 South Center Street, Los Molinos, CA 96055 The registrant commenced to transact business under the fic- titious business name or names listed above on N/A This business is conducted by: husband & wife S/By: Melamie Grace-Short Melamie Grace-Short S/By: Jerry Short Jerry Short This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Tehama County on 10/24/2011 BEVERLY ROSS Tehama County Clerk & Recorder Publish: Nov 3, 10, 17 & 24, 2011 LEGAL NOTICE NOTICE OF APPROPRIATION LIMITATION DOCUMENT 2010-11 AND 2011-12 FISCAL YEARS NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Appropriation Limitation Document for Tehama County for the 2010-11 and 2011-12 fiscal years has been prepared and is available for public inspection at the Office of the Clerk of the Board of Supervisors, County Courthouse, Room 12, Red Bluff, or the Office of the County Audi- tor, 444 Oak Street, Room J, Red Bluff. The document finds that Tehama Country's appropriation limit for Fiscal Year 2010-11 is $42,851,223. It has also been de- termined that of the Country's 2010-11 appropriations and pro- visions for reserves of $105,498,800, the amount of $20,554,100 is subject to the limi- tation and is, therefore, $22,297,123 under the limitation. The estimated appropriation limit for Fiscal Year 2011-12 is $44,330,915. Dated: November 14, 2011 BEVERLY ROSS, Clerk of the Board of Supervisors Published: November 24, 2011