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Obituaries BENJAMAN "BEN" FRANKLIN NANCE Mr. Nance, age 88, died Thursday, December 8, 2011 in Lodi, California. Mr. Nance was born July 14, 1923 in Shabbona, Illinois. Mr. Nance married Alvaretta Frances Hooper Nance on August 8, 1942 in Los Vegas, Nevada. Ben and Alvaretta shared a loving friendship and marrage until his death last Thursday. Ben and Alvaretta have been living in the Corning area for the last thirteen years. Mr. Nance was a Veteran of our country, having served as a Tail Gunner and Staff Sargent in the Army Air Corps during WWII in the China Burma Theater. Funeral services will be Monday, December 19, 2011 at 1:00 P.M.. The funeral will be at the Hall Brothers Chapel. Burial and graveside services will follow at the Sunset Hill Cemetery. Officiating the service will be Pastor Chris Fissori of the First Baptist Church in Corning. All arrangements are through the Hall Brothers Corning Mortuary. Death Notices Death notices must be provided by mortuaries to the news department, are published at no charge, and feature only specific basic information about the deceased. Paid obituaries are placed through the Classified advertising department. Paid obituaries may be placed by mortuaries or by families of the deceased and include online publication linked to the news- paper's website. Paid obituaries may be of any length, may run multiple days and offer wide latitude of content, including photos. Olvis S. Goddard Olvis S. Goddard died Wednesday, Dec. 14, 2011, at her residence in Red Bluff. She was 87. Hoyt-Cole Chapel of the Flowers is handling the arrangements. Published Friday, Dec. 16, 2011, in the Daily News, Red Bluff, Calif. VAN Continued from page 1A several tinted windows, the suspicious man was wearing a white T-shirt, gray sweatpants and dark sunglasses. It is not clear at this time if the incident is related to several previous reports in the last few months about suspicious white vans being parked near schools, Graham said. Anyone with informa- tion is asked to contact the Red Bluff Police Depart- ment at 527-3131. - Andrea Wagner BOY Continued from page 1A tle Red Bluff," he said. "Things happen." The boy was not enrolled in any school and investigators are still try- ing to piece together his background, Flowerdew said. The mother and son had lived at the apartment for two or three years and there was no indications that there was a problem until the 911 call Tues- day. Flowerdew said. It is a nice complex, No neighbors called, there was no evidence of any other children in the home and the boy's father has not yet been located, Flowerdew said. All was quiet until the boy's aunt came over to visit and discovered what SECRET Continued from page 1A died, Bernie Morgan said. Officers followed many leads during the investigation and inter- BODY Continued from page 1A with an extensive search of the Bowman area with assistance from Tehama County Sheriff's Search Friday, December 16, 2011 – Daily News 9A Want to help? Donations of wrapped gifts are being sought for the boy. For information check out the Facebook page Christmas for "Boy" Lewis at facebook.com/groups/160059634094235/. had happened. For now, the boy will be kept in protective cus- tody with Child Protec- tive Services after he is released from care at Enloe Medical Center in Chico. District Attorney Investigator Rich David- son is helping police detectives on the case. The investigation is time-sensitive and extremely in-depth, Flowerdew said. "It is our priority case right now," he said. Physical evidence was recovered at the scene and many items are being sent to the Depart- ment of Justice for analysis. Garcia-Lewis had also taken prescription pills, but not at a dangerous dose, Flowerdew said. Garcia-Lewis was taken to St. Elizabeth Community Hospital for medical clearance before being booked into jail. She was arraigned in Tehama County Superior Court on two counts of viewed multiple witnesses, but they couldn't find enough evidence to file charges on any suspects, Nanfi- to said. Investigators believe there are people who were either there during the incident or who have incriminating information that could and Rescue and aircraft from the California Highway Patrol. Air operations spent about an hour searching the area, but could not see Waters because he was under a bridge, said Sheriff's Lt. Dave Greer. Gov. vows to prepare Calif. for climate change SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The United Nations' top climate official joined California Gov. Jerry Brown on Thursday to call for renewed efforts in the state to more quickly adapt to the risks that extreme weather and a rising sea pose to agriculture and the coastline. Rajendra Pachauri, chairman of the United Nations Intergovern- mental Panel on Climate Change, joined Brown, scientists, former Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and billionaire Sir Richard Branson at a conference at the California Acade- my of Sciences in Golden Gate Park. Brown organized the conference, he said, to urge people to ''wake up'' to extreme weather patterns caused by manmade global warm- ing that he said are already causing damage, and to start thinking about what California ought to do to pre- pare for worse threats. He said the state needs to gird itself against floods caused by the faster snowmelts that are already happening, putting pressure on aging levees and threatening the state's agriculture industry. Warming climate also means longer and more intense wildfire seasons that will threaten homes and infrastructure such as power lines, and affect air quality. ''The greatest obstacle we face is a deep sense of complacency, a sense that things were this way yes- terday and were OK and will con- tinue,'' Brown said. ''It's difficult to see what's not completely obvious ... the buildup of greenhouse gases and climate change, we see it, it's pretty clear,'' he said. Brown lumped together global- warming skeptics, including GOP lawmakers and the Cato Institute, calling them a well-funded ''cult'' that disagrees with the vast majori- ty of published, peer-reviewed cli- mate science. ''The main thing we have to deal with in climate change is the skepti- cism, the denial and the cult-like behavior of the political lemmings that would take us over the cliff,'' Brown said. ''The Cato Institute has speakers that say environmentalism is a greater threat to capitalism than SACRAMENTO (AP) — The City Council has taken a key step toward financing a new down- town sports arena. The Sacramento Bee reports 'At the same time (as Solyndra) there were restaurants that failed, manufacturers that failed ... all kinds of businesses that failed and no one talks about that' Former Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger Marxism itself,'' he said, evoking laugher from the audience. Patrick J. Michaels, a senior fel- low in environmental studies at Cato, said the institute has never denied climate change but disputes temperature projections by the UN, saying the sensitivity of tempera- ture to changes in carbon dioxide levels have been overestimated. ''Gov. Brown clearly has not read anything that the Cato Institute has published on global warming. Rather than deny it, we believe that indeed the surface temperature of the planet is about one degree Cel- sius warmer than it was 120 years ago and that increasing atmospheric carbon dioxide has contributed to this,'' Michaels said in a statement to The Associated Press. ''On the other hand, it is also clear that the rate of observed warming is falling beneath the midrange projections from the United Nations' Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change.'' Pachauri said UN studies show that 95 percent of human deaths asso- ciated with extreme weather events happen in developing countries. Yet he said the world's large economies, such as California, can make great strides toward helping reduce global greenhouse gas emissions, especially through the simple task of retrofitting existing buildings. ''If one could retrofit buildings to make them more efficient, and that the council, in a 7-2 vote, approved a proposal asking companies inter- ested in leasing the city's downtown parking opera- tions to come forward. 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 if new buildings could be built to current standards, it's really a win-win situation,'' Pachauri said. ''Overall, the building sec- tor has the largest potential for the reduction of emissions.'' In a rare public appearance since leaving office, Schwarzenegger, a Republican, attributed the success California has had in passing its landmark climate change laws to bipartisan cooperation. While in office, the former governor frequently promoted California's landmark 2006 glob- al warming law, called AB32, which paved the way for the state's cap-and-trade system for controlling greenhouse gas emis- sions by the worst polluters. He called the debate over bankrupt solar panel maker Solyndra ''narrow minded'' in a world moving ever faster toward renewable energy. ''At the same time (as Solyn- dra) there were restaurants that failed, manufacturers that failed ... all kinds of businesses that failed and no one talks about that,'' Schwarzenegger said dur- ing a short interview. ''They did the best that they could and they made mistakes. That's what happens in business — if you make mistakes you fail.'' Not everybody watching Thursday's conference agreed that California was on the right path. Dorothy Rothrock of the AB32 Implementation Group said the state has isolated itself by adopt- ing stringent regulations that come at too high a cost. ''As we discuss the risks of cli- mate change and California's future, it is appropriate to consid- er whether our greenhouse gas emissions reduction strategies will have an impact on climate change,'' Rothrock said in a state- ment. ''California has failed to design a cap-and-trade market that will be adopted by other states and jurisdictions in the near future and our efforts alone will not make a difference in global emissions.'' Sacramento Council vote advances arena funds plan Upfront revenue from a parking deal could pick up $200 million to put toward the arena, which is seen as necessary to keep the city's NBA fran- chise from relocating. It would be the largest chunk of funds for the project, which is expected to cost at least $406 mil- lion. Independently owned Telephone: (530) 824-3792 attempted murder, two counts of assault with a deadly weapon and two counts of child abuse. Each count carries multi- ple special enhancement charges. Public Defender Diane Martin Logan has been assigned to the case. Garcia-Lewis will appear in court again Dec. 20 for further arraignment She is being held in custody in lieu of $1.5 million bail. Anyone with informa- tion relating to this case is asked to contact the Red Bluff Police Department at 527-3131. Staff writer Tang Lor con- tributed to this story. ——— Andrea Wagner can be reached at 527-2153, extension 114 or awagner@redbluffdailyne ws.com. help solve the case. The crime has been devastating to surviving family members, Nanfi- to said. He asks anyone with infor- mation to call Detective Brett McAllister of the police department at 527-3131. It was another two- and-a-half hours before Waters was finally found at 5:49 p.m. Wednesday, about two-and-a-half miles from Waters' resi- dence, Greer said. No information about the cause of death was released. ——— Julie Zeeb can be reached at 527-2153, extension 115 or jzeeb@redbluffdailynews. com. Judge plans on tossing California's death penalty SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A Marin County judge is planning to toss out California's newly adopted lethal injection procedure. Marin County Superior Court Judge Faye D'Opal issued a tentative ruling Thursday saying prison offi- cials failed to properly consider alternatives to the three-drug lethal injection cocktail used to execute inmates. D'Opal said the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation also failed to disclose the costs of exe- cutions and failed to explain the reason for other proce- dures, such as shackling death row prisoners with waist restraints during visits and checking on them every 15 minutes for five days before a scheduled execution. State attorneys will have a chance to change the judge's mind at a hearing Friday. A federal judge had already put California execu- tions on hold while considering a separate legal chal- lenge. Tea party activist arrested in NYC on gun charge NEW YORK (AP) — A leader of a tea party group was arrested after he took a gun to LaGuardia Airport. Tea Party Patriots co-founder Mark Meckler was taken into custody Thursday morning after he tried to check in for a Delta flight to Detroit with a locked gun box containing a Glock pistol and 19 cartridges of ammunition, Queens pros- ecutors said. Meckler, 49, declared the weapon, as required, authori- ties said. He's licensed to carry the gun in Grass Valley, Calif., where he lives, but that license isn't valid in New York, which has strict rules on carrying concealed weapons, they said. ''He didn't have a correct understanding of the law,'' said Al Della Fave, a spokesman for the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, which polices the area's main air- ports. ''Though he has a permit to carry in California, that did not cover him in the state of New York.'' Meckler spent the day in jail and was arraigned in Queens late Friday afternoon on a felony weapons posses- sion charge. He was released pending a Jan. 12 court date. The charge could carry prison time, but travelers who are arrested in such cases and appear to be trying to comply with the law typically pay fines. The name of Meckler's attorney wasn't available Friday, and attempts to contact him by phone and electronic mes- sage were unsuccessful. Over 50 years of serving Tehama County