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6B Daily News – Thursday, January 5, 2012 Penn St. memos show funding fears, secrecy effort HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Penn State's board of trustees and president focused on repair- ing the school's tarnished image and braced for financial backlash in the immediate aftermath of the child sex-abuse scandal that erupted two months ago, going so far as to recommend reminding any outraged donors that they would- n't get their money back, according to internal memos obtained by The Associated Press. Four memos sent Nov. 14-18 and released to the AP this week describe the school's scram- bling response less than two weeks after former assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky was arrested on child molestation charges. Two Penn State administrators also were charged with lying to a grand jury and failing to properly report sus- pected child abuse. In the first memo, issued nine days after the charges were filed, new school President Rodney Erickson told the 47-member Board of Trustees that the public-relations teams of the university and the athletic department had met to ''align our messages'' and that he had received positive feedback after two network television interviews. ''This is another indication that we are taking control of the narrative of our story,'' Erickson wrote. The scandal led to the ouster of Graham Spanier, Erickson's predecessor, and the firing of venerable football coach Joe Paterno, a decision by the trustees that triggered rioting in downtown State College and produced dozens of criminal charges. A Nov. 18 note from Erickson also included an attachment with ''talking points'' for donors, including that the school had not changed its pol- icy that gifts are not returned. ''The overwhelming majority of our leading donors have made public statements affirming their faith in the university and its future,'' according to the university's talking points. The document named a couple who gave $88 million to launch an NCAA ice hockey program, and another who endowed the position of head foot- ball coach. Both the number of donors and number of gifts to Penn State increased in November, com- pared with the same month a year earlier. Total donations to Penn State were $3.1 million in November, compared to $1.1 million in Novem- ber 2010, according to the university. Another positive sign for Penn State was last month's announcement of a $10 million gift from an anonymous donor to bridge engineering research projects with other fields of study. Erickson told the board he had participated in a conference call with a fundraising commit- tee. ''Our volunteer leaders remain committed to Penn State, and my message was well received,'' Erickson told the trustees. The records were obtained through a public records request filed Nov. 22 with the state Department of Education. Penn State, which receives hundreds of millions of dollars in tax- payer support annually, is largely exempt from the law and has declined requests for certain information as its internal investigation contin- ues. University spokeswoman Annemarie Mountz said Erickson's memos continued after Nov. 18, but she declined to provide them to the AP. The memos also reflect close monitoring of the widespread publicity surrounding the scan- dal. Erickson noted on Nov. 14 that ''blogs, tweets, news stories, Facebook postings, YouTube videos, etc.'' had declined 50 percent from the previous day and 90 percent over the prior four days. ''Review of Top 20 search terms on Google today shows no Penn State terms on that list for the first time in nine days,'' Erickson wrote. On Nov. 15, Erickson told the board that the Penn State Marketing Council was asked to help SAN DIEGO (AP) — Mex- ican drug cartel kingpin Ben- jamin Arellano Felix pleaded guilty Wednesday in U.S. fed- eral court to racketeering and conspiracy to launder money. The plea avoided the spec- tacle of a trial for one of the world's most powerful drug lords of the 1990s. The plea agreement calls for a maximum of 25 years in prison. Federal prosecutors agreed to dismiss other charges that could have brought a sentence of 140 years in prison if convicted. identify pressing needs, naming admissions as one area that required attention. He said the school was developing a video and ''more sym- bolic game day experiences'' for the Ohio State football game on the following weekend. Also Nov. 15, the two top-ranking members of the Board of Trustees wrote to other board mem- bers to say that debate among the full board, including emeritus members, had become too cumbersome in the eyes of many trustees. The board has 31 voting members, including Erickson, Gov. Tom Corbett and members of Corbett's Cabinet, as well as 16 emeritus mem- bers. Although board membership is concentrat- ed in Pennsylvania, some members live in other states. ''We need to streamline the communications among and with members of the board,'' Chair- man Steve Garban and Vice Chairman John Surma wrote, days after media reports surfaced of eroding support for Paterno and Spanier. ''First and foremost, there have been serious breaches in confidentiality of our discussions and we will take the necessary steps to address these. Second, a smaller group will be more effective to provide feedback to President Erickson.'' The executive committee was designated to serve that function, Garban and Surma wrote, adding that no major policy steps would be taken without appropriate participation by the full board. The third update from Erickson said the school's vice president for university relations, Bill Mahon, had asked Penn State deans and chancellors to emphasize ''remorse, humility and resolve.'' ''It is critical that we show that we are moving forward under the leadership of President Erick- son,'' Mahon told the administrators. ''Please be sure that there is broad understanding that he is the president, not the interim president.'' Mountz said Tuesday that the internal memos show the president and board working ''to rein- force all the positive elements'' of Penn State while addressing the scandal. She said the documents showed Erickson ''focusing on improving communications, reach- ing out to students, faculty and alumni and the public, and appointing new leadership.'' The school's public relations challenges con- tinue, with a permanent successor to Paterno still not named and a couple of football recruits revoking verbal commitments to play for the Nit- tany Lions. Former players and other alumni have criticized how the university treated Pater- no, the winningest coach in the history of major college football. Erickson plans to meet with alumni to discuss the abuse scandal next week in town hall-style meetings in Pittsburgh, near Philadelphia and in New York. Messages left for Garban, Surma and several other trustees were not returned. Sandusky has been charged with sexual abuse of 10 boys over more than a decade, charges he has denied. He is free on bail while awaiting a trial in Centre County, where Penn State's main campus is. Charges against two administrators, Athletic Director Tim Curley and vice president Gary Schultz, were sent to county court in Harrisburg for trial after a daylong preliminary hearing last month. After being charged, Curley was placed on administrative leave at his request, and Schultz retired. Curley and Schultz deny the allegations that they lied to the grand jury investigating Sandusky and did not comply with a state law that requires suspected child abuse, in certain circumstances, to be reported to higher authorities. The day the charges were announced, Spanier released a statement expressing unconditional support for Curley and Schultz and predicting they would be exonerated. Mexican cartel kingpin pleads guilty in US court Sentencing was scheduled for April 2. The 58-year-old Arellano Felix said little during the pro- ceeding. As part of the agreement, Arellano Felix acknowledged leading an organization that distributed hundreds of tons of cocaine and marijuana in the United States and raked in hundreds of millions of dollars in proceeds that were sent back to Mexico, sometimes stuffed inside cars. Arellano Felix headed a once-mighty cartel that came Run ends for Ohio man's Secret Santa bearing pies COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — A Secret Santa has told an Ohio man not to expect any more pecan pies, which arrived mysteriously for 35 years. Willis Welch says the pie that showed up at his Colum- bus home during the recent holiday season was accompa- nied by a note that said, ''It has been a great ride.'' The per- son who signed it ''Pie Fairy'' also wrote: ''My wings are shorter now and I am a little too fat to fly anymore. But I still love you!!'' The Columbus Dispatch reports (http://bit.ly/sMmjUy ) that the 87-year-old Welch still doesn't know who was sending his perennial pastries, though whoever did it knew him well enough to know of his fondness for pecan pies. Welch believes the first one came in 1976. His two daughters have denied any involvement. ——— Information from: The Columbus Dispatch, http://www.dispatch.com to power in Tijuana, Mexico, in the late 1980s. Arellano Felix was extradit- ed from Mexico in April 2011 to face drug, money-launder- ing and racketeering charges. He had been under indictment in the U.S. since 2003 and is one of the highest-profile kingpins to face prosecution in the United States. Arellano Felix was incar- cerated in Mexico since his 2002 arrest and was sentenced in 2007 to 22 years in prison on drug trafficking and orga- nized crime charges. Legal Notices Legal Notices LEGAL NOTICE ABANDONMENT OF USE OF FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME FILE # 2011000370 STATEMENT OF The person(s) listed below have abandoned the use of the fol- lowing fictitious business name(s): Legal Notices Legal Notices Legal Notices Legal Notices yy 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): FIve Hundred Thirty- One dollars ($531.00) valued in terms of United States Currency, seized from or about the person or property of Christian Dejesus Ramirez Nares. Notice is hereby given that the above described property was seized on December 2, 2011, at an enforcement stop on I-5 Northbound, Corning, CA by T.I.D.E. for alleged violations of California Health and Safety Code section(s) 11378 and 11351. On December 2, 2011, non- judicial forfeiture proceedings were commenced by the Tehama County District Attor- ney in Action #AS11-506. Please use this case number on all documents and correspond- ence. 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: December 15, 2011 Gregg Cohen, District Attorney By: MATTHEW D. ROGERS, Assistant District Attorney Publish: Dec 22 & 29, 2011 & Jan 5, 2012 LEGAL NOTICE NOTICE OF TRUSTEE'S SALE TS No. 11-0106846 Title Order No. 110476616 Investor/Insurer No. 1701543712 APN No. 101-180-281 YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST, DATED 06/07/2006. UNLESS YOU TAKE ACTION TO PROTECT YOUR PROPERTY, IT MAY BE SOLD AT A PUBLIC SALE. IF YOU NEED AN EXPLANATION OF THE NATURE OF THE PROCEEDING AGAINST YOU, YOU SHOULD CONTACT A LAWYER." Notice is hereby given that RECONTRUST COMPANY, N.A., as duly appointed trustee pursuant to the Deed of Trust executed by RICHARD S COLCORD, AN UNMARRIED MAN, dated 06/07/2006 and recorded 6/13/2006, as Instrument No. 2006-012178, in Book , Page ), of Official Records in the office of the County Recorder of Tehama County, State of California, will sell on 01/30/2012 at 2:00PM, At the main entrance to the Tehama County Courthouse, 633 Washington Street, Red Bluff, CA 96080 at public auction, to the highest bidder for cash or check as described below, payable in full at time of sale, all right, title, and interest conveyed to and now held by it under said Deed of Trust, in the property situated in said County and State and as more fully described in the above referenced Deed of Trust. The street address and other common designation, if any, of the real property described above is purported to be: 19791 BIG BEND DRIVE, COTTONWOOD, CA, 96022. The undersigned Trustee disclaims any liability for any incorrectness of the street address and other com- mon designation, if any, shown herein. The total amount of the unpaid balance with interest thereon of the obligation se- cured by the property to be sold plus reasonable estimated costs, expenses and advances at the time of the initial publica- tion of the Notice of Sale is $233,551.25. It is possible that at the time of sale the opening bid may be less than the total in- debtedness due. In addition to cash, the Trustee will accept cashier's checks drawn on a state or national bank, a check drawn by a state or federal credit union, or a check drawn by a state or federal savings and loan association, savings asso- ciation, or savings bank speci- fied in Section 5102 of the Finan- cial Code and authorized to do business in this state. Said sale will be made, in an ''AS IS'' con- dition, but without covenant or warranty, express or implied, re- garding title, possession or en- cumbrances, to satisfy the in- debtedness secured by said Deed of Trust, advances thereunder, with interest as pro- vided, and the unpaid principal of the Note secured by said Deed of Trust with interest thereon as provided in said Note, plus fees, charges and ex- penses of the Trustee and of the trusts created by said Deed of Trust. DATED: 01/05/2012 RECONTRUST COMPANY, N.A. 1800 Tapo Canyon Rd., CA6-914- 01-94 SIMI VALLEY, CA 93063 Phone: (800) 281 8219, Sale Infor- mation (626) 927-4399 By: - Trustee's RECONTRUST COMPANY, N.A. is a debt collector attempting to collect a debt. Any information obtained will be used for that purpose. ASAP# FNMA4157900 01/05/2012, 01/19/2012 Sale Officer 01/12/2012, LEGAL NOTICE Perfectly Personal by Canda Kay The fictitious business name re- ferred to above was filed on: 2/5/08 in the County of Tehama Original File #2008000038 Canda Kay Williams 19688 Kingsley Cove Cottonwood, CA 96022 Donald Robert WIlliams 19688 Kingsley Cove Cottonwood, CA 96022 This Business is conducted by:husband and wife S/By: Canda Kay Williams Canda Kay Williams S/By: Donald Robert WIlliams Donald Robert Williams This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Tehama County on 12/9/2011 Beverly Ross Tehama County Clerk Publish: December 15, 22, & 29, 2011 & January 5, 2012 NOTICE OF TRUSTEE'S SALE TS No. 11-0103088 Title Order No. 110470438 APN No. 078-310-301 YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST, DATED 04/11/2007. UNLESS YOU TAKE ACTION TO PROTECT YOUR PROPERTY, IT MAY BE SOLD AT A PUBLIC SALE. IF YOU NEED AN EXPLANATION OF THE NATURE OF THE PROCEEDING AGAINST YOU, YOU SHOULD CONTACT A LAWYER." Notice is hereby giv- en that RECONTRUST COMPANY, N.A., as duly appointed trustee pursuant to the Deed of Trust executed by GARRETT SAM HUNT, A MARRIED MAN AS HIS SOLE AND SEPARATE PROPERTY, dated 04/11/2007 and recorded 4/20/2007, as Instrument No. 2007007176, in Book , Page ), of Official Records in the office of the County Recorder of Tehama County, State of California, will sell on 01/30/2012 at 2:00PM, At the main entrance to the Tehama County Courthouse, 633 Washington Street, Red Bluff, Tehama County, CA at public auction, to the highest bidder for cash or check as described below, payable in full at time of sale, all right, title, and interest conveyed to and now held by it did d f i h under said Deed of Trust, in the property situated in said County and State and as more fully de- scribed in the above referenced Deed of Trust. The street ad- dress and other common desig- nation, if any, of the real proper- ty described above is purported to be: 7525 BRANDEE LANE, LOS MOLINOS, CA, 96055. The under- signed Trustee disclaims any li- ability for any incorrectness of the street address and other common designation, if any, shown herein. The total amount of the unpaid balance with inter- est thereon of the obligation se- cured by the property to be sold plus reasonable estimated costs, expenses and advances at the time of the initial publica- tion of the Notice of Sale is $275,130.75. It is possible that at the time of sale the opening bid may be less than the total indebtedness due. In addition to cash, the Trustee will accept cashier's checks drawn on a state or national bank, a check drawn by a state or federal credit union, or a check drawn by a state or federal savings and loan association, savings asso- ciation, or savings bank speci- fied in Section 5102 of the Finan- cial Code and authorized to do business in this state. Said sale will be made, in an ''AS IS'' con- dition, but without covenant or warranty, express or implied, re- garding title, possession or en- cumbrances, to satisfy the in- debtedness secured by said Deed of Trust, advances thereunder, with interest as pro- vided, and the unpaid principal of the Note secured by said Deed of Trust with interest thereon as provided in said Note, plus fees, charges and ex- penses of the Trustee and of the trusts created by said Deed of Trust. If required by the provi- sions of section 2923.5 of the California Civil Code, the decla- ration from the mortgagee, ben- eficiary or authorized agent is attached to the Notice of Trust- ee's Sale duly recorded with the appropriate County Recorder's Office. DATED: 01/05/2012 RECONTRUST COMPANY, N.A. 1800 Tapo Canyon Rd., CA6-914- 01-94 SIMI VALLEY, CA 93063 Phone/Sale Information: (800) 281 8219 By: Trustee's Sale Offi- cer RECONTRUST COMPANY, N.A. is a debt collector attempt- ing to collect a debt. Any infor- mation obtained will be used for that purpose. FEI # 1006.150122 01/05/2012, 01/19/2012 01/12/2012, NOTICE OF TRUSTEE'S SALE Trustee's Sale No. 05-FWA- 110947 YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UN- DER A DEED OF TRUST DATED 1/26/2007. UNLESS YOU TAKE ACTION TO PROTECT YOUR PROPERTY, IT MAY BE SOLD AT A PUBLIC SALE. IF YOU NEED AN EXPLANATION OF THE NATURE OF THE PROCEEDING AGAINST YOU, YOU SHOULD CONTACT A LAWYER. On January 12, 2012, at 02:00 PM, AT THE MAIN EN- TRANCE TO THE TEHAMA COUN- TY COURTHOUSE, 633 WASHING- TON STREET, in the City of RED BLUFF, County of TEHAMA, State of CALIFORNIA, REGIONAL SERV- ICE CORPORATION, a California corporation, as duly appointed Trustee under that certain Deed of Trust executed by AMBER WILSON, A SINGLE WOMAN, as Trustors, recorded on 2/1/2007, as Instrument No. 2007002176, of Official Records in the office of the Recorder of TEHAMA County, State of CALIFORNIA, under the power of sale therein contained, WILL SELL AT PUBLIC AUCTION TO THE HIGHEST BIDDER, for cash, or cashier's check (paya- ble at the time of sale in lawful money of the United States) without warranty express or im- plied as to title, use, possession or encumbrances, all right, title and interest conveyed to and now held by it as such Trustee, in and to the following descri- bed property situated in the aforesaid County and State, to- wit: TAX PARCEL NO. 024-330-331 From information which the Trustee deems reliable, but for which Trustee makes no repre- sentation or warranty, the street address or other common desig- nation of the above described property is purported to be 2112 RETA WAY , RED BLUFF, CA 96080. Said property is being sold for the purpose of paying the obligations secured by said Deed of Trust, including fees and expenses of sale. The total amount of the unpaid principal balance, interest thereon, to- gether with reasonably estimat- ed costs, expenses and advan- ces at the time of the initial pub- lication of the Notice of Trust- ee's Sale is $152,039.96. In com- pliance with California Civil Code 2923.5(c), the mortgagee, trustee, beneficiary, or author- ized agent declares: that it has contacted the borrower(s) to as- sess their financial situation and to explore options to avoid fore- closure; or that it has made ef- forts to contact the borrowers) to assess their financial situa- tion and to explore options to avoid foreclosure by one or more of the following methods: by telephone, by United States mail; either 1st class or certi- fied; by overnight delivery; by personal delivery; by e-mail; by face to face meeting or the bor- rower has surrendered the prop- erty to the mortgagee, trustee, beneficiary, or authorized agent and that the compliance with Civil Code Section 2923.5 was made at least thirty (30) days prior to the date of this Notice of Sale. Dated: 12/9/2011 REGIONAL SERVICE CORPORATION, Trustee By: MARILEE HAKKINEN, AU- THORIZED AGENT Agent for Trustee: AGENCY SALES AND POSTING 3210 EL CAMINO REAL, SUITE 200 IRVINE, CA 92602 Tele- phone Number: (800) 542-2550 Sale Information: (714) 730-2727 or http://www.rtrustee.com ASAP# 4156736 12/22/2011, 12/29/2011, 01/05/2012 LEGAL NOTICE Look into the Classifieds to find dogs, cats and plenty of other pets looking for a home like yours! New Listings Appearing Daily in Print & Online Daily News Classified. redbluffdailynews.com To subscribe or place a Classified ad, please call 527-2151 Shop Laptops, Desktops, Stereos Electronics For a Fraction of the Retail Cost! With the MP3 Players, Speakers & Other luxuries that keep life interesting & splurge a little, for a lot less in the Daily News Classified. CALL TODAY 527-2151 Classified, you can still afford those little