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Thursday, February 16, 2012 – Daily News 7A 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. Merton Andersen Merton Andersen died Monday, Feb. 13, 2012, at his residence in Red Bluff. He was 89. Hoyt-Cole Chapel of the Flowers is handling the arrangements. Published Thursday, Feb. 16 2012, in the Daily News, Red Bluff, Calif. Fire destroys home A residence was completely destroyed in a fire reported at 9:35 a.m. Tuesday in the 22500 block of Viola Street, but both occupants were able to get out uninjured. The fire, which was contained at 9:45 a.m., started on the roof of the residence and is believed to have been caused by an ember from the chimney of a wood stove, said CalFire Public Information Officer Kevin Colburn. "CalFire and Tehama County Fire would like to remind everyone of the importance of removing dry leaves from the roof and having a screen on the chimney flue to prevent embers from landing on the roof and igniting a fire," Col- burn said. Damage is estimated at $20,000 with a $5,000 save. BEAT Continued from page 1A of $12,000 worth of drums, other rhythm instruments and books on drumming, paid for through innovation funds as part of the Mental Health Services Act. The board also approved two contracts with two local experts who will help teach coun- ty mental health staff and others to facilitate drum- ming circles and other techniques. One of the experts, Abbie Ehorn, a music teacher at Evergreen Ele- mentary School in Cotton- wood, was enlisted as a musical consultant for the program. Ehorn will be training mental health staff on how to use techniques she uses in school to teach students drumming. The benefits of drum- ming are tremendous, she said. For kinesthetic peo- ple, or those who learn better by touching or doing something, are especially receptive to it, but anyone can do it. "As a teacher, I use it as therapy every day," Ehorn said. There are no notes to learn and participants are led slowly and systemati- cally through a process that can greatly calm them, relieve stress and increase their overall health, Ehorn said. She has worked with children who have autism who find the drum sooth- ing and helpful, she said. They sometimes will put their cheek onto the drum and feel the vibrations as others drum around them. Drumming is even accessible to those who may have limited use of their hands or memory problems, she said. After children leave her classes, they head back calmer, more connected with others and their minds are more focused, Ehorn said. "This is a program that is very exciting," she said. Joining Ehorn is DaLene Forester, a licensed marriage and family therapist from Red- ding, who will be advising county staff on how to implement relaxation techniques incorporating drumming and training staff on trauma focused cognitive behavioral ther- apy. The stressed brain can't be calm enough to work through emotional issues, Forester said. Drumming can be used as a way to reduce stress and raise individual's resistance to stress. "It's a phenomenal tool to lower brain waves, alpha waves, which is like meditation," she said. Therapeutic drumming has proven to decrease fear and anxiety, which in turn decreases other health risks, Forester said. It also can help individuals, per- haps who have autism or Alzheimers disease, express thoughts and feel- ings that they cannot artic- ulate. Drumming can also teach patients to be more in tune with their bodies and alert to changes with- in themselves, she said. The idea is also to reach people who other- wise would avoid getting help because of stigmas attached to using mental health services. "It could be a magnet to bring people in," Pena said. The program will start with the youth at the Youth Empowerment Center, Pena said. Then it will move on to other pop- ulations, such as seniors. It will also incorporate Native American and other cultures that use drumming through tradi- tion and community. Drumming was chosen over other techniques because of its success rate in other areas, such as at the University of Califor- nia at Davis MIND Insti- tute, Pena said. "We want an equally innovative program here," Pena said. It has also never been done before in Tehama County, a condition important to qualify for funding. The Mental Health Ser- vices Act steering com- mittee, made up of con- sumers, family members of patients, the Mental Health Board, the First 5 Commission, law enforce- ment, care providers and community service orga- nizations, held focus groups to look at possibil- ities for the Innovation Plan. The committee recom- mended Drumming for Health, and the Mental Health Board approved the choice as the Innova- tion Plan on May 27, and it was approved by the state department of mental health after a review and public hearing process. The leader on the pro- ject, marriage and family therapist Edie Burnett, is enthusiastic about work- ing with Forester and Ehorn to get Drumming for Health working. Often, people with mental health issues have had failures or little suc- cess at other things in life, which can contribute to stress and depression, she said. This program isn't graded, doesn't require specific skills and is sim- ple, so participants can succeed and improve their self-confidence and mood. Also, the longer people are in meditative or relaxed states, it helps bal- ance the chemicals in their brains, Burnett said. "We're teaching the brain to heal itself," she said. Ehorn and Forester will begin training with county staff in April. ——— Andrea Wagner can be reached at 527-2153, extension 114 or awagner@redbluffdailyne ws.com. DRUGS Continued from page 1A Usually busts with such large amounts of drugs don't happen so close together, he said. The four incidents don't appear to be con- nected, Kain said. CHP K- 9 handlers were working traffic enforcement in the south county when the arrests were made, Kain said. First, CHP officers pulled over a Toyota Taco- ma at 12:30 a.m. Friday, he said. The driver, Sal- vador Delgado, 42, of Santa Ana was arrested after the K-9 sniffed and pointed toward three pack- ages full of crystal meth. Agents seized the drugs, weighing 7.5 pounds altogether with an estimated street value of $337,000, along with $1,456 in cash, Kain said. Later Friday, at 9:30 p.m., TIDE agents were called back to the area when CHP officers stopped a Hyundai sedan from Oregon, he said. Agents, with the K-9's help, found seven pack- BREWER Continued from page 1A case he is sued in the scope of his work for the city, City Attorney Michael Fitzpatrick said. Kimbrough would be paid $4,500 a month from March to June, with a 30-day notice of termination. The contract would renew for an additional year if not canceled. Former Councilman Ross Turner questioned whether the position of consultant was to be opened up with request for proposals or had just been created with one person in mind. Turner asked if the law was voted ages, containing altogeth- er 1/4-pound of crystal meth, which had a street value of $18,940, Kain said. The driver, Obed Car- dona, 30, of Springfield, Ore., was arrested. Saturday afternoon, a third traffic stop resulted in a large-scale cocaine bust. Leit Phou, 28, of West Covina was pulled over in a white 2002 Honda Odyssey in which agents found more than 62 pounds of cocaine in 25 packages inside a hidden compartment. Agents seized $1,638 in cash along with the drugs, which had a street value estimated at $2.8 million, Kain said. Officers sometimes operate on hunches, but the K-9 dogs helped con- firm that drugs were there and where they were in the vehicles, Kain said. Cardona was booked into Tehama County Jail on charges of transporta- tion of a controlled sub- stance, possession of a controlled substance for sale, possession of drug paraphernalia and driving without a license. Bail was set at $104,000. Delgado was charged with possession of a con- trolled substance for sale and transportation of a controlled substance. Bail was set at $250,000. Phou was charged with possession or purchase of narcotics for sale, trans- portation or sales of nar- cotics and use of a com- partment to conceal a con- trolled substance. Bail was set at $4,015,000. TIDE arrests continued into the week, with at least two more arrests Valen- tine's Day. This included more than $27,000 in cash seized, Kain said. Antonio Ornelas Duran, 25, of Aberdeen, Wash., was arrested Tues- day on Interstate 5 at Sour Grass Road, after he was pulled over at 11:20 a.m. in a Volkswagen Jetta. A CHP K-9 dog detect- ed drug odors leading offi- cers to six packages con- taining a total of 16.5 pounds of cocaine, with a street value of $754,000, Kain said. Duran was arrested on charges of possession of on in December, why was the coun- cil just becoming aware of the issue. Strack said the mid-year budget was scheduled to be discussed Tues- day, but moved in light of the need to choose Kimbrough's replace- ment. It will be moved to the Feb. 28 meeting. Dewey Lucero, of Lucero Olive Oil, asked the council to consider the importance of the growth of agricultural industries and tourism when choosing Kimbrough's suc- cessor. Lucero said he is both excited and concerned because a part-time city manager may not be able to reach his full potential of helping businesses if he is bogged down Sacramento couple missing since Sunday found alive SACRAMENTO (AP) — A Sacramento couple reported missing Sunday during a trip to El Dorado County wine country have been found alive. Authorities say Mark Schroeder and Janette DeGrace were rescued Wednesday afternoon after Schroeder managed to hike several miles through snow and made contact with search crews. Sheriff's officials say after Schroeder was found, he was able to guide a rescue helicopter to DeGrace, who had remained behind in their stranded car. The 55-year--old Schroeder and the 52-year-old DeGrace were taken to a hospital in Auburn. Their conditions were not known, but authorities say Schroeder was being treated for frostbite. Sheriff's officials say the couple became stranded when their car was stuck in snow near the community of Georgetown, a remote area about 60 miles northeast of Sacramento. Foot of snow atop Sierra, storm snarls I-80 SPARKS, Nev. (AP) — The first major winter storm of the year to hit the Sierra dumped up to a foot of snow in the mountains and made a mess of morning travel in the valleys around Reno on Wednesday, closing parts of U.S Interstate 80 before the wet, windy weather left the area. The Nevada Highway Patrol was forced to intermit- tently close stretches of I-80 between Reno and Sparks. All sections, including the Spaghetti Bowl intersection YUBA CITY (AP) — The shooting at a North- ern California home that claimed two women's lives, wounded a third and ended with police fatally shooting the suspected gunman stemmed from a domestic dispute, police said on Wednesday. The gunman, Steven George Williams, 53, opened fire with a hand- gun on Tuesday afternoon after arguing with his sis- ter-in-law, Janis Lyn Williams, 58, according to Yuba City police spokeswoman Shawna Pavey. Janis Williams and Kimberly Ann Yancey, 53, were killed. The third victim, identified by police only as a 56-year- old woman, suffered a gunshot wound but is expected to survive. Police did not plan to release her name until they had a chance to inter- view her and get a state- ment. Investigators believe Steven Williams entered the home from the back with a handgun around 4:15 p.m. Tuesday and shot Janis Williams and Yancey, who were in the kitchen, before opening fire on two children and two other women in the home as they tried to flee, Pavey said. One of those women, the 56-year-old victim, was wounded. Pavey said the other woman and the children were not hurt. Officers arriving at the scene saw Williams run out of the house with a handgun, Pavey said. He narcotics for sale, trans- portation of narcotics and possession of a concealed compartment for drug traf- ficking. Bail was set at $215,000. In an unrelated inci- dent, TIDE agents arrested Christopher Allen Ramos, 29, of Red Bluff at gun- point Tuesday in the Wal- mart/Raley's parking lot. Agents reportedly saw Ramos riding a bicycle in the shopping center area and knew he was wanted for a parole violation, Kain said. Ramos was arrested initially on the violation, but, while searching Ramos, agents found 0.2 grams of crystal meth and several hypodermic syringes, Kain said. He was charged with possession of a controlled substance and transporta- tion of a controlled sub- stance, as well as violation of parole. Bail was set at $40,000. ——— Andrea Wagner can be reached at 527-2153, extension 114 or awagner@redbluffdailyne ws.com. with the day-to-day things. He was concerned about the efficiency of having one person filling two posi- tions. Strack said he is confident Brew- er has "bought into (Lucero's) plan." The Corning City Council meets the second and fourth Tuesdays of the month at City Hall, 794 Third St. Meeting minutes and agendas are available at www.corning.org. ——— Julie Zeeb can be reached at 527-2153, extension 115 or jzeeb@redbluffdailynews.com. Follow her on Twitter @DN_Zeeb. STATE BRIEFING of I-80 and U.S. Highway 395, reopened before 11 a.m. Trooper Chuck Allen said the spot closures were the only way to get snow plows and trucks through traffic jams to deliver salt and sand to a slippery highway lit- tered with spinouts. ''It's a mess out there,'' he told KRNV-TV. Law officers responded to more than three dozen accidents, including a rollover on U.S. 395 north of Reno near Cold Springs. No one was seriously hurt, but minor injuries were reported in 10 wrecks. Snow totals ranged from 6 inches at the Mt. Rose Ski Resort between Reno and Lake Tahoe and a foot of new snow at Alpine Meadows on the lake's west shore. About 8 inches fell at Truckee, Calif., 6 inches north of Sparks and up to 4 in Reno, where the start of the school day was delayed two hours. Carson City and Fallon had about 2 inches of snow. Armstrong charity gives $1.5M to Calif tobacco tax SACRAMENTO (AP) — Supporters of an initiative on California's June ballot that would raise cigarette taxes to fund cancer research got a boost Wednesday from Lance Armstrong's Livestrong charity as the cycling champion announced a $1.5 million contribution. The contribution to Proposition 29 is critical to the suc- cess of what he described as a David-vs.-Goliath cam- paign, Armstrong said. ''We feel that Prop. 29 will save lives, stop kids from smoking and just may lead us to a cure by adding $1 to the current tobacco tax,'' he told reporters on a conference call. ''Big tobacco and the tobacco companies will spend tens of millions of dollars to defeat this proposition. They say any- thing and do anything to get Californians to vote no.'' Police: Domestic dispute behind Yuba City shooting was shot by an officer about a block away after he refused to surrender, police said. Authorities declined to release the officer's name but he has been placed on paid administrative leave pending an investigation by the Sutter County Dis- trict Attorney's Office. One witness reported seeing the suspect without a weapon and with his hands up when the officer opened fire. But Pavey insisted on Wednesday that Williams had a gun in his hand. She did not know how many shots the officer fired or whether Williams fired at the offi- cer. Steven Williams lived in the home with Janis Williams, police said. The two other victims lived in a separate residence con- nected to the home. The handgun believed to have been used in the shooting has been recov- ered, police said. 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