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It's also set up with some flexibility with some courses overlapping so a student can take one class that can be applied to two different pathways depend- ing on which direction the student chooses to apply it. "Our idea is to give them exposure to different career paths and the seventh pe- riod really opens that up," Brose said. "It allows the AP students to take more AP classes so they can be more competitive in college or a CTE class." Students will not be re- quired to take seven classes their senior year, Brose said. The school has received a grant for the expansion of its CTE courses and has al- ready added some, includ- ing computer science engi- neering, Ag soils chemistry and anatomy and physiol- ogy. "This is the first year and we've had a lot of questions, but it's been a smooth start considering," Brose said. "I'd like to thank my staff for their willingness to take it on and try to improve things. Exposure and op- portunities are what we are trying to provide." The school is working to pair students with oppor- tunities in the community to gain experience related to their career pathway, in- cluding job shadowing, and has brought back the work experience program where students can get credits to- ward their high school tran- script from working a job. Students and parents will be meeting Thursday at 7 p.m. for a presentation on being a part of the ath- lete committed program af- ter which the students will be asked to sign a commit- ment to live up to school conduct policy and to sup- port each other as athletes. "John Underwood will be giving a presentation along with scientific facts on the effects of poor nutri- tion, alcohol and sleep de- privation on their perfor- mance," Brose said. "We're asking them to be commit- ted, short term and long term, to being productive and promoting a healthy lifestyle." Paths FROMPAGE1 "The purpose of the event is to do several things," said Michelle Carlson, CEO of Future Development Group. "It is to honor our local folks and film makers. It is to bring something fresh and new into our county and to help bring people into the State Theatre. Also to give the venue some new ways to get people to partic- ipate in theater. It is creat- ing film instead of consum- ing film. Just to breathe ex- citing, adventurous things into our community. Some- thing we haven't done be- fore." This new creative out- let will give filmmakers the opportunities to bring their work to audiences and be able to share their lives or stories with the commu- nity. It is easier than ever to get involved and to film because of new technology. "If you look at our cul- ture, with YouTube and cell phones, we see people of all ages uploading to You- Tube," said Berenice For- ward, an independent con- tractor working with Fu- ture Development Group. "They document their lives and they document their friends' lives. They are film- makers, whether they see themselves as that or not. There is no age barrier, ev- erybody is on YouTube cre- ating and consuming so we are just calling them to the forefront." With various types of de- vices used to make films, it has become easier to cre- ate good quality images and videos. For the festival any device can be used to capture video. It is up to the filmmakers what genre and story they choose, which leaves the doors wide open for creativity and fun. "SERRF — Safe Educa- tion and Recreation for Ru- ral Families — is embrac- ing the Maker Movement for the creative way it aligns with the Common Core and STEM curriculum," said Karla Stroman, of SERRF's Expanded Learning Pro- gram. "The Maker Move- ment encourages active and engaging hands-on project- based learning. This film festival provides an oppor- tunity to showcase our stu- dents' talents." Students who participate in the festival may have op- portunities to get school credits if the educator puts it in the core curriculum for the year. "Also with Makerspace there is the opportunity for those who have those cre- ative abilities to have an outlet for them," Forward said. "So this would be a way to encourage them to go ahead and create and to be acknowledged for that. This is a public platform for them to showcase their art, something they don't al- ways get the chance to do." Ticket prices will be de- termined and announced closer to the event. For more information visit tehamaschools.org. Film fest FROM PAGE 1 From the marijuana manufacturing operation inside the Anderson ware- house, agents seized some 2,700 mature marijuana plants, 1,300 marijuana clones and about 40 kilo- grams of processed mari- juana, the release said. Agents seized about 130 pounds of processed mari- juana, numerous firearms and $51,860 from the cou- ple's home, and nearly 200 marijuana plants, pro- cessed marijuana, con- centrated cannabis, edi- ble marijuana and $4,673 from the marijuana dis- pensary. Federal search warrants were again executed in May 2013, after law enforcement learned the Lanes were con- tinuing to grow marijuana, the release said. During the execution of the search war- rants, agents seized 2,329 mature marijuana plants and 1,724 clones at the warehouse. The defendants are scheduled to be sentenced by U.S. District Judge John A. Mendez on Feb. 16, 2016. John Lane faces a maxi- mum sentence of 10 years in prison and Kelsey Lane faces up to three years in prison. The actual sentences, however, will be deter- mined at the discretion of the court after consider- ation of any applicable stat- utory factors and the Fed- eral Sentencing Guidelines, which take into account a number of variables. This case is the product of an investigation by the North State Marijuana In- vestigation Team, the Siski- you County Narcotics Task Force, the Drug Enforce- ment Administration, the Bureau of Land Manage- ment, the Alcoholic Bever- age Control, Shasta County Sheriff's Office, Trinity County Sheriff's Office, Shasta Interagency Nar- cotic Task Force, the Cali- fornia Department of Jus- tice and the FBI. Assistant U.S. Attorney Justin Lee is prosecuting the case. Couple FROM PAGE 1 "The purpose of the event is to do several things. It is to honor our local folks and film makers. It is to bring something fresh and new into our county and to help bring people into the State Theatre. " —MichelleCarlson,CEOofFutureDevelopmentGroup PERS is reliant upon in- vestments to function and if the state capital gains taxes don't make as much money on investments, the money received by the county would not be as high as usual, Goodwin said. The 16-full time equiva- lent positions the county is looking to add are mostly not from the general fund. Only the District Attorney's and the Assessor's office re- quests would impact the general fund. Supervisor Bob Williams said he was concerned with the three-year projections showing only a 3 percent in- crease in revenue through property taxes while ex- penditures in the budget are listed at a 5 percent per year increase. "That's a highway I don't want to be on," Williams said. Supervisor Candy Carl- son echoed the concern, asking if there are areas where things done in house could be contracted out and if there were some areas of the rebuilding of personnel that could be put off for now. Supervisor Steve Cham- blin said the cuts made due to the recession were done so out of necessity to get by, but they are not sustain- able. While he did not like the three-year picture, there was a need to do the best they could to move forward. Auditor-Controller Le- roy Anderson said the 3 per- cent increase was a conser- vative initial estimated and it looked like it was going to be closer to 5 percent. District Attorney Gregg Cohen said he understood the dilemma the county is in, but he may have avoided too long asking for his staff- ing to be restored. "We have eight open ho- micide cases in house," Co- hen said. "Three or four of those are unsolved, but we're still working on them. When I came in 1996, we had one homicide every other year and one or two molestation cases. Right now we have five open child molestation cases. These types of cases are cases all unto themselves. They're very time intensive." A homicide on average, takes about two years to pro- cess and to say preparations for the Bealer case alone are huge is a understatement, Cohen said. The office has had to bring on extra help for the last three years to stayafloatwiththecaseload, which has increased from an average of 3,200 cases a year to 3,600 cases a year for the last two years, he said. "We've had about 1,200 felony cases a year the last two years," Cohen said. "The problem is a total package of the volume and the types of cases." Cohen said his depart- ment is lacking a forensic crime investigator who can focus on evidence such as cell phones and laptops. "It's a position I feel is not only needed, but we're be- hind the curve," Cohen said. "We do recognize the tough position of the board and we hope to tackle it collec- tively as a county. We won't ask unless it is something we vitally need." After discussion of what could be cut the board voted 4-1, with Carlson be- ing the loan no vote, to pass the budget as it stood with the reserve transfers and plans to continue with the capital projects proposed. Carlson said she voted no because there were areas where cuts could be made that would not have hurt the county and resources that can be utilized that aren't being utilized. Budget FROM PAGE 1 The Associated Press SACRAMENTO Many Cal- ifornia state agencies are not complying with the state's information technol- ogy standards, leaving them vulnerable to a major secu- rity breach of sensitive data such as Social Security num- bers, health information or tax returns, the state audi- tor reported Tuesday. "Our review found that many state entities have weaknesses in their con- trols over information se- curity. These weaknesses leave some of the state's sensitive data vulnerable to unauthorized use, dis- closure, or disruption," Au- ditor Elaine Howle wrote in the report. She notes that the state is a prime target for infor- mation security breaches as government agencies keep extensive amounts of confi- dential data. Many agencies also have not sufficiently planned for interruptions or disasters, she found. In June, the Office of Per- sonnel Management an- nounced a major hack that exposed personal informa- tion of about 20 million cur- rent and former federal em- ployees and job applicants. "Given the size of Cali- fornia's economy and the value of its information, if unauthorized parties were to gain access to this infor- mation, the costs both to the state and to the individ- uals involved could be enor- mous," Howle wrote. California likely also is not alone in its security gaps, with some states far- ing worse and some better, said Tim Erlin, a director of security and IT risk strate- gist for Portland, Ore.-based security firm Tripwire. "Government has a much more robust audit process that's public," Erlin said. "You never get a report like this from a Fortune 500 company unless something bad has already happened." The auditor's report said the agency in charge of en- suring compliance with IT standards, the Department of Technology, has failed to ensure agencies are comply- ing; a voluntary "self-cer- tification" of compliance was confusing and poorly worded, she wrote, leading many agencies to report that they were complying when they were not. She also criticized the depart- ment for its slowness in au- diting agencies. AUDIT State agencies vulnerable to hacks RUTHMCCABE May 23, 1923 ~ August 9, 2015 Ruth McCabe passed away of natural causes, August 9, 2015. Ruth was a resident of Red Bluff for most of her life. Ruth is survived by her daughter and son-in-law Roberta & Gary Winters, 3 grandchildren and 3 great grandchil- dren Graveside services will be held at Oak Hill Cemetery August 29, 2015 at 10:00am, she will be interred with her husband Robert McCabe. LINDA "WENDY" GAIL TUTTLE RYAN April 28, 1949 ~ August 22, 2015 Linda "Wendy" Gail Tuttle Ryan left us on August 22nd, 2015 at her home in Lincoln, Ca. She was born on April 28th, 1949 and will be missed greatly by her surviving rel- atives. Kelly Rush, her daughter and husband Kevin from Boise and Kenny her son and wife Jamie from Portland and grandson Justin. Siblings John Tuttle, Patti Sheppard her husband Shep, Donna McDonald and her husband Cook. She will be especially missed by her long-time Chi- huahua partner Spike. She was an amazing mother, sister and friend. The gifts of generosity and her love of life is something all of us will strive to learn from in her memo- ry. Wendy grew up in Loomis and was a graduate of Del Oro High School, class of 1969. For many years she ran a daycare and was responsible for building and shaping many young people. Kelly was always impressed at how well they all listened to her. Wendy never knew a stranger and brought joy to every- one with her quick wit, sarcasm and wonderful smile. She was not afraid to run others over with her wheelchair and would move surprisingly quick if there was a slot ma- chine in sight. Her interests included cigarettes, diet coke, John Wayne movies and Thunder Valley casino. Her ability to make any situation a positive one was one of her best attrib- utes. Slugbug! BETTY J. HEITMAN March 5, 1931 ~ August 19, 2015 Betty J.(Westphal) Heitman 84 passed away peacefully at her home on August 19. Betty was born on March 5, 1931 in Salinas, CA. She was the sixth of twelve children born to William and Margaret (Cumming) Westphal. Betty attended Hartnell College and San Jose State Univ. gradu- ating in 1955 with a degree in physical education. She spent 15 years teaching, first at Anderson High school, then at Platina & Bend Schools. For 10 years she was the school secretary at Manton. She most enjoyed spending time with her family, she was a loving, giving and sup- portive wife, mother and grandmother. She taught her children what it meant to love their own children uncon- ditionally. Betty had many interests including arrowhead hunting, baking, cooking, and sewing. Sewing her daugh- ters wedding dresses and making western shirts for her sons. In her later years she enjoyed quilting making a quilt for each of her grandkids. Betty was also available anytime for a game of baseball, hitting homers over the fence into her 40's. She loved to travel, dance, sing, and could pick out a tune on her harmonica. In 1957 she married Ralph Heitman after a wirlwind 6 week courtship. To this marriage came Bruce and Donna, two years later Marie was born and then Henry. She was predeceased by her parents, husband Ralph, 1 sister, 7 brothers and Son-in-law Rick Eshom. She is sur- vived by her 4 children: Bruce Heitman of Cottonwood, CA, Donna (Jim) Morris of Minot N.D., Marie Heitman- Eshom of Somers, MT, and Henry (Debbie) Heitman of Cottonwood, CA. 9 Grandkids: Josh (Regina) Heitman, Mandi Heitman, Lacey Heitman, Tara Serna, Hank Morris, Tanner Eshom, William Heitman, Chad Heitman and Ca- leb Heitman. 8 great grandkids Melissa Serna, Paisley Heitman, Ashlie Heitman, Aehron Heitman, Parker Heitman, Dante Carruthers and Johnathon Heitman. Si- ster's Ruth, Peggy and Marilyn. Many nieces and neph- ews. A celebration of her life will take place Sat. Aug 29th 3:00 pm at the Red Bluff Veteran's Hall. In lieu of flowers please make donations to the Betty Heitman School sup- ply memorial fund, either to Cornerstone Bank, Red Bluff or at http://www.gofundme.com/BettyHeitman. Obituaries ThePassingParadeisbroughttoyoubyMinchPropertyManagement, 760 Main Street specializing in commercial leasing and sales. 530 527-5514 THE PASSING PARADE (FrommyISayofSeptember1966) Last weekend was Jazz Festival time In Monterey. The missus and I, along with Bill and Ila Garrett, journeyed down to that wonderful cypress and sea area, and had a great time. The weather was perfect, the food delicious and we even sampled a brand new tennis court The Jazz Festival, held in the open air arena at the fairgrounds, is a continuous delight. The music is always exciting…and the crowd worth the price of admission. In fact, I saw many rich folks in their box seats that spent most of their time staring in fascination at the mixture of races, sexes and costumes. We had seats high up in the covered bleachers which afforded us a fine view of the stage and the audience. The Saturday afternoon performance was particularly rewarding. It was warm and sunny and a sold out affair. The dress and the make- up of the audience ranged from contemporary mod to far out camp to Big Sur weirdo folks in fright wigs. It was a sandal maker's paradise. Correction, a foot lover's paradise as many wore no shoes at all. The program was titled "The Evolution of The Blues". Big Mama Willie Mae Thornton was on stage giving forth with a rollicking, stomping, shouting version of the gospel song "It's Good Enough for Me". The audience was completely taken by her presentation and was clapping along with the beat. Suddenly a roar went up from the crowd as a free spirit from the crowd began to dance. Out in the center aisle, the free spirit writhed, strutted, gestured and laughed. He was dressed in faded jeans with a red bandana around his neck. His hair was long and stood on end.And then came a loud "Boo!" from the crowd as some cops arrived to drag the fellow from the arena. He resisted, they pushed and shoved. The audience protested. The music had continued but the action was now in the audience when along came an older policeman and released the free spirit. The audience applauded… and this was a signal for spontaneous dancing by others here and about the arena. You would not believe the gyrations and wild abandon the music produced! Yes it was quite a day for the thoroughly integrated crowd, momentarily forgetting their troubles and living it up…in harmony with one another.And you know what? From the many couples I saw dancing, I came to the conclusion that someday we will all be the same color.* * Though written nearly 50 years ago, the concept of one world and one race now seems highly unlikely. The diverse people of this planet cannot even find religious harmony, let alone racial. Despite having had a two term black President, riots with racial overtones continue. Who will come along to lead and unite rather than further divide us? The prospects list appears to be extremely thin. Robert Minch WEDNESDAY,AUGUST26,2015 REDBLUFFDAILYNEWS.COM |NEWS | 7 A