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Whiletheswingbandhas made it through the sum- mer season about half the members come from Red- ding, Anderson and Doug- las City, and Brett Brinkley, who has helped fill the con- ductor role, is from Sacra- mento. There are presently 22 swing band members. "I had a bridge to cross," Thiel said. "I asked the swing band if they would consider to meet twice a month through the year so we could really dig in and build a repertoire for the swing band and polish up our sound and they have agreedto give it atry. If this carries through the year, they should really sound much better next year." Both bands are looking for trumpet players. "Trumpets are really a problem for us to acquire," Thiel said. "We lucked out somewhat this summer by having three different ex- tra-ordinary trumpeters sit in and help us out. We have one trumpet locally and he does not play in the swing band. We did actu- ally have three parts play- ing in the concert band with one on a part, but it would sound so much bet- ter to have double that number. That rule applies to all of the instruments. Two sounds better than one. Our band barely has one to a part as a whole. Our people enjoy playing and they are very faith- ful and do work very hard to try and make the music sound good. They are just a great bunch of people to work with." The concert band can always use more members and the swing band only has two trumpets, while the music calls for four. Many of them come to the band through a connection to the Shasta College Sym- phonic Band. "That is where I was able to pick up many of our out of town members," Thiel said. "I all but beg everyone I come into contact with to comedowntoRedBluffand play in our little band. If I can get them to try it once, that is usually all it takes. They will come back." WhileThielknowsmany in the audience would pre- fer the swing band he says the concert band, which has been around in one form or another since 1863, is the foundation here in Red Bluff and he prefers it that way, Thiel said. "The band has five file cabinets of music to work from while the swing band does not have any library," Thiel said. "What we play is my personal library. We have enough music to go a couple of years and it will be expanded as needed." Concert FROMPAGE1 "They're ugly, they don't do anything for the view, solar makes utilities higher and they kill about 30 mil- lion birds a year," Moller said. "Those are all good reasons not to have them in Tehama County. There ought to be a moratorium on the large windmills." Supervisor Candy Carl- son agreed with Moller, stating she would like to see a ban on large scale op- erations that can become an "awful eyesore." Theordinancedoescover aesthetics in the checklist for approval and is in line with the county's general plan, Moore said. It is also a waytohelpwiththeclimate action reduction require- ments the county faces. "Right now we have had nothing and this will give us guidelines," Moore said. "It gives guidelines for the Williamson Act lands, set back, aesthetic, location and zone requirements." A portion of the ordi- nance dictates location and says wind systems should be in the rear yard portion of a lot where per- mitted unless approved by the Planning Director or Planning Commission. It also specifies that one small wind energy system, no more than 80 feet tall, per parcel for wind towers. The number and height for all wind power facilities will be determined at the time of the use permit. While a small wind en- ergy system is allowed on Williamson Act land, a wind power facility and dual purpose wind energy system is prohibited. A small solar energy system is allowed whereas a larger facility is not allowed un- less the project qualifies for solar use easement. For solar panels, height and set back from property lines will be determined by zone and attachment to ex- isting buildings and tow- ers will have to comply with the height previously set for that district. Solar also had a portion stating that after six months of non-use a system would be considered abandoned and could be considered a pub- lic nuisance to be removed. The full ordinance is available at www. co.tehama.ca.us. It goes into effect 30 days from the ordinance adoption. Ordinance FROM PAGE 1 Republican Assembly- woman Shannon Grove of Bakersfield said it also prevents female college students from protecting themselves. The bill now goes to the Senate for a final vote. Weapons FROM PAGE 1 Wood:HannahMayWood, 73, of Gerber died Monday, Aug. 31at Mercy General Hospital in Sacramento. Arrangements are under the direction of Red Bluff Simple Cremations & Burial Service. Published Wednesday, Sept. 2, 2015 in the Daily News, Red Bluff, California. Deathnoticesmustbe 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 newspaper's website. Paid obituaries may be of any length, may run multiple days and offer wide latitude of content, including photos. Death notices By Don Thompson The Associated Press SACRAMENTO California agreed Tuesday to end its unlimited isolation of im- prisoned gang leaders, re- stricting a practice that once kept hundreds of in- mates in notorious segre- gation units for a decade or longer. No other state keeps so many inmates segregated for so long, according to the Center for Constitutional Rights. The New York City- based nonprofit center rep- resents inmates in a class- action federal lawsuit set- tled on behalf of nearly 3,000 California inmates held in segregation state- wide. The state is agreeing to segregate only inmates who commit new crimes behind bars and will no longer lock gang members in sound- proofed, windowless cells solely to keep them from directing illegal activities by gang members. "It will move Califor- nia more into the main- stream of what other states are doing while still allow- ing us the ability to deal with people who are pre- senting problems within our system, but do so in a way where we rely less on the use of segregation," Cor- rections and Rehabilitation Secretary Jeffrey Beard told The Associated Press. The conditions trig- gered intermittent hunger strikes by tens of thousands of inmates throughout the prison system in recent years. Years-long segrega- tion also drew criticism this summer from Presi- dent Barack Obama and U.S. Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy. "I think there is a deep- ening movement away from solitary confinement in the country and I think this settlement will be a spur to that movement," Jules Lo- bel, the inmates' lead at- torney and president of the Center for Constitutional Rights, said in a telephone interview. The lawsuit was initially filed in 2009 by two kill- ers serving time in the se- curity housing unit at Peli- can Bay. By 2012, Todd Ash- ker and Danny Troxell were among 78 prisoners con- fined in Pelican Bay's isola- tion unit for more than 20 years, though Troxell has since been moved to an- other prison. More than 500 had been in the unit for more than 10 years, though recent policy changes reduced that to 62 inmates isolated for a de- cade or longer as of late July. The suit contended that isolating inmates in 80-square-foot cells for all but about 90 minutes each day amounts to cruel and unusual punishment. About half the nearly 3,000 inmates held in such units are in solitary con- finement. Inmates have no physical contact with visi- tors and are allowed only limited reading materials and communications with the outside world. The settlement will limit how long inmates can spend in isolation, while creating restrictive custody units for inmates who refuse to par- ticipate in rehabilitation programs or keep breaking prison rules. They will also house those who might be in dan- ger if they live with other inmates. For instance, 71-year-old Hugo Pinell was killed by fellow inmates in August just days after he was released from isola- tion, decades after he be- came infamous for his role in a failed 1971 San Quentin State Prison escape attempt that killed six. Lobel said the new units, by giving high-security in- mates more personal con- tact and privileges, should be an example to other states to move away from isolation policies that he said have proven counter- productive in California. Marie Levin, sister of 57-year-old reputed gang leader Ronnie Dewberry, read a statement from her brother, who goes by the name Sitawa Nantambu Jamaa, and other plaintiffs hailing the "monumental victory for prisoners and an important step toward our goal of ending solitary con- finement in California and across the country." With the pending pol- icy changes, this will be the "first time Marie will be able to hold her brother, touch her brother, for 31 years," Lobel said on a tele- conference call with Levin and other advocates. Nichol Gomez, a spokes- woman for the union repre- senting most prison guards, said it was disappointing that "the people that actu- ally have to do the work" weren't involved in the ne- gotiations, so she couldn't immediately comment. Beard said he will work to ease the unions' previ- ously expressed concerns that guards could face ad- ditional danger. He said the settlement expands on re- cent changes that have re- duced the number of seg- regated inmates statewide from 4,153 in January 2012 to 2,858 currently. Until recently, gang mem- bers could serve unlimited time in isolation. Under the settlement, they and other inmates can be segre- gated for up to five years for crimes committed in prison, though gang members can receive another two years in segregation. Beard said the segrega- tion system was adopted about 35 years ago after a series of slayings of inmates and guards and wasn't re- considered until recently because California correc- tions officials were con- sumed with other crises, including severe crowding. "We probably had too many people locked up too long, because over 70 per- cent of the people that were reviewed were actually re- leased, and we've had very, very few problems with those releases," Beard said. SEGREGATION State to so en rules on solitary confinement for gang leaders California is agreeing to settle a federal lawsuit first filed in 2009by two inmates at Pelican Bay State Prison who argued that conditions in the security housing unit there are so harsh that they amount to cruel and unusual punishment. Among the changes: • California will stop isolat- ing inmates indefinitely solely because they are validated gang members or leaders. • Gang members and nonmembers alike will be sent to segregated housing for up to five years only if they commit serious crimes behind bars. • Gang members can gener- ally be held in segregation for an additional two years before returning to the gen- eral prison population. • Inmates who refuse to participate in rehabilitation programs or keep breaking prison rules will be sent to a new, less-harsh class of restrictive housing. • Most inmate gang mem- bers who have spent more than 10years in isolation also will be sent to the new restrictive housing. As of late July, 28inmates had spent more than two decades in the segregation units and another 34had been isolated for more than 10years. • Segregated inmates will be permitted some tele- phone calls and may partici- pate in some rehabilitation programs. • The state will create a new administrative security hous- ing unit for a few inmates who may be held longer than a decade. However, those inmates will have more time out of their cell than other segregated inmates. The unit is to be reserved for inmates who are found to be immedi- ate threats, and their status will be reviewed every six months. Sources: California Department of Corrections and Rehabilita- tion, Center for Constitutional Rights, court documents SETTLEMENTCREATESNEWSEGREGATEDHOUSING CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS AND REHABILITATION Todd Ashker, a validated leader of the Aryan Brotherhood, has been in the Security Housing Unit since 1992. By Paul Elias The Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO The par- ents of a San Francisco woman who was fatally shot by a man in the coun- try illegally said Tuesday that federal and local au- thorities contributed to the death of their daughter through negligence and bu- reaucratic bungling. The family alleges in le- gal claims that a Bureau of Land Management ranger left his loaded service weapon in a backpack in plain view in his car before the gun was stolen in June. The semi-automatic pis- tol was later used in the July 1 killing of 32-year-old Kathryn Steinle. BLM spokeswoman Mar- tha Maciel said the agency is cooperating with the in- vestigation of the shooting but she declined further comment. A ballistics expert said the BLM agent, whose name has not been released, appears to have stored the handgun improperly. "At a minimum, it should have been stored and locked in the trunk, and usually this would be in some type of box or container that is affixed to the vehicle," said Ronald Scott, a Phoenix- based ballistics and weap- ons experts who teaches safety courses. "Leaving a backpack in a vehicle is like leaving a pocketbook in one. It is an invitation to steal." The shooting of Steinle triggered a national debate over immigration after it was revealed that the Sher- iff's Department had re- leased Juan Francisco Lo- pez-Sanchez despite a fed- eral request to detain him for possible deportation. Lopez-Sanchez was pre- viously deported five times to his native Mexico. Republican presiden- tial front-runner Donald Trump has repeatedly men- tioned the killing of Steinle as he calls for a border wall and mass deportations to curb illegal immigration. The Steinle family and their attorneys filed three separate legal claims seek- ing unspecified damages from the BLM, San Fran- cisco Sheriff's Department and U.S. Department of Homeland Security. Such claims must be filed before government agen- cies can be sued. San Fran- cisco officials have 60 days to decide on the claim. Fed- eral authorities have a six- month deadline. The family said it would file lawsuits if the claims are denied. Holding the city respon- sible for the actions of Lo- pez-Sanchez could be diffi- cult, legal experts said. Sim- ilar lawsuits alleging that so-called sanctuary city pol- icies contributed to killings by illegal immigrants have failed, including a high-pro- file case in San Francisco. Courts previously threw out a wrongful death law- suit filed against the city for failing to turn over a gang member in the country ille- gally to federal officials be- fore he gunned down a fa- ther and his two sons. SAN FRANCISCO Parents file claims in pier shooting We Don'tThink Cr emation Should Cost So much. www.affordablemortuary.net•529-3655 FD1538 LocatedinChico,CA ThePassingParadeisbroughttoyoubyMinchPropertyManagement, 760 Main Street specializing in commercial leasing and sales. 530 527-5514 THE PASSING PARADE (HereisaLettertoTheEditordatedSeptember1966. The editor was a good friend of ours who had suggested, in an editorial, that I spearhead the construction of a community theater... and he gave me free space in which to respond) James McGiffin, editor of this newspaper, was born a scant 41 years ago in Fairfield, Iowa.As a boy he dreamed, not of the gridiron nor the footlights, but of the nether world of journalism…that vast field of endeavor where a budding voyeur and/or adventurer might vicariously experience a life of crime and misconduct by reporting the misdeeds of others while staying clear of the arm of the law. From the Scopes monkey trial, through the Capone era and that of Sunny Wisecarver and Porfirio Rubirosa, young Jim diligently recorded the conduct of his fellow men. While the Pulitzer and the Nobel eluded him, it is rumored that he once stood in line for the Upper Sandusky, Ohio prize awarded to the journalist responsible for the most tasteful arrangement of used car ads in the area. Upon arriving in Red Bluff, clean but frayed of collar, he proceeded with unaccustomed vigor to whip the Red Bluff Daily News (formerly the Balls Ferry Gazette) into the leading journal of Northern Tehama County. Ruthlessly hiring and firing sports writers and ever searching for the perfect balance of news and nonsense he pursued his calling. Becalmed in the horse latitudes of summer quietude, and desperate for an issue, he editorially attacked a local slaughter house scion, branded him a spendthrift and called for readers to write letters to the paper, criticizing the young fellow's behavioral pattern and urging him (me) to fund a new theater …a desperate act calculated to drum up interest in his flagging news medium. However, after a few irate callers from the clergy concerning the abusive tenor of his editorial, he was forced to offer the meat head (that is, the head of a meat plant) equal time without cost. Jumping at the opportunity, young Minch composed this clever sketch that now concludeth, herewith.* *In my response I suggested the two of us jointly promote a community theater, but he was soon promoted to editor of another paper, and nothing ever came of the project. … (From an I Say of May 1966) It's such a fine feeling to go to the dump and leave all your junk behind…to drive away clean and reborn again. Son Brandon and I knocked down the old combination pony barn and chicken coop in the grove and hauled it away in four loads. Not to show preference we visited two dump sites...the Dye Creek and the Red Bluff site on Plymire Road. The Red Bluff dump is larger and panoramic with fires and signs. The Dye Creek Dump is the older of the two and seems to have retained an old world flavor. It is apparently utilized by more conservative Republican clientele. It also has a creek running nearby which, in the spring of the year, makes it suitable for an after dump picnic. The advantage of this picnic site is that when you have finished scarfing down your food…you can just up and leave all the remainder garbage behind. Robert Minch WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 2, 2015 REDBLUFFDAILYNEWS.COM | NEWS | 7 A