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ByBrandonBailey TheAssociatedPress SANFRANCISCO Talkabout birth announcements: Face- book CEO Mark Zuckerberg and his wife said they'll de- vote nearly all their wealth — roughly $45 billion — to good works in celebration of their new baby daugh- ter, Max. Zuckerberg's wife, Pris- cilla Chan, gave birth to a 7-pound, 8-ounce daugh- ter last week. But the cou- ple didn't put out the news until Tuesday, when Zuck- erberg posted it on — of course — Facebook. In the same post, Zuck- erberg said he and Chan will commit 99 percent of their Facebook stock to such causes as fighting dis- ease, improving education and "building strong com- munities." They are forming a new organization, called the Chan Zuckerberg Initia- tive, that will pursue those goals through a combina- tion of charitable donations, private investment and pro- motion of government-pol- icy reform. "Like all parents, we want you to grow up in a world better than ours to- day," the social media mo- gul and his wife wrote in a letter to their daughter, which they also posted on Facebook. In the letter, they de- scribed their goals as "ad- vancing human potential and promoting equality" and added: "We must make long term investments over 25, 50 or even 100 years. The greatest challenges re- quire very long time hori- zons and cannot be solved by short term thinking." Zuckerberg promised to release more details in the future. But he said the cou- ple will transfer most of their wealth to the initia- tive "during our lives." In a statement, Facebook de- scribed the initiative as not a foundation but "a limited liability company controlled by Mark and Priscilla." The Facebook co-founder and chief executive is one of the world's wealthiest men. He and Chan, a pediatri- cian, have previously do- nated large sums to pub- lic schools in Newark, New Jersey and the San Fran- cisco Bay Area, along with the Zuckerberg San Fran- cisco General Hospital, where Chan did her medi- cal training. But Zuckerberg told the Associated Press in an in- terview last month that he has no plans to step down as CEO of Facebook. In a statement, the company also said the couple's plan to transfer their shares over time won't affect his status as controlling shareholder of the company. In addition, Zuckerberg has committed to dispose of no more than $1 billion of Facebook stock every year for the next three years, the company said. CELEBRATION FacebookCEO,nowafather, will give away most of his money THEASSOCIATEDPRESS Max Chan Zuckerberg is held by her parents, Mark Zuckerberg and Priscilla Chan Zuckerberg. The Associated Press ANN ARBOR, MICH. A Cana- dian man caught at a border crossingwith51turtlestaped to his body pleaded guilty Tuesday to smuggling or at- tempting to smuggle more than 1,000 of the reptiles out of southeastern Michigan. Kai Xu, 27, would order turtles online and travel to the U.S. to pick them up and then ship them to China or return with them to On- tario, Canada. He pleaded guilty to six crimes in fed- eral court in Ann Arbor and faces a maximum penalty of 10 years in prison. It's illegal to export wild- life from the U.S. without a permit from the govern- ment. Xu "regularly deals in turtle shipments worth $30,000, $80,000 or $125,000," Assistant U.S. At- torney Sara Woodward said in a court filing. "In China, the turtles he smuggles are worth two to three times the amount he pays here." Defense attorney Matt Borgula declined to com- ment after the guilty plea. Xu has been in custody since his arrest in subur- ban Detroit in September 2014. He describes himself as an engineering student at the University of Water- loo in Waterloo, Ontario, al- though the university said he wasn't enrolled at the time of his arrest. In summer 2014, weeks before his arrest, Xu was un- der surveillance in Detroit. After picking up a box at a United Parcel Service site, he hid behind trucks and emerged with "irregularly shaped bulges" under his sweat pants, wildlife agent Ken Adams said. 6 CRIMES Canadian smuggler with turtles in pants pleads guilty By Deb Riechmann The Associated Press WASHINGTON The U.S. military will deploy a new special operations force to Iraq to step up the fight against Islamic State mil- itants unleashing violence inIraqandSyriaanddeter- minedtoholdterritorythey have seized across the Mid- dle East, Defense Secretary AshCartertoldCongresson Tuesday. Carter, who testified alongsideGen.JosephDun- ford, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, faced skep- tical lawmakers who ar- gued that the U.S. needs to bemoreforcefulincounter- ingthethreatfromIS,cred- ited with attacks in Paris and Beirut and the down- ing of a Russian airliner. Carter told the House Armed Services Commit- tee that over time, the spe- cial operations force will be able to conduct raids, free hostages, gather intel- ligenceandcaptureISlead- ers. Carter said that will improve intelligence and generate more targets for attacks. There currently are about 3,500 U.S. troops in Iraq, and President Barack Obama had previously an- nounced he was sending fewer than 50 special op- erations forces to Syria. There has been a grow- ing call from some Repub- licans for more U.S. boots on the ground and a divide among war-weary Amer- icans about the prospect of greater military involve- ment. Carter said the num- ber in the new expedition- ary force will be "larger" than 50. He said it will be a "standing"force,meaningit willbestationedinIraq.He said it would focus on help- ing Iraq defend its borders and build the Iraqi security forces, but also would be in position to conduct unilat- eral operations into Syria. "This is an important ca- pability because it takes ad- vantage of what we're good at,"Cartersaid."We'regood at intelligence, we're good at mobility, we're good at surprise. We have the long reach that no one else has. And it puts everybody on notice in Syria. You don't know at night who's going to be coming in the win- dow. And that's the sensa- tion that we want all of ISIL's leadership and fol- lowers to have." IRAQ, SYRIA US sending new special ops force to fight IS The Associated Press SACRAMENTO A 22-year- old California man pleaded guilty Tuesday to trying to join Islamic extremists in Syria and could face up to 15 years in prison, federal prosecutors said. Nicholas Teausant en- tered the plea to one count of attempting to provide material support or re- sources to a foreign terror- ist organization, the U.S. Attorney's Office in Sacra- mento said. Teausant was arrested in March 2014 in Washing- ton state. ARRESTED IN 2014 Manpleadsguiltytotryingtojoinextremists Anderson: Grace N. An- derson, 87, of Redding died Sunday, Nov. 29in Redding. Arrangements are under the direction of Hoyt-Cole Chapel of the Flowers. Published Wednesday, Dec. 2, 2015in the Daily News, Red Bluff, California. Stever: Jayne Stever, 77, of Gerber died Friday, Nov. 27in Red Bluff. Arrange- ments are under the direc- tion of Hoyt-Cole Chapel of the Flowers. Published Wednesday, Dec. 2, 2015in the Daily News, Red Bluff, California. 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 newspaper's website. Paid obituaries may be of any length, may run multiple days and offer wide latitude of content, including photos. DEATH NOTICES severe poverty, was in part a way to launch the pov- erty awareness campaign. "The goal is that a book in common will unite and engage students, parents, staff and the community, as well as promote lit- eracy," according to the 2015 Expect More Tehama, Make it Better annual re- port. One of the posters showed a little of what someone who lives in pov- erty feels on a daily ba- sis with the "W" word of the A-Z exhibit, Worry. It reads: "Living in pov- erty means never-ending worry. Worry that there isn't enough money for rent, about being home- less again, about getting the heat shut off or get- ting the phone shut off and not being able to call for help. Worry about hav- ing enough food or cloth- ing for your growing son." Sophomore Angela Fos- hee said this was a great way to show the reality of poverty. It shows what is really going on in the world. Through the support of the community, the Rolling Hills Community Develop- ment Foundation and the TehamaCountyArtsCoun- cil, every English class at Red Bluff High School re- ceived a class set of "The Glass Castle" and more than 200 copies were avail- able for parents and staff, according to the report. The book is divided into five parts and it be- gan in September and will be completed in February 2016. The students have read through part three and have been participating in discussion groups af- ter school once or twice a week. Essays with the com- mon topic of poverty have been assigned to students, said Kim Clawson, librar- ian and teacher. The students have shown other ways to sup- port poverty awareness ef- forts by collecting clothes for Recycle the Warmth, which distributes donated winter clothing to those in need. A thrift store fashion show will be held next semester and a Poverty Awareness Speaker Series will be held Feb. 8, 2016 at the school's Performance Arts Center. A goal of the poverty awareness campaign is to not only bring awareness to the issues of poverty but to combat the issues in Tehama County, Claw- son said. Poverty FROM PAGE 1 Parole used to have an 85 percent failure rate. The county now has a 30 percent success rate. The group at the AB-109 wood shop and welding pro- gram has a much higher success rate of 45 percent, with many of the former inmates finding employ- ment. The Sportsman Lodge will present an opportu- nity to teach a new skill not previously offered, which is doing commer- cial laundry. "It will operate like a hotel in many ways," Muench said. "Through the community action agency and Cal Works, they are working to cre- ate paid positions such as laundry and mainte- nance." For those who are con- cerned about the type of persons it brings into the neighborhood, the day re- porting center is just up the road and those who must register with the county for various crimes are already in the neigh- borhood as they pass through on their way to the sheriff's department, Sheriff Dave Hencratt said. The group that will get a chance to live in the transitional housing has been vetted. Probation and the sher- iff's department met with the Antelope School Dis- trict both before the Day Reporting Center went in about a year and a half ago and again with this proj- ect. Housing FROM PAGE 1 potential fines of $10,000 a day. The water-conservation efforts come as California experiences its driest four- year span on record. Uncertain if drought- busting storms are coming this winter, Brown recently extended his executive or- der preparing the state for a fifth year of drought. It allows emergency conser- vation to continue through October 2016 if drought persists this January. Forecasters this year predict a strong El Nino, a large weather system that can trigger changing weather patterns globally and can increase chances of heavy rain and snow pelt- ing California. So far, below average rain and snowfall have fallen on the northern Sierra Ne- vada, while the central Si- erra has received above av- erage precipitation, said Craig Shoemaker, a mete- orologist with the National Weather Service in Sacra- mento. It is too early to know what the wet season will ultimately deliver, he said. "Every El Nino can be a little different," Shoemaker said. "There is a long way to go in this season." Water FROM PAGE 1 Staff Reports @redbluffnews on Twitter Red Bluff Police are seek- ing help in locating the owner of a decorative box or urn containing ashes that was found on Oak Street late on the evening of June 7. A call was received about 11:11 p.m. and officers were sent to the 600 block of Oak Street for a report of found ashes. Upon arrival, the of- ficers determined the ashes were cremains, but were not able to identify a potential owner. Officers took the item for safekeeping while search- ing for any leads. According to a press re- lease issued Tuesday, the belief is the contents of the decorative box were mis- taken and may have been taken in an unreported theft of burglary. Anyone who might be missing a similar item or know of someone who is should call the Red Bluff Police Department Prop- erty and Evidence Unit at (530) 527-3131. RED BLUFF Police seek help locating owner of urn with ashes PLEASE RECYCLE THIS NEWSPAPER. Thank you! ThePassingParadeisbroughttoyoubyMinchPropertyManagement, 760 Main Street specializing in commercial leasing and sales. 530 527-5514 THEPASSINGPARADE (FrommyISayofOctober1969) With regard to the recent county hospital vote, I should have learned my lesson about endorse- ments when I supported Chauncey Burgess for assessor. I thought I was on safer ground this time with doctors and law- yers in support of closing the acute care aspect, but the majority has spoken and the money loser continues*** Football season is upon us and through the haze our son, #46, can be seen rising out of the freshman lineup playing first string in the fine tradition of…his father? No, of his second cousin, David John Minch.***With a chill in the air we've once again been having bonfires and dinners in the grove. Aren't you glad that meat is still a bargain?***Speaking of food, Lud Patton has a very jazzy spot for a special group of diners at his Bonanza restaurant… even a teetotaler can appreciate the wine racks and the old fashioned bar***Special to Sydney Lindauer: My wife says you can indeed get sheets hemmed the same at both ends***Bill Dalby says I should not capitalize "mother" or "father". Bill as you may know, is with d.f.greene & co. … We were going to ask the Butcher's Union to hold off on the au- tomatic pay increases the first of this month. With a lot of high priced cattle on feed, and the carcass value about where it was a year ago, the winter ahead looked glum indeed. However, when you have employees that work as hard as ours, you think twice before you deny them anything. So, we decided to go along with the pay raise.* … Mrs. Dailey passed away. I never knew her first name. She was a school teacher at the old Lincoln Street Elementary in the old days when Hector was a pup and so was I. She was a tall stern and formidable woman who taught 8th grade. I hoped I would not land in her class. In the lower grades, three of us were holy terrors. We sent Mrs. Carroll Owens packing after her first year and even put old Mr. Sweeney into retirement. When it came to the eighth grade, we lucked out and were assigned to mild mannered Mr. Gordon. But after a week of madcap activity by our gang, I was firmly de- tached from Mr. Gordon's domain and assigned to Mrs. Dailey's. She straightened me out quickly! She was tough. However, in later years, I remember her as one of my favorite teachers. In fact, the teachers I admired the most were those who did not put up with my Katzenjammer activities. So a thought for the day might be: Be firm and be respected by oth- ers…perhaps even be loved. *Not that the Union would have agreed to a wage freeze. As the years went by they never gave an inch, and much of our eventu- al merging and attempts to void the contract came for naught, and resulted in our eventual downfall and closing. Robert Minch 1929- WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 2, 2015 REDBLUFFDAILYNEWS.COM |NEWS | 7 A