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Thursday, January 28, 2010 – Daily News – 7A $ Money $ 2 Lend Cash 4 Notes McKinley Mortgage Co. CA DRE # 01773837 Call 530-241-0977 800-909-1977 The Electric Man For all your electrical needs • New Outlets / 220 • Fans / Fixtures • Pools / Spas • Code Corrections • Troubleshooting • Panel Upgrade • Telephone Wiring 347-4441 $10.00 Customer Discount FREE Estimates License# 826543 DW PLUMBING INC. Local Plumbers Serving all Your Plumbing Needs Since 1993 530 527-6403 Lic. No 679492 Major Credit Cards Accepted ZESTA BELLE BUTLER Zesta Belle Butler died on January 19, 2010 following a short illness at the age of 88 years young. She was born Zesta Belle Gridley in Dairy- ville, CA on October 12, 1921 in the family's upstairs dwell- ing, in a general store her grandfather and father owned. Zesta was preceded in death by her husband, Nelson Butler in 1986, her father Arlet, and mother Beulah Gridley, broth- er J. Carroll Gridley, and grand- son Brice Butler. She is sur- vived by her sister Arla Gridley-Farmer of Red Bluff, CA, daughter Betty Kopp of Prescott, AZ, sons Greg Butler of Palo Cedro, CA and Bob Butler of Dos Palos, CA. Zesta en- joyed her family including nine grandchildren and nine great grandchildren, four nieces and one nephew. She also en- joyed making simple occasions into grand occasions. Zesta spent most of her life residing in the Red Bluff area spend- ing most of her adult life near Dairyville and most recently in Palo Cedro for her last years on earth. She was a home- maker for her family for most of her life and helped her hus- band, Nelson, farm 90 acres of walnut and prune trees in the Dairyville area. She and her husband started Red Bluff Heating and Air Conditioning Company. Zesta was active in volunteering for the St. Elizabeth Hospital Pink Ladies and in church activities, church choir, and Treasurer for Cone Methodist Church. An avid and accomplished knitter who kept family and friends supplied with heirloom gifts. She was probably best known for assisting others in illness, helping to take friends to appointments, and with hospice care. Her willingness to assist others was rewarded throughout her life by many friendships. Her church congre- gation recently concluded that her name "Zesta" fit her per- sonality; but actually, it was a name chosen by her father to be his last child, A to Z in the Gridley family. A private burial service will be at Oak Hill Cemetery, Red Bluff. Kathleen Smith will be the officiating clergy. A memorial to celebrate her life is scheduled for April 6, 2010 at Cone Methodist Church near Dairyville. Arrangements for interment are being handled by Hoyt-Cole Chapel of the Flowers, Red Bluff, 530-527-1174. Obituaries regarding the cultivation of marijuana within city limits and how it would be regulat- ed. "Present your facts and what you believe," Strack said emotionally, following a few outbursts from the crowd. "I don't want any outbursts. Respect each other." Strack said any unruly people would have to leave the hearing. Ken and Kathy Prather, who operate Tehama Herbal Collective, Inc. on Solano Street, both spoke on the subject. "Your action is trying to deny safe and affordable medical marijuana," Ken Prather said. "Where is the low cost in anything you proposed?" Ken Prather said taking away the right to cultivate outdoors automatically took some patients' rights to grow marijuana away, as it made the process too costly. He strongly objected to the part of the ordinance that requires those growing to register with the Planning Department. "It provides relief for cancer, glaucoma and other diseases," Prather said. "It's a doctor-patient issue. If it's not voluntary, throw it out the window." Resident Tony Miller spoke of his concerns over the monitoring of the med- ical marijuana in city limits. Several parents and grandparents addressed the council, asking them to con- sider the destruction mari- juana causes. One resident said he has seen a neighbor give mari- juana to several people, including children. Ken Killinger said, as a pastor, he has seen the prob- lems marijuana can cause. He told the story of a man whose marriage broke up after he began buying from a neighbor who had a medical marijuana recommendation and how the man, despite having a good job, was stay- ing home to smoke marijua- na. "I hope this City Council will have the fortitude to say no, and if we don't God help us," Killinger said. Several people, including Killinger's wife, Karen, said they thought medical mari- juana should be in drug stores and be regulated by the government like all other medicines. "It's come as a disguise of medicine," said Lois Cosby. "It's a joke. Many people don't have scripts but they can get it whenever and wherever they want. All the funds raised in the nation could never pay for all the destruction it has caused." With the council's approval Tuesday, the final ordinance, unless drastic changes are made, will be read at the next council meeting for its second read- ing. The council meets the second and fourth Tuesdays of the month at City Hall, 794 Third St. Meeting min- utes and agendas are avail- able at www.corning.org. ——— Julie Zeeb can be reached at 527-2153, extension 115 or jzeeb@redbluffdailynews.c om. Continued from page 1A POT Brenda Eitzen was 60 when, in August 2009, she dis- carded a lit cigarette that spread into a fire that, while enormous, spared homes and caused no injuries. As part of a sentence handed down Wednesday, when Eitzen is released, she will have to inform local authori- ties about her arson conviction, Deputy District Attorney Eric Heryford said. The judge ruled that victims who lost property or oth- erwise believe they lost money in the fire may seek finan- cial restitution from Eitzen, Heryford said. Eitzen had been staying in a Lewiston rehabilitation clinic at the time of the fire. A drug test revealed her to be sober on her arrest, but her purse was found next to the fire, and several witnesses reportedly saw her running. District Attorney Michael Harper previously stated that the office was hoping to refer Eitzen to some sort of counseling program for her substance abuse issues. Continued from page 1A ARSON occurs. For that reason, as well as others, talk of raising the dam has been going on for decades. A feasibility study by the bureau determined that 18.5 feet is the maximum expansion possible without having to relocate major transportation routes such as Interstate 5, Harral said. A proposal will proba- bly go before Congress in 2011, at which time it will most likely either allow the expansion or suggest build- ing a side reservoir. At 600-plus feet high and more than 3,000 feet long, there are not many concrete dams like Shasta Dam. As far as building dams like it, there probably will not be another one. Nowadays people are more aware of the impacts dams can have on natural resources when built direct- ly on a river. Dams or water storage areas will most like- ly be built away from rivers with tributaries bringing water to the reservoirs. ——— Tang Lor can be reached at 527-2153, Ext. 110 or by e-mail at tlor@redbluffdai- lynews.com. Continued from page 1A SHASTA Rare Breeds Ranch in Cot- tonwood, were looking for a good dog to help guard their livestock when they learned about the Anato- lian breed and were able to get Zor and Anya from other breeders. Though Zor and Anya spend most of their time in the pasture with the sheep and other livestock, they attend about 30 dog shows a year. At a national breed show in November in Napa, Zor won the award for Best Working Dog in the US. Anya won the award for Best Brood Bitch in the breed. "2009 was our best year, yet", Griffith said. "We're so proud of what they have accomplished, the past year." Zor, 4 1/2 years old, and Anya, 3 1/2 years old, have received other hon- ors. Zor has qualified for the Eukanuba AKC National Championship show five consecutive years. Both dogs have pre- qualified for the 2010 National Championship show, which will be held in Long Beach in Decem- ber. Zor has been invited to both the Westminster Ken- nel Club show in New York City and Crufts, the most prestigious dog show in the world, which will be held in Birmingham, Eng- land and is sponsored by The Kennel Club of the United Kingdom. The dogs were most recently included in the second-season premier of The History Channel's popular series Life After People. The show includ- ed Griffith's predictions about the Anatolian Shep- herd dog's prospects in a post-human environment. The awards serve as a gauge for how good their breeding program is, the breeders said. "We breed livestock guard dogs," Kenny said. "We do not breed for the show ring. Their success in the show ring is a testa- ment to the breeding pro- gram we have established and hope to continue." Though the awards don't come with a mone- tary value, they have an impact on the price of the dogs' puppies. "Our puppies come from champion dogs," Griffith said. Aside from Zor and Anya, Griffith and Kenny have two other females, Tipi and Bal Kiz, which they kept from Anya's first litter. Griffith and Kenny decide on homes for the puppies based on each dog's temperament and the applicant's needs. Most dogs go to working homes where they become livestock guardians. The breeders hope the success of their own pro- gram continues this spring, when they repeat their breeding of Zor to Anya. They can be con- tacted at 347-9088 or by e- mail at rarebreed- sranch@aol.com. ——— Tang Lor can be reached at 527-2153, Ext. 110 or by e-mail at tlor@redbluffdai- lynews.com. Continued from page 1A DOG Courtesy Photo CH Gerlach Zorlu Veli, or Zor, winning Best Working Dog at the Anatolian Shepherd Dog Club of America, 2009 National Specialty Dog Show. Also pictured, from left, are judge Catherine de la Cruz and owners Mark Griffith and Lynn Kenny of Cottonwood. was 5 years old then." They moved to Chico, but Avram said she has spent most of her life in Gerber. She took to rural liv- ing. "I had a horse, Dylan. He was my buddy when I was a kid. Instead of a bike, I jumped on my horse, and I had other horses, too. I'd pick up my friends and we'd ride to the creek ... Dylan is 29 now." She has also been way beyond Northern Califor- nia. "I've traveled all around the world. I worked for Camp Adventure in Italy, Spain, Japan. I ran a camp for military kids." Camp Adventure is university-operated and sends American college students to American military bases, embassies, and British military installations throughout the world. Now, Avram's fun is with family. "I play with my kids, I like movies. My husband is my best friend and every now and then we have a 'date night.' We love Santa Cruz. His family lives in Stirling City and we go there for snow days." ———— Chico Enterprise-Record staff writer Mary Nugent can be reached at 896-7764 or mnugent@chicoer.com. Continued from page 1A GERBER In a nutshell Name: Nancy Avram Hometown: Glendale (Gerber) Age: 35 Family: Husband Sean Avram, daughter Jessie Rose, 2; stepson Milo, 12; and she is pregnant. Occupation: recreation specialist at Do-It Leisure, a division of Work Train- ing Center. The nonprofit agency pro- motes wellness through leisure, encourages quality of life and inde- pendence for people with disabilities. Quote: "When life hands you lemons, make lemonade." Recent kudos: Completed a master's degree in recreation administration at Chico State University. Courtesy photo Volunteers from pregnancy help centers, local churches and schools put in crosses for a pro choice display along Interstate 5 about 4 miles south of Red Bluff. The 3,000 crosses represent the number of abortions per day in the US. The display was set up during Sanctity of Human Life Week to educate passersby of the toll abortion takes on the unborn each year. Californians say state is on wrong course SACRAMENTO (AP) — Californians are in a dour mood, with three-quarters of adults believing the state is on the wrong course, according to a poll released Wednesday by the Public Policy Institute of California. Residents also have little faith that Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and lawmakers can work together to solve the state's fiscal problems, but would favor a tax increase if the money was targeted for schools. ''Residents have deep concerns about the economy and their own budgets, and they don't see how California's leaders will help guide the state through these dif- ficult times,'' said Mark Baldassare, presi- dent of the San Francisco-based think tank. The poll found that 74 percent of Cali- fornians believe the state is headed in the wrong direction, compared to 19 percent who said it's doing OK. The high level of pessimism is reflected in people's view of the state budget. Cali- fornia is facing a $20 billion shortfall through June 2011. Two in three Californians believe the governor and Legislature will not be able to cooperate in the coming year, the high- est level since the nonpartisan institute began asking the question in 2006. The negative perception is even higher at 72 percent among Republicans. The Legislature rarely makes its June 15 dead- line to pass a budget, and last year's fiscal crisis forced the state to issue IOUs for only the second time since the Depression. While nearly everyone agrees the state budget deficit is a problem, Californians are divided over an approach to solve it — just like Republicans and Democrats in the state Legislature. Among the adults surveyed, 41 percent favor a mix of spending cuts and tax increases, while 37 percent favor mostly spending cuts. Likely voters who were sur- veyed are evenly split: 40 percent said they favor mostly spending cuts, while 41 per- cent favor a mix of cuts and tax hikes. Just 11 percent of likely voters favor mostly tax increases, while 2 percent say it's OK to borrow money and run a deficit. Californians agree their top spending priority is K-12 schools and said they are willing to pay more to stabilize public edu- cation. Nearly six in 10 Californians want to protect public schools and view that fund- ing as more important than spending on health and human services, higher educa- tion and prisons. Two in three adults say they would be willing to pay higher taxes to maintain current levels of school fund- ing. The poll found more negative views toward prisons and corrections spending, with 87 percent saying they would not pay higher taxes for those purposes. The poll was based on a telephone sur- vey of 2,001 Californians interviewed in English or Spanish from Jan. 12-19. It had a sampling error rate of plus or minus 2 percent for all adults and plus or minus 3 percent for likely voters. Pollsters also asked questions about current officeholders and issues dealing with this year's elections. Californians gave an approval rating of 30 percent to Schwarzenegger and 18 per- cent to the Legislature, near record lows for both.