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PHOTOSBYJULIEZEEB—DAILYNEWS Mike Marvier, a forester with Crane Mills, talks with students at Jackson Heights on Friday about Arbor Day. dation,SierraPacificIndus- tries, Wagenfuhr Timber Falling and John Wheeler Logging. Supporting orga- nizations included Califor- nia Department of Forestry and Fire Protection and the Forest Foundation. "We do the presenta- tions to talk about Arbor Day, which is a day that promotes the planting of trees and it's a chance to inform the public on how important trees are to us, animals and the earth," Marvier said. "We also talk about how to manage for- ests for the public good and animals." Every state observes Arbor day thanks to Ju- lius Morton, secretary of agriculture under Pres- ident Grover Cleveland, who established the event in 1872 in Nebraska with more than a million trees planted the first year, Mar- vier said. After his death, Morton's home and 65 acres was turned into a state park known as Arbor Lodge. Each state has a desig- nated tree and in Califor- nia that is the giant red- wood. Trees are useful for helping clean air and water as well as providing shelter, food and homes for people and animals. Uses include electricity through biomass and products such as pa- per, pencils, furniture and books. Marvier spoke about checking on the health of trees, including a week ago when he ran into a bear, and shared a short video of his close encounter dur- ing which the bear passed right next to his vehicle. Forests can become un- healthy for a number of reasons, including fire and drought and even over- crowding. This can cause the weakest trees to die off while it leaves those left behind susceptible to dis- eases. The best solution for overcrowding is to thin out the stand of trees, Marvier said. Marvier ended the pre- sentation answering ques- tions after talking about the need to survey an area before going in and thin- ning it out to take a look at what will be affected so as not to leave animals home- less and the process of col- lecting seeds and growing them into seedlings to start new trees. Arbor FROMPAGE1 Mike Marvier, a forester with Crane Mills, talks with students at Jackson Heights on Friday about Arbor Day. fication so we've had to be creative in finding people." One newer method is to post about jobs on the organization's Facebook, which gets the word out to a wider audience, she said. Susan McFadyen, owner of Lariat Bowl and Em- ployment Advisory Coun- cil member, said she likes the job fair and the fact that it is on the Shasta Col- lege campus. "There's a good variety and caliber of people," Mc- Fadyen said. Tehama County Person- nel Analyst Coral Ferrin said she was pleased with the event. The county has 25 different departments with about 800 employ- ees and there are a lot of long-time employees, how- ever, there are some jobs that are harder to fill than others. "We have a lot of longev- ity, but are having a hard time filling some of the li- censed positions," Ferrin said. Fair FROM PAGE 1 on recreational marijuana, Miller said. The city can impose ex- cise taxes for the dispens- ing, cultivation, manufac- turing and transportation of marijuana and can es- tablish business regula- tory fees for the reason- able regulatory costs for issuing license and per- mits, performing investi- gations, inspections and audits and enforcing reg- ulations. Miller has set up a visit to a dispensary in Shasta Lake City for two council members and a member of the police department to further gain knowledge on the topic and meet with the staff regarding the positives and negatives of allowing a dispensary. Since the opening of the Shasta Lake dispensary in 2009 there have only been two incidents and neither was violent or invasive, Miller said. Some council members said they would like to wait until after the visit to the Shasta Lake dispen- sary and the joint meeting to form a clearer opinion. Council FROM PAGE 1 By Julie Watson The Associated Press SAN DIEGO The Marine Corps no longer needs just a "Few Good Men" as it looks to diversify. The elite force — embroiled in a scandal of online nude photo sharing — is high- lighting how its warriors are also good citizens in an ad campaign aimed at millennials. In one scene of the TV ads that aired Friday, Ma- rines hoist "Toys for Tots" boxes. In another, real video shows a Marine vet- eran tackling an armed robber at a convenience store. The "Battles Won" cam- paign has been in the works for months, but its release comes as the Ma- rine Corps' image has taken a beating amid an investigation into nude photos of female Marines posted without their con- sent on a private Facebook page used by Marines. The Marine Corps is in the process of trying to boost its numbers and re- cruit more women, and the new TV ads include clips of women in combat fa- tigues, though some who viewed the ads said the spots did not do enough to attract more female re- cruits or show the Marine Corps culture is changing toward women. Marine Corps officials said the campaign is not aimed at a particular de- mographic other than those of recruiting age. The Marine Corps shared the campaign with The As- sociated Press ahead of its official rollout Friday in conjunction with the first weekend of the hugely pop- ular March Madness col- lege basketball games. The military's smallest branch is also considering replacing its iconic tagline, "The Few. The Proud. The Marines," one of the most successful ad campaigns of the 20th century. The short, simple phrase highlighted the elite status given to Marine warfight- ers and drew recruits af- ter the draft in the 1970s. It will continue for now as the Marine Corps' tagline in promotional materials or on the backs of T-shirts. Marine Corps officials said the branch needed a recruitment ad campaign that portrayed who Ma- rines are and why the Ma- rine Corps exists. "Battles Won" is de- signed to drive home the message that men- tal, moral and emotional strength are as impor- tant as physical tough- ness. The campaign was created around three con- cepts, fighting self-doubt, fighting the nation's bat- tles and fighting for what's right, officials said. "It focuses on what we believe is the irreduc- ible essence of a Marine — which is the fighting spirit," said Lt. Col. John Caldwell, assistant chief of staff, marketing and public affairs at the Marine Corps Recruiting Command. "It's the promise that we make that if there is a fight in which we engage in, we will win. We'll win that battle and also become a responsible member of our community post-service." Polls have shown mil- lennials value giving back more than previous gener- ations. The campaign comes as the 182,000-strong Ma- rine Corps wants to add as many as 12,000 more troops and boost the per- centage of women among its ranks to about 10 per- cent. Marine Corps Comman- dant Gen. Robert Neller acknowledged the nude photo scandal may hurt fe- male recruiting. The force currently has the lowest percentage of all the ser- vices at about 8 percent. Neller has vowed to hold Marines accountable for the Facebook scandal and acknowledged that changes have to be made in the Marine Corps cul- ture, where some male Ma- rines don't accept women in the ranks. A Los Angeles market- ing specialist, Isaac Swid- erski, said the Marine Corps missed the chance to change that with the new ad campaign. The Marine Corps should have shown women in leader- ship rather than just strug- gling in the rigorous train- ings. "You got to show women in better positions than in these ads," he said. A Marine veteran in Los Angeles, Michael Hjelms- tad, said the campaign could help balance the public's view of the Ma- rine Corps as it works to restore its image from the Facebook page scandal. "Recent social media stuff has given a black eye to the whole family, and I think that's something the Marine Corps needs to deal with in a way of branding. So I think it's important now that they show what we're all about," he said. "I think this cam- paign is trying to speak to the breadth of what the Marine Corps really is." There have been other campaigns like "If Every- body Could Get In The Ma- rines, It Wouldn't Be The Marines" and "We're Look- ing for a Few Good Men." But none has stuck like "The Few. The Proud. The Marines." It was launched in 1977, a few years after the draft ended and the U.S. armed forces became an all-volunteer military. MILITARY In new recruitment ads Marines shown as good citizens By Michael Balsamo The Associated Press LOS ANGELES A man sus- pected of shooting a sher- iff's deputy after beating and robbing a gas station clerk is also believed to have killed a man he followed off a Southern California free- way and shot two other motorists he randomly tar- geted, authorities said Fri- day. Kenneth Scott Welch, 37, of Redlands, was arrested Thursday on an attempted murder charge after shoot- ing a San Bernardino County sheriff's deputy ear- lier that morning, about an hour after beating and rob- bing a gas station clerk, San Bernardino County Sheriff John McMahon said. Authorities believe Welch is responsible for the slay- ing of 48-year-old Mario Figueroa, who was shot to death after driving a rel- ative to work Wednesday morning in Highland. In- vestigators also suspect Welch shot two other mo- torists Tuesday evening along Interstate 210 in nearby Rialto, the city's po- lice chief, Randy De Anda, said. "There's nothing that's telling at this point as to why he went after these victims," McMahon said at a news conference Friday morning. "It appears at this point to just be random." Investigators say Welch spotted Figueroa driv- ing along California's In- terstate 210 and, without provocation, began follow- ing him as Figueroa ex- ited the freeway. Welch fol- lowed Figueroa down sev- eral streets until he parked his car and as Figueroa ex- ited the vehicle, Welch shot him once in the head, kill- ing him instantly, authori- ties said. "The suspect coldheart- edly left him there to die and fled the scene," San Ber- nardino sheriff's Sgt. Rob- ert Warrick said. Fighting back tears, Figueroa's niece, Julie Borquez, told reporters Fri- day that her uncle was sim- ply helping a family mem- ber when he was gunned down. "He only wanted to do more with his life for his loved ones and himself," she said Detectives suspect Welch is also responsible for shoot- ing two other drivers along the same freeway the night before. As he was driving along the interstate, Welch put a gun out the window and shot a 23-year-old man who was driving home and "minding his own busi- ness," De Anda said. About 15 minutes later, Welch, then driving the opposite direction on the same free- way, fired multiple shots at another car, striking the ve- hicle, he said. Welch was arrested on suspicion of shooting a San Bernardino sheriff's deputy early Thursday morning af- ter the deputy confronted him outside of a Chevron station in Hesperia, where the clerk had reported be- ing beaten and robbed. After Welch refused to show his hand, Deputy Patrick Higgins pepper- sprayed him and Welch opened fire, sheriff's offi- cials said. One bullet hit the deputy in the chest but it was stopped by his body armor. He managed to re- turn to his patrol SUV and fire back, authorities said. Welch was arrested Thursday afternoon at his home in Redlands, where sheriff's deputies found him with a 9mm handgun and an AR-15 rifle in the back- seat of his car, McMahon said. It was not immediately clear Friday if he had an at- torney who could comment on the allegations. SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY Sheriff: Deputy shooting suspect linked to murder, shootings By Don Thompson The Associated Press SACRAMENTO Matthew Muller was sentenced to 40 years in federal prison for a kidnapping so elaborate and outlandishthatinvestigators firstthoughthisvictimswere carrying out a bizarre hoax. The Harvard University- trained lawyer and former Marine who meticulously planned his attack was tripped up months later by a stupid mistake: He dropped his cellphone at a burglary scene. Here's how it all went down: Theattack and the victims Denise Huskins and boy- friend Aaron Quinn told po- lice they awoke about 3 a.m. March 23, 2015, in their Vallejo home northeast of SanFranciscotofindredtar- geting lasers shining in their eyes and shadowy figures at the foot of their bed whisper- ing. Soon they were bound, blindfolded and drugged with a sleep-inducing liquid. When Quinn awakened hours later, he found himself surrounded by motion-sens- ing cameras. He recalled the kidnappers warning him they would know instantly if he moved beyond certain boundaries. He called police about 2 p.m. Huskins, meanwhile, had been dumped into the trunk of first one car, then another. She awoke 160 miles away, at a cabin in South Lake Tahoe. Blindfolded and woozy, she spenttwodaysthereandsaid she was sexually assaulted twicebyanassailantwhoset up cameras around the bed and made her perform as if shewasawillingparticipant. She was certain she was about to die, she testified at Mullen's sentencing hearing. She later was driven nearly 500 miles and released in her hometown of Hunting- ton Beach, near Los Angeles. The police and the suspected hoax Vallejopolicedidn'tbelieve their story. Quinn reported that the kidnappers had demanded $8,500 in ransom — a pit- tance, police thought, for such an elaborate abduction. He'd waited nearly 12 hours to report the crime, and investigators found lit- tle physical evidence at the scene. Huskins, meanwhile, wasn't cooperating with in- vestigators after her release, and soon she and Quinn hired defense attorneys. VALLEJO Harvard-educated lawyer gets 40 years for bizarre kidnapping R ed Bluff Simple Cremations and Burial Service FD1931 527-1732 Now open longer hours 722 Oak Street, Red Bluff SATURDAY, MARCH 18, 2017 REDBLUFFDAILYNEWS.COM | NEWS | 9 A