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Obituaries 4, 2012. He was born March 15, 1937 in Macomb, OK. He is survived by his wife DeLoyce and sisters Juanita Johnson of Red Bluff and Carol Bliss of El Dorado Hills. He is also survived by his children and grandchildren. Ray was very proud of his service in the U.S. Navy from 1955 to 1962. After his time in the navy, Ray worked for the U.S. Postal Service until he retired. Outside of work, Ray had a love for dancing. Memorial services for Raymond will be held at Santa Rosa Memorial Park in Santa Rosa, CA on Sunday September 16, 2012 at 1:00pm. In lieu of flowers, memorial donations can be made to Disabled American Veterans. Arrangements under the direction of Santa Rosa Mortuary Eggen & Lance Chapel. March 15, 1937 - September 4, 2012 Raymond Bush passed away at his home on September RAYMOND L. BUSH Death Notices 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 news- paper's website. Paid obituaries may be of any length, may run multiple days and offer wide latitude of content, including photos. Death notices must be provided by mortuaries to the news department, Ricki Ann Cantrell Ricki Ann Cantrell, of Red Bluff, died Thursday at St. Elizabeth Community Hospital. She was 71. Hoyt- Cole Chapel of the Flowers is handling the arrange- ments. Published Saturday, Sept. 15, 2012 in the Daily News, Red Bluff, Calif. Lorena Rohr Lorena Rohr died Thursday at her Red Bluff resi- dence. She was 93. Hoyt-Cole Chapel of the Flowers is handling the arrangements. Published Saturday, Sept. 15, 2012 in the Daily News, Red Bluff, Calif. TRIAL Continued from page 1A content with injury. Bail was set at $300,000. According to Tehama County Superior Court records, Williams will next appear in court on GROUPS Continued from page 1A socks can be exchanged for clean, new ones. Homelessness creates a need for other vital services such as information and resources regarding when and where to obtain showers and wash clothes on a fairly regular basis. Showers will be available during Project Homeless Con- packs. to donate: Constant mobility creates a continual need for back- Red donations barrels are set up in the following places Lassen Medical Group, Tehama County Department of Education and St. Elizabeth Community Hospital. Other locations to be announced. warm clothing as usual, with donations being accepted at the Daily News, 545 Diamond Ave. be offering vital services such as Department of Motor Vehicles IDs, birth certificates, Social Security help, hous- ing and social services, medical and dental care, pet ser- vices, haircuts and a host of other necessary services. Besides showers, clothing and food, LIFT Tehama will As Tehama County Continuum of Care, organizers' goal is to end homelessness in this county in the next 10 years. The need for volunteers is great. If you would like to be a part of LIFT in any capacity, or for more information, call 530 527-6159 and visit http://www.tehamacountycaa.org/index.php/programsser- vices/lift-tehama and http://recyclethewarmth.weebly.com/. nearly 4-year high in Aug SAN DIEGO (AP) — California home prices matched a nearly four-year high last month as buyers snapped up pricier homes and the supply of foreclosed homes dwin- dled, a research firm reported Friday. The statewide median price for new and existing hous- es and condominiums was $281,000 in August, up 12.9 percent from the same period last year, DataQuick said. It matched July's median price, which was the highest since September 2008, when it reached $283,000. There were 41,280 homes sold in the state last month, up 9.4 percent from a year ago and the highest August tally in six years. Foreclosed properties made up a smaller part of the sales mix last month, lifting the median price because the homes tend to sell at steep discounts. DataQuick said homes that were foreclosed in the previous year account- ed for 20 percent of existing homes sold, compared to 34.3 percent a year earlier and 58.5 percent in February 2009. Calif home prices match Recycle The Warmth will be collecting blankets and nect. Towels will be needed to complete individual shower kits, which will include cards containing addresses and times free showers and washing machines will be available. Sept. 24 for a trial readi- ness conference with a jury trial set for Oct. 31 through Nov. 2. ——— Julie Zeeb can be reached at 527-2153, extension 115 or jzeeb@redbluffdailynews. com. Follow her on Twitter @DN_Zeeb. CITY Continued from page 1A three-year contracts. The Miscellaneous Unit would receive a 2 percent increase on July 1, 2013 and a similar increase based on sales tax revenue capped at 4.5 per- cent the following year. Both of the Police Mid- Management Association Saturday, September 15, 2012 – Daily News 9A increases would be tied to the sales tax revenue and are limited to between 2 and 4.5 percent. convert the employees from a composite leave system to separate pools of sick and vacation time. The agreements also City Manager Richard Crabtree has been convert- ing every new contract into the latter system, as the previous scheme meant the city was liable MANTON Continued from page 1A "I think it rewrote the book on rate of spread," Cords said. "It was surreal (driving through Manton after the fire). It was like a war movie and you're driving through the day after Armageddon." Manton resident Donna Boots of Indian Peak Vineyard was on her way to Orland when she first got the call warning about evacuations, she said. Returning home, she remembers sitting at the driveway and just watching the flames, Boots said. The Indian Peak Vineyard, which was planted in 2000, survived unscathed and the picking of the grapes has just begun. So far there hasn't been any smoky flavor, she said. for payments in the high tens of thousands in recent years when employees left the employ of the city. As part of the deal with both units, employees will pay the employee portion of their CalPERS contri- butions. The council will also mull a decision it tabled a month ago regarding the pay of the new Water Divi- sion and Wastewater Divi- sion supervisors. were on until the power went off. It was our last effort. We figured at least if the fire comes, they have a little more protection." The couple has lived in Manton Public Works Director Bruce Henz has asked the council to modify an exist- ing class specification to allow both positions to be paid a 10 percent profes- sional incentive pay the employees had before being promoted. said existing budget allo- cations will cover the pro- posed salary costs. In a staff report, Henz but is used by a few domestically, he said. for seven years. The vineyard will hold a grand re-opening this weekend with Red Bluff entertainer Mumblefingers. It will be open for wine tasting week- ends and by appointment on week- days. For an appointment call 474- 4242. wonderful," Boots said. "We're thinking this will probably be our best year ever. We have more fruit than we can utilize." The vineyard has been able to "The fruits we're picking are just open seven days a week, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. burned in the fire, however, it did come close to a few of them, includ- ing Shasta Daisy, Livingston said. The monks at the Monastery of St. John evacuated to the Bay Area during the fire, Father Photios said. The fire burned right to the prop- erty edge and about 20-30 feet in the wooded area of the monastery's property, he said. Bob Folsom was elected chair- man of the Boole Ditch Water Users Association six days before the fire began, he said. water their grapes using an irriga- tion lake located on site, she said. Indian Peak has reopened and is "Our fruits are doing awesome," said Corey Livingston of Cedar Crest Vineyards and Winery said. "The fire came within about half a mile of us, but the bulldozers put up a big perimeter around the backside of the property and we had a lot of the area cleared." The four-year old vineyard, which Livingston owns with her husband Jim, has been utilizing a pond for irrigation, she said. "We've been testing our fruits and so far they haven't come back smoky," Livingston said. "We had turned on our overhead sprinklers when we were evacuated and they NEEDS Continued from page 1A things we can do." Participants were put in groups of three or four and asked to each write a list of needs for their organi- zation and share it with their group. The top two or three ideas were written on a paper that was put on a board and organized into six categories — volun- teers, funding, marketing, family did lose about 40 acres of timber, a well-house, a boat and a few other items, Folsom said. "We're hoping to have this done in three weeks," Folsom said. "It will probably be about 14 to 15 truck loads of pipe." When completed, the new struc- ture will be about 9,000 to 9,500 feet long and there will be about 1,000 feet of it that will be the 24- inch pipes brought through town Thursday with the rest being 20 inch pipes, he said. While his house was saved, his None of the area wineries were nomenal," Joy Kilner said. "They've treated this like it's their own, work- ing on it seven days a week 11 to 12 hours a day." "The effort on this has been phe- Bud Wallburg Construction start- ed on the east end of the project and Art Johnson Construction on the west, meeting in the middle on Fri- day evening, Joy Kilner said. Several fundraisers have been planned for victims of the Pon- derosa Fire with one set Saturday at Manton Corners. ward Road meet, there will be the Virgo Barbecue 4-6 p.m. for $5 a plate, with live music from Buddha 6-10 p.m. Where Manton Road and For- On Sept. 22, Cedar Crest will host a fundraiser organized by two local women with food donated by Rolling Hills Casino. The tri-tip din- ner, which will be $10 a person, will be 1:30-7 p.m. with raffle tickets available for $1 each or six for $5. raffle from A&R Meats, Mt. Shasta Ski Park, The Lodge at Mt. Shasta, Feather Falls Casino, Trader Joe's and many North State restaurants, Livingston said. Prizes have been offered for the ner, call 474-3655. For more information on the din- The project will cost about $650,000 with Thursday's load being $300,000 of it, said Associa- tion Secretary and Treasurer Joy Kilner. For the last 25 days, about 54 households and 300 people have been without water, said Doug Kil- ner of the association. The water is mostly agricultural, networking, training/devel- opment and information. Several groups brought up the need for a one-stop place to find information on resources and a calen- dar of events for the com- munity. One suggestion was to form a group called the Tehama County Foun- dation. involved grant writing and how to do it, while a lot of the ones about volunteers revolved around getting volunteers in the first Most posts on funding The Manton Apple Festival Committee announced it will pro- ceed as planned with its Oct. 6 event. The festival will be at Manton School on Forward Road. A special raffle will be held dur- ing the festival with proceeds going to local fire victims and community needs. ——— Julie Zeeb can be reached at 527-2153, extension 115 or jzeeb@redbluffdailynews.com. Follow her on Twitter @DN_Zeeb. place and keeping them. After the categories were discussed, partici- pants were asked to go up to the board and write their name below the item they were most passionate about being involved in, which was a way of forming a committee for that issue. group's planning commit- tee, which will come out of the names on the board, will work toward creating an organizational structure and leadership. Moving forward, the They will set the date and then inform attendees when the next meeting will be. For more information on the non-profit round- table or to get involved, send an e-mail to info@tehamatogether.org or call 736-5200. ——— Julie Zeeb can be reached at 527-2153, extension 115 or jzeeb@redbluffdailynews. com. Follow her on Twitter @DN_Zeeb. 7 charged in $17M multistate fraud schemes SACRAMENTO (AP) — A federal indictment unsealed Friday charged seven people with running a multistate Ponzi scheme and related mortgage fraud scams that prosecutors said cost investors and lenders a combined $17 million. The years-long investigation resulted in the arrest of 55-year-old Lawrence Leland Loomis. He and his father-in-law, John Hagener, 76, were charged with operating a fraudulent California-based investment fund that cost more than 100 investors more than $7 million. Both men are from Granite Bay, a wealthy Sacra- mento suburb. They pleaded not guilty Friday in federal court in Sacramento. Loomis was ordered held, while Hagen- er was freed on $1 million bond. Loomis and five other defendants are also charged in a 50-count indictment with costing lenders $10 million in losses through two mortgage fraud schemes. Gains were posted across the state as low interest rates and an improving economy attracted buyers. In the San Francisco Bay area, the median price reached $410,000, up 10.8 percent from a year ago. There were 8,579 homes sold in the nine-county region, up 14.2 percent from last year. ''Most economists agree that the housing market is off bottom. But there's a big gap between the market being 'off bottom' and being normal, which it's not,'' said John Walsh, DataQuick's president. On Thursday, DataQuick reported that Southern Cali- fornia home prices hit a four-year high of $309,000 last month, up 10.8 percent from the same period last year. Sales in the six-county region jumped 14.2 percent to 22,438 homes. Buyers continued to find slim pickings. The California Association of Realtors' index of unsold inventory stood at 3.4 months in July — the latest period available — down from 5.6 months a year earlier. Prosecutors said all three frauds were operated through Loomis Wealth Solutions, which was based in California and also worked with investors in Illinois, Washington and elsewhere from 2006 through 2008. ''We are bringing to justice some of those who are responsible for the mortgage crisis in this district and elsewhere,'' U.S. Attorney Benjamin Wagner said in a statement announcing the indictments. Hagener's attorney, William Portanova, said the investigation was under way for at least four years before his client was charged. ''We're looking forward to a resolution of this matter. It's been a long investigation and we're all ready to move forward,'' Portanova said. ''Large- scale, long-term white collar investigations are by their nature measured by calendars, not stopwatch- es.'' Assistant federal defender Douglas Beevers declined comment on behalf of Loomis. The other defendants did not appear in court Friday, and it was not immediately clear if they had retained attorneys. Loomis and Hagener were charged with bilking investors through a program called Naras Funds in 2007 and 2008. The indictment said Loomis encour- aged investors to tap their home equity and retirement accounts to buy shares in the funds and to help pur- chase residential real estate. He called the investments ''simply the best finan- cial plan ever created,'' according to prosecutors. He and his father-in-law allegedly promised 12 percent annual returns and said the funds were guar- anteed, but the indictment claims the men used investors' money to pay themselves, their companies' operating expenses, and to prop up the scheme by paying later investors with money from earlier vic- tims. Loomis and a real estate appraiser, Darren Fehst, 44, of Halifax, Nova Scotia, are also charged in con- nection with a mortgage fraud scheme in which Loomis is accused of paying Fehst thousands of dol- lars to overstate appraisals so properties could be sold for inflated prices. Loomis and four others also are charged with buy- ing about 200 properties in Arizona, California, Florida and elsewhere while falsifying the sales prices and costing lenders about $10 million. The others are Michael Llamas, 27, of Tracy; Peter Woodard, 54, of Ventura; Joseph A. Gekko, 43, of Yorba Linda; and Dawn C. Powers, 42, of Lincoln. All are charged with mail and wire fraud. Each fraud charge carries a maximum possible sentence of 20 years in federal prison. All seven defendants were ordered to appear in court on Oct. 10.