Michael Arnold - Upbeat in Prison     URL:  http://www.redding.c
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Michael Arnold    Arnold upbeat, busy in prison Ex-businessman
battles ill health, seeks new trial  By Maline Hazle, Record
Searchlight January 28, 2005  Michael Glenn Arnold celebrates
his 45th birthday today in a prison surrounded by the seemingly
endless flat green fields of the southern Central Valley, 500
miles from his Redding roots, his mother, his wife, his son. 
It's a million miles away from where the founder and former
president of the Downtown Redding Business Association and
tireless leader of civic causes ever expected to be.  But only a
day after his latest disappointment, the state appellate court's
rejection of his appeal, the former House of Steno owner is
remarkably upbeat.   Chances are still good that he'll prevail
in his fight for another trial on 16 felony convictions on
charges including grand theft, embezzlement and forgery, he said
in a telephone interview fro