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Diewold: Verna Louise Diewold, 85, of Rancho Tehama died Tuesday, April 1 at St. Elizabeth Commu- nity Hospital in Red Bluff. Arrangements are under the direction of Red Bluff Simple Cremations & Burial Service. Published Saturday, April 5 in the Daily News, Red Bluff, Calif. Varvaro: Roxanna N. Varvaro, 76, of Red Bluff died Thursday, March 27 at Brentwood Skilled Nursing & Rehab in Red Bluff. Arrange- ments are under the direc- tion of Red Bluff Simple Cremations & Burial Service. Published Saturday, April 5 in the Daily News, Red Bluff, Calif. Death notices must be pro- vided by mortuaries to the news department, are pub- lished at no charge, and fea- ture only specific basic infor- mation about the deceased. Paid obituaries are placed through the Classified adver- tising department. Paid obit- uaries may be placed by mor- tuaries or by families of the deceased and include on- line publication linked to the newspaper's website. Paid obituaries may be of any length, may run multiple days and offer wide latitude of con - tent, including photos. Death notices It is the policy of the Daily News to correct as quickly as possible all er- rors in fact that have been published in the newspa- per. If you believe a factual error has been made in a news story, call 527-2151, Ext. 112. ____ A column on the March 26 business page mis - spelled the name of Ben Pforsich, owner of Corn- ing Hardware. The Daily News regrets the error. CorreCtion thing that doesn't look right. "Often, people see sus- picious activities but they don't report it thinking 'it might be nothing' or they 'don't want to bother the po - lice department.' The police department is here for you to utilize and will investi- gate all reports, regardless of how insignificant you feel they are," the press release said. Vehicle safety tips: • Always roll up the win - dows and lock your vehicle. Even if you will only be away from your vehicle for a short time. • Never leave your valu - ables inside your vehicle. If you must, put them items in your trunk, locked tool box, or cover them com - pletely. • Never leave a spare "hide-a-key" near or on your vehicle. Criminals look for them. • Park in well lit areas and leave outside lights on. Criminals enjoy the con - cealment of darkness and don't like to be seen. • Install an audible alarm on your vehicle. Criminals don't like attention being drawn to their activities. • Never leave your keys in t he veh icle , ev en i f it i s in - side a garage. • Never leave personal documents inside your ve- hicle, such as vehicle own- ership papers, credit cards and mail. • Don't leave money or coins in plain sight. Even an open ashtray with a hand - ful of change is tempting for some people. Vehicle From Page 1 Brown received a red pin with the number 23152 for his uniform. The number is the Cal - ifornia Vehicle Code that defines driving under the inf luence and related of- fenses. "Corporal Brown strives to make the streets of Red Bluff a safer place for the m o t o r i n g publ ic a nd pedestrians alike," a de - p a r t m e n t p r e s s r e - lease said. B e s i d e s h i s p a t r o l a nd super - v i s or y re sp on si bi l it ie s , Brown is a Field Training Officer and responsible for teaching and evaluating the department's new officers. Brown is also known for partner, K9 Many. Brown From Page 1 ously had a phone to his ear, seemingly taking a call. "Everybody teased me about it," he said, "but I had a starting note on my phone, so right when they said, 'Chad Bushnell,' I was lis - tening to it and I heard the note and I just went, Ohhh say..." At the annual Round- Up parade, which snakes through the downtown area and draws hundreds of on - lookers, Bushnell's float will follow Joe Baumgartner's, Red Bluff's Hall of Fame bullfighter and grand mar - shal of the parade. Bushnell will be performing a few of his songs, including "Rodeo Ready," which parade orga - nizers said inspired the pa- rade's theme this year. Bushnell, who was a ro- deo athlete himself, said the upbeat song is a bit tongue- in-cheek and a bit true to life. On "Rodeo Ready," Bush - nell sings about late-night parties after a go-round, waking up with a black eye and being called insane by friends. "But I say hold on now everybody," he re - sponds, "I'm just rodeo ready." Bushnell plans to fol- low up on his latest album "Stormy Day in June" with a single later this year, and sees a longer stay in Nash - ville in his future, but he said performing in his hometown for the people who have supported him is special. Bushnell will open for Chestnutt, a country music singer, at the fairgrounds that evening, and a dance featuring the Chad Bush - nell Band will follow Chest- nutt's performance. Bushnell From Page 1 "Our fans can go to church at the grounds, and stay for the rodeo," Ra- melli said. "Come on out and spend the day with us." Pastor Coy Huffman will lead the service, which be - gins at 10 a.m. on April 20. For the second year in a row, a K-9 benefit will be held on April 15 at the Pau - line Davis Pavilion. For a $10 donation, fans get din- ner and the chance to see the K-9 dogs from the Red Bluff Police Department and the Tehama County Sheriff 's Department do a demonstration. Funds raised will be given to both agencies for the continuing education of the dogs and their trainers. Country music star Mark Chesnutt is the featured concert during the Round- Up. He will perform on April 19 at the Pauline Da - vis Pavilion at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are on sale at the Round-Up office. The Tough Enough to Wear Pink performance will take place again during the April 20 performance. Fans are asked to wear pink, and funds are raised for the St. Elizabeth Imag - ing Center. This year's auc- tion item is a Yamaha Rhino ATV. Tickets for the Round-Up begin at $12 and are avail - able online at RedBluf- f Roundup.com or by call- ing the rodeo office at 800 545-3500 or 527-1000. Stay in the loop with the Round- Up at Facebook.com/red - bluffroundup and on Twit- ter. Ro de o Fr om P ag e 1 Brown By matthew Brown The Associated Press BiLLingS, mont. » Gray wolves in the U.S. North- ern Rockies are showing resilience as states adopt increasingly aggressive tactics to drive down their numbers through hunting, trapping and government- sponsored pack removals. A minimum of 1,691 wolves roamed the six- state region at the end of 2013, according to figures released Friday by state and federal agencies. That's little changed from the prior year, despite con - tinued political pressure from hunters and ranchers who want the population significantly reduced. Idaho in recent months put gover n ment w i ld - life agents in helicopters to shoot entire packs that were preying on big game herds. Montana officials last year lifted wolf hunting and trapping quotas, increased the bag limit to five wolves per hunter and lowered the fees for out-of-state licenses. Wildlife advocates have warned the population could crash, but that hasn't hap - pened: Wolf numbers are down just 6 percent since the animals lost federal pro- tections in 2011. "Wolves are very tena- cious, they're very prolific," said Mike Jimenez, federal wolf recovery coordinator for the Rockies and a biol - ogist with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. "The pop- ulation is very secure, but it doesn't remove the contro- versy." Jimenez says he expects the population to gradu- ally decline over time in the face of the states' efforts but remain healthy overall. The only state to see a sig - nificant drop last year was Idaho, down 63 wolves to at least 659. On the livestock side, wolves in the Northern Rockies killed at least 143 cattle and 476 sheep in 2013. That's 51 fewer head of cat - tle and six fewer sheep than the prior year. Idaho Cattle Associa- tion vice president Wyatt Prescott said the only way to keep those numbers from going up is to keep wolves in check. "We're not trying to anni - hilate wolves, but we would continue to advocate for a sheer reduction," in their numbers, Prescott said. A representative of a wolf advocacy group, Kurt Holt - zen with the National Wolf- watcher Coalition, said he was hopeful state officials will put more resources into non-lethal wolf man - agement. T h at i nclude s pl ac- ing f lagging on livestock fences, using range rid- ers to patrol grazing areas and other measures to keep wolves away without shoot- ing them. weSt Rockies gray wolf numbers steady despite being hunted U.S. FiSH AND WiLDLiFE SERViCE, GARy KRAMER — THE ASSoCiATED PRESS A gray wolf roams the wild in this April 18, 2008, file photo. By amanda Lee myers The Associated Press CinCinnati » A federal judge said Friday that he will order Ohio to recog- nize out-of-state gay mar- riages, a move that strikes down part of the state's ban on gay marriages but stops short of forcing it to perform same-sex weddings. Judge Timothy Black an - nounced his intentions in federal court in Cincinnati following final arguments in a lawsuit that challenged the constitutionality of the marriage ban. "I intend to issue a dec - laration that Ohio's rec- ognition bans, that have been relied upon to deny legal recognition to same- sex couples validly entered in other states where le - gal, violates the rights se- cured by the 14th Amend- ment to the U.S. Constitu- tion," Black said. "(They're) denied their fundamental right to marry a person of their choosing and the right to remain married." Black said he'll issue the ruling April 14. The civil rights attorneys who filed th e Fe br ua ry l aw su it d id not ask Black to order the state to perform gay mar - riages, and he did not say he would do so. Gay marriage is legal in 17 states and the District of Columbia. Federal judges have also struck down bans in Michigan, Utah, Texas, Oklahoma and Virginia, an d or de re d Ke nt uck y an d Tennessee to recognize out-of-state gay marriages, though stays have been is - sued pending appeals. Pam and Nicole York- smith, a Cincinnati couple who married in California in 2008 and have a 3-year- old son, were among the four couples who filed the lawsuit challenging the gay mar- riage ban and said Black's comments Friday gave them validation. "It also validates to our kids that we're bringing into our marriage that their par - ents are recognized by the state that we live in, and that's extremely important," Pam Yorksmith said. "We're teaching kids of future gen - erations that all families are different and just because our family doesn't look like your family doesn't mean that ours shouldn't be rec - ognized." Nicole Yorksmith is preg- nant through artificial in- semination with the cou- ple's second child and is due in June. The Cincinnati-based le- gal team asked Black to de- clare that Ohio's gay mar- riage ban is "facially un- constitutional, invalid and unenforceable," and indi- cated that following such a ruling, the window would be open for additional litigation seeking to force the state to allow gay couples to marry in Ohio. "This is a serious problem at the basic level of human di gn it y, " sa id c iv il r ig ht s at - torney Al Gerhardstein, who argued that Black should strike down the entire mar- riage ban as well. "That hu- man dignity is denied by the way Ohio treats same- sex couples. This is central to our whole commitment as a nation to equality." Dan Tierney, a spokes - man for Ohio's attorney gen- eral, said the state will ap- peal Black's order when it comes out but declined to comment further. Court Part of Ohio gay marriage law struck down 900 Jackson St. • 527-1833 Lic. #0530362 Home Auto Farm Commercial www.andy4ins.com ANDY HOUGHTON Insurance Agency Motorcycle Boat RV Life DEBBIE LYNN HILL DUGAN February 8, 1953 ~ March 6, 2014 Debbie Lynn Hill Dugan, born Frbruary 8, 1953 in Fort Campbell, Kentucky, died March 6, 2014, in Sparks, NV. Debbie was a graduate of Red Bluff High School and at- tended college in Sacramento, CA. One of her favorite weekend trips was to the coast by Trinidad Beach, comb- ing the beaches for any washed up treasure. She loved seafood, so her coastal trips worked in well. Another great trip to the ocean was ten days with the entire family to Conchas Chinas area of Puerto Vallarta to celebrate her parents, Ken and Pat Hill, 50th anniversary. The trip in- cluded husband Bill and daughter Sarah Hatfield, the loves of her life. Also included sister Karin, and Corky, Katie, Zak and Emily Kramer. We cried when we had to come home. The last family ocean vacation get away was to Maui in 2009, this was to attend the wedding of her nephew Zak to Ashley Landingham. She is survived by her husband Bill Dugan and daughter Sarah Hatfield, and father Ken Hill, four great nephews and a brand new great niece, Aiden, Jaxon and Addyson Silva, Cohen and Camden Kramer, Ashley Kramer and Garin Silva, niece and nephews in laws. Our Mom, Pat Hill, passed away 10 years ago, January 2004, and they are together again. As per Debbie's wishes, there will be no services held. MARGARET "TUTU" VESTAL February 9, 1916 ~ April 1, 2014 Margaret "TuTu" Vestal passed away at home with her family after a lenghtly illness on April 1, 2014. "TuTu" as she was known by family and friends was born in Red Bluff on February 9, 1916 to Herman and Martha Horn. She was a lifetime resident of Red Bluff. She was preceded in death by her parents; sister Geor- gia Maria and brother Elmer, her husband Raymond passed away January 30, 1999, and her beloved dog, Aus- sie in April 2013. "Tutu" is survived by her daughters, Karen Hackler and Patricia Andrews (Pete). TuTu loved her four grandchil- dren, David Hackler (Lilian), Kevin Andrews (Karen), Tahni Clay (Jon), and Lisa Houston, and of course her 8 grandchildren, 2 great-grandchildren. She was especially close to her sister's children, Jim Degnan (Susan) and Kathleen Munding. Tutu's greatest joy was her immediate and large extend- ed family and friends. She will be missed be all. She and Raymond traveled extensively world wide en- joying numerous adventures and cultures. TuTu in her 98 years was very active in the community, especially the Episcopal church where she volunteered for many years as the church secretary, a guide and life- time member of Kelly Griggs Museum and a active mem- ber of Friends of the Library. She always had a kind word for all and all could count on her love and help whenever needed. TuTu held our hands as children and we will hold her in our hearts forever. In lieu of flowers, a memory may be made to St. Peter's Episcopal church, POBox 705, Red Bluff, CA 96080 or, Kelly Griggs Museum, POBox 9082, Red Bluff, CA 96080, or to Friends of the Library. A celebration of TuTu's wonderful life will be an- nounced at a later date. Obituaries SATURDAy, APRiL 5, 2014 REDBLUFFDAiLyNEWS.CoM | NEWS | 9 a