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Massingill:GarryLee Massingill, 78, of Red Bluff died Wednesday, April 22 at Brentwood Skilled Nurs- ing & Rehab. Arrangements are under the direction of Red Bluff Simple Crema- tions & Burial Service. Published Friday, April 24, 2015in the Daily News, Red Bluff, California. Deathnoticesmustbe provided by mortuaries to the news department, 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 newspaper's website. Paid obituaries may be of any length, may run multiple days and offer wide latitude of content, including photos. Deathnotices Farmers are pumping water from underground wells and buying water from other sources as they face increasing restric- tions on the use of gov- ernment-monitored wa- ter during the drought. Federal and state agencies also slashed water deliver- ies from reservoir systems earlier in the year. Farmers, cities and en- ergy companies in Cali- fornia have about 36,000 claims to divert water for their needs, including for irrigation and for hydro- electric dams. The wa- ter board has the power to restrict those claims if there is not enough water to meet the demand. More than 5,000 water rights were suspended last year, which the board says helped contribute to fal- lowed fields and job losses at farms. Drought FROM PAGE 1 Several 100-year-old barns and a well-built rus- tic lodge on the property were something Wilsey, a general contractor, saw potential in, leading to a refurbishment of the lodge and the creation of the re- sort. According to the re- lease, the lodge, which is described as rustic-chic, will offer a gourmet res- taurant that will be open to the public for dining as well as a deck that will overlook the meadow. Res- ervations can be made w w w. h i g h l a nd s r a n - chresort.com starting in May. With indoor banquet fa- cilities, the business plans to be a full-service event destination for a variety of situations from wedding receptions and corporate retreats to private parties. The resort is tentatively set to open at the end of May and will be open year- round. A hiring event and tours of the facilities will take place from 1-5 p.m. Saturday, during which time Wilsey and Business and Marketing Director Wendy Rehberg will meet with candidates and give them a tour. In addition to a chef, who has been hired, there will be about eight to 10 employees during the peak summer season. For more information on jobs, send an email to info@highlandsran- chresort.com. For infor- mation on the resort, find it on Facebook and Insta- gram. Ranch FROM PAGE 1 "This spending sup- ported 277,000 jobs na- tionally; 235,600 of those jobs were found in these gateway communities," according to the release. "The cumulative benefit to the U.S. economy was $29.7 billion." According to the re- port, 30.6 percent of visi- tor spending was for lodg- ing, 20.3 percent for food and beverages, 11.9 per- cent for gas and oil, 10.2 percent for admissions and fees, and 9.9 percent for souvenirs and other ex- penses. To view the full report, visit http://goo.gl/dwis3V. Park FROM PAGE 1 The city has been awarded a $1.77 million grant from the state Divi- sion of Boating and Water- ways and a $970,000 grant from the California Wild- life Conservation Board to construct the boat launch facility. Boat FROM PAGE 1 IWantToBeRecycled.org By Don Thompson The Associated Press SACRAMENTO Attorneys representing a transgen- der prison inmate want a judge to stand by his or- der that California officials must immediately provide the inmate with sex reas- signment surgery that they say is urgent and critical to her health. In arguments filed late Wednesday, the lawyers op- posed any delay while the state appeals the decision issued earlier this month by U.S. District Judge Jon Tigar of San Francisco. Tigar ruled that the sur- gery is medically necessary for 51-year-old Michelle- Lael Norsworthy, whose birth name is Jeffrey Bryan Norsworthy. It is just the second time that a judge in the country has directed a state prison system to provide the sur- gery. The previous order in a Massachusetts case was overturned last year and is being appealed to the U.S. Supreme Court. "The state provides es- sential medical care to all people being held in prison, and everyone — transgen- der or not — should find it troubling that the state is trying to take that away from Michelle just because of who she is," said Kris Hayashi, executive direc- tor of the Transgender Law Center in Oakland that helped represent Norswor- thy. Corrections department spokeswoman Deborah Hoffman declined comment but pointed to the state's earlier argument that Ti- gar should stay his prelimi- nary injunction until he can conduct a full trial. "Norsworthy has been treated for gender dyspho- ria for over 20 years, and there is no indication that her condition has some- how worsened to the point where she must obtain sex- reassignment surgery now rather than waiting un- til this case produces a fi- nal judgment on the mer- its," the state argued in its April 10 request for a stay. The dysphoria occurs when someone's gender at birth is contrary to the way they identify. The state is asking the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals to overturn Tigar's finding that denying the surgery violates her consti- tutional rights. "The state should not be trying to get in the way of care that all the evidence shows is urgent and crit- ical to Michelle's health," Hayashi added. Norsworthy is serving a life sentence for murder in Mule Creek State Prison, a men's prison 40 miles southeast of Sacramento, although she has lived as a woman since the 1990s. She is among 22 trans- gender men and 363 trans- gender women who are cur- rently receiving hormone therapy in California pris- ons. The department said it is providing care that judges nationwide have found to be appropriate for transgender inmates. Courts elsewhere have or- dered hormone treatments, psychotherapy and other treatments but not surgery. The judge set no sched- ule for when he will rule on the state's request for a stay. He said in his previous order that any delay "con- stitutes irreparable injury." Norsworthy would be the first inmate to receive such surgery in California if Ti- gar's order stands. Attorneys with the Trans- gender Law Center in Oak- land, who helped represent Norsworthy, estimated the cost of her surgery would be about $15,000. They dis- puted a previous estimate by a spokeswoman for the state's prison health sys- tem that the cost could near $100,000. PRISONS Tr an sg en de r in ma te 's a tt or ne ys oppose delay in providing surgery The Associated Press LOS ANGELES The wife of a suburban Los Ange- les mayor who was shot in his home pleaded not guilty Thursday to voluntary man- slaughter. Lyvette Crespo, 43, en- tered the plea to a grand jury indictment. She was ordered held on $150,000 bail and could face up to 21 years in state prison if con- victed. Crespo shot Bell Gardens Mayor Daniel Crespo three times in the chest on Sept. 30. She has told authorities it was self-defense after he punched their 19-year-old son in the face after he in- tervened in the couple's ar- gument. Daniel Crespo Jr. called 911 to report the shooting, telling a dispatcher: "He's on the floor dying. He hurt me." Daniel Crespo, a Los An- geles County deputy proba- tion officer, was elected in 2001 to the City Council of Bellflower, a city of about 42,000 residents. The may- or's position rotated among council members. He and his wife were high school sweethearts and married as teenagers in 1986. However, the autopsy re- port contained allegations by a daughter, Crystal Cre- spo, that her father had been verbally and physically abusive toward her mother over two decades. She said the abuse had become more physical in re- cent years because of argu- ments over Daniel Crespo's infidelity, but it was never reported and never left se- rious injuries. Daniel Crespo's brother, William Crespo, has denied the abuse allegations. The mayor's mother filed a $53 million lawsuit last fall in which she calls Cre- spo a "cold-blooded killer" who picked a fight with her husband knowing their son would intervene. SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA Wife of slain mayor accused of manslaughter NICK UT — THE ASSOCIATED PRESS FILE Attorney Claudia Osuna holds a photo of the Crespo family — from top left to bottom right, Bell Gardens Mayor Daniel Crespo, his daughter Crystal, his wife Lyvette and son Daniel Crespo Jr. — during a news conference in the Los Angeles surbuban city of Bell Gardens. By Kevin Mcgill The Associated Press NEW ORLEANS Louisiana gun charges against real es- tate heir Robert Durst were dismissed Thursday, clear- ing the way for federal pro- ceedings in New Orleans in a similar case. Durst, a millionaire who also faces a murder charge in an unrelated California case, remains jailed without bond in Louisiana. Durst was arrested at a New Or- leans hotel in March. Au- thorities said he had a gun and marijuana in his room. The arrest came on the eve of the finale of a six- part HBO series called "The Jinx," a documentary about Durst, the disappearance of his first wife in 1982, writer-friend Susan Ber- man's death and the death and dismemberment of a neighbor in Texas in 2001. He is charged in Los Ange- les with first-degree mur- der in Berman's death. His attorneys say he is eager to return to California to fight the charge. Defense Attorney Dick DeGuerin said state and federal prosecutors had been discussing the possi- bility of the Louisiana gun case being dismissed. He says he was pleased with that decision. "It makes sense to try this case in federal court because FBI agents ar- rested Mr. Durst, and there shouldn't be two prosecu- tions, state and federal, at the same time for the same crime. We're looking for- ward to our day in court," DeGuerin said in an email. Records at the state courthouse in New Orleans confirmed the decision not to prosecute. "The District Attorney did reserve the right to look at the case again upon its conclusion in federal court," Christopher Bowman, a spokesman for District Attorney Leon Can- nizzaro said in a telephone interview. State and federal prose- cutors in New Orleans have been stressing their close working relationship over the past several years, par- ticularly in anti-drug and anti-gang efforts. Separate, simultaneous prosecutions of similar crimes in each ju- risdiction are rare. Durst had faced state charges of possessing a handgun with drugs and il- legal possession of a hand- gun by a felon. The charge in the federal indictment says Durst violated the fed- eral gun-control act be- cause he was in possession of a firearm after being con- victed of earlier felonies. FUGITIVE HEIR Gun case dropped; federal case still there beadadtoday. Take time to C a l l 8 7 7- 4 D A D 4 11 o r v i s i t w w w . f a t h e r h o o d . g o v GARRYMASSINGILL The world lost a good man this week. Garry Massingill, 78 of Red Bluff, died at Brentwood Healthcare Center, April 22, 2015. His wife and son were at his side. Garry was born in Oklahoma . He is survived by his wife, Alta, sisters; Shirley, Kay and Jackie, son, Kimball and daughters Janel and Mindie, with four grandsons, Robert, Jeff, Garry and Jo- seph, and goddaughter Lavinia. Garry loved the outdoors. He was a avid fisherman and hunter. He was admired as a mans man. He was also an admired handyman. Many friends asked for his advise when they had something that needed fixed. Funeral services will be held at Oak Hill Cemetery off Walnut St, Red Bluff, Tuesday, April 28, at 11:00 am. Obituaries FRIDAY, APRIL 24, 2015 REDBLUFFDAILYNEWS.COM | NEWS | 9 A