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Obituaries Death Notices A Memorial will be held, April 28, 2012 at 11am to 3pm at the Grove Clubhouse, 22042 Grove Circle, Red Bluff, CA. JUNE FRANCES LEACH 1-12-37 to 3-21-2012 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, Marion Mae Dunlap Marion Mae Dunlap of Red Bluff died Monday, April 16, 2012 in Red Bluff. She was 98. Arrangements are under the direction of Neptune Society in Chico. Published Thursday, April 19, 2012 in the Daily News, Red Bluff, Calif. Delmer LeRoy Kyler Delmer LeRoy Kyler of Red Bluff died Wednesday, April 18, 2012 in Red Bluff. He was 86. Arrangements are under the direction of Hoyt-Cole Chapel of the Flowers. Published Thursday, April 19, 2012 in the Daily News, Red Bluff, Calif. CORNING Continued from page 1A The Olive Press, Sonoma - Picual Robust Intensity – Olive Leaf Hills, Healdsburg – Tuscan Blend Yolo County Resident – Hillstone Olive Oil, Yolo – Arbequina Blend Organic Olive Oil – Apollo Olive Oil, Oregon House – Other Mono Culivar – Coratina Flavored Oil – Calivirgin-Coldani Olive Ranch, Lodi – Jalapeno/Garlic Patty Bogle-Roncoroni Award – Apollo Olive Oil, Oregon House – Other Mono Culivar – Coratina This award is chosen from the Conventional and Organic Best of Show Oils. A complete list of winners is available at yolo- countyfair.net under the category Olive Oil. BILL allow school districts to remove accused teachers from the classroom and eventually fire them while observing procedural safe- guards, they testified. Continued from page 1A Existing state laws attack,'' said Ken Tray, who was representing the California Federation of Teachers. He said recent high-profile incidents involving a few teachers have created a ''cloud of hysteria reminding one almost of the Salem witch hunts.'' ''Teachers are under Teacher firing decisions should not be left to school boards, he said, because they are highly politicized and under pres- sure to side with angry parents and the communi- ty. Padilla said his SB1530 lets school boards act quickly without undermin- ing teachers' rights. He said dismissals currently can take up to five years. fire in Sac lot SACRAMENTO (AP) — Sacramento County Sheriff's officials say an armored car guard opened fire and wounded a sus- pect in a department store parking lot after the man tried to rob him. Armored car guard opens The bill would lift a current prohibition on considering evidence of wrongdoing that dates back more than four years, but only in cases of serious and egregious conduct involving sexual, drug or violent crimes involving children. Those discipli- nary charges would be reviewed by an adminis- trative would make a recommen- dation to the school board for a final decision. A dis- missed teacher could still file an appeal in court, as under current law. law judge, who FEES Continued from page 1A ignored anymore," Henz said. The increase in water fees are necessary to qual- ify for grants that the city may need in the next few years to replace infrastruc- ture that is starting to fail, he said. "We're not asking for more than we need," Henz said. In order to be eligible for state grants for the wastewater facility, the city would have to raise fees drastically to meet the requirement of being 1.5 percent of the median income of the region. The city is looking at trouble if it doesn't keep an operating income, Ryan said. By law, the city must keep a debt coverage rate of 110 percent. Last year, the city was at 119 percent, down from 200 percent a few years before. Staff is trying to ease the burden on consumers while trying to meet debt requirements, Ryan said. RAMP Continued from page 1A the grant, which is through the state Department of Boating and Water- ways. an extended ramp across the gravel bar to the shoreline of the Sacra- mento River, which was moved some 300 feet away from the exist- ing boat launch facility. The proposed project is to build The relocation of the river's edge occurred with the elimination of Lake Red Bluff in 2011. test,'' Deasy said. Of the 82 firings, 32 were for sexual or moral misconduct, he said. Of those teachers allowed to return to the classroom, he said 24 had been accused of sexual or moral miscon- duct but often were rein- stated because investiga- tors could not substantiate the claims of the children who accused them. ''When a child has been of sexual misconduct against Berndt as long ago as 1994, but the earlier investigations did not result in any action and the complaints were put into an ''expired file.'' ''It's not an isolated There were complaints problem,'' Deasy said. Since January 2003, he said 667 teachers statewide were cited for serious misconduct. Just 82 resulted in the teacher's dismissal. ''That does not even pass a reasonable smell pital with a non-life- threatening wound. The incident outside a Sacramento Walmart occurred around 2:30 p.m. Tuesday. The suspect allegedly hit the guard with a stun gun while the guard was leaving a store with bags of money. Sheriff's deputies say the guard fell, but got up and began pursuing the suspect, shooting him in the leg. pect allegedly continued running and got into a vehicle that drove toward the guard, prompting him to open fire again. The vehicle fled. Deputies say the suspect was found a short time later hiding in a dumpster and arrested. He was taken to a hos- The unidentified sus- drug penalties SACRAMENTO (AP) — A California legislator wants cocaine and heroin possession penalties low- ered from felonies to mis- demeanors. Legislator wants to ease abused, a school commu- nity does not want to hear about antiquated sections of the school code,'' said LA Unified school board member Nury Martinez. Padilla's bill cleared the committee with bipartisan support, including that of Senate Minority Leader Bob Huff, R-Diamond Bar. Brown asked City Manag- er Richard Crabtree whether the council was wrong by choosing not to raise fees for the past years. Mayor Pro Tem Wayne The council's decision did operate contrary to city code, but it was with- in the council's discretion to do so, Crabtree said. Code, as Ryan indicat- ed to the council, states that both water and sewer rates can increase auto- matically every July, but they haven't. Wastewater rates have not increased since 1997, while the base rate for water hasn't increased since 2005 and the con- sumption rate, or charge per cubic foot of water used, hasn't changed since 2008, according to staff reports. year, we end up in the fix we are in," Brown said. Council member Bob Carrel questioned whether the county could increase the fees by a smaller amount and still meet loan requirements, while Mayor Forrest Flynn ques- tioned possibly splitting "By not doing it every Thursday, April 19, 2012 – Daily News 7A Gordy said. the increases into two times each year to soften the blow. The larger increase to wastewater fees concerned the council more. "That's such a huge hit on families that are strug- gling now," Carrel said. After a public comment period when not one per- son stood to speak, the council heard from other members of city staff. Scot Timboe, planning director, commented that the state is threatening to fine the city if it doesn't get repairs and other main- tenance taken care of. "The state's not been very happy with us," he said. "We've spoke in favor of raising the fees. warned." Treasurer Donna Gordy been She advised it would be best for the city to "bite the bullet" now. in favor of the fee increas- es. Brown was the sole opposing vote. Council member Rob Schmid was absent. The council voted 3-1 "I wish there was another way to do it," Car- rel said. "I know it's the right thing to do. It's just a very hard decision to make." Because of the state of the economy, it takes a stronger financial position to qualify for loans and lower interest rates, she said. Then, the city could be fined on top of losing credibility. "As a consumer, it is a tough sell on why you did- n't take care of business for the last 15 years," Extolling the economic effects and public safety hindrances caused by eliminating a boat access point, the grant request emphasized the urgent need for a city boat launch reconstruction. Stoll Engineering and Associates of Redding designed the plans for the new boat launch, which will include a gravel access road for boaters from the existing concrete ramp across the now dry bottom of Lake Red Bluff. fabricated concrete mat, called Armorflex, leading into the water, The road will connect to a pre- watered-down version after Democrats objected that the sweeping legisla- tion was an overreaction to an isolated case. Also at the Tuesday meeting, the council opted to eliminate the human resources director posi- tion. City Manager/Attor- ney Richard Crabtree will now also be the Personnel Officer for the city. The current human resources director Tessa Pritchard will be laid off in July. Staff also discussed cleaning up City Hall in response to branding efforts in the county. ——— Andrea Wagner can be reached at 527-2153, extension 114 or awagner@redbluffdailyne ws.com. Timboe said. An identical material was used under the South Bon- nyview Road bridge in Redding. Planners hope to have the launch completed by Jan. 31, 2013. Meanwhile, the city has also put in a separate application for grant funding for a second phase of the boat launch reconstruction. If approved the second project would involve a more permanent structure, restrooms and other enhancements. ——— Andrea Wagner can be reached at 527-2153, extension 114 or awagner@redbluffdailynews.com. Lawmakers scrutinize $68B high-speed rail plan Assemblyman Steve Knight, R-Lancaster, agreed to strip out seven of the bill's nine points rather than see it die in commit- tee. As amended, his AB2028 would end a ban on suspending or firing teachers during summer months, and would let dis- tricts introduce evidence more than four years old in disciplinary hearings. The bills are among SACRAMENTO (AP) — A day after a highly critical report on a $68.4 billion high-speed rail proposal, Democ- rats who control the Legislature said they remained com- mitted to the project while the chairman of the authority that would oversee construction said it's still a risk worth taking. lawmakers to reject the plan because it relies on highly speculative financing. But Huff's broader SB1059 was held in com- mittee. He wanted disci- plinary procedures insti- tuted in Los Angeles after the misconduct case to be applied statewide. The Assembly Educa- tion Committee consid- ered a bill identical to Huff's but advanced a STATE BRIEFING have a significant social impact, noting felony convictions limit the abil- ity to get a job and hous- ing. UC Davis police chief State Sen. Mark Leno, a San Francisco Democ- rat, has introduced a bill that would ease drug pos- session punishment. The San Francisco Chronicle says Leno's bill (SB1506) won support on Tuesday from a legislative committee. If it becomes law, California would be the nation's 14th state to classify drug possession as a lesser crime. The federal govern- ment already classifies simple drug possession for personal use as a mis- demeanor. would reduce prosecu- tion, incarceration and probation costs. Leno says his proposal He says it could also Davis; and am grateful to those of you who have remembered this,'' she wrote to the paper. resigning DAVIS (AP) — The police chief who oversaw the University of Califor- nia, Davis, police depart- ment during its notorious pepper-spraying of Occu- py protesters said Wednes- day that she is stepping down. paid leave since the inci- dent, along with Lt. John Pike, who sprayed the orange liquid into the faces of protesters who were seated on a side- walk. Spicuzza has been on UC Davis spokesman Barry Shiller said Annette Spicuzza told the school she is retiring effective Thursday. Last week, a task force led by a retired California Supreme Court justice issued a report that blamed the incident on poor plan- ning, communication and decision-making at all lev- els of the school adminis- tration. several this year respond- ing to headline-grabbing incidents involving Cali- fornia teachers. On Tuesday, the Assembly Public Safety Committee rejected a bill that would have made it a felony for teachers to date their students. AB1861 by Assemblywoman Kristin Olsen, R-Modesto, was prompted by the high-pro- file case of a 41-year-old Modesto teacher who left his wife and three children to move in with an 18 year-old student. urged lawmakers not to forego $3.3 billion in federal matching money available for the project. President Barack Obama's administration has offered the money for construction of the first segment in the Central Valley. The latest business plan trimmed last year's cost esti- mate of $98 billion but leaves it well above the $45 billion figure given to voters in 2008 when they approved selling nearly $10 billion in bonds. Brian Weatherford, an analyst who wrote the report criticizing the latest funding proposal, said lawmakers are being asked to approve funding ''while some of the details still aren't worked out, which increases the risk.'' Richard countered that the report only looked at the continuing risks of building a 520-mile system linking Northern and Southern California and failed to consider the state's infrastructure needs in the coming years. ''There is a risk that what we have to do to maintain mobility will cost more. I only ask that we balance those risks,'' he said. Dan Richard, chairman of the rail authority board, The latest proposal for the system linking San Francis- co and Anaheim estimates completion in 2028 and relies extensively on using existing commuter rail tracks to cut costs. On Wednesday, lawmakers began evaluating the latest proposal from the California High-Speed Rail Authority in Senate and Assembly hearings. They are considering Gov. Jerry Brown's request to sell about $2.6 billion in voter-approved bonds to begin construction. The Legislative Analyst's Office on Tuesday urged Richard was subjected to intense questioning Wednes- day by Democrats on a Senate panel, but party members still appeared inclined to support the project. John Vigna, a spokesman for Assembly Speaker John Perez, D-Los Angeles, said Perez believes California should capitalize on historically low construction and labor costs. ''There's obviously a lot of head-banging issues still to be worked out, but I think the commitment on the part of the Democratic caucus is still 100 percent there,'' he said. Alicia Trost, a spokeswoman for Senate President Pro Tem Darrell Steinberg, said Steinberg backs the project and will soon lay out a plan for the Legislature to take it up. In the Assembly committee, Weatherford testified that he is concerned that $42 billion of the project's funding, or more than 60 percent, would come from still-unidentified federal sources. The report was espe- cially critical of Spicuzza, Pike and UC Davis Chan- cellor Linda Katehi. Spicuzza told the Sacramento Bee that she does not want the Nov. 18 incident to define her or the university, and she's leaving so everyone involved can move for- ward. ''For the past seven years, I have accomplished many good things for both the police department and community here at UC News tip? 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