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After the roof is com- plete the sheetrock will go in and the contractors will be getting things finished and ready to go, Henz said. Funding will go to ad- dress the structural de- sign and building mod- ifications, exterior wall and mid floor insulation, exhaust hood and vent modifications, gas line enhancement, electrical panel modification and ad- ditional plumbing require- ments. The council voted unan- imously in favor of the supplemental appropri- ation for the aviation ex- penditures account. Airport FROMPAGE1 eral government in a failed attempttorepealtheAfford- able Care Act, also known as Obamacare. Instead of trying to con- vince opposing groups that their beliefs are incorrect, Montesemphasizedaphilos- ophy of taking a step back to find common ground and working toward a solution. Regardless of political affil- iation, he said people gener- ally want to feel safe in their houses and streets, a more vibrant economy and a more responsive government. Montes pointed to sev- eral local efforts where dis- parate groups have collabo- ratedtotackleissues suchas problems caused by home- lessness and launching a Chico youth court to help divert children from juve- nile court or the school dis- ciplinary process. "We all have to come to- gether and do our part," Montes said. Speakingofwater,Montes was concerned about senior rights holders selling their surface water allotments so downstate growers canraise crops in arid areas. Such sales create competition for north state growers and in- crease local costs as farmers have todrilldeepertoaccess groundwater. Hesaid people in agriculture should profit off of agriculture and not necessarilyoffofwatersales. Chicoconnections Montes moved to Chico more than two years ago to head the businesses owned by his mentor and lifelong friend Wayne Cook, a busi- ness owner known for re- storing the Hotel Diamond. They first met when Mon- tes was attending Tahoe- TruckeeHighSchoolin1972, where Cook was a teacher and wrestling coach. Mon- tes had been called to the dean's office and Cook con- vinced him to sign up for the team. Montes fell in love with wrestling, saying it was the first time he had felt like he was part of something big- ger than himself. Since the fifth grade, Montes wanted to become an attorney like Perry Ma- son. Cook assured him it was possible to accomplish that dream. "He's been my coach and mentor," Montes said. Becoming an attorney took nearly 19 years as Mon- tes worked more than full time while he was study- ing as an undergraduate at Sacramento State Uni- versity. He also served in the Air National Guard and later attended the California Military Academy with the Army National Guard. After graduating from Sacramento State in 1990, Montes attended law school at UCLA and passed the Washington state bar in 1993. Eight years later, Mon- tes was appointed as an ad- ministrative law judge in the state capital, Olympia. He returned to the private sector after five years and was eventually motivated by Cook to come to North- ern California. Even before moving to Chico, Montes said he would visit the area every year since he was 16. He said he's always loved the area, call- ing it a magical place. Montes has been married for27yearstoCindyMontes. Setting himself apart Currently facing two Re- publican rivals, Montes said there were four pillars that set himself apart, includ- ing his judicial experience, communication skills, work- ing as a unifier and building success. There are currently no known Democrats or can- didates from other parties running, but the officialcan- didate declaration and nom- ination period runs from Feb. 15 to March 11, accord- ing to the state election web- site. Under the "top two" pri- mary system, the two can- didates of any party who re- ceive the most votes in the June 7 primary will face off for the seat in the Nov. 8 gen- eral election. Montes was working on setting up his campaign. He's named Steve Thomp- son of Biggs as his campaign manager and is seeking a campaign consultant. Mon- tes also indicated he is work- ing informally with Ed Roll- ins, who led President Ron- ald Reagan's re-election bid in 1984 and later served as head of the National Repub- lican Congressional Com- mittee. Montes said he called La- Malfa as a gesture of respect late last week to inform the congressman that he was running. He said he liked LaMalfa, but told the representa- tive that he intended to do things differently in the dis- trict. "There's an absence here that's keenly felt," Montes said. "Not being part of dis- trict activities and conversa- tions with district constitu- ents. A disconnect, if you will." He acknowledged that running for office isn't an easy thing to do. However, Montes said he was tired of complaining from his couch and this may be his last op- portunity. "The job is what compels me — the ability to do good," Montes said. ReachreporterRyan Olson at facebook.com/ NorCalJustice and 896- 7763. Montes FROM PAGE 1 lighting, such as motion de- tecting lights, helps as well. "Bad guys don't like to be seen," Coker said. One woman who lives in the neighborhood said she has exterior lighting and flood lights that have prevented criminals from choosing her home to burglarize. She had been robbed two times before using the lights and has had minimal problems since. Although, the woman said crime is still out there. During the day her phone was stolen from her front porch. Some residents attrib- uted a portion of the rise in crime in the neighbor- hood to a lunch program for the homeless that takes place at Vineyard Chris- tian Fellowship off of Wal- nut Street. Although the consensus was that this is valuable program for the homeless, the problem is that the homeless loiter in the neighborhood. Many said they have wit- nessed drug sales and ac- tivity occurring before and after the lunch program. A representative from Vineyard said the security guard they have must only be inside the building be- cause these activities have not been seen by the mem- bers of the church. Hoping to solve the prob- lem, the representative as- sured the watch group that she will talk with the guard so he can start going out- side as well. Sunrise Bible Fellowship Youth Pastor Chris Hurton has purchased neighbor- hood watch stickers that will be available at the next meeting, he said. The next neighborhood watch meeting will be held in two months with all con- cerned Red Bluff residents welcome, Golden said. An exact date has not been chosen, but for more information and to get on the e-mail list write to Golden at redbluffwatch@ gmail.com. Watch FROM PAGE 1 "There's an absence here that's keenly felt. Not being part of district activities and conversations with district constituents. A disconnect, if you will." — Joe Montes, Chico businessman By David Eggert and Ed White The Associated Press LANSING, MICH. High- ranking officials in Michi- gan Gov. Rick Snyder's ad- ministration were aware of a surge in Legionnaires' disease potentially linked to Flint's water long be- fore the governor reported the increase to the public last month, internal emails show. When he disclosed the spike in Legionnaires' cases on Jan. 13, Snyder said he had learned about it just a couple of days earlier. But emails obtained by the lib- eral group Progress Mich- igan through public-re- cords requests and shared with The Associated Press show Snyder's own office was aware of the outbreak since last March. At the time, others in the admin- istration were scrambling to respond to suggestions that bacteria in the city's new water source, the Flint River, could be the culprit. The outbreak was also well known within state agencies, according to emails obtained separately by the AP and other news organizations. Together, the emails offer more ev- idence that some state of- ficials were dismissive of county health authorities who raised concerns about the safety of the communi- ty's drinking water. "The increase of the ill- nesses closely corresponds with the timeframe of the switch to the Flint River water. The majority of the cases reside or have an as- sociation with the city," Jim Henry, Genesee County's en- vironmental health supervi- sor, wrote March 10 to Flint leaders, the city's state-ap- pointed emergency financial manager and the state De- partment of Environmental Quality, known as the DEQ. "This situation has been explicitly explained to MDEQ and many of the city's officials," Henry said in the email that was for- warded by the DEQ to a Sny- der aide three days later. "I want to make sure in writ- ing that there are no misun- derstandings regarding this significant and urgent pub- lic health issue." Legionnaires' disease is a pneumonia caused by bacte- ria in the lungs. People get sick if they inhale mist or va- por from contaminated wa- ter systems, hot tubs or cool- ing systems. There were at least 87 casesacrossGeneseeCounty during a 17-month period, including nine deaths, but the public was never told about the increase when it was happening — even af- ter an initial wave of more than 40 cases was known by early 2015. The back and forth be- hind the scenes occurred while residents were com- plaining about poor water quality, even before lead contamination became an extraordinary health emer- gency roughly six months later. The emails reveal tension between the county health department, which was on the front line of the Legion- naires' outbreak, and the city and state about how to investigate the disease. The emails also show some angst in the Snyder admin- istration over the contro- versy. Brad Wurfel, who was DEQ spokesman at the time, informed Snyder's director of urban initiatives, Har- vey Hollins, about a "sig- nificant uptick" in Legion- naires' cases but said it was "beyond irresponsible" for Henry to link the disease to the river without an ade- quate investigation. He cop- ied then-DEQ director Dan Wyant on the email. Wurfel noted that the county had re-submitted an open-records request to the city for water testing results and other informa- tion because of what Henry called the city's "lack of co- operation." Wurfel said it would be "highly unlikely" to find Legionella bacteria around the water treatment plant. However, he acknowledged the accusation about a link to the river was "seri- ous" and said all agencies should come together "asap to share what information we have and develop a re- sponse/screening strategy before the weather gets warm again." Both Wyant and Wurfel resigned on Dec. 29. Snyder spokesman Dave Murray, citing the large ex- ecutive office staff, said this week that the Republican governor only learned about the Legionnaires' outbreak days before he publicly dis- closed it — despite Hollins being flagged 10 months earlier. Snyder's former chief of staff, Dennis Muchmore, has said neither he nor Sny- der knew but they should have been told earlier. "Important information flow isn't always forthcom- ing," he said in mid-January on WKAR-TV's "Off The Re- cord" show. Lonnie Scott, executive director of Progress Michi- gan, said the emails expose "another glaring example of Gov. Snyder saying one thing and emails really re- vealing something differ- ent." The group, which has asked Snyder to release staff emails that are exempt from the Freedom of Informa- tion Act, is still reviewing thousands of pages of state emails related to Flint's wa- ter. On March 12, Stephen Busch, a DEQ district super- visor, wrote back to Henry and challenged his assertion that the DEQ had declined to meet since being ini- tially informed in October 2014 about a rise in Legion- naires' cases. Busch said the department never was asked for a meeting, but he agreed a multi-agency part- nership would be beneficial moving forward. "Conclusions that legi- onella is coming from the public water system without the presentation of any sub- stantiating evidence from your epidemiologic investi- gation appears premature and prejudice (sic) toward that end," Busch wrote. Janet Stout is a Pitts- burgh microbiologist and expert on Legionnaires' disease who has researched links between Legionella bacteria and public water supplies. She believes the Flint River caused an in- crease in Genesee County Legionnaires' cases. "The county was alerting and alarmed and seeking cooperation and help from outside agencies," Stout told the AP. "What I read tells me they did not get much help for various reasons." The state Department of Health and Human Services had already begun assist- ing the county in the fall of 2014, and the Legionnaires' investigation had become "very intensive" in early 2015, said Dr. Eden Wells, Michigan's chief medical executive. Because Legionnaries' disease is not transferred person to person, efforts to fight it are focused on deter- mining sources of infection and notifying doctors so they have the option of do- ing a special test, Wells said. About half of the cases had an "association" with a Flint hospital in the two weeks prior to their ill- ness, Wells said. McLaren Hospital spent more than $300,000 on a water treat- ment system, banned show- ers and also turned to bot- tled water for patients. MICHIGAN Officials warned of water, Legionnaires' link CA RL OS O SO RI O — T HE A SS OC IA TE D P RE SS F IL E A s ig n ov er t he F lin t R iv er n ot es F li nt a s V eh ic le C it y. CLARENCEJUNIORCOATES February 20, 1934 ~ January 23, 2016 Clarence Junior Coates passed away peacefully and went to be with his Lord and Savior Jesus Christ on the morning of January 23, 2016. Clarence was 81 years old. He was born in Ventura, CA on February 20, 1934, the third child of Clarence and Doris Coates. Clarence was preceded in death by mother Doris, father Clarence and brother Edward. He is survived by wife Marlene of 61 years, sister Joyce Winter, son Kevin and wife Lynelle, daughter Shari and husband Chris Merrill and son Tim and wife Mary. He is also survived by grandchildren Somer Mora, Brooke Porteous, Ryan Coates, Chris Coates, Courtney Coates, Alli Coates, Karlee Lillywhite, Erika Flickner, Colin Merrill and Christian Mer- rill. Clarence grew up in Ojai, CA and in 1946 the family re- located to Red Bluff, CA where he met the love of his life Marlene while attending Red Bluff Union High School. He joined the Air Force during the summer of 1954 and was stationed at Shepard Air Force Base, Wichita Falls, TX. It was during this time that he proposed to Miss Tehama County Marlene Joan Adron and they were mar- ried on December 29, 1954. As an Airmen Third Class, he was certified as an Airplane and Engine Mechanic and trained other Airmen on the operation and maintenance of the Wright R-3350 Duplex-Cyclone engine used on the Boeing B-29 Superfortress. As a result, he was assigned to the last operational wings of B-29's at Johnson Air Force Base, Tokyo, Japan. His love for teaching blossomed during this time. Upon leaving the Air Force, he pursued his teaching cre- dential at Chico State University and graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in 1961 leading him to a 34 year teaching career within the Redding School District. During this time, he was recognized as a Mentor Teacher and touched the lives of many students. Among other things he was a writer, author, family historian, National Park Service Ranger and artist. Prior to retiring, Clarence achieved a lifelong dream of becoming a licensed pilot. After retiring, Clarence and Marlene enjoyed their life together exploring the country, creating new memories and spending time on the coast and mountains with friends and family. He lived life with great enthusiasm, laughter and amazing humility and left an everlasting legacy with all who knew him. In honor of our beloved husband, father, grandfather, and brother, a graveside service will be held at the Veter- ans Memorial Cemetery, 11800 Gas Point Road, Igo, CA on Friday, February 19, 2016 at 2PM. A celebration of Clarence's life will follow at Riverview Golf & Country Club, 4200 Bechelli Lane, Redding, CA on Friday, Febru- ary 19, 2016 from 4PM to 7PM. In lieu of flowers, dona- tions may be sent to the Michael J. Fox Foundation work- ing towards a cure for Parkinson's (http://www.michaeljfo x.org/Donate_NOW). Special thanks to Shasta Regional Medical Center for their compassion and care. NANCY ROSE DERRICK MORANVILLE January 3, 1928 ~ January 20, 2016 Nancy Rose Derrick Moranville passed away peacefully in her sleep early Saturday morning January 30, 2016 at Brentwood Skilled Nursing Facility in Red Bluff where she was given excellent care by the Nurses and Staff as well as Dignity Health Hospice. Nancy was born an only child on Jan. 3, 1928 in Walla Walla, Washington to Wilbur and Gertrude York Derrick. She graduated from Orland High School in June 1946 and married the love of her life John Edwin Moranville on Au- gust 10, 1946. John and Nancy were married for 56 years, raised their children in Orland and then moved to Chico in the early 1990s during their retirement. Nancy was predeceased in death by her husband John. Nancy is survived locally by her daughter Kathleen (Mi- chael) Lyon and sons Mark of Chico and Greg of Vancou- ver, Washington, her Grandchildren Richard & Matthew Lyon, Mason & Sawyer Moranville and her great grand- children Tanner, Rhett, Maycey, Miranda and Kellan. There will be a celebration of life for Nancy on Satur- day, February 13, 2016 at 11:00am at the Federated Church in Orland. Funeral arrangements are being han- dled by Sweets Mortuary in Orland. Memorial Contribu- tions may be made to the Federated Church in Orland or the American Cancer Society. 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