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Frank Silva, who is bur- ied in Corning and was awarded the Congressio- nal Medal of Honor. "One thing that is com- mon throughout all gener- ations of veterans is the insistence that the grati- tude truly belongs not to them but to their fallen comrades," Bowen said. "I have never heard a vet- eran call himself or her- self a hero. The heroes are those who never left the battlefields." Cub Scout, Girl Scout and Boy Scout members placed wreathes to honor those who died in the Civil War, Spanish American War, World War I, World War II, Korean War, Viet- nam War, Operation Des- ert Storm, Enduring Free- dom and Iraqi Freedom. The wreaths were made and donated by Julie Johnson and the Corning Observer. An honor guard from the Veterans of Foreign Wars conducted a rifles sa- lute and "Taps" was played by bugler Philip Bell, a stu- dent at Corning Union High School. Following the ceremony at the cemetery, a short program and luncheon were given at the Corning Veterans Hall. Both events were orga- nized by VFW Post 4218, Disabled American Veter- ans No. 115, American Le- gion Raisner No. 45 and their auxiliaries and AM- VETS No. 2002. Ceremony FROMPAGE1 month, is tied to a county ordinance. The first meeting will be at 6 p.m. Wednesday in the Board of Supervisors Cham- bers, 727 Oak St. in Red Bluff with a second study session set for 6 p.m. Mon- day, June 6, in the Corning Veterans Memorial Hall, 1620 Solano St. According to a press re- lease, the board is seek- ing public input on accept- able compensation increase methodology, including comments on several pro- posed ideas, some of which were brought up at a May board meeting. Options that have been brought up in the past have included authorizing the Tehama County Grand Jury to propose future salary in- creases that the board could either accept or reject or ty- ing compensation to some percentage of the salary for superior court judge. In- creasing compensation to a specific dollar amount both with and without a mecha- nism for future cost of liv- ing adjustment has also been brought up. The board has proposed a number of ideas such as a $500 raise initially with a $500 increase every two years until it reaches min- imum wage or until it reaches a certain percent- age of a superior court judge salary. Minimum wage for an exempt employee in Cal- ifornia, which is two times the state's minimum wage for full-time employment, was also brought up. That is about $800 per week pres- ently. Suggestions have been made of the board setting up a future increase up to the stated annual cap with any greater increase requir- ing a vote of the people, an incremental increase for 10 ears with a cap that would go back to voters after 10 years or tying the increases of the board to those of de- partment heads or elected officials. The final suggestion was to have the Tehama County Grand Jury make recom- mendations for increases for the board every two years. The board would be able to approve or reject the recommendation, but not modify it. The topic of compen- sation was a much talked about subject at the May 24 Board of Supervisors meet- ing during the public com- ment period. A 9-1-1 operator for the Tehama County Sheriff's Department, who is his family's sole support, said he has two preschool sons that he wants to raise out- side of day care and the current salary leaves little room for family emergen- cies whether that be a trip to the ER or the need for a new appliance. "I don't live a lavish life- style and I'm not asking to," he said. "I come to work in the middle of the night be- cause there's been an emer- gency or a co-worker's ill. I love this job and I love this community. Please make it financially justifiable for me to stay here." Red Bluff resident Alice Jackson, who along with her husband are former county employees, said she too would like to see em- ployees live decently in- stead of training employ- ees who then get a job in the outlying areas. Her daughter Joyce Jack- son, a sheriff's dispatcher for 25 years, said they were asking for a raise too in or- der to be able to put money back into the economy. Many of the county em- ployees chose to cash out their vacation at the end of the year because they can't afford to take a vacation, Jackson said. John Ward, another Red Bluff resident, said he knows a lot of people need a raise, but he also recog- nized that the board may not have the ability finan- cially to give one. "This used to be a vi- brant county with mills," Ward said. "Thanks to the feds and the owls, the mills shut down and moved and everything declined. From what I understand, this is one of the poorest counties." Tehama County Deputy Sheriff's Association Pres- ident Dustin Maria and Animal Regulation Officer Amanda Meza both spoke to the fact that the depart- ment's employees are paid significantly less than sur- round agencies. "I love this county and I love my job," Meza said. "As an ARO, I'll be making minimum wage come 2020. What's fair for you is fair for the sheriff's department." The Deputy Sheriff's As- sociation has done a study in which Tehama County is 12 percent lower in the ma- jority of positions and in four they were more than 22 percent lower such as the deputy coroner who is 25 percent lower than the five surrounding counties. There have been four posi- tions open for the majority of 2015 not because of the lack of qualified people, but the low wage even af- ter a recruitment effort at Butte College Police Acad- emy, Maria said. "Butte Academy had at least a dozen unsponsored candidates and yet we had no applicants," Maria said. "We pay upwards of $1,000 less. It's time to see the dis- crepancy end and offer a competitive wage. We see this as an issue that pres- ents a public safety issue." Salary FROM PAGE 1 during Freedom. Allen was a Los Molinos High School graduate and left behind his parents Jenny and Ray Johnson, wife Vanessa and children Stacy, Joshua and Naomi. Sgt. Timothy C. Kiser, born Feb. 5, 1968, killed in action on April 28, 2005, at the age of 37, while serv- ing in the U.S. Army Na- tional Guard in Operation Iraqi Freedom. Tim grew up in Fremont. He left be- hind his wife Rhonda, sons Austin and Jordan, step- children Kyle and Danyelle Thompson, and his mother and stepfather Jacquie and Ronald Dunn. Sgt. Thomas B. Turner, Jr., born Sept. 15, 1974, killed in action on July 14, 2006, at the age of 31, while serving in the U.S. Army 101st Airborne in Opera- tion Iraqi Freedom. Tom was a Mercy High School graduate. He left behind his wife Jennifer and chil- dren Sara and Ethan and his parents Frances and Thomas Turner, Sr. Specialist Nicholas B. Burley, born Dec. 9, 1990, killed in action on July 30, 2013, at the age of 22, while serving in the U.S. Army 3rd Infantry Division in Operation Enduring Free- dom. Nick was a 2009 Red Bluff High School grad- uate. He left behind his mother and stepfather Tammy and Dan Olmstead of Red Bluff, father Mike Burley of Foresthill, and three brothers Michael, Zachary and Will. "The Military Family Support Group is pleased to announce the comple- tion of the reverse side of the Gulf War Monument," said Kathy Peters. "With the generous assistance of Glynn Phelps Masonry and American Embroidery Mart, the remaining tiles were recently installed bringing the total service members honored to 442." The monument hon- ors Tehama County vet- erans, active military and the fallen that served in the Gulf Wars, including Operation Iraqi Freedom and Operation Enduring Freedom between Aug. 2, 1990 and Dec. 31, 2014. The group will continue to add names periodically as suffi- cient numbers are accumu- lated, Peters said. "Construction of the monument has been a project from the heart and was only possible with the strong support of group members and the commu- nity," said Chairman Bob Chaney. Veterans or family mem- bers wishing to add a name to the monument can con- tact Beth Chaney at beth- chaney14@hotmail.com or call 529-2416 or Kathy Pe- ters at petchukat@gmail. com or by phone 200-5387. Memorial FROM PAGE 1 and too costly, causing the group to disband in Decem- ber of that year. In 1977 President Jimmy Carter signed the G.I. Bill Improvement Act, grant- ing these women military and veteran status, Neff said. In 1984 each one of these women was awarded the World War II victory medal and on June 1, 2009 the three surviving WASP members that were able to attend accepted the Con- gressional Gold Medal on behalf of every WASP mem- ber. Neff said he decided to honor the women because they had been forgotten and he wanted their names to be remembered. He read the names of those who died while in training or service. The ceremony contin- ued with the Marine Corps League #1140, under the direction of Commander Buddy Male, performing a 21-gun rifle salute. Following the ceremony was the annual spaghetti feed fundraiser. Veterans FROM PAGE 1 CHIPTHOMPSON-DAILYNEWS A Cub Scout salutes a er laying a wreath Monday during the Memorial Day ceremony at Sunset Hill Cemetery in Corning. COURTESY PHOTOS The Tehama County Gulf War Monument was finished Sunday, May 22, just in time for Memorial Day. Volunteers finish up the last of the work on the new Tehama County Gulf War Monument located between the Tehama County Administration Building and the Red Bluff Veterans Memorial Hall at the corner of Oak and Jackson streets. Pictured is Glynn Phelps of Glynn Phelps Masonry, le , and Bob Chaney of the Military Family Support Group, right. HEATHER HOELSCHER - DAILY NEWS Veterans stand as each military branch is mentioned in the "Salute to the Armed Forces," performed by the Community Baptist Church Choir Monday at the Memorial Day at the Veteran Hall. By John Rogers TheAssociatedPress LOS ANGELES Anthropol- ogist Susan Phillips had spent a career examining the graffiti that covers ur- ban walls, bridges and freeway overpasses. But when she came across an unrecognizable collection made not of spray paint but substances like grease pencil and ap- parently left there for a century, she was stunned. Phillips had uncovered a peculiar, almost extinct form of American hiero- glyphics known as hobo graffiti, the treasure trove discovered under a nonde- script, 103-year-old bridge spanning the Los Ange- les River. At the time, she was researching her book, "Wallbangin': Graffiti and Gangs in LA." "It was like opening a tomb that's been closed for 80 years," the Pitzer College professor of envi- ronmental analysis said of finding the writings and occasionally the drawings of people who once signed their names as Oakland Red, the Tucson Kid and A-No. 1. "There's an A-No. 1, dated 8/13/14," she said, pointing to a scribbling during a re- cent visit to the bridge just around the bend from a modern-day homeless en- campment. Although all but forgot- ten now, A-No. 1 was the moniker used by a man once arguably America's most famous hobo, one of the many itinerant wan- derers who traveled from town to town in the 19th and 20th centuries, often by freight train, in search of brief work and lasting adventure. "Those little heart things are actually stylized arrows that are pointing up the river," Phillips said, point- ing to markings next to the name. "Putting those ar- rows that way means 'I'm going upriver. I was here on this date and I'm going up- river.'" SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA Anthropologist follows trail of century-old hobo graffiti JAE C. HONG — THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Anthropologist Susan Phillips walks along the Los Angeles River while searching for graffiti by hobos in Los Angeles. 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