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Holcomb:SheilaHolcomb, 87, of Red Bluff died Tues- day, Oct. 4at St. Elizabeth Community Hospital. Ar- rangements are under the direction of Blair's Crema- tion & Burial. Published Saturday, Oct. 8, 2016in the Daily News, Red Bluff, California. Trotter: Sammie "Sam" Charles Trotter, 71, of Corn- ing died Wednesday, Oct. 5 at his home. Arrangements are under the direction of Hall Brothers Corning Mor- tuary. Published Saturday, Oct. 8, 2016in 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 JULIE ZEEB — DAILY NEWS Red Bluff Police Cpl. Heidi Thomas talks with Sonja Akers on Friday at M&M Ranch House Restaurant, where a Coffee with Cops event was hosted by local law enforcement to give residents a chance to speak them. LAW ENFORCEMENT Co ff ee w it h Co ps event hosted Friday ident of the District Board of Trustees. Her focus is to continue to work with chil- dren through more counsel- ing programs and to con- tinue to work on making sure students are safe. She decided to run for reelec- tion because of her work supporting career pathways and in the next four years she would liked to continue supporting school safety and having more mentor- ing programs and resources for students. She said she wants to continue to pro- mote listening and collab- orating with staff and the community by starting con- versations and making im- portant policy decision. Brandt: She grew up in Red Bluff and said she has al- ways been interested in this community. A er leaving to coach college basketball she returned to the area and is serving on the Lassen View School Board. She is determined to make Red Bluff High School the best high school it can be and the best in Northern California, she said. To be the best the board needs teamwork, leadership and good deci- sion making, and she said she could bring those quali- ties to the board. Brandt said she brings private and public sector together as she has been a teacher, a coach and on a board as well as being a local business- woman. She said her back- ground gives her a different view in decision making than others may have. Tiss: He has lived in this area since he was 10and met his wife at Red Bluff High School while in band class. He has worked in education for more than 30 years. Tiss is looking for- ward to seeing more growth and changes, which he's already seeing, continue at the high school. Tiss said he knows many of the staff members and students at the high school and com- munity members and he could work with all parties and make difficult decisions that focus on students. If elected, Tiss said he would spend a lot of time listening to administration and staff to see what the needs and concerns are for everyone. A er that information is gathered he would do what he could to find a solution and work with everyone. Barrow: The host of the forum, Kevin Penner, read statement from Barrow to the audience. It states: "My qualifications are as follows: As a Red Bluff community member for over 30years a teacher for 15years and high school administrator for three years, I have a vested interested in our youth education at Red Bluff Joint Union High School District. My experience in educa- tion also included being a school board member with the Antelope School District for five years beginning in 2009. Having knowledge, experience and longevity in many aspects of education, as a parent, teacher, admin- istrator and board member, I believe I have the skill set along with the motivation and passion to continue to uphold district policy and procedure and the vision to promote positive and productive school programs and services to enhance your students' academic, emotional, mental and social experiences in high school." All three candidates who attended the forum said listening to school ad- ministrators, students and the community and hav- ing good communication skills are the most impor- tant thing to be successful as a school board member. The candidates said the No. 1 goal is to put students first and bring good aca- demic, athletic and visual and performing arts pro- grams to the school. When asked what the candidates' opinions were on contracting out support services, such as custodial or transportation, the gen- eral consensus was to keep the jobs within the school's existing staff. If a proposed $26 million bond measure passes, all three said the money should go toward technology in the classrooms, upgrades to the classrooms and infrastruc- ture repairs throughout the school. Board FROM PAGE 1 parkinglimitswouldchange onPineStreetbetweenMain and Rio streets in the center divider to all-day parking. On Hickory Street be- tween Main and Rio spaces would change both sides from the alley east, between Washington and Main streets on all of the south side and half of the north side and between Jeffer- son and Washington on the southsidetoall-dayparking. Spaces on Washington Street between Walnut and Hickory would change on the north half of the block on both sides to all day. An exception would be two 20-minute spaces on the west side of Washington in front of Overland Post. The city recommended that all the changes re- quested by the association be approved except the re- quest to convert the median parking in the 400 block of Pine Street from all-day to two-hours, Crabtree said. This was the Downtown Red Bluff Business Associ- ation's solution to get more people shopping down- town for longer, said Coun- cilwoman Daniele Jackson. She voted yes on this matter but said the changes made to the original proposal provided by the association were not necessary. Jackson was in favor of that original proposal. Thereasonforthechange was that the parking on the 400 block of Pine Street is used by county staff, includ- ingTehamaCountySuperior Courthouse employees, and residents who frequently need to park for more than two hours. The proposal letter from the association states "With the recent increase in enforcement of the two- hour parking zones, it was broughttoourattentionthat some of the two-hour park- ing zones have a dispropor- tionately adverse impact on certain downtown busi- nesses. The DRBBA Board of Directors conducted a survey of downtown busi- nesses and the resulting feedback was incorporated into the proposal. Although theproposedchangesdonot appear substantial at first glance, the effect of these relatively minor changes on theaffectedbusinesseswith be significant." Parking FROM PAGE 1 as part of the hazard that caused the tree to be re- moved. The tree was left 25 feet tall sincethe limbswerelost in 2014 in an effort to see if any portion of it could be saved, but over the last few months the remaining live foliage,asmallbranchabout 10feetup,turnedbrownand large pieces of bark fell off. An arborist was brought in and determined there was rot in the trunk along with cracks throughout. One other tree in the park was determined to be a hazard and brought down as well. Wright was one of sev- eral state parks employees present Friday to assist in the process of bringing down the tree, at which time he said the stump, after the largest portion is cut, will be cut to about one to two feet to see if it is salvageable, as will the wood coming from the tree. "We won't know until we see the wood if there's any- thing that can be saved, but we are open to using the wood if it is good," Wright said. Funding has been se- cured to move forward on the restoration of the 1852 adobe building dam- aged when the limbs fell. A metal roof was put up over it for protection along with a gate, but now the park will be able to move from shovel ready to the plan- ning part phase. "We have received the fundingtorestoretheadobe and we will be meeting next week to discuss moving for- ward," Wright said. It is not know exactly how long the project will take, but the hope is within one to two years. The his- toric section of the park will be closed for about a week while park staff cleans up the area around the stump. The visitors center, which is open 10-4 Fri- days, Saturdays and Sun- days, and picnic area of the park, open sunrise to sunset daily, will re- main open. There will be a small piece of the oak tree in the visitors center. For video of the cutting visit https://youtu.be/qx- HCOxm8zmk. Oak FROM PAGE 1 PHOTOS BY JULIE ZEEB — DAILY NEWS Dominickus Weigel looks at a piece of burl with metal embedded in it from the 350- to 400-year-old valley oak taken down Friday at William B. Ide Adobe State Historic Park. Pictured with Weigel are his mother Michelle and sisters Paisley and Delaney. In California, more than 900 convicted murderers have been sent to death row since 1978 — but only 13 have been executed in the state. Many more have died of natural causes and no one has been put to death in more than a decade after a judge ordered an overhaul to the state's lethal injection procedure. The votes for the three states come amid an evolu- tion for capital punishment in the U.S. Executions have mostly been in decline since the turn of the century and last year reached their low- est level in 25 years, with 28 prisoners killed. Capital punishment has been either legislatively or judicially re- pealed in eight states since 2000, according to Robert Dunham, executive direc- tor of the Death Penalty In- formation Center. California:abolish The referendum to re- peal California's death pen- alty and replace it with life in prison without parole is a repeat of a 2012 ballot mea- sure that failed 52 percent to 48 percent. Only voters in Arizona and twice in Ore- gon have repealed the death penalty and both states later reversed course to reinstate it. The California repeal ef- fort is supported by defense lawyers plus luminaries in- cluding former President Jimmy Carter, Netflix CEO Reed Hastings and hedge fund billionaire Tom Steyer. Proponents of Proposi- tion 62 argue eliminating it would save California $150 million a year, mostly in re- ducedlegalfeespluscheaper prison costs since death row inmates who get single cells could be double-bunked. California's finance direc- tor has estimated the pro- posed reforms to speed up the death penalty could save the state $30 million annu- ally. They also point to wrong- ful convictions. Kirk Blood- sworth, who spent nearly nine years in a Maryland prison for the sexual assault and bludgeoning death of a 9-year-old girl in Maryland, was the first condemned in- mate in the United States freed because of DNA re- sults in 1993. Another man later pleaded guilty to the murder. "If it can happen to an honorably discharged Ma- rine with no criminal re- cord or criminal history, it can happen to anybody in America," Bloodsworth said. A majority of votes is needed for a ballot measure to pass in California. In the unlikely event both compet- ing measures cross the 50 percent threshold, the one with the most "yes" votes would take effect. If neither passes, the current system would remain in place. CCalifornia's prosecu- tors and law enforcement are leading the opposing measure to "mend, not end" capital punishment. They say Proposition 66 will be- gin to clear the legal bottle- neck blocking the path to the death chamber at San Quentin State Prison. "It shouldn't take de- cades upon decades," said Sacramento District Attor- ney Anne Marie Schubert, who helped draft the ini- tiative. "I'm not a rabid dog about the death penalty, but I think it should be an op- tion in the rarest of the most heinous cases that exist in our society." The reformers want to trim state appeals of death sentences to five years, as- signing some to trial judges and expanding the pool of lawyers taking cases. It would have no control over federal appeals. Those seeking to abolish the death penalty say the re- forms will result in incom- petent lawyers being as- signed appeals and forced to meet arbitrary deadlines that will overwhelm already strained trial courts. Death penalty supporters point to heinous crimes and the grieving family mem- bers of victims who have long waited for justice. Sandy Friend's 8-year- old son, Michael Lyons, was kidnapped, stabbed 70 to 80 times with a knife and bludgeoned 20 years ago in Northern California. Rob- ert Rhoades, the barber whomurderedhim,wasalso convicted of murdering and raping a young woman and sentenced to death for both cases. Penalty FROM PAGE 1 All three candidates who attended the forum said listening to school administrators, students and the community and having good communication skills are the most important thing to be successful as a school board member. NEVERGIVEUP UNTIL THEY BUCKLE UP. VISIT SAFERCAR.GOV/ KIDSBUCKLEUP VISIT SAFERCAR.GOV/ KIDSBUCKLEUP Melba"Rosalene"DennisPeterson 1935 ~ 2016 Melba "Rosalene" Dennis Peterson passed away in Red Bluff, CA on October 3, 2016. She is survived by her husband, Raymond Peterson, her sister, Joyce Ebersole, her sons, Billy, Russell and Gilbert Dennis, 16 grandchildren and 45 great grandchildren. Rosalene was a secretary for 30 years in the oil and gas industry. Graveside service will be at Happy Valley Cemetery, 6262 Oak Street, Anderson, CA on Tuesday, October 11, 2016 at 10:00 am. under the direction of Hoyt-Cole, Chap- el of the Flowers in Red Bluff, CA (530) 527-1174. 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