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Potts:ThomasHamilton Potts, 81, of Red Bluff died Wednesday, April 19at his home. Arrangements are under the direction of Red Bluff Simple Cremations and Burials. Published April 21, 2017in 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 counts of disorderly con- duct and tampering with a vehicle. Bail was set at $70,000. Fire danger will be on the rise with sum- mer coming, Shobash said. With extra rain this year, there is extra veg- etation for fires to burn, which can be just as dan- gerous as the dry years. Alarm FROM PAGE 1 held, in which audience members bid on riders they think will finish well. During the bidding Wednesday, Lita Scott, a fifth year competitor, and Loreeta Stevens, first time competitor, won $1,400 as a team, the highest amount in the team bidding. Competitors included Scott, Stevens, Mariah De- montigny, Lindsey Arm- field, Ileah Roquemore, Diane Williamson, Ka- tarina Samii, Drew Ker- meen, Jessi Jo Lee, Jes- ical Crump, Davenport, Makenna Kidd, Brittany Manner, Kasi Finley, Mi- chelle Silva, Jennifer Her- man, Nina Moore, La- donna Hales, Shannon Al- vis and Carolee Williams. Therewerefivemenwho participated in the Cow- boy Barrel Races, includ- ing Adam Fitze, Mark Ste- vens, Brennen Hutchins, Leland Gridley and Rob- ert Jones. Results from Wednes- day night's races had not been received as of 5 p.m. Thursday. The Round-Up Rodeo kicks off at 7 p.m. Friday, with performances sched- uled at 2:30 p.m. Saturday and 1:30 p.m. Sunday at the fairgrounds. Race FROM PAGE 1 able to find them and get her safe," one of the girl's sisters told The Tennessean. "I believe the FBI are going to make sure she's healthy before she comes home," she said. "We'll make sure she'll get what therapy she needs and that she's safe, that she knows she's safe." Police had previously is- sued an Amber alert for the girl and said they had war- rants charging the health sciences teacher with sex- ual contact with a minor and aggravated kidnapping. The Associated Press is not naming the girl or her fam- ily members because she is an alleged victim of a sex crime. Court papers filed re- cently in the girl's disap- pearance said she was afraid of the teacher and thought she would face re- percussions at school if she resisted him. A lawyer for the girl's family has said the teacher was allowed to continue working at the school for two weeks after he was re- ported kissing the student. Attorney Jason Whatley has said the school system must have not believed the stu- dent's report. The school's investigative files provided to The Asso- ciated Press by the attor- ney show that both Cum- mins and the girl denied kissing. The teacher, how- ever, acknowledged that the girl was "a really good friend and she does leave her other classes to come see him when she needs someone to calm her down," according to a school report dated Jan. 30. The report recommended that the girl be taken out of Cummins' class and that he be reprimanded to uphold his professional responsibil- ity. The report also recom- mended that the adminis- tration monitor Cummins' classroom to make sure stu- dents weren't there when they weren't supposed to be. The teacher would later be reprimanded on Feb. 3 by school principal Penny Love after the girl was seen in Cummins classroom for a little more than half an hour that day. In her letter, Love said the girl being in his classroom was a viola- tion of the principal's order to him. The school system didn't suspend Cummins until Feb. 6. He was fired about a month later, a day after the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation issued an Amber Alert about the teen. The agency said it worked tirelessly for the past five weeks, investigat- ing more than 1,500 leads from all 50 states. Two days after the girl disappeared, surveillance images from a Walmart in Oklahoma City showed Cummins and the girl purchasing food items in the store with cash, the agency said. The statement said the images captured showed Cummins had al- tered his hair to appear darker and the girl's hair may have changed to red. Last month, the teacher's wife of 31 years filed for di- vorce. Court records show that Jill Cummins sued her then-missing husband on the grounds of irreconcil- able differences and inap- propriate marital conduct. The wife, who works for the Maury County school sys- tem, said she had not seen her husband since March 13. The couple has two chil- dren together. Siskiyou County Sheriff's spokeswoman Kelly Gior- dano did not immediately return a call for comment. Girl FROM PAGE 1 CONTRIBUTED PHOTO Members of the Shasta Cascade Hazardous Materials Response Team prepare to enter a simulated hazardous incident involving chlorine for a training Wednesday at Red Bluff's wastewater treatment facility. the team covers Shasta, Trinity, Siskiyou, Lassen and Modoc counties to pro- vide both emergency haz- ardous materials services and regular visits to each county for training, Gray said. "We have a well-trained team of responders from all six member counties and we stand ready to respond to any emergency chemical incident," Gray said. "Today we had around 30 of the team's 50 members dress up in chemical suits and take turns stopping an ac- cidental release of chlorine at the plant. It was a suc- cessful day of training for our team in Red Bluff. My deep appreciation goes to the Red Bluff Fire Depart- ment and the staff at the fa- cility for their valuable as- sistance." The scheduled train- ing for next month will be Trinity County for a simu- lated chemical emergency in Weaverville. The team, which has Hazmat Technicians and Hazmat Specialists, is pri- marily made up of larger agencies such as Redding Fire, Cal Fire and the Cal- ifornia Highway Patrol, but includes the Siskiyou County Environmental Health Department and members of smaller depart- ments. Members undergo an ini- tial training, which is 160 hours for a technician and 240 hours for a specialist, to be able to participate and must maintain on-going training of about 100 hours a year. Around 50 percent of the team is trained to the specialist level, Gray said. The group is considered a Type 2 HazMat team by the California Office of Emergency Services, which means it can respond to any industrial chemical emer- gency. The team's job is to iden- tify and contain the sub- stance and then stabi- lize it to mitigate public safety hazards before en- vironmental contractors are called out, Gray said. Burns and inhalation are the biggest threat when it comes to responding to large amounts of chlorine. "It's one of the most toxic, non-military chemicals known," Gray said. "Seeing as our team has responded to chlorine leaks at waste- water treatment plants, we like to stay proficient." Training FROM PAGE 1 By Gene Johnson The Associated Press SEATTLE From Capitol Hill to Hippie Hill, mari- juana enthusiasts observed their 4/20 holiday Thursday with public smoke-outs, par- ties and, yes, great deals on weed. Before the clock even hit 4:20 p.m., there were arrests in the nation's capital, as po- lice took seven people into custody at a demonstration that involved handing out joints to congressional staff members. Pot fans in Los Ange- les went for a cannabis-fu- eled hike, and in Portland, Maine, an author gave away more than 200 grams of marijuana to a long line of fans. Overcast skies and driz- zle didn't stop thousands of people — many in costume — from gathering at a park near the Colorado Capitol. At 4:20 p.m., they lit up and sent out a raucous cheer — as well as a cloud of smoke that lingered in the humid air. The annual celebration of cannabis culture gave activ- ists an opportunity to reflect on how far they've come — recreational use of mari- juana is now legal in eight states and the nation's cap- ital — and on the national political tone, with Trump administration officials re- prising talking points from the heyday of the war on drugs. "We're looking at an at- torney general who wants to bring America back into the 1980s in terms of drug policy," said Vivian McPeak, a founder of Hempfest in Se- attle. "I'm skeptical they can put the cannabis genie back into the bottle." President Donald Trump hasn't clarified what his ap- proach to marijuana will be, but Attorney General Jeff Sessions opposes the drug's legalization and this month ordered a review of the gov- ernment's marijuana policy, which has included a largely hands-off approach in legal marijuana states. This year's 4/20 party fol- lows successful legalization campaigns in California, Nevada, Maine and Mas- sachusetts, which joined Alaska, Colorado, Oregon and Washington as states that allow recreational mar- ijuana. More than half of all states now allow medical marijuana. In California, tens of thousands of people flocked to events that ranged from marijuana cooking classes to the annual bacchanal on Hippie Hill in San Francis- co's Golden Gate Park. Some revelers on Hippie Hill complained the event was less free-spirited than in the past. Security checked IDs and turned away peo- ple who didn't have them, leading to some angry ex- changes. "People were joking in the line to get in, 'What is this? Coachella,'" said Tara Scott, 42, referring to the giant California music festival. About two dozen pot fans in the Los Angeles area opted for a morning cele- bration, gathering at a trail- head in the Altadena foot- hills for "High'ke," a 2.5-mile trek that promised joints to everyone who made it to the 5,600-foot peak of Mount Lowe. Anna Acosta, 49, said she hoped to revel in the "cama- raderie of being out in na- ture with a bunch of nature- loving, tree-loving, like- minded people." Pot shops in some legal marijuana states were of- fering discounts. In Alaska, though, regulators put a damper on promotions, warning retail shops about an "alarming amount of so- cial media advertisements for 4/20 celebrations" that violate state rules against certain activities, such as games or competitions, that encourage pot sales. A shop in Seattle was hosting a block party, and a nearby sex-toy business was offering a class about how marijuana can improve in- timate relations. Legalization opponents weren't going quietly. Smart Approaches to Marijuana said drug policy experts and elected leaders convened in Atlanta for a summit featur- ing Barry McCaffrey,the for- mer drug czar under Pres- ident Bill Clinton, and Ari- zona Gov. Doug Ducey. MARIJUANA Pot fans observe 4-20 holiday with smoke-outs There was an error in Thursday's story about vandalism at Red Bluff Arby's. The chair stolen in the April 5 incident was valued at $70. The Daily News regrets the error. It is the policy of the Daily News to correct as quickly as possible all errors in fact that have been published in the newspaper. If you believe a factual error has been made in a news story, call 737-5042. CORRECTION Value of stolen chair overstated JEANMARIEHALLOCK November 10, 1922 ~ June 29, 2015 Jean Marie Hallock passed away June 29, 2015. Jean, and her husband of 69 years Richard J "Dick" Hallock, were residents of Red Bluff California for 60 years. She is survived by two sons Robert J Hallock PhD, a retired fed- eral biologist, and Richard M Hallock, an elementary school computer teacher. She is also surived by two grandsons, Sten L Hallock, marketing executive in New York, Elden J Hallock, CPA in Washington DC, and six great grandsons. Jeans life story is one patience, loyalty, endurance, prag- matism, leadership, and kindness. Her competence and memory were simply astonishing through her last days. With these attributes she was able to become positively influential upon many of those she came know. Born November 10, 1922 to Martin H and Hazel I Baker of Everett, Washington. Her mother was a teacher, and her father was the school district superintendent and con- currently a real estate developer/home builder. They did well during the great depression. During a rather ram- bunctious childhood she observed that many others, fami- ly and friends, were not as fortunate, and that common denominators for success were education and initiative. Wisely, her parents did not provide spending money. Rather, she worked as a server at the high school cafete- ria, and she picked fruits and vegetables with her peers in the summer. Upon entering college in 1939 Jean's goal was to be- come a PhD research pharmacologist. With support of progressive parents Jean chose a career path seldom seen as plausible for women in 1939. Then, three years into her education she married and had a son. World War ll was ongoing. Her husband was in the Pacific front as a forward observer for artillery, a very dangerous task. Jean suspended her education (and her dreams) to become a working "single" mom during the next three years of un- certainty. After the war with support of her husband Jean returned to college. This time following her parents footsteps, she graduated with a degree in primary education. During the next 29 years she taught mostly 2nd grade. She found this extremely rewarding. She loved her job. Jean had a repu- tation as a strict disciplinarian. This was allowable at that time. She was determined that no unruly child would be allowed to disrupt an entire class because she understood first hand the ever increasing importance of education to her students futures. Jean's passion for education positively influenced the all of her descendants. She also found pleasure in reading, remaining abreast of current affairs, playing cards, board games and above all social interactions Jean's support of education was not limited to teaching. She became a leader in the teachers union seeking both improved facilities, equipment, and measures to assure recruitment and retention of the best available teachers for Red Bluff. She wanted to give other women the op- portunity that she had so long ago, in 1939. She felt so strongly about higher education that at times she contrib- uted directly to students she knew. In addition, Jean was a member of P.E.O., a philanthropic educational organiza- tion, dedicated to providing opportunities for women to "reach for the stars" by supporting their higher education. This same commitment to education and guidance is illus- trated on her headstone at the family plot at Oak Hill Cemetery. 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