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Wednesday, January 9, 2013 – Daily News Obituaries BILLY ROY PRICE March 16, 1925 - January 1, 2013 Billy Roy Price was born in Horton, Kansas on March 26, 1925, and surrounded by his family, died at home in Corning, California on January 1, 2013. Bill was married to Martha Scott Price for 64 years. She predeceased him a short four months ago. His father and mother, Roy and Rosa Price, also predeceased him. Bill is survived by his three daughters; Linda (Ron) Coleman, Tacoma, Washington, Karen (Rick) Jones, Corning, California, and Sara (Lynn) Woolery, El Dorado Hills, California, as well as seven grandchildren and three great-grandchildren. Bill graduated from high school in Napa, California in 1942 and from Vallejo Junior College in June 1948. Bill then graduated from the Oregon State University College of Pharmacy in 1951. After high school Bill served in World War II for three years in the United States Army Air Corps. Bill and Martha moved to Corning in 1953 when they acquired Price's Pharmacy, which they owned and operated until 1988. They were members of the Corning United Methodist Church where Bill served in many different capacities whenever needed or asked. Bill was very active in the Corning community in many different organizations. Here are several: Corning Rotary Club, July 1, 1953 to January 1, 2013, president 1964; Masons of California Olivet Lodge # 205, 1958 - 2012, Master 1967; Board of Trustees Corning Union High School District, 1973 - 1981, Corning Cemetery District Board; and The Tehama County Shriners Club. Bill also for many years sponsored and pitched on the Price's Pharmacy slowpitch team. He and Martha also enjoyed many years of travelling with their friends in the Mt. Lassen unit of the Airstream Trailer Wally Byam Caravan Club. When you think of Bill be reminded of his sense of humor, his eagerness to meet and greet anyone anywhere anytime, his loyalty to the St. Louis Cardinals, his tremendous generosity, much of which was never known to anyone other than Bill and Martha, and above all, his love for Martha and his entire family. Remembrances in Bill's name may be made to the Corning Rotary Club Leadership Scholarship Fund, PO Box 764, Corning, CA 96021. A celebration of Bill's life will be held at the Corning First Presbyterian Church, 471 Marguerite Ave, in Corning at 2:00 pm Saturday, January 12, 2013. A reception will follow at the church. Death Notices Death notices must be 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. Rosie Elmitta Rose Rosie Elmitta Rose of Corning died Monday, Jan. 7, 2013, in Chico. She was 67. F.D. Sweet & Son Mortuary in Orland is handling the arrangements. Published Wednesday, Jan. 9, 2013, in the Daily News, Red Bluff, Calif. MIXER Continued from page 1A eight-foot table, is $35. Non-profits and other organizations are welcome to participate as well. Participants are strongly encouraged to register on the chamber website: www.redbluffchamber.co m, but can also sign-up at the chamber office, 100 Main Street, or by calling 527-6220. ——— Julie Zeeb can be reached at 527-2153, extension 115 or jzeeb@redbluffdailynews. com. Follow her on Twitter @DN_Zeeb. Brown challenges court oversight of Calif. prisons SACRAMENTO (AP) — Declaring that California's long-running prison crisis is over, Gov. Jerry Brown on Tuesday challenged a federal court order by saying the state has done all it can to safely relieve overcrowding and improve medical and mental health care for inmates. Meeting further demands by the courts to reduce the inmate population, he said, would require ignoring state sentencing laws and putting the public at risk by releasing violent offenders. He urged the judges to end court oversight of inmate medical and mental health care, and vowed to press his fight to the U.S. Supreme Court if necessary. ''There's no question that there were big problems in California prisons,'' the Democratic governor said at a Capitol news conference, adding that ''after decades of work, the job is now complete.'' Attorneys representing inmates countered that while conditions have improved, inmates still are needlessly dying of neglect and mentally ill inmates still go untreated. It was those sorts of dismal conditions that prompted mentally ill inmates to sue the state in 1991, eventually leading a panel of federal judges to order the state to reduce the population of its 33 adult prisons by about 33,000 inmates, to a total of 110,000 inmates, by June. The court's 2009 order was upheld by the nation's high court in 2011. The state won't meet that deadline despite sending thousands of less-serious offenders to local jails instead of state prisons under a 14-month-old state law designed to reduce crowding and prison spending. The change has reduced California's inmate population so much that Texas now has a larger prison population, though Texas has about 12 million fewer residents. The law alone reduced the prison population by nearly 25,000 inmates. In addition, corrections officials say as many as 2,800 third-strike career criminals could be released after voters required that the third strike be a violent or serious felony. Brown argued the state can't do more without endangering public safety, and shouldn't have to comply with an arbitrary cap. Brown's administration said in court documents filed overnight Monday that it could meet the court's current population cap only if the federal court waives numerous state laws and ''orders the outright early release of inmates serving prison terms for serious and violent felonies.'' That includes granting early release credits to ''second strike'' inmates who have serious prior convictions. Sentencing laws would have to be changed, and inmates who would normally serve nine months or less in state prison would spend their time in county jails. The state also could lower the threshold for sending inmates to firefighting camps, expand work furlough, restitution centers and alternative custody programs, and keep more inmates in private prisons in other states. Attorneys representing inmates' welfare said the state could adopt those money-saving changes without endangering the public. Brown said such a strategy would not be in the public interest. LOWES Depot Dec. 31, and at Lowe's Dec. 29, said police Sgt. Scott Franssen. Continued from page 1A On Sunday, there was merchandise near the Two previous thefts had fenced garden area. occurred at home stores, Officer Ortega called in including one at Home for other officers, includ- ing Luna the dog and her handler officer Rich Hartman. One brother, Russell Castor, age 40, gave himself up to police. Brian Castor, age 34, did not until after he was bitten by 7A the dog. When a canine is sent in, officers state clearly and loudly that if the dog is sent in, the suspect is likely to be bitten, Franssen explained. GIDDY Continued from page 1A corner of the bar. There are also several signs, including a porcelain one of Western Union that had been shot up a bit, a Southwest Airlines sign advertising flights to San Francisco for $13.86 and a Chesterfields cigarettes sign. Between the rooms is a sign that says "A sign of welcome, ask Mr. Foster 1887." Throughout the original Palomino Room, which retains the original rafters raised a bit, and in the room next door that once housed J.W. Frank Gents Furnisher and Hatter and another store, are historical items from around town. A sign from the J.W. Frank store, which has a plaque on the sidewalk out front of it, sits on the wall of what was the shop at one time. "His store, like most (in downtown Red Bluff) goes all the way back to the alley," Leak said. "Their stores were long and skinny." The business encompasses what was originally at least four different addresses, Leak said. The Palomino Room, which he bought from the Reed Family who operated it for about 40 years, expanded to include the two stores in the 1990s, Leak said. The original Palomino Room mirror from the Reed family still hangs in the bar. "I had my first drink at 21 here," Leak said. "Who knew I'd be here 20 years later." There is a model airplane hanging from the roof, a street sign from Oak and Washington streets so old the lettering had faded and several pairs of hereford horns. Over a brand new door that leads nowhere now, but once was used to allow easy access to the Tremont Hotel, is a set of horns from a nearly 3,000-pound steer killed in 1917 in Kansas City, Mo. and another from a 3,453 pound steer killed in Chicago, Ill. in 1945. The horns came from the old Crystal Bar years ago, Leak said. Born and raised in Red Bluff, Leak says one of his favorite items is the original door reading "Tremont Hotel, est. 1860," which was sitting in the basement along with some molding from the hotel. "The door is definitely a cool thing," Leak said. "Fifty years ago it could have been used to walk into the Tremont. We knew it was there, but we didn't know what to do with it." There are fewer tables in the bar, but that allows the door to be displayed better, he said. Three horses were carved onto the INTERN Continued from page 1A Haley is very proud of her 21-year-old granddaughter who also kept up on her college studies in addition to working in the White House, she said. Nicole is pursuing a dual degree in Communication Studies and Political Communication with intentions to graduate this spring, she said. As an intern, she had the job of answering phones and reading mail, which had to be read all the way through in case there was a threat and turned over to the Secret Service if a threat was found, Haley said. During the semester, the Daily News photo by Julie Zeeb An original door from the Tremont Hotel is on display at the Palomino Room, put up as part of a remodel. wall, but with tan paint it was hard to bread. "The Palomino Room is trying to see so it was repainted with the background wall being a light gray to get back to their roots of being a cowboy, family-style restaurant," Tammy make it easier to see. The original legend is someone Leak said. "We have been closed for carved the horses with a bottle open- about a week to do multiple renovations, painting and redecorating in er, Leak said. In 2011, the bar had a visitor, in preparation for the opening of the new elderly gentleman in his 80s, who said restaurant on Jan. 15." The Palomino Room will be teamhe was the artist and that it had actually been carved using a piano key, ing up with a champion Texas barbesaid General Manager Tammy Leak. cuer, she said. In celebration of the reopening, Among the historical items, there are a few newer ones such as the orig- there will be daily and Happy Hour inal article on the 1974 Red Bluff Lit- specials including children eating free tle League team that went to the Little on Tuesdays with a paid adult entree. The restaurant portion of the busiLeague World Series along with a picture of the boys with President ness, at 723 Main St., will open at 11 Gerald Ford. The picture is auto- a.m. Tuesday through Friday and 4 p.m. on Saturdays. graphed by Ford. The business added four new flat ——— screen televisions to both of the Julie Zeeb can be reached at 527rooms along with a few new items to extension 115 or the menu. Along with brisket, Texas- 2153, style ribs and chicken it will also be jzeeb@redbluffdailynews.com. serving jalapeno honey glaze corn- Follow her on Twitter @DN_Zeeb. interns were paired up with a roommate with one being a Democrat and one a Republican, Haley said. Nicole was one of 30 students chosen for the program, which was initiated by Houston Republican Congressman Bill Archer 38 years ago in conjunction with the Texas Universities, Haley said. While at University of Texas in Austin, Nicole has served as a Key Votes intern for Project Vote Smart, a non-partisan legislative research organization and as an intern for Texas state representative. She is an active member of the University of Texas chapter of Alpha Phi Omega, a co-educational community service fraternity organization. Nielsen has early lead Jim Nielsen had 66.3 percent of the vote as of 9:28 p.m. The California Secretary of State was reporting 24.4 percent of precincts had reported. Nielsen had 76,153 votes. Michael "Mickey" Harrington had 38,760 votes. CARE TO COMMENT? At redbluffdailynews.com, scroll to the end of any story, click the link and type away. The staff at Red Bluff Simple Cremations would like to thank all of the families who trust us with their loved ones needs. Red Bluff Simple Cremations & Burial Service 527-1732 722 Oak Street, Red Bluff, FD Lic. 1931 THE PASSING PARADE (From Dave Minch's I SAY column of November 1958) I have been reading a 1915 edition of one of the daily newspapers at the time. Evidently the town, in those days, was inhabited by many wealthy cattle and sheep men who just wanted to live in a quiet residential town. Crime detection was mostly concerned with arresting bootleggers and operators of blind pigs(?), the usual number of murders and robberies etc. The big talk was how Redding was hurting Red Bluff by sending out newsflashes to the San Francisco papers about Mt. Lassen throwing out lava and hot rocks all over the park area. Most of the young men in town joined the National Guard that summer and suddenly got orders to entrain for Mexico to help hunt down Pancho Villa. The ladies spent the winter months giving afternoon card parties, many of them giving 3 or 4. Mrs. Ramsey and Mrs. John G. Miller are two of the ladies still living who gave such parties. This was about the time when Red Bluff hit the sports section of west coast newspapers. A fellow named Ben Milliken came to town from Boston where he had played some professional basketball. He was 35 to 40 years old and he put together a team composed of high school kids such as Bill Norvell, Ted Peaslee, Fred Chapin, Karl Regor, Bill Winters, Glen South and Ernest Lancaster. The games were played on the wooden dance floor of the old State Theatre. The team took off and won every game they played with teams from Chico, Gridley, and Willows. Next they played the Sacramento Acorns, and after winning this game, the Red Bluff team reputation grew. Then someone came up with the idea that they should play Olympic Athletic Club of San Francisco which held the Amateur World Basketball Championship at the time. They were to defend their title in Chicago soon, and so the idea was to have them stop over on their way east and play our local team. A line formed at Wilkins' Jewelry Store for tickets to the great event. There were only 600 tickets available and thousands wanted to see the game. Of course the game was out of all reason for Davids seldom won over Goliaths. The Olympic Club played along with our boys for a time and let them score when they wished. Being gentlemen, the Club did not pour it on but scored enough to comfortably win. Thinking our boys just had a bad night, a game was then scheduled with the Oakland YMCA which was one of the strongest bay area teams at the time. Suffice to say that after this game, there was no question as to the training and ability of the bay area teams. Although I searched further, this seems to be the last game played by our local lads that beat all teams they could find except two…and this is a pretty good percentage anywhere. Dave Minch 1900-1964 The Passing Parade is brought to you by by Minch Property Management, 760 Main Street specializing in commercial leasing and sales. 530 527 5514