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Friday, January 18, 2013 – Daily News Obituaries Nancy Ann Brown March 28, 1921 - January 11, 2013 Nancy Ann Brown passed peacefully on January 11, 2013 at Lassen House. She was a long time resident of Red Bluff and she enjoyed raising her family, working at Zuckweiller's Department Store, the EDD and volunteering as a pink lady at St. Elizabeth's hospital. She loved to dance and often enjoyed attending the Grange dances. She is survived by two sons, Brendan (Tish) and Michael (Cathy) Brown, 5 grandchildren, Steven (Anna), Scott (Lynlee), Garrett, Shelby, Collin and 2 great grandchildren (Kevin, Elliott). She was preceded in death by her son, Gerald. Private family services will be held. Contributions are requested to Interim Hospice in Redding. 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. Jack Brown Jack Brown died Tuesday, Jan. 15, 2013 at in Red Bluff. He was 73. Affordable Mortuary is handling the arrangements. Published Thursday, Jan. 17, 2013, in the Daily News, Red Bluff, Calif. Donald H. Chambers Donald H. Chambers died Wednesday, Jan. 16, 2013 at his residence in Manton. He was 71. Hall Brothers Corning Mortuary is handling the arrangements. Published Thursday, Jan. 17, 2013, in the Daily News, Red Bluff, Calif. Ruth Law Ruth Law died Wednesday, Jan. 16, 2013 at her residence in Gerber. She was 91. Hoyt-Cole Chapel of the Flowers is handling the arrangements. Published Thursday, Jan. 17, 2013, in the Daily News, Red Bluff, Calif. John Love John Love died Wednesday, Jan. 16, 2013 at his residence in Gerber. He was 74. Hoyt-Cole Chapel of the Flowers is handling the arrangements. Published Thursday, Jan. 17, 2013, in the Daily News, Red Bluff, Calif. FEES Continued from page 1A Blues for the Pool, said the non-profit had never received an invoice before receiving one in October for its Fall Craft Faire banner. Jackson said she believed that's because a previous city employee, also with connections to Blues for the Pool, had handled the permit processing in the past. While a majority of banners the city hangs are for non-profits, Crabtree said in this case the organization exists solely to support a city-owned facility. "The least we can do is put up a banner for nothing," Schmid said. Mayor Wayne Brown said at first he was wrestling with the notion that the council was setting a precedent to waive all banner fees, but eventually came around to the same conclusion that Crabtree and Schmid had. • The council filled five vacancies on the Parks and Recreation Advisory Commission. Four candidates had applied for three three-year terms and one two-year term. The council handled the situation by voting for who would take the two-year term then appointing the remaining applicants to the three-year terms. Gerry Reyes, who received votes from Schmid, Brown and Jackson was given the two-year term. Suren Patel, who received the remaining two votes, along with Raymond Eliggi and Robert Martin were appointed to the three-year terms. The council also appointed a student representative voting between two candidates, Margaret Sheppard and Mayson Trujillo. Schmid, Clay Parker and Brown voted for Trujillo to give her the position. Jackson and Robert Sheppard, Jr. voted for Sheppard. CASH Continued from page 1A packages containing U.S. currency. TIDE agents later counted the currency with the assistance of U.S. Bank representatives and determined CAMPUS Continued from page 1A er than that and planning needs to include all aspects, Champion said. This also includes trainings and interventions, he said. "As the president (Barrack Obama) said yesterday, the number one thing is safety of our kids," Champion said. "If we can't guarantee that, who are we as a nation?" Tehama County Sheriff Dave Hencratt said he and others in law enforcement have the resources to help the schools make the sites safer and are more than willing to assist, especially when it comes to tactical questions. Hencratt encouraged the schools, as several agencies did, to practice often in preparation for emergencies. Tehama County Health Services Agency Executive Director Valerie Lucero and Edith Burnett, a social worker with the mental health division, talked about their agency's role. "There are a lot of myths about mental illness," Lucero said. "Individuals with mental illness are no more likely to be violent than anyone else. In fact, they are more likely to be victims than perpetrators." Mental and physical illnesses are treated different by society, but it shouldn't be that way and getting someone into treatment earlier can help greatly, she said. "It's also important that those who are traumatized get help," Lucero said. "There are so many resources online and every county in California has a hotline. Here in Tehama County we have a crisis unit that's 24-hours a day to help hook people up with services." Burnett spoke on the three primary services in Tehama County, which including Nurturing Parents, a 15week parenting course for those with children ages 5-11. Teen Screen, a computer based screening for things like anxiety, depression, suicide and substance abuse for those ages 11-18, and the community crisis response unit are the other primary tools. Red Bluff Police Detective Scott Curtis and Capt. Kyle Sanders gave an overview of current law enforcement efforts in Tehama County. Curtis talked on the Crisis Response Plans all Tehama County Schools have which include things like blueprints and aerial photos of schools and a map of locations from command center to student evacuation sites. "We all agree these plans are very important," Sanders said. "A lot of effort, time and energy annually is spent to build and revamp the plans, but I suspect the binder spends a lot of time on the shelf." Often cities fall into a trap of thinking something as tragic as a school shooting won't happen to them, but things like the 10-year anniversary of Red Bluff Police Officer David Mobilio remind them it can, he said. State awarded $674M to build health exchange SACRAMENTO (AP) — California has been awarded a $674 million federal grant to continue developing and building an online insurance marketplace under the federal health care reform law, state officials announced Thursday. The state is receiving substantial support from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services as part of the effort to aid millions of uninsured Californians, said Peter Lee, executive director of Covered California, the state entity in charge of the exchange. ''This is a very big deal ... but it's a very big job,'' he said. Starting later this year, Covered California will launch a website where individuals and small businesses can compare and enroll in health plans. Some will be eligible for federal subsidies and credits to make coverage affordable. Coverage will begin in 2014. Lee said the latest federal grant will enable California to create the website, launch a multicultural, multi-language marketing campaign, and staff call centers where people can get help. The federal Affordable Care Act seeks to increase health coverage by creating an online insurance market, and by expanding Medicaid for low-income people. By some estimates, there are about 7 million people in California without health insurance — or about one in five nonelderly state residents. it amounted to $300,040. Agents interviewed the vehicle's occupants and determined the money was from drug proceeds. The currency was seized pending asset forfeiture proceedings. The driver and owner of the vehicle, Juan Jose Mendoza, was arrested for Since late 2010, Covered California has been allocated nearly $1 billion in federal grants. After 2014, the exchange must be self-supporting from fees paid by health plans and insurers participating in the exchange. Also Thursday, the California Endowment, a statewide health foundation, announced a fouryear, $225 million commitment to support community outreach, increase primary care providers in underserved areas, contain health care costs and provide more consistent care to illegal immigrants. 9A Agents responded to a use of a concealed compartment and possession residence on the 15000 of more than $100,000 in block of Kern Drive and found Chrissy Dunn hiddrug proceeds. ing in a motor home on the In an unrelated arrest, property. on Tuesday TIDE agents Dunn was taken into received information regarding a 32-year-old custody for outstanding Rancho Tehama woman warrants for child molestawith an outstanding war- tion, violation of sex regisrant for child molestation. tration laws and forgery. "What happened to Officer Mobilio is enough of a reminder that evil can visit us and the worst things can and do happen here," Sanders said. "There can no longer be denial that it can't happen here and that's what I'm passionate about." In an emergency, every second counts, but law enforcement are minutes away, especially when there are no School Resource Officers on site, he said. One of the keys to safety is to be proactive because while it may not prevent something from happening, it will make the target harder and more unappealing, Sanders said. Another is to ensure personnel is adequately equipped, he said. "When it comes time for us to perform, the time for preparation has stopped," Sanders said. "We prepare now so we don't have to face regrets if that horrible day comes." One thing Red Bluff Police is doing is adding a time during its morning briefings to look at school safety plans and familiarize themselves with all of them one school at a time, he said. They are also doing more trainings on site to further familiarize themselves including an upcoming one planned in April at Red Bluff High School. "We need to meet often and not just once a year or when something like Sandy Hook happens," Sanders said. "We need to cross train with the other schools and agencies. It's easy to be motivated by an incident. What's not easy is when there is not an event. Where is the motivation then? Don't let it dissipate with the passage of time." Various school administrators including Evergreen Union School District Superintendent Brad Mendenhall and Corning Union High School Vice Principal Jared Caylor talked on safe school plans. At Evergreen, there are lockdown drills and he tells his staff a simple message when it comes to evacuation. "I tell them move away from danger and to safety because you have no idea what direction danger will come from," Mendenhall said. Schools should connect with their community and students and make sure every child has four or five adults on campus who know them, Mendenhall said. One way evergreen has connected was through surveys asking parents and students what bullying and risky behaviors were occurring on campus, he said. At Corning High School, the staff not only prepared a crisis plan, but looked at things like how would a different time of day, such as when students were not in class, affect a plan, Caylor said. Caylor also identified and talked with what staff would most likely be in the different buildings at different times such as lunch or before school to see what deficiencies might be found, he said. Red Bluff Fire Chief Jon Bennett talked on the Incident Command System, first developed in the 1960s amongst fire and Emergency Services Personnel to allow interagency cooperation. Having common terminology and protocol is a big help when working with other agencies, he said. Training, which was done with almost all Tehama County agencies in 2007, has not been kept up with, especially with new hires, but is cheap and easy for basic level online, Bennett said. Red Bluff Police Chief Paul Nanfito talked on preparedness and thinking outside the box in planning. Red Bluff Police formed a SWAT team in 1997 and in 1998 the first on campus exercise was completed with the same deficiency found in all 31 school incidents since the Columbine shooting, he said. "Teachers have to lock the door from the outside," Nanfito said. "It's the number one deficiency. We each have a role to play (in school safety) and we all have different skill sets we bring to the table so we have to work together to be prepared and harden the target." If a killer's goal is to kill innocents, make it impossible through things like creating a barrier where there's easy access and improving security through tactical means, he said. Using the example of tactical weapon flashlights, which if bought all at once was too expensive, but bought a few at a time over a few years was doable for his department, Nanfito asked schools to use the same when it came to improvements. "Money is always the issue, no matter the economy," Nanfito said. "As a leader, we need to give staff what they need and provide them with the necessary tools. I will beg, borrow and plead to make sure my staff is safe. If you can't afford to do 200 to 300 doorknobs do 50, 25 of even 10. Don't wait because every journey begins with the first step and we have to start the journey to harden the target." The day concluded with a question and answer section by a panel of experts from law enforcement and education, including the topics of who should be allowed to carry a gun on campus. Several individuals, including Mendenhall said guns should only be carried by law enforcement. "Guns on campus are a nightmare and only a school resource officer should be able to carry it," Mendenhall said. "In chaos, unless trained, it creates a different culture." Guns on campus and who can have them becomes difficult to manage and in chaos blurs the lines between who is the bad guy versus the good guy, he said. ——— Julie Zeeb can be reached at 527-2153, extension 115 or jzeeb@redbluffdailynews.com. Follow her on Twitter @DN_Zeeb.