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Tuesday, June 1, 2010 – Daily News – 7A MONEY Continued from page 1A Redding, $3,900; Roy Cook, Willows, $3,900; Bill Berryhill for Assem- bly, Modesto, $3,900; Ted Gaines for Assembly, Roseville, $3,900; Guy Rents, Chico, $3,000; Lewis Investment Co, Upland, $2,500; Annette Edith Barrett, Chico, $2,000; Thomas Hydraulic and Hardware Supply, Chico, $2,000; J. Dale Debber, Auburn, $1,500; Jeremy Zwinger, Colusa, $5,000; California Association of Highway Patrolmen, Sacramento, $1,500; Janet Debber, Auburn, $1,000; Dr. Richard Thorp, Paradise, $1,000; North Valley Building Systems, Chico, $1,000; Northgate Petro- leum, Chico, $1,000; North State Rendering Co., Oroville, $1,000; Oroville Self-Serve, $1,000; California State Firefighters Association, Sacramento, $1,000; Bev- erly Enterprises, Fort Smith, Ark., $1,000. LaMALFA: Rod Rodriguez, Redding, $3,000; James Gallagher for Supervisor, Nicolaus, $2,900; Christopher Crutchfield, Sacramento, $2,500; American Com- modity Co., Williams, $2,500; California Dental PAC, $2,500; Tullis, Inc., Redding, $2,500; Vann Brothers, Williams, $2,000; James Diethrich, Biggs, $2,000; Chamber- pac Small Contributor Committee, Sacramento, $2,000; Goodwin Invest- ment Group, Chico, $2,000; Douglas Ose, Sacramento, $2,000; Operating Engineers Local 3, Alameda, $1,900; Dos Rios Land Co., Biggs, $1,750; Michael Rue, Marysville, $1,500; Larry Hansen, Richvale, $1,250; Sean V. Doherty Farms, Dunnigan, $1,000; Antho- ny Van Rutten, Robbins, $1,000; Richard French, Yuba City, $1,000; R. Donald Norene, Pleasant Grove, $1,000; New York Life Insurance Co., New York, $1,000 Jab Farms, Pleasant Grove, $1,000; Gary Dodd, Yuba City, $1,000; Mooretown Rancheria, Oroville, $1,000; Butte County Farm Bureau PAC, Oroville, $1,000; Greater Redding Chamber of Commerce, Redding, $1,000; Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Association, Santa Monica, $1,000; Elk Valley Rancheria, Cres- cent City, $1,000; North State Rendering Co., Oroville, $1,000; Califor- nia Association of Health Facilities, Sacramento, $1,000; Friar Tuck’s, Nevada City, $1,000. Larry Mitchell is a reporter with the Chico Enterprise-Record. Man faces charges in bear cub’s death at Tahoe TAHOMA (AP) — A Tahoma man faces misde- meanor charges in the shooting death of a bear cub on Lake Tahoe’s west shore, authorities said. John Wilkinson is accused of shooting the animal in the neck May 21 and leaving its body in a ditch, said Cal- ifornia Department of Fish and Game Lt. Richard Vin- cent. Charges against him include the illegal take of a bear, the wanton waste of a carcass, and failure to notify fish and game of the shooting. Each has a maximum penalty of one year in prison and a $1,000 fine. Wilkinson told El Dorado County sheriff’s deputies that he shot the year-old black bear because it had attacked him, Vincent said. Neighbors in Tahoma notified law enforcement authorities after they saw what appeared to be the mother bear and another cub trying to fend off coyotes from the carcass, he said. ‘‘A major portion of the carcass had been eaten by the coyotes when we found it,’’ Vincent told Truckee’s Sier- ra Sun newspaper. Ann Bryant, president of the Lake Tahoe-based BEAR League, said locals are outraged over the shooting. ‘‘We know for a fact that bears don’t attack people, and little 75-pound cubs would certainly not attack a per- son,’’ she said. BEND Continued from page 1A “It concerns us that people are leaving our dis- trict, but our enrollment dictates teachers’ fund- ing,” she said. With only two teachers, classes will be restruc- tured so that one teacher will most likely teach the lower grades, K-4, and the other will handle grades 5- 8. The multi-level grades will affect Dawn Lind- sey’s second-grader, who will get lost and left behind, she said. The needs of a kindergarten are different from a fourth-grader. She wants to know how one teacher is going to be able to merge all those grades into one and still teach an effective lesson, she said. It is the nature of small schools to have multiple DAY Continued from page 1A nationwide. “Those not here today, their chil- dren and grandchildren need a reminder of the importance of today,” Schueler said. “We place far too much importance on rights. There would be no rights and there would be no America but for the thousands who laid down their lives so we could live in prosperity.” Schueler spoke of the numbers of lives lost in wars since the revolu- tion, including the loss of about 2,000 lives at the battle that inspired Francis Scott Key to write the Star- Spangled Banner. “We don’t know all of their names and can’t recite all of them, but we can honor them,” Schueler said. “Those heroes whom we honor today didn’t say it was someone else’s turn. We wouldn’t be us, we wouldn’t be America without their protection.” At Oak Hill Cemetery in Red Bluff, Iwo Jima survivor Bud Gott spoke of his experience during 33 of the 36 days the battle for the island raged before Gott was injured by a hand grenade. “I feel so very fortunate to appear before you today,” Gott said. “I am not a war hero, but I am a war sur- vivor. My comments are not meant to detract from others.” Gott spoke of the size of the island, noting it is smaller than Corning’s city limits, and what it was like to see the American flag as it was raised on Iwo Jima. “There are many of my fellow Marines who never had the pleasure grades, Williams said. Teachers can work it to their advantage by using different tools such as hav- ing older students help the younger ones. “Small schools can be a great opportunity and can be very effective,” Williams said. “Having multiple grades can be a positive kids.” Lindsey is not a dis- gruntled parent complain- ing about the school board, she said. She is active in the booster club and contributes to her child’s education, the school and community. In fact, it is that dedication to her child’s education that is making her pull the child from Bend. “I can’t compromise my child’s education,” she said. Parents also have con- cerns about one of the teachers that is staying. Five formal complaints were made against the teacher within the last year, they said. Williams declined to comment on the com- plaints, saying she could not discuss personnel issues. experience for The two teachers that were retained had the most seniority, Williams said. School districts with fewer than 250 students do not have to grant tenure to teachers, according to the California Education Code. The teachers have been with the district since the ’90s, and tenure was an option the school board in that decade made. Parents are tired of the bureaucracy that allows tenured teachers to teach despite not meeting the needs of students and par- ents, Reynolds said. Though the idea is still in the beginning stages, par- to see the flag fly, but when it was raised there was yelling, cheering and euphoria even to the ships at sea,” Gott said. Gott spoke of the reasons why the battle of Iwo Jima was important to the Americans, noting that the island contained 22,000 Japanese defenders with two airfields and two radar stations. Those stations alerted the Japan- ese the Americans were coming and the Japanese fighters took down many an American bomber on its way to Iwo Jima, he said. Taking the island was necessary to cut down the amount of bombers lost, cut the travel time between American bases and the Japanese mainland in half and allow a safe landing site for damaged American planes, Gott said. Gott spoke about the takeover of the island, on which he said the Japanese general had strategically placed pill boxes so that every square inch of the island was cov- ered with cross fire. The Japanese gave very moderate gunfire until the island was flooded with Marines, at which point the general gave the green light to increase the gunfire. “They could see us, but we couldn’t see them,” Gott said. Gott spoke of the numbers of losses, including the fact that his company started the day with 250 the day they invaded. By the end, there were 37. “General Smith (commanding officer for the Marines at the inva- sion) said the fighting on Iwo Jima was the toughest the Marines fought in 168 years,” Gott said. In seven or eight years in Iraq and ents are looking into establishing a charter school for their children. “We want to take con- trol of our students’ edu- cation,” Reynolds said. “We don’t see the support or enthusiasm by adminis- trators and the board to keep the school alive.” Williams hopes the stu- dents and parents will stay, she said. She and the board are compelled to make Bend the best school it can be and want to work with parents to smooth out this bump in the road. “We’re doing every- thing we can to address their concerns and keep them in the district,” Williams said. “The board is diligent in managing the district and doing the best we can by students.” ——— Tang Lor can be reached at 527-2153, Ext. 110 or by e-mail at tlor@redbluffdai- lynews.com. Afghanistan the US has lost about 4,600 soldiers. In 36 days, 6,821 were killed in the invasion of Iwo Jima, Gott said. “I ask that we never take for granted the beauty and the bounty and the many freedoms we’re privi- leged to enjoy,” Gott said. “The price has been enormous.” Mark Murphy, an Air Force vet- eran, and his son Ian, both of Red Bluff, attend a Memorial Day cere- mony every year either in Red Bluff, Chico or Igo, he said. “It’s critical (to have these cere- monies),” Mark Murphy said. “It’s something we can’t forget. We owe them a debt we cannot pay. Coming out here is the least we can do.” Ian Murphy is in the ROTC pro- gram at University of San Francisco and will be joining the army some- time in the next year. He said he was encouraged by seeing all the people who came out. For Irene Ramirez of Red Bluff the day is special because it reminds her of her brothers who served in World War II, including one who was at Iwo Jima. “We should always honor our boys that fought for us and be grate- ful for what they let us have,” Ramirez said. Babe Martin of Corning is a Navy Seabee and attends the cere- mony at Sunset Hills every year. “It’s very necessary (to hold these ceremonies),” Martin said. “It’s necessary to remind young people that freedom’s not free.” ——— Julie Zeeb can be reached at 527-2153, extension 115 or jzeeb@redbluffdailynews.com. SF protesters rally against Israel raid Protesters to gather before SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Opposing demonstrators took to the streets of San Francisco on Monday hours after a deadly Israeli com- mando raid on ships taking aid to the blockaded Gaza Strip. About 200 Pro-Palestinian pro- testers — many chanting ‘‘End the siege in Gaza! Free, free Pales- tine!’’ — gathered in front of the Israeli consulate in downtown San Francisco to condemn the raid before marching to the Union Square shopping district. Protest organizers said four San Francisco Bay Area activists aboard the ships were unharmed. ‘‘I’m shocked. I never thought anything like this would happen,’’ said Medea Benjamin, co-founder of CodePink, a women’s peace group. ‘‘This is an international incident that needs to be met with international repercussions.’’ Benjamin said similar protests were being held in New York, Chicago, Toronto and Dublin, Ire- land. Benjamin, who said she par- ticipated in a similar humanitarian aid trip last fall, added that the United States and other countries should publicly condemn the killings. ‘‘All of this shows the abysmal failure of the world’s leaders to allow this type of violence to con- tinue,’’ Benjamin said. Meanwhile, a small group that eventually grew into a few dozen counterprotesters waving Israeli and American flags confronted the pro-Palestinian demonstrators. The opposing groups were seen shouting and calling each other ‘‘terrorists.’’ San Francisco police kept the factions apart as each stood on opposite sides of Market Street, while scores of onlookers took pho- tos and passing vehicles drove by without incident. With his Palestinian flag waving, Ateyah Ateyeh, 43, of South San Francisco, brought his four kids, two nephews and a niece to show their opposition to the raid. ‘‘What Israel did was wrong,’’ said Ateyah, who fled to the U.S. from Palestine 20 years ago. ‘‘These people who came out here know it was wrong as well. Wrong!’’ Earlier, officers moved a small group who tried to block San Fran- cisco’s historic cable cars from traveling down Powell Street. No arrests were reported Mon- day afternoon. ‘‘It’s a hot topic,’’ said Lt. Joe Garrity, who supervises the Mid- Market Street corridor. ‘‘Each side has something to say and wants to be heard.’’ A similar demonstration is scheduled for Tuesday. Diamondbacks game LOS ANGELES (AP) — Protesters planned a rally against Arizona’s tough new crackdown on illegal immigration in front of Dodger Stadium during a game between the Arizona Diamondbacks and the Dodgers. The picketers were expected to gather Monday in front of three stadium entrances. They want the Dodgers to move their spring training facility out of Arizona and for Major League Baseball to move the 2011 All-Star game out of the state. ‘‘This protest is to inform the actual people going in there,’’ said rally spokesman John Morales, who helped organize the protest with immigrant rights groups Pre- sente.org and Boycott Arizona. ‘‘We want to make the connection that politics is very much involved in sports.’’ Arizona’s new law, set to take effect July 29, requires that police conducting traffic stops or ques- tioning people about possible legal violations ask them about their immigration status if there is ‘‘reasonable suspicion’’ that they’re in the country illegally. Critics say it unfairly targets Hispanics and could lead to racial profiling. Supporters, however, say Ari- zona is trying to enforce immigration laws because the federal government has failed to do so. Calif. begins steps to enact health care reforms SACRAMENTO (AP) — The debate over national health care reform has moved to the Califor- nia Legislature, which this week will begin taking the initial steps to implement the complex series of overhauls prescribed by the fed- eral government. More than 20 bills have been introduced and as many as a dozen might be voted on this week as lawmakers face a deadline to pass bills out of their house of origin. Because of California’s sheer size, its implementation of the new law could serve as a model for other states. The state has 8.2 million uninsured residents, near- ly equivalent to the population of New Jersey. The number has bal- looned in recent years as Califor- nians lost jobs and health insur- ance due to the recession. The bills seek to enact reforms signed into law by President Barack Obama in March. Among other changes, they would prohib- it health insurers from denying coverage because of preexisting conditions and create an exchange through which individuals could buy insurance. A separate bill would take state reforms further than federal requirements by making insur- ance companies obtain state approval before raising their fees. The bills are considered works in progress that will change over the course of the legislative ses- sion, as the state learns more from the federal government about spe- cific requirements in the law. Republican lawmakers say the flurry of legislative activity is pre- mature because upcoming elec- tions could shift the balance of power in Congress and result in a repeal of the federal reforms. They also say the exchange, a market- place through which individuals and small-business owners can buy health insurance at affordable rates, could lead to higher insur- ance rates because fees will be imposed on insurers to recoup its operational costs. Despite resistance from mem- bers of his own party, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger has made health care reform a priority. He intro- duced his own plan in 2007, but it failed, in part because of concerns about runaway costs to the state in future years. The Republican governor threw his support behind the national reform plan in April, and his office has been meeting with lawmakers to work through the details. One of the first steps is to establish an exchange. The idea is to create a consumer-friendly website that could be used to com- pare and buy health insurance plans, similar to the packages offered by employers. It also would serve as a place to screen whether an individual is eligible for Medi-Cal, the state’s health insurance program for the poor, or other state services. The state would use federal money to run the exchange. It would create a new entity to oper- ate it or work with a nonprofit organization, said Jennifer Kent, Schwarzenegger’s deputy legisla- tive secretary. Under the federal law, states can decide whether their exchanges will act as tough nego- tiators to get the best rates for cus- tomers or play a less intrusive role in the market. Kent said Schwarzenegger wants to have the exchange creat- ed before he leaves office in Janu- ary, although it would not be fully operational until 2014. ‘‘He really has always grasped the issue, in terms of if you don’t reform this system, because it’s so badly broken it only succeeds to be a drag on the economy,’’ Kent said. Legislative leaders have intro- duced two bills to create the exchange.