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Friday, March 8, 2013 – Daily News Obituaries BETTY L VARNEY September 18, 1948 - March 2, 2013 Graveside services for Betty will be held at Oak Hill Cemetery, Monday, March 11, at 10:30 am. Hoyt-Cole Chapel of the Flowers is handling the arrangements. 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. Glen Kirby Ayres Glen Kirby Ayres died Feb. 17, 2013, at his residence in Red Bluff. He was 57. Hoyt-Cole Chapel of the Flowers is handling the arrangements. Published Friday, March 8, 2013, in the Daily News, Red Bluff, Calif. John David Fosdick John David Fosdick died Tuesday, March 5, 2013, at his residence in Red Bluff. He was 37. Hoyt-Cole Chapel of the Flowers is handling the arrangements. Published Friday, March 8, 2013, in the Daily News, Red Bluff, Calif. James C. Pack James C. Pack died March 7, 2013, at St. Elizabeth Community Hospital, in Red Bluff. He was 90. HoytCole Chapel of the Flowers is handling the arrangements. Published Friday, March 8, 2013, in the Daily News, Red Bluff, Calif. GUN Continued from page 1A ''Knowing that there are 40,000 weapons out there today, if there were to be — heaven forbid — anything approaching the Newtown tragedy here in California by one of these 19,000-plus individuals, and we were sitting on $25 million, doing nothing with it because we were squabbling over this little point or this little point, I don't know how any of us would sleep at night,'' Leno said. ''We have a chance to get those weapons now. The money's there.'' The Senate passed the emergency legislation 310, with support from eight Republicans. The bill would take effect immediately if it is approved by the Assembly and signed by Democratic Gov. Jerry Brown. Despite the bipartisan vote, some Republican lawmakers objected that the money should come from general taxes instead of the $19 fee on firearms purchases or transfers. The surplus shows that the fee should be reduced, said Sen. Ted Gaines, RRoseville. Sen. Jim Nielsen, RGerber, criticized the Department of Justice for not already spending the surplus to seize illegally held weapons, although Leno noted that the Legislature took $11.5 million from that fund to help close a budget deficit. The large surplus has accumulated in recent years only because so many people are buying weapons in anticipation of tighter gun controls, he said. Nielsen abstained from voting on the bill, but Gaines and Sen. Joel Anderson, R-La Mesa, were among eight Repub- licans voting for it. ''This is not an easy decision for me,'' said Anderson, who supports gun-owners' rights but coauthored Leno's bill. ''I'm making the best choice I can to protect my Second Amendment rights, but most importantly, to protect Californians. I can't sit idly by and allow 6year-olds to be shot.'' State Attorney General Kamala Harris has been promoting California's program as a model for national efforts to keep guns away from those who shouldn't have them. Last month, Rep. Mike Thompson, a Democrat from St. Helena, introduced HR848 to create a U.S. Department of Justice grant program for states that want to develop programs similar to California's. The program cross-checks five computerized databases to find people who bought guns but are not permitted to own them. Harris said she is not concerned that groups advocating for gun-owner rights could use the seizure program to stoke fears that California is confiscating firearms. ''They'd have to be desperate to make that kind of argument, which would be absolutely fallacious because the reality is this is not about taking the guns out of the hands of anyone other than people who are legally prohibited from owning or possessing guns, and in particular people who have been convicted of a felony or found by a court to be mentally ill,'' the attorney general said in a telephone interview. She noted that the National Rifle Association supported the bipartisan bill in 2002 that created California's Armed and Prohibited Persons program. San Diego to consider pot vending machines SAN DIEGO (AP) — San Diego may soon permit marijuana sales from vending machines. KGTV-TV (http://bit.ly/10i4jsY ) says the City Council is scheduled to consider an ordinance in the next few weeks that would permit the machines. Medical marijuana patients would collect pot from the machines inside brick-and-mortar dispensaries. To prevent fraud, the machines require a fingerprint and a prepaid card. The $50,000 machines are built by the firm Medbox. CEO Bruce Bedrick says the 800-pound armored devices are safe from theft. He says the company hopes to have up to 30 machines in San Diego and has begun taking location deposits. Medbox says 150 medical marijuana dispensaries in the U.S. and Canada have installed them. ——— Information from: KGTV-TV, http://www.10news.com/index.html JAIL Continued from page 1A sent to the governor and Legislature. The Associated Press obtained a copy prior to the public release. The association found 1,153 inmates in county jails were sentenced to at least five years, including 44 serving sentences of 10 years or more. Most of the inmates were sentenced for vehicle theft, drug trafficking, receiving stolen property, identity theft and burglary, although a Riverside County inmate is serving nearly 13 years for felony child abuse and a Solano County inmate is serving more than 10 years as a serial thief. The Los Angeles County Jail is holding 35 percent of all long-term inmates, including one sentenced to 43 years for drug trafficking. The number of longterm inmates in local jails will keep growing as the state diverts more lowerlevel criminals from state prisons to comply with the governor's realignment law and federal court orders to reduce the population in the state's 33 adult prisons. Before lawmakers approved Brown's realignment in 2011, the only prisoner who might spend more than a year in a county jail would be someone awaiting trial in a complicated case such as murder. While the number of long-term inmates represents less than 2 percent of the 77,000 prisoners who can be housed in California's 58 county jails, sheriffs say they command a disproportionate share of money and attention. For example, most county jails lack the large exercise yards, classrooms and treatment space required for inmates who are incarcerated for years instead of a few months. Many sheriffs would LANDFILL Continued from page 1A Since the agency itself is one of the bidders in the process, the board has barred the agency manager from involvement in the proposal evaluation process. OFFICER Continued from page 1A memorialize a fallen officer, but will serve as a boundary of protection for the department. "This is a community that appreciates and honors those brave men," he said. Nanfito said although it can be painful to relieve the moments of Molibio being gunned down to make a political statement in 2002, he believed in the end the path would lead to strength and honor that ends in hope. "Never before has someone ever sacrificed so much for the citizens of like to return their longterm inmates to state prisons, Warner said, although he acknowledged that is not likely as long as the state is trying to relieve prison crowding. Jeffrey Callison, a spokesman for the state Department Corrections and Rehabilitation, acknowledged that sheriffs need a different type of facility to handle longterm inmates, but he noted that state lawmakers authorized $500 million last year to help counties renovate jails and add space. ''The jails are getting modernized,'' he said. ''They're able to offer more programs to their inmates.'' Lawmakers have approved $1.2 billion in bonds for building new jails, many of which are under construction. Counties are getting $865 million in operating money through the state this fiscal year, with their allocation A financial feasibility study produced by IntelliWaste projected the agency could operate the landfill and MRF with a positive reserve fund. It lists reduced future rate volatility, the ability to be proactive instituting new recycling programs and ability to use money previously paid out as private profit for facility Red Bluff," Nanfito said. He spoke of Mobilio's fondness for jokes, the number of children he reached as a DARE officer and his braveness through previous incidents. "While it may be easier to push this memory to the back of our minds we all share a responsibility," Nanfito said. Mobilio's widow Linda spoke with their son Luke at her side. She said 10 years ago one of her major concerns was that her husband's sacrifice would be forgotten by his community. Speaking to Luke directly, she told him to always be thankful for his dad, the department that 7A budgeted to exceed $1 billion next year. Callison said the state also is discussing with counties ways in which they can better accommodate their long-term inmates, including contracting with outside facilities that are better designed to handle that population. He said judges also can sentence inmates to split sentences that reduce jail time while requiring that released felons are supervised after being released. ''The U.S. Supreme Court ordered California to dramatically reduce its prison population. Rather than release prisoners early, the state is complying through realignment,'' Elizabeth Ashford, a spokeswoman for the governor, said in an emailed statement. She said the state will keep helping counties as they implement the policy. improvements as advantages to operating in house. Among the disadvantages the study found were added board involvement, higher start up costs and more money needed for future capital improvement projects. The evaluation team is expected to make a final recommendation to the full board sometime in March. never forgotten him and the community hat continues to honor his service. David's father Richard Mobilio speaking also for his wife, Laurie, said he hoped in the years to come the thousands and millions of motorists that see the signs may take pause to see how lucky they are to have officers who protect their places of home and work. "I thank you today for honoring David's sacrifice and God bless all the men and women of law enforcement," Richard said. Mobilio's family was presented with proclamations from Rep. Doug LaMalfa and State Sen. Jim Nielsen's offices. The memorial signs, which had to be publicly funded, were paid for by contributions from citizens, businesses and local law enforcement groups. Nanfito closed the service by referencing a green and gold pin he was wearing on his uniform suit. The pin said "RBPD RBHS." Holding back his emotions, Nanfito described being on patrol shortly after Mobilio's death and driving across high school students on a corner holding a sign that read "We support RBPD." "That's why this is also a memorial service or Marysa Nichols," he said. Lawmakers give initial OK to Medi-Cal expansion SACRAMENTO (AP) — State lawmakers gave initial approval Thursday to a pair of bills that would expand Medicaid to more than 1 million low-income Californians, a critical step to implementing federal health care reforms. On mostly party-line votes, Democrats in the Senate and Assembly passed similar measures to expand the federal-state health program for the poor. The bills will switch houses while lawmakers work with Democratic Gov. Jerry Brown, who wants to minimize state costs. Expansion of the program is optional for states. Called Medi-Cal in California, expansion would take advantage of generous funding from the Obama administration to add those who make up to 138 percent of the federal poverty level, or about $15,400 for an individual. The nonpartisan Legislative Analyst's Office estimated the expansion will bring an additional 1.2 million new enrollees by 2017. The program already serves about 8 million adults and children, nearly one of every five California residents. ''These are the patients with the absolute greatest need,'' said Sen. Ed Hernandez, D-West Covina, one of the bill's author. ''We also have another opportunity to not only make sure that this vulnerable population continues to get these services, but we can expand it.'' Most Republicans opposed the bills by Hernandez and Assembly Speaker John Perez, D-Los Angeles. They fear an expansion will increase state costs once federal funding is reduced. The federal government will pay the full cost of expanding the lowincome health program for the first three years and then gradually reduce payments to 90 percent starting in 2020, putting the rest of the cost on the state. Legislative analyst Mac Taylor has estimated that by taking on new enrollees, the state could be responsible for between $300 million and $1.3 billion a year starting in 2020. Republicans say that even the 90 percent federal share could be reduced in the future if a new administration decides not to provide the funding. State of Ore. backs Klamath Tribes water rights GRANTS PASS, Ore. (AP) — The state of Oregon on Thursday backed the Klamath Tribes' claim to have the oldest water rights in the upper Klamath Basin. The findings filed with the Klamath County Circuit Court in Klamath Falls gives the tribes a new dominant position in the longstanding battles over sharing scarce water between fish and farms in the Upper Klamath Basin. Farmers and ranchers used to drawing irrigation water from rivers where the tribes now have the oldest claim could be restricted in drought years. The oldest water rights have the first claim to water, and Oregon Water Resources found that the tribes' claim on Upper Klamath Lake and major segments of its tributaries dates to ''time immemorial.'' The lake is the primary reservoir for a federal irrigation project serving 1,400 farms covering 200,000 acres, and the major habitat for two endangered species of sucker fish held sacred by the tribes. Tribal claims to portions of the Klamath River, which flows out of the lake, were denied. The department filed its findings after a decade of hearings over more than 700 disputed water rights in the Klamath Basin, a process known as adjudication. The court still has to hear counterclaims and issue a final order, a process that could go on for years. While challenges can still be made, the tribes' senior water right goes into effect immediately in water disputes, said Jesse Ratcliffe, attorney for the department. The tribes have been willing to work with farmers and others in the basin to share the water, and have used the anticipation they would win the water rights battle as leverage for plans to regain some of the reservation timberlands they lost when the tribe was dissolved in the 1950s, and to restore the ecology of the basin. They joined in the Klamath Basin Restoration Agreement, a companion to an agreement to remove four hydroelectric dams on the Klamath River to open up hundreds of miles of spawning habitat for salmon. Both deals have been stalled in Congress by opposition from Republicans, and the Klamath County Board of Commissioners recently voted to withdraw from the restoration agreement. LAST CHANCE FOR BARE ROOT FRUIT TREES Take one home with you today! 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