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Tuesday, March 26, 2013 ��� Daily News 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. Lawrence ���Larry��� Garrison Lawrence ���Larry��� Garrison died Sunday, March 24, 2013, at his residence in Red Bluff. He was 80. HoytCole Chapel of the Flowers is handling the arrangements. Published Tuesday, March 26, 2013, in the Daily News, Red Bluff, Calif. Madeline Oaks Madeline Oaks died Monday, March 25, 2013, at Brentwood Skilled Nursing in Red Bluff. She was 92. Hoyt-Cole Chapel of the Flowers is handling the arrangements. Published Tuesday, March 26, 2013, in the Daily News, Red Bluff, Calif. William Piper William Piper died Saturday, March 23, 2013, at his residence in Red Bluff. He was 83. Hoyt-Cole Chapel of the Flowers is handling the arrangements. Published Tuesday, March 26, 2013, in the Daily News, Red Bluff, Calif. Robert ���Jim��� James Rice Robert ���Jim��� James Rice died Wednesday, March 6, 2013, at Mercy Medical Center in Redding. He was 88. Red Bluff Simple Cremations and Burial Service is handling the arrangements. Published Tuesday, March 26, 2013, in the Daily News, Red Bluff, Calif. Bernard Veich Bernard Veich died Sunday, March 24, 2013, at his residence in Red Bluff. He was 80. Allen and Dahl Funeral Chapel in Redding is handling the arrangements. Published Tuesday, March 26, 2013, in the Daily News, Red Bluff, Calif. FRENCH (Continued from page 1A) enjoy the freedom and way of life that means so much to all of us.��� Among his time overseas, Giambroni spent two weeks in Nancy, France attached to Company B during which he worked at the headquarters and was involved in communications for the company. He also worked to repair guns and receive ammunition and spare parts for equipment. Giambroni traveled to Metz in Lorraine Country in France, an area where many citizens spoke German due to the fact that it was an area both Germany and France disputed ownership of, he said in his book ���Odor of War���. During that time he helped to provide overhead fire for troops using a 50-caliber machine gun. He remembers seeing acres of cemetery land filled with American soldiers among other things in Europe. ���There were 55 acres in one cemetery there and that didn���t include Omaha Beach and the number of our men buried there,��� Giambroni said. ���The Battle of Bulge alone was close to 20,000 American soldiers dead in seven weeks with 80,000 casualties and yet I���m still alive.��� Giambroni, who was injured at the Battle of the Bulge in Germany, refers to it as his ���Million Dollar Wound��� in his book. ���It was a shrapnel wound to the hand and fingers,��� Giambroni said. ���I was off the lines for about a month. I call it the million dollar wound because this was the first bed with sheets I had slept on in four months.��� Giambroni, who has received several awards including the Purple Heart, Silver Star, Bronze SEEK (Continued from page 1A) profit on its services. Schmid said the study does not necessarily mean fees will be increased. Councilman Clay Parker said if fees were to be raised in the future, a public hearing will be held first. Star and three Battle Stars, was one of the first to get the combat infantry badge in France. Among other memorable moments during the war that stick out to him today is helping to deliver a baby near the frontlines in Lunebach, Germany, he said. After World War II, Giambroni, who was born in Alameda and raised in east Oakland, returned to the United States where he was discharged. ���Seventeen days later (after getting out of the military) I got on a train and went to college,��� Giambroni said. Following his time at Colorado State University, he joined his brother Joseph Giambroni in Red Bluff in 1946. The two built the Red Bluff Veterinary Hospital on Luther Road and were instrumental in getting the road, which was dirt when they started the practice, built in the 1950s, he said. The last 16 he was joined in the practice by Dale Shaffer. Other involvements while in Tehama County have included 17 years on the Tehama District Fairground Board, being a past president of the Tehama County Cattlemen���s Association and a chairman of the California Cattlemen���s Association Membership Committee. He is also the author of two books, ���Odor of War��� and ���Dr. Joe and the Animals.��� The ceremony at the Elks��� Lodge, 355 Gilmore Rd., in Red Bluff, where he has been a member for about 60 years, will be at 6 p.m. Friday. The community is invited to attend. ��������� Julie Zeeb can be reached at 527-2153, extension 115 or jzeeb@redbluffdailynews .com. Follow her on Twitter @DN_Zeeb. ��� The council waived field reservation fees for Blues for the Pool���s annual Kay Webb Memorial Softball Tournament. Proceeds from the event will go toward making improvements at McGlynn Pool. The fee would have ranged between $59 and $96, depending on how many teams enter the tournament. 7A Kaer Ave bomb was hoax The Tehama County Sheriff���s Department has determined a device called in as a bomb about 6:50 p.m. Thursday on Kaer Avenue in Red Bluff was a hoax. Officers responded to the area of Kaer Avenue at Royal Lane for reports of a destructive device after being contacted by a concerned citizen. The person reported a suspicious item located in a pile of dumped household garbage near the intersection of Kaer and Royal, according to the Tehama County Sheriff���s Department. Deputies sent several pictures of the item, which appeared to be a bomb constructed with a road flare, wires, a radio antenna, a mechanical timer and a power source, to the Shasta County Sheriff ���s Office Bomb Squad. The unit responded to the scene and used their own explosives to detonate the device. Upon further examination the device appeared to be a hoax and was not actually capable of exploding or causing any dam- Courtesy photo A device reported Thursday evening in the area of Kaer Avenue that initially appeared to be a type of bomb was determined to be incapable of exploding. age, the press release said. Anyone with any information regarding who may have dumped it at that location is encouraged to contact the Tehama County Sheriff���s Office at 529-7900. The investigation is on-going. ��� Staff report Report: Calif. parks need new operating model SACRAMENTO (AP) ��� Over the years, California has added more parks to its state system than it can afford and should consider turning over control of some to local entities, a new report says. The report released Monday by the Little Hoover Commission identified a number of problems with the park system. It even suggested that tourist favorite Hearst Castle might be better run by an operator such as the Getty Museum that is more versed in protecting the hilltop mansion���s European art collection. While the outlandish Central Coast home of William Randolph Hearst is a major source of revenue, its upkeep exceeds the income it generates through ticket sales and the cost of needed maintenance is as high as $60 million. ������We have to take a fresh and rigorous look at the system from top to bottom,������ said Stuart Drown, executive director of the commission, a state oversight agency. ������We need a new business model and fresh thinking.������ From the coast to the giant sequoias of the Sierra, the California parks system protects some of the most historic and breathtaking places in the world. For years, the department has allowed millions of dollars in maintenance problems to pile up as it struggled with shrinking budgets and a manager mindset unaccustomed to generating revenue or asking for help, the report said. The commission began looking at the state park system a year ago. After decades of decreasing funding, a $22 million cut at the time from its $779 million budget threatened the closure of a quarter of the 278 parks in the system. Officials were unable to explain how the parks were chosen or the cost of operating individual sites. The revelations ��� plus the discovery last year of $54 million hidden from the governor and Legislature in two special funds ��� damaged the public���s faith in the park system, even as dozens of volunteer groups were scrambling to raise funds and form partnerships to keep them open. ������The old model is obsolete,������ the report said. The commission is asking the governor and elected officials to give the parks department the tools, authority and flexibility required to develop a new operating model. The commission���s report, ������Beyond Crisis: Recapturing Excellence in California���s State Park System,������ is an overview for fixing the problems that have led to the long decline. Officials with the parks department say the report echoes changes that managers UNITE (Continued from page 1A) goal to have 50 percent of its participants test at the advanced or proficient level in state testing, she said. ���We have far exceeded that,��� Stroman said. ���We have taken the college options, no excuses and tied that in to and are really embracing the higher education opportunities in our program.��� The program also looks to continue to promote the fact that character counts, something that really came to the forefront in the 2011-2012 school year, which had the theme of You Matter, she said. One of the many activities incorporated into Thursday���s program was a bracelet at the Bidwell School booth in which students got to build a bracelet with different beads representing differ- were recently authorized to implement by the Legislature. ������We are grateful for the positive nature of the report,������ said parks spokesman Roy Stearns. ������We are committed to an open and transparent process that identifies innovative approaches for managing our state parks system now and for future generations.������ The report says the state Department of Parks and Recreation needs more businessminded managers at the regional and local levels and must revamp its historic management tactics, including those focused primarily on promoting law enforcement rangers, if the system is going to survive. ������This will require adding job classifications that do not yet exist and removing obstacles to promotion so the department can benefit from a broad range of management perspectives,������ former commission Chairman Daniel W. Hancock wrote in an introductory letter. The California League of Park Associations, which said it was consulted by the commission, agreed with many of the findings. ������The proposed changes may not be easy for all involved, but we realize that the system as it currently stands is not working,������ the group said in a statement. Some of the 70 threatened parks have temporary agreements with nonprofit groups that are keeping them open, but the deals will begin expiring next year ��� the 150th anniversary of Yosemite, the first state park. It was taken over by the federal government after Californians had plowed the valley and built livestock fences. ������We don���t have a lot of time,������ Drown said. ������We���ve blown it before. We had Yosemite and we lost it.������ The commission studied structures of park systems in other states and trends in management. The report recommends training for current employees to help them learn to think more creatively. It also recommends hiring people with business experience from outside of state government. The report also suggests forging more equitable partnerships with nonprofit benefactors such as the arrangements that exist with the National Park Service at Redwood National Park, state parks in Northern California, and regional park districts in Sonoma and Napa counties. The commission has faith in Anthony Jackson, a retired Marine Corps major general tapped by Gov. Jerry Brown late last year to turn around the beleaguered department. ent traits. Together the beads tell the story of what the child sees as their ���superhero strength���, which could be anything from an academic area of strength to a character trait, Stroman said. The program strives to help promote self esteem with the students and to help them realize they can achieve higher education while keeping it fun, which is part of where the superhero theme comes in, she said. ���It���s something the kids can relate to,��� Stroman said. ���We have a strong team of superheroes in Tehama County.��� The program also works to incorporate technology into its program through items such as tabloids to help the students keep up with technology, she said. Fitness is another important aspect of the program, which is why all SERRF students are par- ticipating in training for a 5K race for the older students and a 1-mile fun run for the younger, Stroman said. Students will be participating in the Rock N Revival race, which is put on by the branding committee in May. While all participate in the training, it is up to them to decide if they go through with participating in the run, she said. ���We just love SERRF,��� Michelle Ferreria said. ���My mom brought the girls last year and they���ve been looking forward to it ever since.��� Ferreria has two daughters, Luci and Kirra, who participate in the Jackson Heights program. ���My favorite part of tonight is everything,��� said Luci, who said she could not choose just one thing. Kirra said she enjoyed the dancing and visiting her school���s booth to take a picture with a goat. ��������� Gerber woman injured after semi collision A 20-year-old Gerber woman was taken to St. Elizabeth Community Hospital following a collision involving a semi at 5:39 p.m. Thursday in the area of Sixth and Yolo Streets in Corning. According to the Corning Police logs, both vehicles were blocking the road. Francisco Marquez, 53, of Corning was driving a 1993 Freightliner Semi north on Sixth Avenue, going through the intersection at Sixth and Yolo streets, Corning Police Chief Don Atkins said. At the same time, Samira Arreguin was driving a 2007 Honda Civic west on Yolo St and failed to see Marquez��� semi, colliding with the front before coming to rest on the other side of the intersection. Arreguin complained of pain and was taken to the hospital for treatment of a scratched cornea caused by the flying glass, a sprained shoulder, bruises to her chest and her left side, Atkins said. Marquez was not injured, he said. ��� Julie Zeeb Have a news tip? Call 527-2151, ext. 112 Julie Zeeb can be reached at 527-2153, extension 115 or jzeeb@redbluffdailynews. com. Follow her on Twitter @DN_Zeeb.