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Wednesday, May 1, 2013 – Daily News Obituaries GUILTY Continued from page 1A ARLENE HUGHES PATRICIA ELLEN BURLISON Arlene Hughes entered into eternal rest on April 23rd, 2013. She was born on December 31, 1962 to Henry Hughes and Virginia (Ginger) Graham. She is survived by her Mother, sister Donna Sherman, 2 brothers John Hughes and James Hughes. She had 5 children, Robert III, Richard, Tina, Steven, Anna and six grandchildren. A graveside service will be held at the Manton cemetery on Friday, May 3rd at 11 am followed by a buffet at the Manton church. A church service will be held in Oroville on Saturday, May 4th at Wynn Memorial COGIC at 10 am. Flowers may be sent to Sheer Memorial in Oroville, CA. July 10, 1940 - April 26, 2013 Patricia Ellen Burlison, 72, of Dairyville, CA passed away, April 26th, in Redding, CA. Born July 10, 1940 to Jim and Beatrice Moore in Nubieber, CA. Patricia married Ron Burlison. She attended McCloud High School. Patricia resided in Nubieber, CA, McCloud, CA, Pasiley, OR and moved to Dairyville in 1989. Pat worked scaling logs for the forest service and later worked for Diamond Lands. In her earlier years, Pat loved horseback-riding, fishing and hunting. She had artistic talent and loved to paint and always loved to travel with her husband, Ron. Pat is survived by her husband, Ron Burlison; children; Everett (Dee) Baiza, Linda Miller, Dan Heard, Lori Niel, Tracie Bates, Ron Burlison Jr., Julianne Burlison, John Burlison, David Burlison, Danielle Burlison and Christina Burlison. Numerous grandchildren and greatgrandchildren. Pat was predeceased by parents Jim and Beatrice Moore, brother Jimmy Moore and sister Mary Moore-Burlison. Memorial services will be held, Saturday, May 4th, 11:00 a.m., Hoyt-Cole Chapel of the Flowers, 816 Walnut St., Red Bluff. Reception and potluck immediately to follow at 21917 S. Wallen Rd., Red Bluff., RUTH KINSELLA MATHISEN R.I.P Ruth Kinsella Mathisen Born Ruth Rae Kinsella on March 4, 1927 in Burbank California to John Francis and Esther Ellen (Craig) Kinsella She died from complications of a stroke on April 13, 2013 ORA RANSFORD in Anderson, California. Ruth grew up in Southern California, graduating from Ora M. Ransford, 85 years young. A long time Red Bluff high school in San Diego during World War II. Following and Pacifica resident went to eternal rest surrounded by the war, she married Troy McClure, a naval airman. family on Thursday, April 25, 2013. She was a dedicated They had seven children; David, Timothy, Ellen, Miand loving Wife, Mother, and Grandmother. chael, Patrick, Mark and Meryl. Ora and her husband Glen volunteered for CDF/Cal Fire Shortly after the birth of her youngest child, she found for many years in Red Bluff, Tehama County, as well as herself a single mother. She returned to Cabrillo College Pacifica, California. Cal Fire Plant-A-Tree program at Tur- and became a Registered Dental Hygienist. She practiced tle Bay in Redding, California planted a living tree in Lowin Santa Cruz-Watsonville, and then Kingman, Arizona er Clear Creek in Shasta County, California in memory of before settling in Red Bluff in 1978. Ora and Glen's years of service volunteer work with Cal In 1983, she married Erik Mathisen of Red Bluff. They Fire. settled in Quailridge Ranches near Cottonwood. When A true Southern country lady better known as Mema ... she retired, Ruth became active in community affairs. she was the World's best cook...famous for her cheese She was an early volunteer at community radio station ball, donuts, apple dumplings, snowflake pudding, and KZFR in Chico. For several years, she was a HICAP angel food custard cake. She won the California State Fair vounteer in Tehama County. She also volunteered as a tudinner competition one year with her delicious Chicken tor in the Tehama Literacy Program. Cordon Bleu. Halloween time in Pacifica, kids from all Ruth was a strong supporter of women's rights and a over came to her house to get her homemade popcorn passionate advocate for gay rights. Following the death of balls, cookies and candy. She made plenty but always ran her son, Timothy from AIDS, she became active in the out. Her house was a popular spot each year for local Names Project and accompanied Tim's AIDS Quilt panel kids to get homemade goodies. She was an avid reader, on its first trip to the Capitol Mall. loved to camp, and travel anywhere with her husband She was active in Democratic politics and was a member and family. of the Tehama County Democratic Central Committee at She was a graduate of Kavanaugh High School in the time of her death. Lawrenceburg, Kentucky. She was a member of North She was preceded in death by her parents and by her Valley Baptist Church in Red Bluff, CA. She retired after son, Timothy. She is survived by her husband, Erik 15 years as a housekeeper at Nick's of Rockaway Motel in Mathisen of Red Bluff, her children David Kinsella Pacifica, CA. She and her husband retired to the country (Braden Cord) of Calera, Oklahoma, Ellen McClure, Miin 1991 to live along the Sacramento River in the Bend chael McClure (David Ching)of San Bruno, Patrick area of Red Bluff, California. McClure of Santa Cruz, Meryl McClure of Sunnyvale, and She was preceded in death by her husband of 64 years Mark McClure (Donna) of Meridian, Idaho. Glen, her sisters Rayma Sparrow of Shelbyville, KY., A celebration of Ruth's life will be held at 12noon on Antha Stucker of Lawrenceburg, KY., her brother William Saturday, May 4 at the Elks Lodge in Red Bluff. of Lexington, KY., parents Raymond & Thelma Duncan of In lieu of flowers, the family has requested that people Lawrenceburg, Kentucky. donate to the Ruth Kinsella Mathisen Scholarship fund at She is survived by her five children...Patricia Lee of Con- Tri-Counties Bank in Red Bluff. The scholarship will be cord, Ca., Steve Ransford of Sonoma, CA., Brent Ransford given to a student seeking a career in healthcare of Red Bluff CA., David Ransford of Red Bluff, CA., Scott Ransford of Sacramento, CA. As well as 15 grandchildren...Tammy Eisenbrey, Jamie Kehoe, Matt Kehoe, Theresa Gonzales, Samantha Ransford, Steve Death notices must be provided by mortuaries to the news department, Ransford Jr., Amber Ransford, Cierra Ransford, Jennifer are published at no charge, and feature only specific basic information Ransford, Jake Evans, Katelynn Ransford, Justyn Rahm, about the deceased. Paid obituaries are placed through the Classified department. Paid obituaries may be placed or by Brandon Baker, Alycia Barker, and Kamren "bright eyes" advertisingthe deceased and include online publication by mortuariesnewsfamilies of linked to the Barker. Great Granddaughter Aurora Claire is due in Au- paper's website. Paid obituaries may be of any length, may run multiple gust. She leaves behind many Nieces and Nephews in days and offer wide latitude of content, including photos. Kentucky. The Viewing will be held, Friday, May 3rd at The Chapel of the Flowers, between the hours of 4:00 pm and 8:00 pm, located at 816 Walnut Street, Red Bluff, CA., 530-527Kenneth W. Johnson of Red Bluff died Saturday, April 1174. A Memorial Service will be held on Saturday, May 4th at 2:30 pm at The Chapel of the Flowers located at 27, 2013, at Shasta Regional Medical Center in Redding. He was 85. Hoyt-Cole Chapel of the Flowers is handling the 816 Walnut Street, Red Bluff, CA., 530-527-1174. Burial service immediately following at Oak Hill Ceme- arrangements. tery located on Cemetery Lane, Red Bluff, CA., 530-527Published Wednesday, May 1, 2013, in the Daily 4417. News, Red Bluff, Calif. Death Notices Kenneth W. Johnson MEALS Continued from page 1A estimated 12.5 percent in cuts caused by the federal sequester. The CAA said only about three or four meals are served daily in Los Molinos. The affected seniors may qualify for home delivery or travel to the Red Bluff CommunitySenior Center for meals. Lunches are served Monday through Friday at the location for a suggested donation of $2.75 for those 60-and-over and a guest charge of $7. Fundraising efforts SOLAR Continued from page 1A of the subject property." The Williamson Act was created to discourage the development of rural land. Around 800,000 of Tehama County's 1 million agricultural acres are under Williamson Act contracts. Supervisors have suggested over two weeks of discussion that the Hatfield Road project may be compatible if mitigation, including the creation of a well and orchard, is worked into the project. Supervisor Steve Chamblin went further Tuesday saying in the future he would only vote in favor of such projects if impact fees were includ- recently raised $15,000 to help supplement additional budget cuts facing the program. On Tuesday the Tehama County Board of Supervisors took the first formal action to make the CAA the program's administrator by approving a series of personnel resolutions. ed. Pristine Sun had asked for the public hearings for all three projects to be continued for a week in a letter disputing the board's findings in last week's public hearing. Supervisor Bob Williams said, while normally the board grants continuance requests, he saw nothing in the letter that would change his mind in the coming week. Supervisor Burt Bundy agreed, saying all the pertinent information came out a week ago and there was no need to continually discuss it. "I'm not opposed to solar projects on non-prime ag land, it's the Williamson Act I'm concerned with," Bundy said. Pristine Sun has said they have 100-plus sites in the works for Tehama County, five of them were Program staff employed by the city of Red Bluff will have to reapply through the county as part of the administration changes. County staff said it will run the program for a few months before additional program changes are considered. scheduled for Williamson Act land. In its letter the company said it had successfully received approval for a project in Fresno County on high quality grazing land, by achieving a solar easement allowed through recently passed state legislation. Under that method land is decommissioned out of the Williamson Act for time periods by the Department of Conservation. Residents of the nearby projects said they were worried aesthetics of the facilities would harm their property values. Williams and Bundy said they did not share those concerns and were strictly against the projects because the went against the intention of the Williamson Act. Fertility care would be covered under Calif. bill SACRAMENTO (AP) — When Alice Crisci was diagnosed with an aggressive form of breast cancer five years ago, she paid to have her eggs harvested as part of a costly procedure before undergoing cancer treatment. Now, a bill in the state Legislature would make California the first state in the nation to require insurers to cover fertility treatments for patients battling cancer and other serious diseases that often require treatments that can jeopardize their ability to have children. A hearing on the bill was underway Tuesday before the Assembly Health Committee, which was expected to vote later in the day. The legislation by Assemblywoman Sharon Quirk-Silva, D-Fullerton, would require insurance providers to cover the fertility services. Treatments covered under AB912 would include extracting eggs and freezing sperm. ''Even though cancer is scary, the idea of not getting to be a biological mother is even scarier,'' Crisci, who is now pregnant, said at a news conference Tuesday. Some insurance plans include coverage for fertility treatment. But Crisci and other supporters of AB912 say cancer patients may be deemed ineligible by their 7A insurers because they are not infertile before receiving radiation or other treatments, which is when eggs or sperm would need to be collected. The California Association of Health Plans is among those opposing the bill. In a letter to the Assembly Health Committee, the association wrote that the requirement would lead to higher insurance premiums and additional state costs. involving a child present at the local hospital was called in to the Tehama County Sheriff's Department, Cohen said. Deputies were sent to the hospital where the investigation involving a four-year-old girl led them to Country Kids Daycare on Redland Drive in Gerber, Cohen said. Country Kids had been operated for nine years by Martin's 57-year-old wife, Virginia, who told investigators she lost her license. Martin's wife had also operated a daycare center out of her home in southern California prior to moving to Tehama County, Cohen said. Ralph Martin told investigators that he was a truck driver, but investigators learned that he did have access to the children in his wife's care on a daily basis, Cohen said. "Ralph had been left with them for periods of time while his wife ran errands or went shopping for groceries," Cohen said. "Ralph, or 'Ralphie' as some of the kids called him, was beloved and endeared by some of the children." The case was a joint investigation between the District Attorney's Office and the Tehama County Sheriff's Department, which as of November 2012 had uncovered the conduct had been going on for about three years, Cohen said. ——— Julie Zeeb can be reached at 527-2153, extension 115 or jzeeb@redbluffdailynews.com. Follow her on Twitter @DN_Zeeb. GIANT Continued from page 1A including superstars Buster Posey, Matt Cain, Tim Lincecum, Barry Zito, Brandon Crawford and Brandon Belt signed the same bat. Many individually signed balls. Ainsworth said the Friends of the Library will begin selling raffle tickets for the bat. The cost will be 3 tickets for $5 and can be bought at the library or around town throughout the season. The baseball team isn't the only giant idea the Friends of the Library have. Ainsworth said the group will be reaching out to Oprah Winfrey, Ellen DeGeneres and Bill Gates.. The Friends of the Library has purchased a raffle license and numerous fundraising efforts are being planned for the foreseeable future. "As long as it takes for us to get $2 million," Ainsworth said. While some in the community have suggested relocating the library in a central downtown Red Bluff location, Ainsworth said she would prefer moving to a more open location even if it's on the outskirts. The library has had concerns over downtown parking and danger of children next to the railroad tracks, an issue at its existing facility. Ainsworth said she would also like a grassy area included a new proposal, which would allow the library to expand activities outside. In early talks with county staff they hope to make a new building that is a leader in technology going forward and is seen as a destination. "If we have a big presence in the children's lives then maybe we'd have less young adults that need to be in jails," Ainsworth said. Community Clip? e-mail: clerk@redbluffdailynews.com or Fax: 527-9251 THE PASSING PARADE (From Dave Minch's I Say of January 1942) The travels of Alley Oop, the character in the Bee comics, who is transplanted instantaneously into centuries long dead by the use of Dr. Wonamug's time machine, is no more fantastic than our trip to Mexico City by airplane last month. We arose early and boarded a plane in Los Angeles. After traveling pleasantly during the day, we departed the plane that afternoon amidst a scene that could have been duplicated in Europe at the time of Christ. We could hardly believe the things we saw had any connection to the present time. Men and women walking down the street barefooted, not just in the poorer sections but all over Mexico. No one was in a hurry and I saw only one child running during our entire trip. In the downtown section of Mexico City, a man was driving a flock of 20 turkeys and 35 kid goats down the sidewalk with no one paying any attention to him. Men walked down the middle of the busiest streets driving burros or donkeys with wood piled up on them. Men and boys were everywhere with big baskets on their heads filed with bread or anything that needed moving. The only piece of farm machinery that I saw was one tractor that a big ranch was operating. Otherwise farming is accomplished by hitching up a team of milk cows to a plow or harrow which they had made themselves. Merchants sit down right on the sidewalks or in the middle of the street and spread out their merchandise to sell. It may consist of a few peanuts they sell in amounts equivalent to one fifth of a cent in our money, or it may consist of beautiful blankets, jewelry, pieces of rope or string, a few pair of shoes or some prepared dish of beans which may be eaten right on the spot. Everywhere we saw absence of the rush to which we are accustomed. No one seemed to care whether they accomplished anything on any particular day. When I was indisposed by the altitude* to such an extent that my wife was wondering if my insurance was paid up, a doctor was hurriedly summoned. He came when he was good and ready about an hour later. We were later advised that doctors seldom came the same day they were sent for unless they were assured that it was very urgent. It is not unusual to see two trolley cars coming from opposite directions to stop in the middle of a busy intersection, both conductors getting out and visiting for 5 minutes or more…and the funny thing is that the passengers don't seem to mind waiting! The only things that brought us back to the realization that we were living in the 20th century were the automobiles that the richer people own. *Father suffered a mild heart attack shortly arriving in Mexico City after demonstrating his fitness by racing up 4 flights of stairs. 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