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Thursday, May 2, 2013 – Daily News Obituaries ALISHA MARIE HALE-BROWNING December 30, 1985 - February 9, 2013 Alisha passed away Feb. 9, 2013 at St. Anthony's Hospital in Gig Harbor, WA surrounded by her family and close friends. Alisha is known for her bright smile, quick wit, and contagious laughter. She was a fierce protector of her children and family and will also be remembered for her tender caring nature. A proud and courageous mother over coming obstacles with faith and love in her heart, to her, family was most important. She loved dancing and singing, playing with her children, and she could always get a laugh. Alisha is survived by her two beautiful daughters; Alexis May Herrera, age 7 and Annaleise Desiree Herrera age 5; her parents, Theresa and Dennis Hale; husband, Robert Alan Browning; sisters Amy and Amber; brothers Jason and Roger; grandparents; Howard and Nadean Hale, Wanda McCabe; and numerous Aunts and Uncles and Cousins. Services will be held at the Tehama Cemetery, May 4th, at 1:30 p.m. There will be a reception and remembrance and pot luck at Mill Creek at 3:00p.m. SMOKE Continued from page 1A terrain, according to Cal Fire. It's anticipated to grow to several hundred acres. With 140 personnel assigned, there were six hand crews, six dozers, six engines, and three water tenders at the Panther Fire. Aircraft were pulled away from the fire because of the high winds. There was another fire burning in the area called the Cedar Fire, which is estimated at more than 55 acres at the 10E Line, according to Cal Fire. The cause of that fire is also unknown, but Cal Fire is reporting it started about 4 a.m. There were eight hand crews, three dozers, 15 engines, one air tanker, one helicopter and four water tenders at the Cedar Calif. lawsuit claims lead in ginger, plum candies SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — California has filed a lawsuit against Whole Foods, Trader Joe's and other food retailers, manufacturers and distributors, alleging the companies are selling lead-tainted ginger and plum candies without warning labels, as required by state law. Attorney General Kamala Harris' office filed the lawsuit on Tuesday in San Francisco Superior Court. It claims retailers and candy makers exposed consumers to lead in violation of Proposition 65, which requires businesses to issue warnings about even minute amounts of chemicals deemed harmful by the state. The attorney general's office says laboratory tests verified lead in the products, but the agency did not specify the amounts in the lawsuit or respond to a request seeking that information. ''Defendants ... have knowingly and intentionally exposed individuals within the state of California to lead,'' the lawsuit states. The suit names other big retailers such as Target and dozens of other smaller companies and candy makers. Target did not immediately respond to a request for comment. Under Proposition 65, a product that contains even small amounts of lead or other chemicals identified by the state as harmful to human health must carry a label warning consumers. If found to be at fault by a judge, the candy makers and retailers could be fined up to $2,500 per day for each violation. Lead exposure can damage the developing brains of children and lead to lower IQ. A plume of smoke from the Panther Fire burning Wednesday in Deer Creek Canyon north of Butte Meadows, is visible from Highway 32. Fire. About 190 personnel have been assigned to the fires, including those from Chico, Oroville, Lassen and Plumas national forests and private contractors. As of Wednesday afternoon, there were no road closures and no injuries. Last week's fire, near Onion Butte, was contained at about 27 acres. Its cause was controlled burning of slash piles that jumped lines, according to reports. The area is where last year's Mill Fire burned. Crews from Lassen National Forest and Cal Fire-Butte County responded to the area. behind Ollenberger who slowed for abeth Community Hospital with the accident ahead. Steger did not minor injuries, was the only injury. notice in time and rearended the ——— Chevy before his vehicle went right Continued from page 1A Julie Zeeb can be reached at and hit a parked 2008 Chevy pickup 527-2153, extension 115 or Steger was driving west on South belonging to CalFire. jzeeb@redbluffdailynews.com. Avenue in a 2003 Chevy Impala Steger, who was taken to St. Eliz- Follow her on Twitter @DN_Zeeb. Continued from page 1A Ora M. Ransford, 85 years young. A long time Red Bluff and Pacifica resident went to eternal rest surrounded by family on Thursday, April 25, 2013. She was a dedicated and loving Wife, Mother, and Grandmother. Ora and her husband Glen volunteered for CDF/Cal Fire for many years in Red Bluff, Tehama County, as well as Pacifica, California. Cal Fire Plant-A-Tree program at Turtle Bay in Redding, California planted a living tree in Lower Clear Creek in Shasta County, California in memory of Ora and Glen's years of service volunteer work with Cal Fire. A true Southern country lady better known as Mema ... she was the World's best cook...famous for her cheese ball, donuts, apple dumplings, snowflake pudding, and angel food custard cake. She won the California State Fair dinner competition one year with her delicious Chicken Cordon Bleu. Halloween time in Pacifica, kids from all over came to her house to get her homemade popcorn balls, cookies and candy. She made plenty but always ran out. Her house was a popular spot each year for local kids to get homemade goodies. She was an avid reader, loved to camp, and travel anywhere with her husband and family. She was a graduate of Kavanaugh High School in Lawrenceburg, Kentucky. She was a member of North Valley Baptist Church in Red Bluff, CA. She retired after 15 years as a housekeeper at Nick's of Rockaway Motel in Pacifica, CA. She and her husband retired to the country in 1991 to live along the Sacramento River in the Bend area of Red Bluff, California. She was preceded in death by her husband of 64 years Glen, her sisters Rayma Sparrow of Shelbyville, KY., Antha Stucker of Lawrenceburg, KY., her brother William of Lexington, KY., parents Raymond & Thelma Duncan of Lawrenceburg, Kentucky. She is survived by her five children...Patricia Lee of Concord, Ca., Steve Ransford of Sonoma, CA., Brent Ransford 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 Ransford Jr., Amber Ransford, Cierra Ransford, Jennifer Ransford, Jake Evans, Katelynn Ransford, Justyn Rahm, Brandon Baker, Alycia Barker, and Kamren "bright eyes" Barker. Great Granddaughter Aurora Claire is due in August. She leaves behind many Nieces and Nephews in 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., 530-5271174. A Memorial Service will be held on Saturday, May 4th at 2:30 pm at The Chapel of the Flowers located at 816 Walnut Street, Red Bluff, CA., 530-527-1174. Burial service immediately following at Oak Hill Cemetery located on Cemetery Lane, Red Bluff, CA., 530-5274417. MediaNews Group photo by Jason Halley CRASHES CARS ORA RANSFORD 7A T-shirt, designed by Corning Union High School ROP Advanced Media and Design Student Arturo Monroy, will feature the burnouts. T-shirts will be $16, $24 for work shirts and $25 for the ball cap. The first round of burnouts will be held from 11 a.m. to noon on Saturday, with finals set for 1 p.m., in front of the Corning Police Department, corner of Solano and Third streets. For those sorry to see the loss of burnouts, the chamber is working to bring another event in its place and is looking into a mud bogg rock crawling event at the airport. The festivities kick off with registration for Friday's cruise 3-5:30 p.m. at the Transportation Center across from City Hall. The mixer, which is $5 per per- son, will be 6-8 p.m. next to the chamber office. Preregistration for the cruise and the car show is encouraged as the first 100 registered for the show will receive a dash plaque. "There are a lot of them that have a nice collection (of dash plaques), Cardenas said. Cost for Saturday's car show, which includes two tickets to Friday's mixer dinner, is $20 or $5 for just the cruise. Participants are needed for the model car competition, which has categories for child- and adult-made, junior for 17 and younger, adult for 18-54 and seniors 55 and older. Cost is $10. The model car competition is sponsored by H&R Block. Saturday's events run 7 a.m. to 3 p.m. starting with registration at the transportation center and a pancake breakfast at the fire hall, 814 Fifth St., until 10 a.m. Children's activities including a bounce house and games with prizes have been put in place for Saturday with a special coloring activity drawn up by Syerra Eickmeyer, a student at Chico State who works at the Olive Pit. New this year will be a firemen's muster presented by Corning Volunteer Fire Department. The muster, which includes bucket brigade, wet extension and water polo, will be 1-3 p.m. on Marin Street between Fifth and Sixth streets. In bucket brigade, firefighters pass buckets of water down the line as fast as they can while getting as much water as they can in the big bucket. A wet extension is when firefighters try to add length of hose to an already flowing line without shutting the water off. During water polo two opposing teams use hoses to try to push a metal canister back and forth like tug of war. Raffle drawings and awards presentations will take place 1-3 p.m. Saturday. There will be plenty of live music throughout the day with Roy Dyer and the Bigguns playing from 1-3 p.m. Saturday and Book 'Em Danno on Friday. For more information, call the Corning Chamber at 824-5550 or visit corningchamber.org. Those attending are also encouraged to check out the Maywood Woman's Club yard sale, 902 Marin St., 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. Friday and Saturday, Cardenas said. "We're looking forward to a great weekend and believe everyone will have a good time," Cardenas said. "There's plenty for everyone to do, even the children. It's really a family affair." ——— Julie Zeeb can be reached at 527-2153, extension 115 or jzeeb@redbluffdailynews. com. Follow her on Twitter @DN_Zeeb. Power lines cause closure of Oak Street Photo by Ross Palubeski Red Bluff Fire was dispatched at 5:05 p.m. Tuesday to reported power lines down at Oak Street near Cowles Avenue. The first unit at scene reported a cable line down onto a electrical line causing a hazard. Oak Street was blocked for the incident. Red Bluff Police and PG&E assisted. STATE BRIEFING Mendocino County protestors come down from tree WILLITS (AP) — The last two tree-sitters protesting the construction of a Highway 101 bypass in Mendocino County have come down from their branches. The Santa Rosa Press Democrats says (http://bit.ly/ZzzOxa ) 23-year-old Jean Weilbach of Fort Bragg and an unidentified Oregon woman calling herself ''Owl'' came down from the tree in Willits over the weekend. The newspaper says Weilbach had previously been forcibly extracted from a tree on April 2, along with four other tree-sitters arrested that day. Sara Grusky, an organizer with anti-bypass group Save Our Little Lake Valley, says a delegation of about 25 Willits residents will travel to Sacramento Thursday to meet with politicians. Grusky says the group's lawyers also sent a letter to California Fish & Wildlife seeking a stop-work order, alleging violations of state permits. Calif commercial salmon fishing season opens SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Commercial salmon fishermen are heading to sea from San Francisco and other area ports in what is expected to be a strong fish- ing season. The season officially started Wednesday in ports south of Pt. Arena in Mendocino County. Fishermen are optimistic after hearing positive reports from sport fishermen, who started fishing on April 6. Federal forecasters called for strong returns to the Sacramento River in California, which accounts for most of the salmon swimming offshore. That was good news for commercial salmon fishermen, who suffered through fishery closures in 2008 and 2009 after the salmon returns to the Sacramento plummeted. Larry Collins, manager of the San Francisco Community Fishing Association, says plentiful krill, or tiny shrimp, being consumed by the salmon offshore should make for very flavorful fish.