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Wednesday, June 30, 2010 – Daily News – 7A Obituaries 4TH Continued from page 1A “This is small town USA in 2010. We have an opportunity to celebrate our country, pay tribute to our veterans and our active troops and enjoy our fami- ly and friends in a truly community collaborative effort.” In addition to new ROBERT LEON SEE Robert Leon See, 72, passed away Friday, June 25, 2010 at his home in Red Bluff. ber 18, 1937. He had worked as a machinist in San Francisco for 40 years. Bob See was known to ev- eryone in Red Bluff as "Un- cle Bob". He was a kind man with a huge heart. He will be greatly missed by all. Surviving Bob are his brother, Charles See and sister-in-law Barbara of Poplar Grove, IL, daughter, Kelly See of OR, son, Kales See of Salt Lake City, UT, nieces, Carline Roach of Red Bluff, CA., and Janice Gray of Gig Harbor, WA, nephews, Charles See III, of Crofton, MD., Craig and wife Sherry See, of Naper- ville, IL., great-nieces Janet Key, of Seattle, WA., and Corrine Roach, of San Fran- cisco, CA., great-nephews, John Roach of SC., Daniel Roach and Michael Roach both of Red Bluff, CA., Jeremy See, and Andy See both of Naperville, IL. Memorial services will be Robert was born Decem- events, there will be a return of past events Sun- day, including the popular lawn mower races which will feature celebrity races. As of Tuesday, those scheduled to appear in the celebrity bracket of lawn mower racing were repre- sentatives from Red Bluff Fire, CalFire, Corning Fire, Sheriff Clay Parker, Red Bluff Police Lt. Kyle Sanders and a member of the California Highway Patrol. Others include Red Bluff Mayor Jeff Moyer, Red Bluff City Council- man Forrest Flynn, Coun- ty Supervisor Bob Williams, Behrens, Cham- PROS Continued from page 1A the Countryside Café, at 638 Washington St. in Red Bluff. held Friday, July 2, 2010 at 11:00 A.M. at Hoyt-Cole Chapel of the Flowers with Mr. Mancil Tiss officiating. Interment will be at North- ern California Veterans Cemetery in Igo, CA. MARTHA DEBORAH FOCHT WOHLETZ Martha Deborah Focht Wohletz of Dairyville, Cali- fornia, passed away on June 4, 2010 at the age of 89. Martha, the daughter of Samuel S. and Althea Harmer Focht, was born in Cotati, California on April 22, 1921. She attended Santa Rosa Junior College and graduated from the University of California, Berkeley. She received her teaching credential from San Francisco State. While attending Berkeley, Martha met Norbert (Bert) Wohletz whom she married in 1947 and they settled on the family farm in Los Molinos. Martha taught for many years at Los Molinos Ele- mentary School and later became the Tehama County Schools Librarian. Martha’s greatest joy was her family of four children, her grandchildren, and her husband Bert, her "educat- ed farmer." In addition to her duties as a farmer’s wife, Martha directed the choir, played the organ, and led the Sunday school for the Los Molinos United Methodist Church. After their retirement, Martha and Bert moved to their lovely home along the Sacramento River and began to travel the world. Following Bert’s death, Martha continued her adventures traveling to Russia and India with her life-long best friend, Max- ine Durney, where they volunteered their skills as teachers and librarians. She also volunteered at the Tehama County Schools Li- brary and the Red Bluff Public Library. Martha shared her love of reading, music, and garden- ing with her children and grandchildren. amassed a large collection of children’s books and mysteries. Favorite authors included LM Montgomery, Charles Dickens, Dorothy Sayers, and Nevil Shute. Martha’s roses continue to delight her family. Predeceased by her hus- band, Bert, in 1991, Martha is survived by her four chil- dren: David (Dilys) of Los Molinos; Debbie Bolas of Chapel Hill, NC; Ken (Ann) Wohletz of White Rock, NM; Ellen (Edward) Patera of Paradise Valley, AZ; 13 grandchildren; and her first great-grandchild due in September. A service is planned to re- member and celebrate Mar- tha’s life on July 3, 2010 at 11:00 am at the Cone Com- munity United Methodist Church, 11220 E. Hwy 99, Dairyville. A reception at Martha’s home will follow the service. In lieu of flow- ers, please make donations to the Los Molinos High School Alumni Scholarship Fund, P.O. Box 1031, Los Molinos, CA 96055. She MISS Continued from page 1A said. If a Little Miss contes- tant needs help during the program a Miss Tehama County contestant is wait- ing to lend a hand. “It’s a loving, giving thing the big girls do for CROWD Continued from page 1A story than the romance. “How can you think it’s girly?” he said. “It’s about vampires and werewolves.” Katie Palmer, who has been to Forks, Wash., the setting for much of the series, claims to be WATER Continued from page 1A said in a statement. Democratic Senate President Pro Tem Darrell Steinberg of Sacramento said he supports the delay because the state’s current financial problems might jeopardize the measure. The governor’s office will begin working with lawmakers to remove the Safe, Clean and Reliable Drinking Water Supply Act from the ballot, Schw arzene gger spokesman Aaron McLear said. ‘‘It’s crucial that we do everything we can to pro- tect the water bond by giv- ing it the best opportunity to succeed,’’ he said. Jim Earp, executive director of the California Alliance for Jobs and co- chairman of the coalition to pass the water bond, agreed the measure will have a better chance in 2012. supplies last through Sun- day. Gates for Sunday’s event open at 3 p.m. and the children’s area will be open 3-6 p.m. The Miss Teen contest will be 6-8 p.m. and a talent show will be held 3-5:30 p.m. at the Kerstiens Entertainment Center. The horseshoe tourna- ment will be at 4 p.m. and the celebrity lawn mower races will be on the front lawn 5-6 p.m. Grandstands open at 6:30 p.m. and the regular lawn mower racing starts at 7 p.m. in the arena fol- lowed by the strongman competition. The Golden Ticket ber member Bill Hill, Fair- board Director Pete Dagorret, Rotarian Dennis Garton and a member of the Kiwanis Club. A lucky Golden Ticket holder will have the chance to win as much as $10,000 while supporting the fireworks show when the tickets are chosen just before the show. Tickets, which cost $100, are still available at a variety of locations, including the Red Bluff- Tehama County Chamber of Commerce, Tehama District Fairground, Cor- nerstone Community Bank and Bud’s Jolly Kone in Red Bluff, Nu- Drop in for a glass of wine and then step outside to stroll through the opening night of the Wednesday Night Farmers Mar- ket. In August, NEXT will help welcome the new disc golf the little girls as a way to give back to the communi- ty,” Smith said. Smith, who has directed the program for 15 years, said the only requirement of the winner is that she make an appearance at the Red Bluff Round-Up Parade, the Christmas Parade and the 2011 Tehama District Fair to Way Market in Los Moli- nos and Napa Auto Parts in Corning. The fair- ground will accept credit cards. Other ways to support the fireworks include buy- ing fireworks from the booth in the Food Maxx parking lot. It is open 10:30 a.m. to 8 p.m. while course at Dog Island Park in Red Bluff — more details to come. To learn more about NEXT, visit its Facebook page online by searching for "NEXT Tehama," and be on the lookout hand over her crown. While those are the only required appearances Lit- tle Miss Tehama County is often invited to appear at events in the county like the Manton Apple Festival, the Dairyville Orchard Festival or the Paskenta Pioneer Days, Smith said. While only the first 14 applications are accepted, the biggest Twilight fan ever and even got her father and grand- mother into the series. “It’s just an awesome movie,” she said. “There’s a good plot, there’s romance, there’s action, there’s just something for every- one.” Tickets for the debut went on sale in May, and sold out quickly, theater General Manager Greg Figone said. He estimates about The bond is intended to upgrade California’s vast water system, which was built decades ago for a population about half the size of today’s 38.5 mil- lion people. It would pro- vide money to clean up contaminated groundwa- ter, boost conservation efforts, update sewage sys- tems and research the pos- sibility of building at least two dams sought by farm- ing interests to boost their water supply. It was criticized in part because lawmakers added at least $1.7 billion in pork barrel projects that had lit- tle if anything to do with improving the water sup- ply. For example, $20 mil- lion was earmarked for a conservancy that manages park land in the Los Ange- les district represented by then-Assembly Speaker Karen Bass. The earmarks would have become a prime cam- paign target of the bond’s opponents. A spokesman for the Sierra Club, which opposes the measure, giveaway will be about 9:30 p.m. with fireworks expected to start around 9:45 p.m. For more information, call the chamber at 527- 6220 or the fairground at 527-5920. ——— Julie Zeeb can be reached at 527-2153, extension 115 or jzeeb@redbluffdailynews. com. for information on upcoming social networking and profes- sional development opportuni- ties. Don’t let young keep you from joining — anyone with a passion and commitment to the community is welcome. there is a waiting list if there are more applicants in case a contestant can’t make the competition. Rehearsals will be held for five days straight the week of the fair for no more than two hours a night. Applications and the $25 entry fee, payable by cash, cashier’s check or 350 tickets were sold. Figone was not surprised by the quick ticket sales nor the crowd on opening day because the last time the theater saw a crowd of this size was in Novem- ber when “New Moon,” the sec- ond movie in the series, was released. “This is the best part of the summer,” he said. “It’s fun, and this is going to be a really inter- called the bond bloated and said it was too costly for voters to swallow. ‘‘I think the governor has come to a realization that this bond is a turkey hanging from his neck,’’ said Jim Metropulos, a senior advocate with the Sierra Club in California. ‘‘It just has a lot of bad things in it. There’s numerous pork within the bond, and the projects they would fund really have nothing to do with taking care of our urgent water supply needs.’’ To reduce the effects on California’s general fund, lawmakers required that only half the water bond could be sold in the first five years if voters approved it. The Legisla- ture’s nonpartisan ana- lyst’s office estimated it would cost the state $725 million to $810 million a year in interest after the entire bond was sold. The postponement is a setback for the legacy Schwarzenegger had hoped to leave from his Bill to legalize online poker in Calif. stalls SACRAMENTO (AP) — A bill aiming to make California the first state to legalize and regulate online poker stalled Tuesday in the Legislature. Sen. Rod Wright, the bill’s author, said he is temporarily pulling it from considera- tion as he addresses some of the concerns raised by opponents. ‘‘This bill still needs a great deal of work,’’ the Inglewood Democrat said dur- ing a meeting of the Senate Governmental Organization Committee, where the bill was scheduled to come up for a vote. ‘‘For every issue, there were people who liked it and people who hated it.’’ Wright said online poker is here to stay and that California should take advantage of its huge revenue potential. More than 1 mil- lion Californians play online poker each week, according to the bill’s analysis, and legalizing the game could generate as much as $2.1 billion annually. SB1485 would have authorized the state to contract with gambling operators, includ- ing Indian tribes, to offer poker over the Internet to state residents age 21 and older. At least 10 percent of the monthly profits would have gone to the state, which faces a $19 billion deficit. Numerous tribal groups opposed the bill, saying it threatens their federally authorized casinos. In a June 17 letter to Wright, the Califor- nia Nations Indian Gaming Association said the bill would endanger jobs in places where tribes are the largest employers. Others criticized a provision in the bill that would make it a misdemeanor to visit unauthorized gambling websites. ‘‘Criminalizing harmless recreational conduct that typically takes place in the pri- vacy of one’s home and cannot be practical- ly enforced undermines public respect for all laws,’’ the Poker Players’ Alliance, a nonprofit interest group, said in its formal opposition to the bill. Wright said he would continue to push for legalized online poker in California. owns and operates the only on-site crematory in Tehama County. • Your loved one NEVER leaves our care. • For your peace of mind, we personally perform cremations on site. • No hidden charges. If cremation is your choice, there really is no other choice for you than the cremation experts at Hoyt-Cole Chapel of the Flowers. Contact us today so we may answer your questions. Hoyt-Cole Chapel of the Flowers Funerals • Cremations • Prearrangements 816 Walnut Street | Red Bluff (530) 527-1174 www.chapeloftheflowers.net Hoyt-Cole Chapel of the Flowers ——— Julie Zeeb can be reached at 527-2153, extension 115 or jzeeb@redbluffdailynews. com. esting night.” For $20, the theater offered a marathon showing of the two pre- viously released movies in the Twilight Series, “Twilight” and “New Moon,” before the screen- ing of “Eclipse.” ——— Tang Lor can be reached at 527-2153, Ext. 110 or by e-mail at tlor@redbluffdailynews.com. time as governor. He had hailed its passage last November as a landmark accomplishment for his administration. ‘‘I’m so excited that finally my vision is one step closer to becoming a reality,’’ Schwarzenegger told a news conference at the time, flanked by law- makers from both major political parties. He said he had first proposed the water package in his infra- structure and strategic growth plans in 2006. The $11.1 billion bond was part of a larger pack- age of water bills passed by the Legislature. The Is cremation your choice? others already are being implemented, including one that created a steward- ship council to oversee water management in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta. That council will have the final say over whether to build a canal or tunnel to route river water around the delta to Central Valley farms and Southern California cities. Legislators hope to remove the water bond before Aug. 9, when the secretary of state is sched- uled to start printing gen- eral election ballots, said Steinberg spokeswoman Alicia Trost. money order, must be in by 5 p.m. today and can be picked up at the Tehama District Fair office. For information on the program call Smith at 527- 8196.