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Friday, May 10, 2013 – Daily News Obituaries HELEN LOUISE MARTIN-HEBNER Helen Louise Martin-Hebner wife of Lee W. Hebner. Born January 7, 1942 passed away May 7, 2013, in Redding, CA. Born in Calexico, CA. to Oadus Robinson and Rosa Lee Striplin. Helen is survived by her husband Lee W. Hebner, sisters Eva King and Dorcis Crumpton, brother Ralph Robinson, son William Davis and daughter Cynthia Fittin along with a number of grandchildren, great grandchildren growing every day and step children. Services for Helen will be held at the First Baptist Church, 506 Colusa St., Corning, on Friday May 10, 2013 at 12:00pm, a viewing will also be held from 11-11:30am. Helen was very active in the community, civic organizations, and clubs. She has been a great asset to the community and will be greatly missed. Any donations can be made to your favorite pet organization for spayed and neutering. 7A COUNTY Continued from page 1A clients without insurance but qualify in other ways. Stabilization and referral services are provided to any county resident in a crisis situation. The Tehama County Health Services Agency Mental Health Division can be reached at 5275631. It is at 1860 Walnut St. in Red Bluff. Crisis services are available 24 hours daily by calling 800-240-3208 or 527-5637. Courtesy photo Tehama County Mental Health Board Chairman Mike Gonzales shakes hands with new Tehama County Psychiatrist Dr. Paul Rogers. Also pictured are Mental Health Board members, from left, Laurie Holley, Virginia Mohler, Charla Jensen and Jackie Hernandez. FAIRGROUND Continued from page 1A Herbert N. Votaw September 15, 1927-May 4, 2013 Herb Votaw was born September 15, 1927 in Los Angeles, CA. He moved to Los Molinos, CA at the age of 4 and spent the next fifteen years in Los Molinos with short periods in Los Angeles. Herb went through the Los Molinos school system with the class of 1945 and was drafted into the Army after high school. Upon completion of his tour in Germany he returned to Southern California where he met his future wife Darlene Williams. The two wed on February 6, 1648. They remained married for 58 years until her death in 2006. They spent their first 17 years of their marriage living in Lakewood, CA, though Herb's heart was always in Los Molinos. They moved to Los Molinos in 1966 and never left. Herb worked his entire career as a machinest and retired as a tool and die maker for Matthews Conveyor Company, Chico in 1986. Herb was always involved in local sports, their wasn't a sport he didn't love. Herb loved the community of Los Molinos and worked hard to promote it. He volunteered countless hours for the 4th of July Parade and Mayor's race. He was honored to be the Honorary Mayor and Grand Marshall of the parade. He belonged to both the Chamber of Commerce and the Senior Center. Most locals know him best as a leader in the VFW Post 3909 and the Veterans Memorial Hall. There was not an event in town that he did not support and everyone knew they could count on him. Herb is survived by his children: Skip (Rose) Votaw, Debbie (Dennis) Chamberlin, Janette Votaw, Herb (Lynne) Votaw, his sister Margaret Benson, and brother Benny Benson. Eleven grandchildren, sixteen great grandchildren, and two great-great grandchildren. Herb was predeceased by his wife Phyllis Darlene Votaw, mother Margaret Bensen, father Quinby Votaw, brothers Red, Jack, and Harry Votaw, sisters Jannette Thompson, Lucille Gariepy, Margarite Votaw, and Beverly Owen. A memorial service will be held at the Los Molinos Veterans Memorial Hall on Saturday, May 18, 2013 at 1pm. In lieu of flowers donations can be made to the Los Molinos VFW Post 3909 Scholarship fund. The family wishes to thank the staff at Enloe Rehabilition Center for their compassionate care. Inc., Walmart Realty Company, Helibro LLC, Tehama Medical Arts Continued from page 1A LLC, Cabernet ApartHome Depot USA Inc., PJ ments, Assisted Living Helicopters Inc., Marshall Facilities and Kumar Belle Mill LLC, Raley's Pawan. HOME FIRE Continued from page 1A vehicle, he notices areas where there would normally be mud, and now he's "raising dust." Also, areas with natural springs are much lower than usual. Normally fire permits are issued in May, to burn extra pine needles from property in the area. But Brooks said he won't be surprised if those are limited this year. He has already circulated his flyers in the Butte Meadows area, where people are also glad he's doing what he's doing. Christopher O'Brien, staff officer for the Lassen National Forest, said it's unlikely the Colby Mountain Lookout will be staffed sooner this year. The man who works at the lookout will be there in a few weeks, he said, and changing that schedule would be difficult at this point. "I would advise every- What makes Tehama County unique is that the buildings belong to the state while the land belongs to the county, Goodwin said. In his presentation, Goodwin outlined why the JPA was good for the county. "It's recognition by the board of the fairgrounds and what it is to the community and the economy," Goodwin said. "It is the center of and key to our community." The JPA brings a level of local control to the fairgrounds, with local residents serving on the 30th District Agriculture Association board, which is the state's representative governing body of the grounds, and the county in charge, he said. Joining together to form what he called a "child agency" of the county and the district agriculture association would mean the new group will have a bit more flexibility and can chose which rules from each group it wants to use in the new structure of government, County Counsel Arthur Wylene said. A hang up is the resolution of a solar panel lawsuit that names the fairground as a defendant, Wylene said. The plan is for the JPA to get a loan from the county to be paid over a 10year period to gain the clear title for the solar equipment. The loan being contemplated in the draft would be for $200,000 at 2 percent interest, Goodwin said. After looking at several options with help from then Fairboard Director Tonya Redamonti and former Supervisor Ron Warner, it was decided that the JPA was the most logical route, Eidman said. "It's not the complete savior and it will take a lot of little things, but with the cuts we've made at this point we're solvent," Eidman said. "I'm confident that with the JPA we can make this thing run." The JPA would assume all the body to maintain a heightened awareness and to be careful in the woods," O'Brien said. "If you have a home adjacent to wild land, be sure you follow rules and suggestions for clearing." "We are taking extra precautions" due to the dry terrain, he said. During lightning strikes, aerial reconnaissance has been sent out. There are a lot of eyes wide open in areas of high fire risk, O'Brien said. Stacy Kelso, who owns Daily News photo by Julie Zeeb Tehama County Chief Administrator Bill Goodwin, right, and Tehama District Fairground CEO Mark Eidman give a presentation at an informational meeting on the formation of a JPA between the county and the fairground. assets and liabilities as well as handle the day-to-day contracts for the grounds, Wylene said. "It shouldn't be a difficult transition," Wylene said. "It does require state approval, but the state has been very favorable toward JPA." Cuts have included the size of ribbons earned at fair. Another was going from two people in the office, Jacque Brown and Carol Hansen, down to one as of Feb. 1. Remaining employees would remain employed by the state as long as they were there with a transition to JPA employees, Goodwin said. As for representatives, the proposal outlines four members of the fairboard and four appointed by the supervisors. While the four fairboard members would need to be board members, the supervisor appointees could be any residents of Tehama County, he said. Red Bluff Round-Up Association Director Dave Ramelli said he was concerned about the future of the partnership between his organization and the fairboard. Some of the rent for the event is paid through rent credit gained by the association doing repair work on the fairground and Ramelli asked whether that could continue. While it is not mandatory, there is Butte Meadows Mercantile and Resort with her husband Bill, said people are very worried and very aware of the risks. They really want to have their lookout in the fire tower early. "He knows every tree and rock. He's been there 30 years," Kelso said. Memorial Day weekend is coming up, which is a big weekend for the area. The landscape is just "powder, dust and dirt," she said. Oil industry: BLM prevents job creation in Calif. SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Leading oil industry groups said Thursday federal land managers are blocking new energy development and job creation by postponing all oil and gas lease auctions on prime public lands in California until October. Officials with the American Petroleum Institute, the largest lobbying group for the oil and gas industry, said the U.S. Bureau of Land Management's recent announcement that it will temporarily put off energy leasing in the state will prevent economic growth. ''We now know that California holds a vast amount of oil and natural gas resources, especially in the Monterey Shale located in the central part of the state,'' John Felmy, the chief economist said in a conference call with reporters Thursday. ''Unfortunately, current federal policy continues to prevent our nation from taking full advantage of this opportunity.'' BLM has said Friday's decision was forced by sequester-related budget problems, low staffing and the toll of environmental litigation over parcels near the Monterey Shale, one of the nation's largest deposits of shale oil. The immediate impact was to postpone an auction planned for later this month for leases to drill almost 1,300 acres of public lands in Fresno and Kern counties. Another auction for about 2,000 acres that had been in the works in Colusa County, about 75 miles northwest of Sacramento, also was put on hold until the end of the fiscal year. The agency will instead concentrate on enforcement of existing leases, issuing drilling permits for leased parcels and granting renewable energy permits, BLM's state director Jim Kenna said earlier this week. Postponing the auctions will set the government back about $25,000 in rent and bids from the lease sales, Kenna said. The Institute for Energy Research, a conservative advocacy group, went further in its criticism, calling the decision ''the Obama plan to maximize the sequester's harm to the U.S. economy.'' ''The American people deserve a full accounting of the Obama administration's policies for public lands, and Congress must force BLM to answer for (the) decision,'' the group's Senior Vice President Daniel Kish said in a statement. The agency made its decision after a federal judge ruled last month that BLM violated a key environmental law when it auctioned the drilling rights for other parcels near the lush Salinas River Valley before performing a sweeping review of the impacts on water, wildlife and air quality. Governor signs health insurance protections SACRAMENTO (AP) — Gov. Jerry Brown on Thursday signed a pair of consumer protection bills that prevent health insurance companies from discriminating against people with pre-existing conditions and limit how much insurers can charge older residents as part of the federal Affordable Care Act. Brown signed ABx1-2 by Democratic Assemblyman Richard Pan of Sacramento and SBx1-2 by Democratic Sen. Ed Hernandez of Covina. The Assembly bill makes changes to the insurance code that regulates insurers, while the Senate bill makes changes to the health and safety code that regulates health care service plans. The legislation updates California's laws to match new rules under the federal health overhaul. The laws give state agencies the power to enforce and regulate individual insurance rules. ''This legislation helps Californians get a fair shake on the open health care market,'' said Brown, a Democrat, in a statement. nothing in the JPA agreement that would preclude the credits, Goodwin said. Junior Livestock Auction President Mike Collins voiced his support for the move and said his group felt it was good to have the local control. "We need to move forward and get it done as soon as we can," Collins said. The goal is to have the JPA up and running by July 1, Goodwin said. Supervisor Bob Williams asked about replacements for fairboard representatives as the governor is no longer appointing replacements and what would happen if the fair and county had legal conflicts. Fairboard members are to serve until they are replaced even if their term has expired, Eidman said. If the county counsel could not represent the fairboard due to a conflict he would find someone else to represent the board, Goodwin said. The two groups will meet separately to vote on the draft May 21. The Tehama County Supervisors meet at 10 a.m. on Tuesdays in the Tehama County Administration Building, 727 Oak St. The Tehama District Fairboard meets at 1 p.m. on the third Tuesday of the month at the fairgrounds. WARFARE Continued from page 1A mountains referred to as the ''Lost Coast.'' ''We're all locked down here. We're supposed to call 911 if we see anything suspicious,'' said resident Phil Franklin. Franklin runs the Petrolia Guest House, one of the few businesses in a town so-named because the first California oil well was drilled there. Miller is suspected of fatally shooting his wife, Sandy, 34 and daughters, Shelby, 8, and Shasta, 5, on Tuesday at his home before fleeing. He previously was convicted of being a felon in possession of a gun. Kent said Shasta County Sheriff's deputies received a call from Miller's house around 7:45 p.m. Tuesday, although no one was talking on the line. When they arrived, they found the victims — all three shot multiple times. Kent said investigators had not determined who placed the call, but he said it was from one of the victims as the shooting was in progress. Authorities have not recovered the gun, or guns, believed to have been used in the shooting, but Kent said more weapons were found in the house. In 2002, Miller was charged in San Francisco with making and selling marijuana for distribution, being a felon in possession of a firearm, possessing a machine gun and money laundering, according to court records. He pleaded guilty to being a felon in possession of a gun and was sentenced to three years and 10 months in prison. He was released in May 2007, according to the federal Bureau of Prisons. The two-story house where the shooting took place is nestled among pine trees, with a detached garage and shed in the back. The Record Searchlight of Redding reported that horses and llamas graze on the property. Investigators had not determined a motive for the shooting, but Kent noted deputies had gone to the home last month on a domestic dispute call. Miller's two daughters both attended school in the Black Butte Union Elementary School District. The girls' parents pulled Shelby out of the elementary school and Shasta out of the preschool programs around three to four weeks ago.