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Wednesday, June 12, 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. James P. Gannon James P. Gannon died Thursday, June 6, 2013, in Corning. He was 68. Neptune Society FD-1440 of Chico is handling the arrangements. Published Wednesday, June 12, 2013, in the Daily News, Red Bluff, Calif. CalTrans employee reported missing REDDING – California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) District 2 employees are donating personal leave time to participate in the search for missing co-worker Patrick McCarthy. McCarthy, 45 years old, is a Caltrans Equipment Operator II and works out of the Susanville facility. He called in sick to work on June 3. His neighbor saw his McCarthy truck that afternoon in McCarthy's hometown of Doyle. He has not been seen or heard from since. McCarthy's family has filed a missing person's report with the Lassen County Sheriff's Office. He is described as a Caucasian male, 6'2" tall, 215 lbs. He has brown, short hair and hazel eyes. He was last seen driving a maroon 2004 extended cab Ford Ranger with California License plates #82362B1. Authorities and Caltrans workers have been searching for him in Susanville, Portola, Doyle, Taylorsville, Beckwourth and Goose Lake. If you have any information on his whereabouts, please contact the Lassen County Sheriff's Office at (530) 257-6121. DEMS Continued from page 1A agreement to renegotiate the budget if revenues exceed projections. ''Only time will tell, but in general I think prudence rather than exuberance should be the order of the day,'' the governor said. In accepting the governor's revenue projections, Democrats are hoping to revisit their spending priorities in the new year, when they expect higher tax revenue to materialize. The Legislature is expected to vote on the main budget bills during floor sessions scheduled for the end of the week. Democrats, who control the Assembly and Senate, need only a simple majority vote to pass a budget and can do so without Republican support. The compromise $96.3 billion spending plan that emerged Monday uses the more conservative revenue figure from the Brown administration rather than one put forward by the nonpartisan Legislative Analyst's Office, which was $3.2 billion higher. The governor also succeeded in securing a new K-12 funding formula that would channel additional money to school districts with high levels of lowincome students, those with low English proficiency and foster children. Assembly and Senate Democrats received funding for a few social programs and college aid for the middle class. For example, Senate President Pro Tem Darrell Steinberg secured increased mental health care funding, particularly money to expand residential treatment bed capacity. He also got $77 million in the next fiscal year to restore adult dental care for an estimated 3 million Medi-Cal recipients, which would allow the poor to receive preventive dental care and dentures. Perez, the Assembly speaker, received initial funding to offer college scholarships for students whose families earn less than $150,000 a year, known as a middle-class scholarship. He also received increases to in the state's welfare-to-work program, known as CalWORKS. The compromise also calls for restoring $63 million in court funding. Although it was less than the $100 million lawmakers sought, the head of California's court system called it a good first step and hoped the Legislature will restore more money later. ''We hope that as the state's economy improves, the branch's budget will improve so that we can rebuild the kind of access to justice the public deserves,'' said Chief Justice Tani Cantil-Sakauye in a statement. Health care providers such as doctors, pharmacists and hospitals are still hoping to prevent a 10 percent reduction in the amount the state pays for Medicaid reimbursements, even though it was left out of the budget plan. They say the reduction would jeopardize care for the low-income patients who depend on the program, known as Medi-Cal. Throughout negotiations, Brown had vowed to resist pressure to restore services that were cut or eliminated during the recession. An improving economy and the sales and income tax increases approved by voters last fall have brightened the state's budget picture considerably. It's not clear whether the governor will be able to contain the spending a second time, especially if state tax revenue rises considerably in the new year. ''It doesn't close the door on anything,'' said San Francisco Democratic Sen. Mark Leno, who is co-chairman of the Joint Legislative Budget Conference Committee. ''Actually it opens the door, I think, not once but twice for us.'' The staff at Red Bluff Simple Cremations would like to thank all of the families who trust us with their loved ones needs. Red Bluff Simple Cremations & Burial Service 527-1732 722 Oak Street, Red Bluff, FD Lic. 1931 MAKE Continued from page 1A idea. "There are a lot of seniors doing a lot of activities that will benefit this community," Sandow said. "They are completing their projects and actually giving back to the community." Sam Rodriguez and her group, which included Natalie Almond, Seve Christian, Ashlan Brunello, Stacy Stone, Stacey Soto and Laurel Shoop, had a similar idea. The group pulled weeds in front and painted the outside of Firehouse Pizza on Main Street. "This has become the teenager's hangout spot," Rodriguez said. "We come here so often." Cisco Bobadilla, one of the owners of Firehouse, said it means a lot to him to see the kids and the community appreciating that the business is in Red Bluff. "As a small business, every dollar helps and the free paint," Bobadilla said. "Anywhere we can save money helps us out." At Bend School, Riley Graham, Arianna Wallace, Veronica Smith, Kyle Crisel and Emily Larzabal fixed up the school's library with a new coat of paint. "We chose the project because I work here for SERRF and Kyle used to go here," Smith said. Monica Day, reigning Miss Tehama County, spent her time at Jeannie Garton's embroidery shop making quilts to give to the Tehama County Sheriff's Department. Day, who worked on her project over about a month, had 20 quilts in varying shades for babies that went to Deputy Shelley McCullough. McCullough is often called to the scene when children are taken from a home and carries quilts in CRIMES Continued from page 1A the year prior. While the annual report clearly shows the increase in crimes, it also highlights many of the department's achievements throughout the year. The dispatch center, for JOINT Continued from page 1A said. Questions were raised by the board on if the Tehama District Fairground would be eligible for funding in the future with the JPA in place. While the JPA itself would not, the 30th District Agriculture Association, which is the fairboard, would be, Dias said. O'Sullivan asked whether the JPA had been seen by the Attorney General and who was responsible for that. It is the fairboard's responsibility to make sure their legal representative through the state had looked at the agreement and she recommended they have him look at it, Dias said. Originally pushing for a July 1 deadline of turnover, Bianchi said he was concerned over the timeline to "get things buttoned up and transferred to the JPA". Dias said the fairboard should include a timeline of when they would like to have things done and she would strongly encourage the governor to meet their timeline. While July 1 might be pushing it, Aug. 1 looked more realistic, Tehama County Counsel Arthur Wylene said. Once the process is approved, it should take about six to eight weeks as it is not a very complicated process, Wylene said. One of the hurdles, and part of why the county is hoping to get the JPA approved as quickly as possible, is the photovoltaic lawsuit involving the fair's solar system, Tehama County Chief Administrator Bill Goodwin said. A $200,000 settlement was negotiated, but the her car to give children, Garton said. Day's inspiration for the project was a quilt her grandmother made her that she cherishes to this day, she said. "I thought it was cool to give the kids something they can keep for a long time," Day said. "The quilt my grandma made means a lot to me and I like the idea that they might cherish it the way I do the one my grandma made me." Lily Brose and Savannah Frantz spent their time at a First Street residence doing yard work. Tehama County Air Pollution Control Officer Alan Abbs said he appreciated the group of seniors that came to clean up Brickyard Creek. Associate Principal Jody Brownfield said 2013 had several unique projects, but she was particularly impressed with two that included restoration following devastation. Peter Mitzel, Zach Tay- instance, handled those 911 calls within two rings 93 percent of the time. The department implemented a K-9 program and hosted its first Volunteers in Police Services program. Department K-9 Many was used during 81 incidents throughout the year and made eight community demonstrations with his partner, Corporal Mike Brown. county can't loan the money to the JPA until it exists, Goodwin said. The loan will be for 10 years with 2 percent interest, which is a better deal than the state would likely be able to give and is favorable because it shows the county is committed, Dias said. Director Pete Dagorret said he would like to note the roomful of supporters, from various partners in the community, as a sign of the community's support in moving forward. Talk moved to the future of the fairboard and what it would look like once the JPA was fully in place. Bianchi said he envisioned the board continuing to meet monthly for the remainder of the year and in January switching to quarterly meetings, but that did not mean they would not be actively involved. He saw the fairboard's role as one of being 100 percent advisory on all topics with a focus on the budget, the fair and contracts, Bianchi said. Dias said she encouraged the board to memorialize that sentiment in a document of some type to submit with the JPA. Meredith asked about revising the policy manual as there were many changes needed. In agreement, Bianchi said he would have the policy committee meet to discuss it and bring it back to the board. While he was skeptical at first, Meredith, who has been on the board for almost a year, said he feels it was the right decision for moving forward. "We need to move quickly, but there's not a lot of information (for new board members)," Meredith said. "It is unjust and unfair to work without this information (on how the fairboard came to its deci- 7A lor and Evan Sinclair went to Ponderosa Way where they helped with a reforestation project, planting 500 trees on private property burned in the 2012 Ponderosa Fire. "They did an amazing job," Brownfield said. A second group made up of Keith Gillispie, Miles Leyva, Chriscielle Birr and Shelby Thomas went to Forward Road in Manton to help with cleanup from the Ponderosa Fire. Another group Brownfield had praise for was Daniel Frantz, Connor Ross and Wyatt Houghtby, who went to Sandy Way to help cover up graffiti and replace and repair fences. ——— Julie Zeeb can be reached at 527-2153, extension 115 or jzeeb@redbluffdailynews. com. Follow her on Twitter @DN_Zeeb. The Investigations Unit, which is comprised of two detectives, was assigned 157 cases for followup. Of those 45 were sex crimes against children, seven were attempted homicide investigations and 11 were assaults with a deadly weapon. Rich Greene can be reached at 527-2151, ext. 109 or rgreene@redbluffdailynews.com. sion). I thought I was clear at the last meeting that I wanted to have that information." Both Supervisor Dennis Garton and former Fairboard Director Tonya Redamonti defended the lack of information. "A lot of it was verbal," Garton said of the ad-hoc committee discussions. Meredith said there was a three-page staff report in the supervisors agenda and something similar should have been attached. Garton said he would see that the new board had a copy of that report. There was a lot of legwork and meetings in the initial phase with the first meeting being a 2.5 hour one with Rick Pickering of the Alameda County Fairground just to get the ball rolling, Redamonti said. "We looked at what (other fairgrounds) were doing and where they were struggling," Redamonti said. "We had a lot of meetings, picked other peoples brains and did a lot of listening to see what would make things successful. We looked at every type of model to see what would work for Tehama County and we felt this would be the best for Tehama County." O'Sullivan said he appreciated Meredith's attention to detail on behalf of the new board, but he saw no need for a second vote. "We need to move along as quickly as possible," O'Sullivan said. "The prior board worked hard. Our appointment began with the framework in place. I see no need for a second vote, but I will vote. We've had enough time now or on the 18th (to vote). We knew this was our first and largest item to take up." The next meeting will be at 1 p.m. Tuesday, June 18, at the Tehama District Fairground. THE PASSING PARADE The Passing Parade does not only comment on the dearly departed. L Smith of Redding is still with us, and she is still with it! She hit 80 this week, is in great health and is still going strong. She could pass for one half her age. She is my sister. She is my only sister if you don't count the late Sister Columba who was sister by title and the head duck of Saint Elizabeth Hospital when Hector was a pup. Say…do you suppose that's how she got her first name? However, my sister was not destined to be a saint even though she possessed saintly qualities. Elizabeth Ann Minch was born in St .E. Hospital on the eleventh of June, 1933. Our greatly pregnant mother was uncomfortably sitting on her front porch directly across from the original site of St. E. one hot June day when family doctor R.G. Frey walked by and inquired how she was "getting along" She said she was 9 months and counting… and enduring, but barely. He said, "Well, why don't we go across the street to the hospital and alleviate you of your distress"…or words to that effect. She agreed and soon Elizabeth Ann greeted the world. At some point she found her given name cumbersome and changed it to Lizann. Later on, while working in the office at the meat plant, and after discarding many a suitor, she married William "Bill" Smith, a highway engineer. They had two children, Bruce and Stacy, both alive and well, living in Idaho and here in Tehama County respectively. So, today we are celebrating her milestone birthday. Lizann has an e mail address which I can provide to any locals still standing who might remember her from her early days in Red Bluff. She has always been industrious and of an independent mind, qualities much admired by our father Dave Minch. I think, as one of the Smothers Brothers would have put it, Dad loved her best. He once bought her a black Cadillac Convertible which she drove in regal splendor to Las Vegas with her white boxer dog Boris at her side. With her mother's looks and figure, she must have been quite a sight driving into that neon city even though denizens therein were used to ogling celebrities. After the early death of her husband Bill, our birthday girl continued to live at her home for these many years in south Redding and, as Auntie Lizann, to visit her nephew and nieces at our ranch in Red Bluff. We supposed, after a time, she would have remarried and shared her compassionate nature with a spouse. However, instead, she has spent so much time caring for others, not even related, to cause us to marvel how much unselfish good she has done in this world. Her mother was much the same way and would have been very proud of her. We all are. Happy Birthday, kid! The Passing Parade is brought to you by by Minch Property Management, 760 Main Street specializing in commercial leasing and sales. 530 527 5514