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Tuesday, June 25, 2013 – Daily News Obituaries MARY JEAN BIRD Mary Jean Bird left this world for the next on the 15th of June 2013 at 91 years of age. Let us celebrate a life well-lived, not only as a wife and mother, but as a quiet activist who pushed at the limits placed on women and minorities. Mary Jean was a California girl who grew up in Livingston with 4 brothers. She majored in Home Economics at Cal and UC Davis where she also did some competitive diving and, incidentally, found our father Leroy Bird. After graduation she taught sewing for the Singer Company. Sewing became a lifetime avocation as she made clothes for herself, her family and others. Leroy got a job in Covelo teaching Ag Science and Mary Jean became involved in 4H. Allen was born in Oakland as the nearest doctor and hospital were 70 miles from Covelo - but then Robert came into the world at home. Allen attempted to learn about sewing by sticking his finger into the sewing machine after his mother told him not to! The family moved to Red Bluff where Deborah was born. Mary Jean was a stay-at-home mom and seamstress. Music was important to Mary Jean and she played baritone in the Tehama County Band for over 50 years. The Presbyterian Church was a central part of family life and Leroy and Mary Jean participated in the choir and various church organizations and as leaders of youth groups. They also cooked for church and community events and summer camps. After Leroy died Mary Jean did a two year stint in the Peace Corps, teaching sewing and nutrition in Liberia. Here she met a young man, Patrick Yattoh, who she helped through school, enabling him to provide for his family in a country where life is not easy. Patrick named one of his children Mary Jean. Upon Mary Jean's return to Red Bluff, she served on the Session (She thought Leroy would have been a bit shocked - a women on Session?) and then moved up to become Moderator of Presbytery. Wow things were changing! She was active in the church until her hearing made it too difficult to participate. Mary Jean continued to cook locally as well as at Zephyr Cove at Lake Tahoe, and the Charles Cook Indian College/seminary in Tempe, Arizona. Mary Jean's favorite pastime was bowling, and she bowled three times a week until less than a year ago. Last year we surprised her with a 90th birthday trip to Texas where she got have all her children, grandchildren and great grandchildren together. Mary Jean is survived by her brother William and her three children Allen, Robert and Deborah, 6 grandchildren and 6 great grandchildren. A memorial service will be held on June 29, 2013 at 2:00 P.M at the Red Bluff Presbyterian Church, Red Bluff. Memorial contributions may be made to the Red Bluff Presbyterian Church, PO Box 246 Red Bluff, CA 96080, Hospice or a favorite charity of your choice. 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. Richard Laurence Bishop Richard Laurence Bishop of Red Bluff died Sunday, June 23, 2013, at Red Bluff Healthcare Center. He was 78. Red Bluff Simple Cremations and Burial Service is handling the arrangements. Published Tuesday, June 25, 2013, in the Daily News, Red Bluff, Calif. Thrift store destroyed by fire The cause of a Monday morning fire that completely destroyed a building housing the Guardian Angel Second Hand Thrift Store, 8320 Highway 99E in Los Molinos, is under investigation. The fire was reported at 7:50 a.m. and at least one person was transported to a hospital with smoke inhalation, a CalFire spokeswoman said. The fire, which was contained at 9:53 a.m., did $300,000 damage to the structure and contents, CalFire Public Information Officer Kevin Colburn said. CalFire, Tehama County Fire and Red Bluff Fire responded. PG&E assisted for downed powerlines. — Julie Zeeb Brown appoints Leslie Lohse to State Athletic Commission MediaNews Group SACRAMENTO — Leslie Lohse of Glenn has been appointed to the California State Athletic Commission by Gov. Jerry Brown. The announcement was made Wednesday. Lohse is a member of the California Tribal Business Alliance, and tribal council treasurer of the Paskenta Band of Nomlaki Indians since 1998. She is a member of Rolling Hills Clinic board of directors and member of Tehama County Girls Inc. She also was chairwoman of the Bureau of Indian Affairs Central California Agency Policy Committee, and Bay Delta Public Advisory Committee, among others. Lohse's appointment requires Senate confirmation. Someone entered a Vine Road residence in Corning while a 53-year-old woman and her family were out of town and took $4,000 worth of items. The woman said a jewelry box with miscellaneous jewelry and a watch were missing. She reported that someone had entered her home by prying open an access door to the garage in order to enter the residence. The items were taken from the master bedroom sometime between June 14 and 17. Have a news tip? Call 527-2151, Ext. 112 7A Canine officer helps capture suspect Red Bluff police K9 Many assisted in an arrest early Sunday morning after a 46-year-old Gerber man ran away from an officer. Around 1:15 a.m. David Lee Bowman was stopped for riding his bicycle during darkness without a light, according to a department press release. The officer noticed a large object in one of Bowman's pockets. "Fearing the object may be a GIRLS Continued from page 1A behind a display, while one of the girls called her father. The two men pursued the girls into the store, until they saw the girls on a phone, at which time they left the store. The incident was reported to the Red Bluff Police Department, which reviewed the store's surveillance video. Officers identified one of the suspects as 34-yearold Nathan Webster, a high-risk sex offender on TESTS Continued from page 1A the Assembly last week. Brown, a Democrat, is expected to sign it. Republicans said they remained opposed to other parts of the bill, including changes to domestic violence reporting laws and limit hiring tax credits for an Anaheim hockey arena. the path Bowman had fled a discarded double sunglass case. The case contained about 1 gram of methamphetamine and narcotic paraphernalia. Bowman was charged with possession of a controlled substance, transportation of a controlled substance, possession of narcotic paraphernalia and resisting arrest. Bail was $21,000. parole. Webster was later detained and positively identified by the two victims. He was booked for four felony charges resulting from the incident including annoying a child under the age of 18 years and a parole violation. The second suspect was identified as 24-year-old Thomas Hoagland. The Red Bluff Police Department filed two misdemeanor counts of annoying a child with the Tehama County District Attorney's Office against Hoagland. but tests found no indication of charges have been filed. medication in his system. Toxicology tests were performed Tehama County District Attorney Gregg Cohen said Friday the case is at Mercy Medical Center in Redunder review by his office, but no ding following the incident. Continued from page 1A BILL weapon the officer attempted to remove it from Bowman," the press release said. At that time Bowman broke away from the officer and ran. The officer pursued Bowman on foot, and Bowman was eventually stopped and detained by Many. Officers searched Bowman and noticed the object he previously had in his pocket was missing. Officers then discovered along ''This takes a bill that was, in my estimation, a bad bill and makes it less bad,'' said Sen. Joel Anderson, R-Alpine, who voted against the measure. Senate President Pro Tem Darrell Steinberg, DSacramento, said the Senate will address concerns about the domestic violence changes later this week. Lawmakers also are MUSEUM Continued from page 1A like having it around." If there's a misconception some people have when bringing in items to be appraised, it's that age is a big factor in value. Age, Humphries said, has little to do with it. He pointed to a ring he wears, which has a scarab-shaped expected to vote on the constitutional amendment on public records. That proposal, SCA3, is scheduled for committee votes on Tuesday and could be taken up by the full Senate as soon as Thursday. Also on Monday, the governor signed a bill that would limit public access to some government meetings. The legislation, AB246, allows local agen- stone and is more than 4,000 years old. "But it's not worth thousands of dollars," he said, adding, "Old to most people is anything older than you are. Whatever your age is, if it's older than you, it's old. And it doesn't mean a thing. And I told one guy one time, 'If I put my girlfriend on one street corner and my grandmother on the other, seniority isn't going to count.'" Museum officials said the event cies to hold private meetings with the governor to discuss public security threats. The measure stemmed from a 2011 meeting of the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors, which met privately with Brown to discuss security issues related to realignment. Community groups said the closed-door meeting violated state law. was meant to give people a taste of the museum. That taste, they hope, will lead to tours in the future. The museum's next event is its 47th Ice Cream Social at from 4-7 p.m. Aug. 19 at the museum. Admissions will be $5. ——— Sports Editor Andre Byik can be reached at 527-2151, ext. 111 or at sports@redbluffdailynews.com. Follow him on Twitter: @TehamaSports Pelosi's defense of NSA surveillance draws boos SAN JOSE (AP) — House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi has disappointed some of her liberal base with her defense of the Obama administration's classified surveillance of U.S. residents' phone and Internet records. Some of the activists attending the annual Netroots Nation political conference Saturday booed and interrupted the San Francisco Democrat when she commented on the surveillance programs carried out by the National Security Agency and revealed by a former contractor, Edward Snowden, The San Jose Mercury News reports. The boos came when Pelosi said that Snowden had violated the law and that the government needed to strike a balance between security and privacy. As she was attempting to argue that Obama's approach to citizen surveillance was an improvement over the policies under President George W. Bush, an activist, identified by the Mercury News as Mac Perkel of Gilroy, stood up and tried loudly to question her, prompting security guards to escort him out of the convention hall. ''Leave him alone!'' audience members shouted. Others yelled ''Secrets and lies!,'' ''No secret courts!'' and ''Protect the First Amendment!,'' according to the Mercury News. Perkel told the newspaper that he thinks Pelosi does not fully understand what the NSA is up to. Several others in the audience walked out in support of Perkel. ''We're listening to our progressive leaders who are supposed to be on our side of the team saying it's OK for us to get tar- geted'' for online surveillance, said Jana Thrift of Eugene, Ore. ''It's crazy. I don't know who Nancy Pelosi really is.'' Netroots Nation is an organizing and training convention for progressive political leaders. Pelosi was Saturday's keynote speaker at the event, which opened Thursday at the San Jose Convention Center and was scheduled to conclude Sunday. Her remarks criticizing the Republican majority in the House and encouraging powerful women brought applause, cheers and laughs. 30 US reps seek reforms for BLM's horse budget RENO, Nev. (AP) — Thirty U.S. representatives urged new U.S. Interior Secretary Sally Jewell on Thursday to make a priority out of reforming the government's wild horse management program and its spiraling budget that they say has created an ''untenable situation'' for both the mustangs and taxpayers. Arizona Rep. Raul Grijalva, the ranking Democrat on the House Natural Resources subcommittee on public lands and environmental regulation, wrote the letter appealing to Jewell ''as a conservationist and outdoor enthusiast'' to help bring ''long overdue'' changes at the U.S. Bureau of Land Management charged with protecting the horses. ''Given the importance of wild horses to the American people and considering the ever-tightening budget situation, we believe that this is a problem that demands your urgent attention,'' he wrote. Florida Rep. C.W. Bill Young, a senior member of the House Appropriations Committee, was the lone Republican to sign the letter. The majority of the co-signers were from states in the East and South, but several joined from states that are home to some of the estimated 37,000 freeroaming wild horses and burros on federal land in the West, including Rep. Dina Titus, D-Nev., Rep. Jared Polis, D-Colo., five representatives from California and three from Oregon. Grijalva said they're asking for renewed attention to the program after an independent scientific review of horse roundups. The review, which was released last month, recommended that the government invest in widespread fertility control of the mustangs and let nature cull any excess herds instead of spending millions to house them in overflowing holding pens. The 14-member panel assembled by the National Science Academy's National Research Council and Management concluded BLM's removal of nearly 100,000 horses from the Western range over the past decade is probably having the opposite effect of its intention to ease ecological damage and reduce overpopulated herds. By stepping in prematurely when food and water supplies remain adequate, BLM is producing artificial conditions that ultimately serve to perpetuate population growth, the committee stated. BLM spokesman Tom Gorey referred inquiries Thursday to Jewell's office where a spokeswoman said press secretary Jessica Kershaw was not immediately available to comment. Grijalva said BLM's wild horse budget has doubled since 2009 as the agency ''escalated its unsustainable roundup-remove-andstockpile approach to wild horse management.'' Last year, BLM spent 60 percent of its wild horse budget on holding facilities alone, more than $40 million. ''In fact, the U.S. government today maintains more wild horses in captivity than remain in the wild,'' Grijalva said. ''This is an untenable situation, both for America's wild horses and for American taxpayers.'' A number of celebrities sent a companion letter to Jewell on Thursday, including Robert Redford, Carole King, Valerie Bertinelli, Ali MacGraw, Ricky Schroeder, Ed Harris, Noah Wylie and Betty White.