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Friday, July 5, 2013 – Daily News Obituaries RUTH M. PITMAN December 11, 1929 - June 25, 2013 Ruth Pitman passed away at her home in Red Bluff on Tuesday, June 25th at the age of 83. She was born in Whittier, CA to Albert and Bertha White. Ruth resided in Red Bluff for most of her life. She was a loving, caring and giving wife, mother, sister and aunt. She was always volunteering her time and her home to care for family members, and extended family members, often for years at a time. Ruth was preceded in death by her husband of 58 years, Daniel J. Pitman, her daughter Janet Hunt, sisters Naomi Abolt and Alma Tanem, and brothers Paul and David White. She is survived by her two sons James and Jonathan Pitman, three brothers Gerald, Vernon and Philip White and numerous nieces and nephews. Her thoughtfulness, love and charity will be missed by all who knew her. FRANCIS DIANE NYE December 25, 1935 - June 26, 2013 A memorial service will be held at a later date for Francis Diane Nye, 77 of Corning. She passed away on Wednesday, June 26, 2013 at her home. Diane was born December 25, 1935 in Sacramento. She was raised in Gerber. She tended bar at the Miners Inn in Corning for many years. Diane enjoyed horseback riding, camping and hunting. Her survivors include her husband Wally Nye of Corning; daughter Cindy (Jerry) Adams of Corning; adopted son, Richard Babcock; one sister, Sabra (Butch) Thompson of Red Bluff; three grandchildren; four great grandchildren and one great great grandson. Diane was preceded in death by her son Ricky Greer in 2011. Arrangements are under the direction of Affordable Mortuary. CLERK the men punched Rangel several times in the head and then the two men ran Continued from page 1A on foot. Police conducted an when two masked men extensive search of the approached him, one of area but no suspects CORNING Continued from page 1A through the Home Program. The grant, not to exceed $500,000, is through the OwnerOccupied Housing Rehabilitation Program, according to the staff report. "We applied last year, but did not receive it," Stoufer said. "It's money coming into the community in income to the local contractors, materials bought and we get points for every year we apply if we don't were found, the release said. The men made no attempt to steal from either Rangel or the business. Rangel was taken to get it (toward a future application)." Chamber funding Funding was approved for the Corning Chamber of Commerce, which will receive $12,000 at the rate of $1,000 per month and a donations cash match not to exceed $4,000 for a total of $16,000. Former Councilman Ross Turner asked for the item to be pulled from the consent agenda. Turner said he is supportive of the chamber and hopes that as the economy recovers contributions to it can go back to the level of previous years. 7A St. Elizabeth Community Hospital for treatment due to a complaint of head pain. No further information was available Thursday. "I questioned Tony Cardenas as a liaison to the chamber when his wife draws a salary," Turner said. "It's not illegal, but it's a very gray area." Turner also opposed Cardenas voting on the issue for the same reason, he said. "I have no problem abstaining," Cardenas said. "I had already stepped down as a chamber director." The Corning City Council meets the second and fourth Tuesdays of the month at City Hall, 794 Third St. Meeting minutes and agendas are available at www.corning.org. 8 injured in converted canoe crash NEVADA CITY (AP) — Fire officials say eight people were injured when a canoe that was converted into a gravitypowered car crashed at a Northern California summer camp. The crash at Camp Augusta in Nevada City occurred around noon on Thursday. The injured included teens. Grass Valley Fire Battalion Chief Mark Buttron says two of the injured were transported via air ambulance with moderate injuries. Buttron says the others either went to the hospital by ground ambulance or in private vehicles with bumps, bruises and scrapes. Buttron says he does not know exactly what led to the crash, but the nonmotorized canoe was carrying the eight people and going downhill. It was overturned when crews arrived at the scene. A call to the camp was not immediately returned. Oregon Senate passes bill to limit gold dredges ART NOBLE November 24, 1921 - June 23, 2013 Art Noble , 91 of Red Bluff passed away on June 23rd. He was born on November 24, 1921 in Oakland CA. to John Noble and Mary Smith, and was the 4th oldest of his 9 siblings. Art was a retired sheet metal worker and a former veteran who served in WWII. He is survived by his sister Alice Noriega and his brother John Noble, his four grandchildren and seven great grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his wife Betty Marr, and his sons Danny and Morris. Art enjoyed sharing stories of his life experiences and brought joy to those who knew Him. He was a great man and will be missed by many. INMATES Continued from page 1A required and then was in and out of jail after several other arrests. Patino said state prisons never got a complete court file on Kinnear, so they didn't determine he was eligible for probation until days before his release, delaying notification to the county. Getting the information on time is the first step in keeping an offender on the right track, said Ryken Grattet, a researcher on corrections policy for the Public Policy Institute of California. Those first days after release require consistent supervision. ''If people are going to violate their supervision and potentially get arrested, that tends to happen within the first 90 to 180 days,'' Grattet said. ''We often talk about if people can get through that period without garnering arrests then they're home free.'' The worst-case scenarios include a psychotic inmate released without county authorities being told about the mental illness. In February, for example, a schizophrenic felon with a violent history was released six hours after LA authorities were notified. They scrambled to learn more about him because privacy laws prevented his mental illness from being disclosed in the paperwork. After learning from the state that he was violent when not on medication, probation officers intercepted him at an urgent care center that evening and got him admitted to a facility that could treat him. To bring the system to the modern age, San Diego participated in a trial to get inmate information electronically. The full system for all counties was launched this week. ''If they have been released before we know about their release, they could not only be a risk to public safety but there could be a risk to the individual themselves,'' said San Diego Chief Probation Officer Mack Jenkins. GRANTS PASS, Ore. (AP) — Hoping to keep California and Idaho gold miners from putting more pressure on salmon streams in Oregon, the Oregon Senate on Wednesday passed a bill to cap the number of permits for suction dredge mining equipment and to prohibit mining in salmon spawning areas year-round. The 17-13 vote in Salem sends SB838 to the House. It would cap the number of dredging permits at 850 through 2016, giving preference to people who held permits in 2009. It would also limit the number of miners to one every 500 feet on a river. Democratic Sen. Alan Bates, of Medford, said he expects that the House will pass his bill and Gov. John Kitzhaber will sign it. Suction dredges are giant gasoline-powered vacuum cleaners that suck the gravel from stream bottoms and run it through a settling device that concentrates the gold flecks left behind since the Gold Rush of the 1850s. Conservation groups contend the technique damages fish and water quality, but miners, who rallied against an earlier version of the bill at the Capitol, contend it is harmless and actually improves fish habitat by breaking up stream bottoms to improve the medium for spawning and by removing harmful metals such as mercury. Since California adopted a moratorium in 2009, miners have been crossing the border into Oregon. Idaho has also imposed stricter limits. The numbers of permits this year was expected to be triple the 850 sold in 2009. The bill evolved out of an earlier proposal from conservation groups to impose a total ban on gold dredging on salmon rivers through wild and scenic river designations. The bill calls on the governor to bring together miners, fishermen and other interest groups to report by 2014 on what parts of the law are working, and what parts are not. ''This legislation doesn't solve the problem, but it's an important step forward in dealing with the invasion of Californians looking to mine Oregon rivers,'' said Erik Fernandez of Oregon Wild, a conservation group. ''It's disheartening to see sustainable businesses like rafting companies and fishing guides getting crowded out of rivers by polluting and noisy suction dredges.'' Geoff Garcia, a geologist and miner who lives on a claim on a tributary of the Rogue River near Grants Pass, said the limitations made no sense. ''With deference to the 150 or 200 years of mining this state has had, you would think they would try to figure out if the dredges are actually hurting something before they outlaw them,'' he said. ''If they are really worried about the salmon, they could say, 'Let's stop fishing for a few years,' and see if that affects salmon.'' Calif. lawmakers pass K-12 transgender-rights bill SACRAMENTO (AP) — California lawmakers approved a bill Wednesday that would require public K-12 schools to let transgender students choose which restrooms they use and which school teams they join based on their gender identity instead of their chromosomes. Some school districts around the country have implemented similar policies, but the bill's author says AB1266 would mark the first time a state has mandated such treatment by statute. Existing state law already prohibits California schools from discriminating against students based on their gender identity, but the legislation that passed the state Senate on Wednesday spells that out in more detail, said Carlos Alcala, a spokesman for the bill's author, Democratic Assemblyman Tom Ammiano of San Francisco. At least one other state education department, in Massachusetts, has a policy granting the same protections. The bill would give students the right ''to participate in sex-segregated programs, activities and facilities'' based on their self-perception, regardless of their birth gender. It sparked an impassioned debate on the Senate floor about when transgender students' right to expression might conflict with other students' discomfort and right to privacy. Supporters said the bill is needed to protect students from bullying and other abuse. They also said it represents the next front in their effort to provide equal rights for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender individuals, just days after same-sex marriages resumed in Cali- fornia. Opponents said the state is going too far if it permits opposite-sex students to use restrooms and locker rooms. ''It is not all about discrimination. Elementary and secondary students of California — our most impressionable, our most vulnerable — now may be subjected to some very difficult situations,'' said Republican Sen. Jim Nielsen. The Senate passed the bill on a vote of 21-9. It previously passed the Assembly and now goes to the governor. Joey Chestnut wins 7th contest with record 69 dogs NEW YORK (AP) — Joey Chestnut downed 69 franks and devoured his own record in the men's Fourth of July hot dog eating contest while Sonya Thomas defended her title in the women's competition. The San Jose, Calif., man known as Jaws ate one more wiener than his previous record to capture the mustard-yellow champion's belt. He said afterward that he was motivated by the prestige, not the $10,000 prize money. ''I'd do this for nothing,'' he said. Thomas, a 100-pound dynamo known as the ''Black Widow'' of competitive eating, wolfed down nearly 37 wieners to narrowly eke out her own victory. Chestnut, 29, is a seven-time winner who set the old record — 68 hot dogs and buns in 10 AP photo Joey Chestnut, center, wins the Nathan's Famous Fourth of July International Hot Dog Eating contest with a total of 69 hot dogs and buns, alongside Tim Janus, left, and Matt Stonie, right, Thursday. minutes — in 2009 and tied it last year. Thomas, 45, powered through 45 dogs to take the women's championship last year and also won in 2011, the first year women compet- ed separately Chestnut, who weighs 210 pounds, had said his pace was uneven in the past, but ''this year I'm trying to eat a little more gracefully, conserve my energy.'' Second-place finisher was Matt Stonie, who chomped down 51 hot dogs. With this year's victory, Chestnut has now bested his former rival, Takeru Kobayashi, who won six times. Kobayashi competed in a different eating contest Thursday. Thomas went toe-totoe with Juliet Lee for the $5,000 women's prize. Thomas finished with 36 and three-quarters dogs; Lee ate 36 wieners. Thomas said the challenge of shoveling down dozens of franks is actually ''more mental than physical.'' ''I have to fight with myself, so I'm going to try to really focus,'' said Thomas, of Alexandria, Va., where she manages a fast-food restaurant. Now in its 98th year, the Nathan's Famous Fourth of July Interna- tional Hot Dog Eating Contest draws crowds of thousands to marvel at contestants cramming frankfurters down their throats. Ginger Perry, 47, of Obion County, Tenn., said she and her family planned their New York City vacation around the contest after watching it on TV in past years. Perry was impressed that Coney Island has recovered so well from being slammed by Superstorm Sandy last October. ''It's amazing to be here and that they rebuilt so quickly,'' she said. The hot dog contest took place despite concerns about a swaying, shuttered observation tower that spurred the closure of parts of the nearby amusement park. The shutdown didn't affect Nathan's, but Coney Island's famous Cyclone roller coaster and other rides were closed, and workers were using a crane to dismantle the tower.