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Obituary JOSE FRANCISCO BARRAGAN age 35 of Red Bluff, CA passed away August 2, 2010 at Mercy Medical Cen- ter, Redding, CA. Born in Mexico, Chante pec Jalisco. Survivors include wife Le- slie Barragan, children Val- erie, Gloria, Joaquin, Marisa, mother Maria Barragan, brothers Alfredo (Margarita) Barragan, Alber- to, Jose, Miguel, sisters Ma- ria (Raul) Pulido, Jessica (Adrain) Aguilar, Tiffany Kuhn, and grandmother Luz Barragan. Visitation will be Friday, August 6th between 5-7pm, and the Rosary from 7-8pm at the Chapel of the Flow- ers. Services will be Mon- day, August 9th at 1pm at Sacred Heart Church, and will be buried at St. Marys Cemetery. NIGHT Continued from page 1A to use a fire hose. Flowerdew, who brought his wife and chil- dren, and two of his fellow officers came to the barbe- cue potluck and spent time talking to residents about safety — giving out trad- ing cards to children. Children had the oppor- tunity to play in a jump house that Flowerdew paid for out of his own pocket. Michelle Bouma, a counselor with the Red Bluff Rape Crisis Office, spoke briefly to the crowd. Bouma applauded the managers of Cabernet, saying it was important to know who belonged to the complex and to always be aware of one’s surround- ings. “Be aware of the people around you and be aware of their body language,” Bouma said. Most rapes occur with either someone in the vic- CITY Continued from page 1A Visitors Bureau commit- tee and the chamber’s executive board “isn’t convinced that we own the issue,” Behrens said. The chamber became interested in the traffic control issue after cham- ber member Bill Moule endorsed a proposal to increase the transient occupancy tax by 2 per- cent. Other chamber mem- bers and its executive board have since said they do not and never did support the TOT increase. With the TOT increase scrapped the chamber’s stake is not so high. The leadership role the Convention and Visi- tors Bureau will now take is to act as a facili- tator, but be a bit removed, Behrens said. The traffic control issue was discussed at Tuesday’s meeting upon the request of Fair- ground CEO Mark Eid- man. The council was to hear three solutions to the issue from fairboard directors, but Eidman requested the council table the discussion until a full council is present. Mayor Jeff Moyer and Councilman Jim Byrne were unable to attend Tuesday’s meeting. In his written request REP Continued from page 1A share something and want to feel like someone is lis- tening to them, Crow said. “My goal is if someone comes to us, I want them to feel like we’ve taken the world and shaken it upside down to try to find the answer,” Crow said. ——— Tang Lor can be reached at 527-2153, Ext. 110 or by e-mail at tlor@redbluffdailynews.c om. Jose Francisco Barragan, JOBS Continued from page 1A and employees must receive retroactive pay from July 1 should any layoffs occur between when the contract goes into effect and June 30, 2011. “Our goal has always been to protect the jobs of the nine guys in our department and other jobs in other depart- ments,” Catona said. A special City Coun- cil meeting will be held next week for the coun- cil to consider the pro- posal, City Manager Martin Nichols said. There are some technical issues that will have to be worked out. COUNCIL Continued from page 1A only three candidates running for three open seats in 2007. This time around they will be challenged by newcomers and a familiar face. Former councilman Larry The city is pleased the Thursday, August 5, 2010 – Daily News – 7A week’s discussion. fire association has vol- untarily stepped up, as their contract does not expire until next year, Nichols said. The significant ges- ture goes above and beyond and shows the fire department has an awareness of what is going on with the city. On July 26, the coun- Stevens has been confirmed as a candidate. Stevens left the council in 2007 after filing a lawsuit against the city in April of 2006 claiming his rights under the Americans with Disability Acts were being violated. A settlement was signed in November 2007, in which Stevens received $30,000, and cil approved concessions by Nichols, department heads and supervisors to take a 12 percent pay reduction by taking a straight salary cut or paying their employee’s share of CalPERS. On Tuesday, the coun- cil adopted a similar res- olution for the public works director who was not included in last the city paid $273,000 in legal fees for both sides. Others who have joined the council race but have yet to return their papers or be con- firmed are Daniele Jackson, Tim Morehouse, Rob Schmid, Chris Goddard, Donald Trent and Joe Durrer. Candidates wishing to quali- fy for the November Election Negotiations with the police and miscella- neous units are ongoing, Nichols said. ——— Tang Lor can be reached at 527-2153, Ext. 110 or by e-mail at tlor@redbluffdailynews. com. must gather 20 support signa- tures and return the paperwork by 5 p.m. Friday. The top three vote getters will join councilmen Forrest Flynn and Bob Carrel to com- plete the five seats on the coun- cil. Keswick Reservoir boat ramp closure The Bureau of Reclamation announces the temporary closure of the boat ramp and park- ing area at Keswick Reservoir to the public on Aug. 6-7 for a National Guard training exer- cise. The ramp and parking area are off Iron Mountain Road, north of Keswick Dam, near Redding. Daily News photo by Julie Zeeb Red Bluff Police Sgt. Dan Flowerdew hands out trading cards to a group of children while members of the Cabernet Apartments staff look on. Pictured, from left, are Jennifer Hutton, Laurie Sogoian, Nicole Price, Brianna Infante, Kaitlyn Flowerdew, Andrew Rivard, Gregory Rivard and Devin Spradley. tim’s inner circle or some- one with whom the victim is not well acquainted but who frequents the same to be placed on Tues- day’s agenda, Eidman did not disclose the three solutions. Those recommenda- tions may change as stakeholders continue to meet, he said. A stakeholder meet- ing facilitated by the Convention and Visitors Bureau but led by Eid- man and the fairboard should take place early next week. The meeting will include all stakeholders. However, city represen- tatives probably will not be invited, Eidman said. The topic will come back to the council in two weeks, at which time the council has requested Eidman pre- sent the three recom- mended solutions and minutes from the fair- board meeting at which the letter requesting to be on Tuesday’s agenda was crafted. The council isn’t con- vinced the letter signed by Eidman on behalf of the fairboard was approved by the board. Eidman said he would provide the minutes, as fairboard meetings and minutes are open to the public. ——— Tang Lor can be reached at 527-2153, Ext. 110 or by e-mail at tlor@redbluffdailynews. com. places, such as a bar or gas station. ——— Julie Zeeb can be BAN Continued from page 1A ples, gay marriage will not be allowed to resume immediately. Judge Walker said he wants to decide whether his order should be sus- pended while the propo- nents of the ban pursue their appeal. He ordered both sides to submit writ- ten arguments by Friday on the issue. The appeal would go first to the 9th Circuit then to the U.S. Supreme Court if the high court justices agree to review it. California voters passed the ban as Propo- sition 8 in November 2008, five months after the state Supreme Court legalized gay marriage. Supporters argued the ban was necessary to safeguard the traditional understanding of mar- riage and to encourage responsible childbearing. Walker, however, found it violated the Con- stitution’s due process and equal protection clauses while failing ‘‘to advance any rational basis in singling out gay men and lesbians for denial of a marriage license.’’ ‘‘Indeed, the evidence shows Proposition 8 does nothing more than enshrine in the California Constitution the notion that opposite-sex couples are superior to same-sex couples,’’ the judge wrote CARE TO COMMENT? At redbluffdailynews.com, scroll to the end of any story, click the link and type away. Located in Chico, CA Independently owned Telephone: (530) 824-3792 reached at 527-2153, extension 115 or jzeeb@redbluffdailynews. com. in his 136-page ruling. He also said propo- nents offered little evi- dence that they were motivated by anything other than animus toward gays — beginning with their campaign to pass the ban, which included claims of wanting to pro- tect children from learn- ing about same-sex mar- riage in school. ‘‘Proposition 8 played on the a fear that exposure to homosexuality would turn children into homo- sexuals and that parents should dread having chil- dren who are not hetero- sexual,’’ Walker wrote. Walker heard 13 days of testimony and argu- ments since January dur- ing the first trial in feder- al court to examine if states can prohibit gays from getting married. The plaintiffs present- ed 18 witnesses. Academ- ic experts testified about topics ranging from the fitness of gay parents and religious views on homo- sexuality to the historical meaning of marriage and the political influence of the gay rights movement. Olson teamed up with David Boies to argue the case, bringing together the two litigators best known for representing George W. Bush and Al Gore in the disputed 2000 election. Defense lawyers called just two witnesses, claim- ing they did not need to present expert testimony The 132nd Multirole Bridge Company will conduct a Float Bridge Operations Training Exercise involving repetitive launching and retrieving of deployment equipment at the ramp. The exercise will include some 50 sol- diers, four bridge erection boats, five bridge bays and 10 common bridge trucks. The park- ing lot will be used as a staging area. Recreational boat operations on the Sacra- mento River will remain open; however, the public is asked to be vigilant and keep clear of the Keswick boat ramp and parking area dur- ing the two-day exercise. For more information, call Sheri Harral 276-2030, TDD 275-8991, or Sean Patterson at 225-2070. because U.S. Supreme Court precedent was on their side. The attorneys also said gay marriage was an experiment with unknown social conse- quences that should be left to voters to accept or reject. Former U.S. Justice Department lawyer Charles Cooper, who rep- resented the religious and conservative groups that sponsored the ban, said cultures around the world, previous courts and Con- gress all accepted the ‘‘common sense belief that children do best when they are raised by their own mother and father.’’ In an unusual move, the original defendants, California Attorney Gen- eral Jerry Brown and Schwarzenegger, refused to support Proposition 8 in court. That left the work of defending the law to Pro- tect Marriage, the group that successfully spon- sored the ballot measure that passed with 52 per- cent of the vote after the most expensive political campaign on a social issue in U.S. history. Currently, same-sex couples can only legally wed in Massachusetts, Iowa, Connecticut, Ver- mont, New Hampshire and Washington, D.C. The ruling puts Walker at the forefront of the gay marriage debate and marks the latest in a long line of high-profile legal decisions for the longtime federal judge. He was appointed by Ronald Reagan, but his nomination was held up for two years in part because of opposition from gay rights activists. As a lawyer, he helped the U.S. Olympic Committee sue a gay ex-Olympian who had created an athlet- ic competition called the Gay Olympics. Walker is a Republi- can. He said he joined the party while at Stanford University during the Vietnam War protests, and spent two years clerk- ing for a judge appointed by Richard Nixon. Over 50 years of serving Tehama County 529-3655 www.affordablemortuary.net