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Obituary INA MARIE FARRIS Ina Marie Farris, age 44 of Gerber, CA passed away on August 5, 2010 in Red Bluff, CA. Born September 20, 1965 in Newark, CA., and formally of Durham, CA., was a 40 year resident. She was a CNA. Survivors in- clude her son Jace M. Palm- er of Red Bluff, CA., daugh- ter Bailey Nall of Red Bluff, CA., fiancee Lloyd Hender- son, two sisters, Judy Farris of Montana and June Martin of Oregon, father Marvin Farris and wife Jan of Los Molinos, CA., aunt Margaret Bradshaw of Gerber, CA., uncle Warren Peden of Red Bluff, CA., several other aunts, uncles and cousins, special to her heart were her nephews, and great niece and nephews. In her younger days, Ina was a member of the Red Bluff Riding Club, and loved horses. She had just started attending St. Paul’s Luther- an Church. She will be greatly missed by all who knew and loved her. A Me- morial Service will be held at Hoyt-Cole Chapel of the Flowers on Friday, August 13, 2010 at 10am with a Committal Service at Oak Hill Cemetery following the Memorial Service. DANCE Continued from page 1A the bid for 2010 street improvement projects, in the amount of $142,500, to Northwest Paving, which was the low bidder for both base bid and additive big items one and two on the list. While the city cannot afford the base bid and all four additives at this time, it does have sufficient money to cover the base bid and first two additives with about $19,500 leftover for unforeseen conditions and change orders, the staff report said. There is roughly $162,000 left over for street improvement projects from last year’s budget. Included in the project list are overlays at North Street, Prune Street, Kirk- wood Road, Fifth Avenue, Center Street and Loleta Avenue, two raised cross- walks on North Street at Houghton and Toomes avenues and two painted cross walks on Solano Street at First and Peach streets. The council briefly dis- cussed whether to take a position on six resolutions being considered by the League of California Cities at its annual meeting in Sep- tember, but opted to hold off. Mayor Gary Strack said he would like to bring the topic back to allow more time to study the resolu- tions. The resolutions will be brought back to the next meeting, which will be Aug. 24. Copies of the resolutions can be found as item I-18 in the online version of Tues- day’s agenda. The council meets the second and fourth Tuesdays of the month at City Hall, 794 Third St. Meeting min- utes and agendas are avail- able at www.corning.org. ——— Julie Zeeb can be reached at 527-2153, extension 115 or jzeeb@redbluffdailynews.c om. LAKE Continued from page 1A by May 2012. WOMAN Continued from page 1A Street, near Main Street, Ortega said. CREW Continued from page 1A concerned and dismayed over the city’s proposal to cut from employees’ salaries when the funds cannot legally be diverted to help with the city’s bud- get shortfall. “It is pointless to cut a self-supporting program when the funds provided FLAGS Continued from page 1A someone. The council had asked Demo to present a flag display proposal and he presented the idea of mak- ing brackets that could be easily attached to streetlight poles with large diameter hose clamps. The brackets would hold the flags at 45 degrees from vertical with brackets placed just below Construction on the $220 million Fish Passage Improvement Project began in May and should be completed in two years. Raising the gates early should have no real impact on the city’s economy, as there are no lake-related events planned, City Man- ager Martin Nichols said. Aside from the Canoe Before her injury, Turley had reportedly been in a fight inside the tattoo parlor with another woman. During the fight, Flamin- go co-owner Amy Hanks was so threatened by Turley that Hanks resorted to using pepper spray on are restricted in purpose and would reduce some already low-salaried employees to minimum wage levels,” the letter states. Among the services the program provides are con- gregate meals at the Com- munity and Senior Center and home-delivered meals to seniors throughout the county. The cuts would affect seniors countywide Thursday, August 12, 2010 – Daily News – 7A ——— and Kayak Races, held in late July this year, there has not been a city-wide water event since the elim- ination of the Nitro National Boat Drag Races. Turley. At the time Turley was not stabbed, Ortega said. As of Wednesday, Turley was in stable condition at St. Elizabeth Community Hospital, but police were still searching for her attack- er. not just in Red Bluff. The issue is about treat- ing all employees the same, City Manager Mar- tin Nichols said. It’s not really fair when there are two people working side by side but one gets paid differently because of where the funding is com- ing from. There are other employees, such as those from the water depart- the position of the Christmas trees or about 12 feet above the side- walk. Since the flags would be attached to light poles they would be within the guidelines set by the Federal Flag Code, which says flags can only be displayed overnight if illuminated. Demo is working to get dona- tions to purchase flags, receiving some at Tuesday’s meeting, including a $200 donation from Jesse Lopez on behalf of his busi- Tang Lor can be reached at 527-2153, Ext. 110 or by e-mail at tlor@redbluffdailynews.co m. Anyone with information regarding the crime is asked to call the Red Bluff Police Depart- ment at 527-3131. No further information was available Wednesday afternoon. —Staff report ment, who are taking the cuts even though they get paid through the enterprise fund and not the general fund, Nichols said. The council went ahead and approved staff to begin implementing the cuts with the exception of the three nutrition pro- gram employees. Nichols, half of the department heads and other unrepresented ness, Lodi Irrigation. Chip McCoy, owner of Hat- field’s and McCoy’s Hardware Stores, has offered to provide the flags at wholesale, Demo said. “My goal is to have the flags flying by Veterans Day,” Demo said. Estimates at this time are $17 per flag and there are 52 street- lights on Solano Street within city limits, Demo said. He hopes put them up from Marguerite to Edith avenues. employees will take the cuts in the form of a 6 per- cent salary decrease and paying their employee shares of CalPERS. Other department heads have opted to take a straight 12 percent salary cut. ——— Tang Lor can be reached at 527-2153, Ext. 110 or by e-mail at tlor@redbluffdailynews.co m. The biggest problem he can foresee is figuring out where to store the flags during the off-sea- son, Demo said. Those wishing to donate to the Flags for Downtown fund can do so at US Bank, 1503 Solano St., in Corning. Questions on the pro- ject can be directed to Demo at 518-2736. ——— Julie Zeeb can be reached at 527-2153, extension 115 or jzeeb@redbluffdailynews.com. Californians’ income sees 1st decline since WWII SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The personal income of California res- idents declined last year for the first time since World War II, state offi- cials said Wednesday. An analysis by the federal Bureau of Eco- nomic Analysis found that statewide income fell by $40 billion in 2009 to $1.56 trillion. That’s down about 2.5 percent from the previous year and even lower than the State borrows from budget to build death row SACRAMENTO (AP) — Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger’s administration is borrowing nearly $65 million from the state’s cash-strapped general fund to begin building a new death row at San Quentin State Prison. Department of Finance spokesman H. D. Palmer said Wednesday that borrowing now will save money by reduc- ing interest payments and tak- ing advantage of the favorable construction climate. Opponents say it is foolish to take money from the general fund, which pays for ongoing state operations, as California struggles with a $19 billion budget deficit. Legislators have blocked the bonds that would usually pay for construction by suing Schwarzenegger over several of his budget vetoes last year. Construction of the 1,152- bed condemned unit is set to start in November and be fin- 2007 figure. Per capita income was a little more than $42,000 in 2009, compared with nearly $44,000 in 2008, according to the Bureau of Economic Analysis. Data released by the agency Monday shows most of the state’s metro- politan areas saw person- al income decline or remain the same last year. In the Los Angeles area, personal income fell 3 percent to $551.27 billion from $568.43 bil- lion in 2008. San Fran- cisco saw a 3.3 percent decline to $257.76 billion from $266.68 billion in 2008. Fresno and Bakers- field were among the few areas that saw personal incomes rise. Brad Kemp, an econo- mist with Beacon Eco- nomics, said the numbers from those Central Cali- fornia cities reflect rela- tively steady employ- ished in February 2013. Lawmakers OK fur labeling requirement SACRAMENTO (AP) — Clothes made with animal fur may soon be required to have special labeling in order to be sold in California. The state Senate on Wednes- day passed a bill mandating that all garments containing fur be labeled with the type of animal and the country of ori- gin. The 22-11 vote sends AB1656 to Gov. ment in the farming sec- tor. ‘‘The farm industry has always been resistant to job losses,’’ he said. ‘‘Food remains a com- modity that people can’t skimp on.’’ Overall, the income drop in California was more dramatic than it was nationwide. The U.S. saw an average decline of 1.8 percent in 2009. ‘‘You’ve got an unholy AT THE CAPITOL Bill adds penalties for human trafficking SACRAMENTO (AP) — California lawmakers have voted unanimously to expand the penalties for human traf- ficking, which affects thou- sands of victims in the United States every year. Arnold Schwarzenegger’s desk. Under current law, only gar- ments that contain more than $150 worth of animal fur have to be labeled as containing real fur. If AB1656 is signed into law, California would become the sixth state to impose the labeling requirement. Supporters of the bill say consumers have a right to know what they are buying. Critics say the labels would burden retailers. The state Senate on Wednes- day approved a measure allow- ing courts to seize any proper- ty used to facilitate human trafficking and adding civil penalties of up to $25,000. The Assembly passed SB677 on Monday. The bill now goes to Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, who vetoed a similar bill last year saying its scope was too nar- row. The new bill attempts to address that objection by including all types of human trafficking. A 2004 study by the Univer- sity of California, Berkeley’s Human Rights Center estimat- ed there were nearly 20,000 victims of forced labor in the U.S. between 1998 and 2003. EPA reviews scientists’ pesticide report LOS ANGELES (AP) — The U.S. Environmental Pro- tection Agency is examining a report that warned an agricul- tural pesticide approved by the agency could poison the air and water. The EPA wrote in a letter last week to Sen. Dianne Fein- stein that it was reviewing the report from a panel of Califor- nia scientists. The agency is also reviewing a plan by Cali- fornia regulators to mitigate environmental and health risks from the chemical methyl iodide. The letter was in response to Feinstein’s request that the EPA reconsider its approval of the compound, which the agency sanctioned for use in most of the country in 2007. California regulators opted to put the compound through their own registration process and gave it tentative approval in April. Report: Housing poses threat to private forests GRANTS PASS, Ore. (AP) — Housing develop- ment on privately owned forest land needs to be added to the list of threats to the nation’s forests, according to a U.S. Forest Service report issued Wednesday. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack said in a tele- conference from Washing- ton, D.C., that he hopes talks held by the Obama administration with landowners will produce recommendations to make preservation of private for- est land more profitable, reducing the pressure to sell it for development. Some small markets pay forest owners to manage their lands to sequester car- bon as a hedge against global warming, and for providing ecosystem ser- vices, such as providing shade that keeps streams cool for fish, Vilsack noted. ‘‘What we need to do is make sure people are aware of the benefits (forests pro- vide), where we need to be protecting these lands, and also creating innovative and creative ways through the taxing system, through regulations, through con- tracting and through ecosystem markets to increase profitability,’’ he said. The report said 56 per- cent of the nation’s forests are privately owned, amounting to 420 million acres. Of that number, 57 million acres face a serious threat from housing devel- opment in the next 20 years. Putting houses in forests breaks up wildlife habitat, makes logging less effi- cient, creates erosion and sources of pollution that pollute water sources, and makes fight wildfires more difficult, compounding the threats from insects, wild- fire and air pollution, the report said. Many of the large tim- ber companies converted to real estate investment trusts in the past decade, when their land became more valuable for housing devel- opment than for producing logs, said Roger Hoesterey, senior vice president at the Trust for Public Land. Since the real estate market went bust with the recession, conservation groups like Trust for Public Land and the Nature Con- servancy have been finding bargains in their efforts to convert private open spaces to public lands, he said. One current project is the purchase of 320,000 acres in Montana from Plum Creek Timber Co., which will be turned over to the Forest Service and the state. ‘‘It’s a real issue and has been for really the last 10 years, when we saw real estate values on large open space land exceed the tim- ber values,’’ he said. Forest landowners have long been interested in somehow being paid for things they have provided for free, such as clean water, carbon sequestra- tion, wildlife habitat, and outdoor recreation lands. Located in Chico, CA trinity of three things going on here,’’ said H.D. Palmer, a spokesman for the state Department of Finance. Between 2008 and 2009, Palmer said, the state lost nearly 900,000 jobs and saw stock and dividend income fall. Wages also declined as people worked fewer hours with less overtime and saw income from sources such as tips and commissions go down. 529-3655 www.affordablemortuary.net