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Saturday, August 31, 2013 – Daily News Obituaries MICHAEL T. PROFANT At peace, passed away on August 24,2013. At the age of 50, surrounded by his loving family. Michael is preceded in death by his mother,and survived by his loving father, stepmother, sons, daughter, sisters, brother, aunts, uncles, nieces, nephews, and many cousins. Private services will be held. FREE Continued from page 1A such extensive injuries. The bird was a bit disoriented, Stedman said, but showed strong flight and has a good chance at survival. The date and location of the release was set before Stedman learned the exact location where the bird was found. But he said eagles can cover that distance in an hour or two and he had no reservations about releasing the bird in Redding. The California Raptor Center at UC Davis is an educational and research facility dedicated to the rehabilitation of injured and orphaned birds of prey. The center takes in more than 200 sick injured, and orphaned raptors each year, successfully returning about 60 percent to the wild. The center also provides hands-on training in the care and management 9A of birds of prey to those interested in rehabilitation, and offers educational programs to schools, ecological and environmental organizations and the university community. Daily Democrat (Woodland) reporter Elizabeth Kalfsbeek contributed to this story. WM. WESLEY JANES November 26, 1935 -August 27, 2013 Wm. Wesley Janes, born 11/26/1935 in cottage grove Oregon to Ira and Martha (Holt) Janes passed away at home 08/27/2013. He was well liked wherever he went to school or worked. He married Mary McBrayer in 1953, and later married Shirley Raymond Drolette. He spent several years working locally and in Oregon in mills and his own trucking company. He farmed on the east coast, owned a wood cutting business in California, Oregon and Utah, retiring to Corning in 1999. He was predeceased by his parents and step father, Bert Reid, sister Rosalie Janes Yates, children Patricia Drolette, Dan Janes, Lee Janes and grandson Christopher Janes. He is survived by his wife and children , Linda (Steve) Field, Bill Janes, Yvonne (Alan) McQuivey, Will and Stacie Janes, Carol (Leroy) Day, Laura (Craig) Furgerson, Daughter in law Gloria Baily Janes. Sisters Sharon (Luis) Reyes and Brenda Davis, 26 grandchildren and 34 great grandchildren. Services Monday, Sept. 2 at the Corning LDS church, 11 a.m. 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. Edwina Mince REPORT Continued from page 1A tion of Tehama County and local cities. The Grand Jury's lone recommendation regarding the relationship between TEDC and local government was that the entities work to increase the information made available to the public and county businesses with an objective to involve more public participation. TEDC was organized and incorporated in 1983 with funding coming from grants, fundraisers and some public fund contributions. In its early years TEDC worked closely with the Walmart Distribution Center. Funding eventually diminished to FIRE Continued from page 1A Edwina Mince of Anderson, passed away Thursday, Aug. 29, at her home. She was 58. Arrangements are pending at Blair's Direct Cremation & Burial Service in Redding. Published Saturday, Aug. 31, 2013 in the Daily News, Red Bluff, Calif. Robert 'Bob' Gwaltney Robert "Bob" Gwaltney died Friday, Aug. 30 at his home in Gerber. He was 77. Arrangements are pending at Blair's Direct Cremation & Burial Service in Redding. Published Saturday, Aug. 31, 2013 in the Daily News, Red Bluff, Calif. with heart of lung problems, older adults and children. Evacuation advisories were lifted Thursday in Tuolumne City, Soulsbyville and Willow Springs but remained in place for other communities, and evacuations were still mandatory along the fire's southeastern edge. About 75 square miles of the fire are inside Yosemite but at some dis- the point that the organization was unsure whether it would be able to move forward. In 2009 TEDC agreed to downsize the organization and contracted with the Job Training Center to oversee the administration of funds. TEDC also entered into a contract with Destination Development International. That organization looked into ways TEDC could restructure for efficiency and where its efforts should be focused. The study recommended TEDC focus on a branding process. TEDC has since been funded through private and public funds with its largest source coming through fundraisers. The Branding Project was established through TEDC in 2010 with a tance from the national park's major attractions, including glacially carved Yosemite Valley's granite monoliths and towering waterfalls. Park officials expect about 3,000 cars a day to pass through gates during the long Labor Day holiday weekend instead of the nearly 5,000 that might typically show. The fire has caused some people to cancel reservations in the park but those vacancies have been quickly filled, officials said. ''Valley campgrounds Bill would provide online protection for minors SACRAMENTO (AP) — Minors who post embarrassing photographs or information on social media websites would have a chance to remove it from public view under a bill sent Friday to Gov. Jerry Brown. The bill requires that website operators give children a way to take the material down and to make it clear on the sites how the minors can make those requests. ''A teenager that says something on the Internet that they regret five minutes later, under this bill the websites in California will have to have the ability for the young teenager to remove that,'' said Senate President Pro Tem Darrell Steinberg, D-Sacramento. His bill, SB568, also prohibits websites from marketing activities, goods and services to minors if those things are illegal for them. It further bans websites from giving minors' identifying information to third parties for use in marketing. Products that could not be promoted online to children include alcohol, tobacco, firearms, spray paint, artificial tanning, certain dietary supplements, lottery tickets, tattoos or body branding, drug paraphernalia and obscene materials. The ban would apply only to registered users of the websites, who would have had to provide their birth date to the operator. The provisions in the bill would not take effect until Jan. 1, 2015, which Steinberg said would give the industry time to comply. Facebook, the tech industry, Motion Picture Association of America and the California Chamber of Commerce did not oppose the bill, Steinberg said. The only registered opposition was from The Center for Democracy and Technology, which promotes an open Internet free from restrictions. The provisions of Steinberg's Audit: Cal fire funds should have gone to state LOS ANGELES (AP) — More than $3.5 million the state Department of Forestry and Fire Protection spent on training and new equipment should have gone into California's cash-strapped general fund, according to a new audit. The Los Angeles Times (http://lat.ms/16WsuOe ) reports that the money, obtained over the years from legal settlements, was parked in a fund controlled by the nonprofit California District Attorneys Association. An audit released Thursday by the state Finance Department says Cal Fire was required to turn the money over to the general fund. Auditors also say Cal Fire tracked the money so poorly that some of it could have been lost. Cal Fire Director Ken Pimlott says his agency believed it had the authority to place the money in the fund, as long as it was spent for ''proper purposes.'' Legislation would expand who can perform abortions SACRAMENTO (AP) — A bill heading to Gov. Jerry Brown would allow nurse practitioners, certified nurse midwives and physician assistants to perform a type of early abortion. The measure by Democratic Assemblywoman Toni Atkins of San Diego would let those medical professionals perform what are known as aspiration abortions during the first trimester. The method involves inserting a tube and using suction to terminate a pregnancy. Nurse practitioners, certified nurse midwives and physicians assistants already are allowed to administer medicine to induce an abortion. The Assembly approved AB154 Friday on a mostly party-line vote of 49-25. Atkins says her bill would help expand access to abortion services in areas of the state with few physicians. Republicans opposing the legislation said allowing non-doctors to perform abortions would increase risks to patients. bill create enough uncertainty that it could discourage websites from creating Internet content and services designed for minors or could prompt popular websites to ban minors from their sites, the group said. The bill has support from several crime victims' rights groups, along with Common Sense Media, which wants greater protections for children and families. Common Sense Media particularly supported protecting minors' identifying information from advertisers and potential identity thieves. ''Additionally, as we live more and more of our lives online, it is imperative that our kids have the option to erase data they have shared ... oftentimes without clear consent or parental knowledge and guidance,'' the group said in supporting Steinberg's bill. The Senate agreed to Assembly amendments on a 38-0 vote, sending it to the governor. number of public workshops, conferences and public forums held. A Branding Leadership Team has since been formed with members representing the Corning and Red Bluff chambers of commerce, Tehama County Planning Department, Manton wineries, Lassen Volcanic National Park, Rolling Hills Casino and St. Elizabeth Community Hospital. TEDC has 12 voting members and seven advisory members and meets quarterly to review financial reports and discuss business development within Tehama County. In 2012-13 TEDC had revenue of around $31,400. Rich Greene can be reached at 527-2151, ext. 109 or rgreene@redbluffdailynews.com. are still full and skies in Yosemite Valley are crystal clear,'' said park spokeswoman Kari Cobb. A 4-mile stretch of State Route 120, one of three western entrances into Yosemite, remained closed, hurting tourismdependent businesses in communities along the route. Costs reached $47 million, including firefighters from 41 states and the District of Columbia and significant aviation resources including helicopters, a DC-10 jumbo jet and mili- tary aircraft equipped with the Modular Airborne FireFighting System. Aircraft have dropped 1.7 million gallons of retardant and 1.4 million gallons of water. The fire started Aug. 17 and its cause remains under investigation. It is expected to keep burning long after it is fully contained, and recovery will be extensive. Some 7,000 damaged trees next to power lines will need to be removed by utility crews and 800 guardrail posts will need to be replaced on Route 120, a fire fact sheet said. Pelosi doesn't 'wish' to serve again as Speaker WASHINGTON (AP) — House Democratic leader Nancy Pelosi says she doesn't wish to be speaker again. In an interview published Friday in the National Journal, an inside-Washington magazine, the 73-year-old Pelosi was asked whether she wishes to return to the top job. Pelosi said she did not, pointing out that she has held the post. ''No, that's not my thing. I did that,'' Pelosi said. Pelosi spokesman Drew Hammill discounted Pelosi's comments, saying they're in line with her stock response when she's asked about running for leadership positions. Hammill said Friday that she's working hard to win back the majority for Democrats and that, if the effort is successful, her colleagues would elect their speaker. ''She was simply saying she doesn't 'wish' for things,'' Hammill said. Pelosi recently said she will run for re-election to her House seat representing San Francisco. She became the first woman to hold the speakership in January 2007 after Democrats captured the majority. She lost the position to current Speaker John Boehner in 2011 when Republicans posted decisive wins in the November 2010 midterm elections that propelled them into control of the House. Democrats failed to win back the House majority last year, and there was considerable speculation that Pelosi would step aside as the top leader for House Democrats. She opted to run for the leadership post again and won easily. UC Davis investigating hate crime DAVIS (AP) — Officials at the University of California, Davis, are investigating an apparent hate crime on campus earlier this week. Someone wrote a racial slur on a chalkboard inside a campus building as part of an incident that included 31 broken windows on cars and buildings across campus early Sunday morning, UC Davis Police Chief Matt Carmichael said. ''Part of this was a hate incident. Somebody went and put a very directive racial slur inside of one of our facilities on a chalkboard,'' Carmichael told KCRA-TV on Thursday. ''Broken windows, broken buildings we can fix those. Hurtful speech in our community has a lasting, longer effect.'' The damaged buildings included Sproul Hall, South Hall, Educational Opportunity, Aggie Village and the School of Education and the University House. The arboretum also sustained damage, officials said. UC Davis Chancellor Linda Katehi expressed her concern about this week's incident in a statement emailed to students and also posted on the school's website. She noted it happened as the nation celebrated the 50th anniversary of the March on Washington. ''I am incensed and at 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 the same time, heartbroken, that this occurred this week in particular — a week where we acknowledge one of the greatest moments in American Civil Rights History,'' Katehi said. ''UC Davis is guided by Our Principles of Community where 'we reject all manifestations of discrimination and affirm the inherent dignity in all of us.' ''It has been said before, and I again repeat, no act of hate will be tolerated at UC Davis,'' she continued. Katehi asked for anyone with knowledge of the incident to report it to campus police, which has stepped up its patrols. UC Davis experienced a spate of such incidents three years ago, when swastikas were found around campus and a campus center for lesbian and gay students was vandalized. In response to that and other racial- and ethnic-related incidents on campuses in San Diego and Irvine in 2010, the UC system created an advisory council on campus climate, culture and inclusion.