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Wednesday, September 22, 2010 – Daily News – 5A Obituaries CATHERINE ROSE PRINCE Born in Red Bluff, Sep- tember 8, 1946, passed away peacefully September 4, 2010. She is survived by her mother, Mary Bedford, her brother John Purcell, and five children, Dan Bed- ford, Curtis Bedford, Kris Russow, Theodore Prince and her daughter Cherise Bedford. Along with her children she also leaves six grandchildren two great grand children and numer- ous other family members. Services to be held at Oak Hill Cemetery, September 25, at 2 p.m. AVIS MAY (BATES) HEANEY Avis May (Bates) Heaney passed away peacefully at her home in Redlands, Ca. on September 6, 2010. She was 95. Avis was born May 11, 1915, in Indian Bench, Utah, the 9th of 10 children born to Lillie Zell Buckminister and William Sherman Bates. The Bates family eventually moved to Red Bluff, Ca. and became farmers in the area. Avis married William Heaney on November 30, 1935, in Paynes Creek, Ca. Avis started working as a civil servant to the military in the 1930’s and when she retired in 1986, she was the Chief Financial Officer for Norton Airforce Base in San Bernardino, Ca. and a well known figure at the Penta- gon. She was heavily in- volved in the Redlands community, acting as presi- dent of the Board of Direc- tions for Norton Credit Union (now Alta Vista Credit Union), active in the Zonta Club and president of the Business and Profes- sional Women’s Club. Avis is preceded in death by her 9 siblings, the latest being Ione Owen of Red Bluff, husband William, and daughter Deirdre Foster of Red Bluff. She is survived by her two sons, Donn Heaney of Maryland and Duane Heaney of Redwood City. She has 14 grandchil- dren, Brian Heaney of South Carolina, Kevin Heaney and Mark Heaney of Maryland, Theresa Heiney of Arkansas, Shan- non (Foster) Ilas of Carlsbad, CA, Brandon Fos- ter of Gardner, NC, Meaghan (Foster) Groves of Redding, Aaron Foster, Eamonn Foster, Dallin Fos- ter, Jon Heaney, and Erin Heaney all of Red Bluff. Davita Heaney and Danielle Heaney of Sacra- mento, and 21 great- grandchildren. She has 7 nieces and nephews, Helen Dene (Bates) Busnett and Shirley (Bates) Spoon of Cottonwood, Roland Bates of Portland Or, Wallace Potter of Tacoma Washing- ton, Ivy (Potter) Wilmont of Coos Bay, Or, Harriett (Pot- ter) Bristol of Bakersfield and Harry Wilson of Redd- ing. held on Saturday, Septem- ber 25, 2010 at Trinity Epis- copal Church in Redlands Ca. A private family memo- rial will be held in Red Bluff at a later date. Death Notice Elva M. Haas Elva M. Haas died Fri- day, Sept. 17, 2010, in Red Bluff. She was 91. Hoyt- Cole Chapel of the Flowers is handling the arrange- ments. Published Wednesday, Sept. 22, 2010, in the Daily News, Red Bluff, Calif. Lawmakers head for budget talk with gov SACRAMENTO (AP) — Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger has called for a budget meeting with legislative leaders in Los Angeles as he continues to fight a cold. The governor called Democratic and Republi- can leaders of the Senate and Assembly to meet clos- er to his home on Wednes- day as they negotiate to close a $19 billion shortfall. Schwarzene gger spokesman Aaron McLear says the governor has not been to the Capitol in recent days. His illness likely stems from a recent weeklong trade mission to Asia. Funeral services are being 2009 Continued from page 1A documented Sureno gang members, received a ride from Bradley Brunson in June 2009. Near Jellys Ferry Road, Ramirez instructed Brunson to exit the high- way. Ramirez forced Brunson out of the car at gunpoint and robbed him of his cell phone and wal- let before driving off. — Staff report MOM Continued from page 1A teacher’s aide at Shasta High School in Redding and the mother of a high school wrestler at an unidentified school. Gallegos is free on $110,000 bail and has hired attorney Adam Ryan to represent her. “I’m not prepared to com- ment on this case except to say we expect a fair result in this case,” Ryan said. Gallegos waived her right to a preliminary hearing within 10 days and her next court appear- ance was set for Oct. 13, 8:30 a.m., in Orland. Her next court appearance is a preliminary hearing at 8:30 a.m. Oct. 13. Greg Welter is a reporter with the Chico Enterprise-Record. CUTS Continued from page 1A Several complained about the administrative pay of Building Official John Stover. Contractor Bruce Love said cutting management when he worked as an air traffic con- troller improved things. “We didn’t miss the guy who pushed the paperwork,” Love said. HOPE Continued from page 1A and started his stand. “I was surprised–and disappointed--when some- one stole the mason jar with all the money in it,” Thomas said. His son Max, one of Tommy and Elaine’s five children, lives next door. He solved the problem by bolting down a metal can- ister. Thomas grows most his vegetables from seed, starting them under shop lights in January and Feb- ruary. “When it’s rainy and cold I think of summer,” he said. His earliest planting is garlic and onions. Potatoes go into the ground a month before the last frost. “In April I get real seri- ous,” he said That’s when he trans- plants squash, cantaloupes and cucumbers. The toma- toes are ready “anytime after the rodeo” on the third weekend of April. Corn should go in last “when you get 70 degree nights,” he advised. “My satisfaction comes from watching everything grow,” he said. “People tell me how much they appreciate my gar- den. ‘When are your tomatoes going to be ready?,’ they ask.” Madge Olson lives in a retirement community Photo by Christine Vovakes Tommy Thomas places vegetables from his Red Bluff garden onto his small produce stand. He uses donations from his produce stand to purchase food basket items that feed the hungry in Tehama County. across from Thomas’s property. “Tommy’s a very spe- cial man, generous beyond generous. I love hearing his buggy crunch down the gravel pathway from his garden to the stand, and then seeing the careful way he lines the veggies up,” she said. “When I chop the tomatoes I think of all the work he put into growing them.” Thomas Jones, a Los Molinos prune grower, A phone call to Stover was not returned Tuesday afternoon. Tehama County Chief Administrator Bill Goodwin said the building department’s deci- sion was based on declining building revenues but declined further comment. ——— Geoff Johnson can be reached at 527-2153, extension 114 or gjohnson@redbluffdailynews.co m. 99 Continued from page 1A CHP officers, Cal Fire-Butte County crew members and med- ical responders were seen shaking their heads at the scene, marveling at how minor the injuries were in relation to the ferocity of the crash. Had there been a passenger with Garcia, officials doubt the person would have survived the crash. manages the food ministry program for the Los Moli- nos and Cone Community United Methodist church- es. With help from area businesses and schools, the program provides food boxes mainly for migrant families in rural Los Moli- nos, Gerber, Vina and Tehama. “Tommy’s a great guy, very community-minded and generous. You can’t help but like him,” Jones said. In August Thomas began telling friends that after 50 years of maintain- ing a garden, this is his last one. But he admits that in dreary January the seed packets, with their promise of spring, might lure him back to the pot- ting shed. “Those seeds are hard to resist.” Christine Vovakes is a freelance writer and photographer. Garcia was arrested at the scene and booked into the Butte County Jail in Oroville. Because injuries did result from the crash, Garcia is facing a charge of felony driving under the influence causing bodily injury. Traffic on Highway 99 moved slowly past the accident site but never backed up. No one was transported for medical treatment. Greg Welter is a reporter with the Chico Enterprise-Record. AP Investigation: Calif. pension bonuses examined SACRAMENTO (AP) — As its investment portfo- lio was losing nearly a quar- ter of its value, the country’s largest public pension fund doled out six-figure bonuses and substantial raises to its top employees, an analysis by The Associated Press has found. Board member Tony Olivera said the California Public Employees’ Retire- ment System tried to reduce the bonuses but was under contractual obligations to pay them. CalPERS’ plunging value came as stock values tumbled around the world, the state’s economy suf- fered its worst decline in decades and state services faced severe budget cuts. Virtually all of CalPERS’ investment man- agers were awarded bonus- es of more than $10,000 each, with several earning bonuses of more than $100,000 during the 2008- 09 fiscal year. The cash awards were distributed as the fund lost $59 billion. Steve Deutsch, director of pensions and endowment at Morningstar Inc., said many public pension plans award performance bonus- es, and called CalPERS’ performance during 2008- 09 ‘‘middle of the road.’’ ‘‘It’s absolutely very widespread, but very low profile in terms of being acknowledged, discussed, or disclosed by the plans,’’ Deutsch said. The revelations prompt- ed two key Republican law- makers to call for more oversight of how CalPERS and other state pension funds compensate employ- ees and make investment decisions, while a Democ- ratic lawmaker promised legislation to control salaries and bonuses. CalPERS spokesman Brad Pacheco said bonuses are based on the fund’s per- formance over five years, not just the year immediate- ly preceding the bonus, in order to encourage man- agers to seek long-term investments rather than short-term gains. He said bonuses in the 2008-09 fis- cal year were 50 percent lower than in 2006-07 and that the market declines will continue to dampen bonus- es in future years. ‘‘Incentives are part of total compensation and crit- ical to the fund’s long-term success as well as recruit- ment and retention of skilled investment profes- sionals,’’ Pacheco said in an e-mail. Bonuses also were paid to employees who are not part of the fund’s invest- ment team, including a pub- lic affairs officer who received bonuses of nearly $19,000 a year two years in a row and a human resources executive who received bonuses topping $16,000 both years. The number of CalPERS executives making $200,000 a year or more rose from 13 to 15 over the two-year period. Those employees received an average salary raise of 12 percent and an average bonus of $115,705 in the 2007-08 fiscal year and $63,311 in 2008-09, according to the AP’s inquiry into CalPERS com- pensation. Senior investment offi- cers responsible for seg- ments of the portfolio see- ing the steepest declines were among those reward- ed, due in large part to the fund’s long-term bonus sys- tem. Real estate was the hard- est-hit investment category in the CalPERS portfolio during the 2008-09 fiscal year, suffering from the same property devaluations felt across the country. That portfolio lost 47.9 percent of its value over the fiscal year. CalPERS awarded the portfolio’s senior invest- ment manager, Ted Eliopoulos, a $93,941 bonus on top of his $333,124 salary, which was 8 percent higher than the previous year. According to CalPERS’ annual report, the global equity portfolio saw a 26 percent decline in U.S. stocks and a 32.4 percent drop in international stocks during 2008-09. Eric Baggesen, the senior invest- ment officer for global equi- ty, received a 6 percent raise, bumping his salary up from $300,000 to $318,000 in the 2008-09 year. He also received bonuses totaling $254,186 over the two-year period. The AP obtained the data from CalPERS through a California Public Records Act request and analyzed the compensation of employees earning salaries of at least $90,000 per year in both fiscal years. CalPERS says bonuses for 2009-10 are being deter- mined. For the sake of consis- tency, employees who worked only one of the two fiscal years were not includ- ed in the AP’s overall data analysis. Like all state employees, those at CalPERS were sub- ject to furloughs in the last half of the 2008-09 fiscal year, which amounted to a 9.2 percent temporary salary decrease over the final five months. Those furlough reductions were not taken into account in the analysis because they did not affect official salaries used to determine raises and pensions. Employees of the pen- sion fund are paid salaries and bonuses out of the fund’s investment returns. The salaries are not paid directly by California tax- payers, but they come from the same pot as pension payments. Taxpayers are on the hook to cover the deficit between returns generated by investments and what is owed to state retirees. Earlier this year, the pen- sion fund’s board voted to take between $480 million and $600 million more from the state to make up for investment losses and the fact that retirees are living longer and receiving more pension payments. Part of that will come from the state’s general fund, which faces a $19 billion deficit. CalPERS does not need leg- islative approval to enact an increase in the state’s pen- sion contribution rate. CalPERS’ board of directors recently voted to allow the board to defer, cut or eliminate performance awards if the fund’s fiscal year absolute return is less than zero percent, or for any other reason, Pacheco said. He added that investment managers’ salaries were frozen in the most recent fiscal year, 2009-10.