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Friday, September 6, 2013 – Daily News Obituaries 7A Market vendors take accident in stride MARIA ARMIDA COLLINS 9/14/1931 - 9/1/2013 Marie, also known as "Midi" to her close family and friends, was born in East Highlands and grew up in Anaheim, California with her two brothers and two sisters under the loving guidance and care of their widowed mother, Frances. During her teenage years she enjoyed time with her many friends and family frequenting the local beaches. On May 28th 1954 she married her true love, Neal Collins, starting their family in Orange Park Acres. Neal and Marie enjoyed taking trips to hunt and fish during the summer and fall at Bishop, Lake Almanor and Chester areas, passing on the skills to their three children. In 1965 Neal and Marie moved North to Magalia, purchasing a retired sawmill and renovating the property into a mountain ranch complete with horses, cows and numerous other farm animals. In the place of the sawmill, pastures, barns, fruit orchards and a large garden were put on the property. Using the fruits of their labor, Marie refined her canning and cooking skills to a science making her known as a phenomenal gourmet cook with the specialty of any Mexican dish imaginable being made into a simple task. She gladly shared her recipes and canning secrets with anyone who demonstrated an interest in the art, passing on her skills to many friends and her children. During the winter months, Marie's pantry was a stockade of delicious home canned items, keeping the family well fed through the years. She developed a love for sewing and knitting, keeping her busy during the inclement weather. Marie's skill for making large amounts of delicious food was evident in the parties that occurred with numerous guests at their private campground area located along little Butte Creek in their canyon. Marie also organized and hosted trips to the Red Bluff Round Up annually for large numbers of friends and family, providing her guests with a delicious breakfast before the event and a large meal afterwards. Neal and Marie frequently ventured on trail rides with the horses, visiting with friends and relatives that had followed them to the area from Southern California. In 1977, Neal and Marie moved to Los Molinos building their dream ranch home on sixty-five acres. They installed a large pond stocked with fish with the house having a grand view of the pond, Mt. Lassen and the Sierra Nevada foothills. They continued raising cattle and horses on a much larger scale; a large pole barn and cattle working corrals were erected. She hosted memorable "cattle working" parties, teaching their friends and family how to brand and tend to the animals needs. Marie started her career as a bilingual teachers aid at Lassen View Elementary School, making numerous close friends in the area through her love for children and their education. Marie was consistently approached by her students remembering her from past school years as they grew up in the area, many thanking her for the help she had given many years before. Neal and Marie moved from the ranch in 1991 and with an enormous love for the immediate area, they built a similar ranch home on the banks of Mill Creek just a mile from their previous ranch. They enjoyed watching the salmon run from their back porch and entertainment patio on the bank of the river where they continued to host large social gatherings for their friends and family. Marie also enjoyed her time with friends playing Bunko and when anyone was in need or going through hard times she would show up bringing one of her many delicious meals and an open ear. Through the years, Marie had a fondness for many pets with them all being favorites, she raised a weimaraner, queensland heelers, several schnauzers and cats with her last dogs Bart 1 and Bart 2. They all loved her dearly and Bart 2 is now suffering the loss of his companion. Marie was always described by many as one with a quiet easy going disposition, possessing the patience of a Saint with a constant beaming smile through any situation, being an inspiration of beauty, grace, kindness, generosity and love with a big heart. Marie would light up a room on entry with her small frame and eminent class, she was always glad to see you and will be sorely missed by all. Marie is survived by her husband, Neal Collins; two sons, Shawn and Armand Collins; daughter, Sheila Collins; sister, Gloria Solis; daughter-in-law, Jane Collins; grandchildren, Natalie Welsh, Daniel Collins and Shannon Collins and three great grandchildren. Memorial Contributions may be made to Mercy Hospice, in care of Affordable Mortuary who are handling the arrangements. You may send condolences online at www. affordablemortuary.net. Service time will be announced at a later date. 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. James Barr James Barr of Oak Run died Wednesday, Sept. 4, 2013 at Mercy Medical Center in Redding. He was 43. Arrangements are under the direction of Blair's Direct Cremation & Burial in Redding. Published Friday, Sept. 6, 2013 in the Daily News, Red Bluff, Calif. Michael Gregg Michael Gregg, of Corning, died Monday, Sept. 2, 2013 in Corning. He was 54. Arrangements are under the direction of Hall Brothers Corning Mortuary. Published Friday, Sept. 6, 2013 in the Daily News, Red Bluff, Calif. Douglas Dean Smith Douglas Dean Smith died Saturday, Aug. 31, 2013 at his residence in Red Bluff. He was 78. Arrangements are under the direction of Hall Brothers Corning Mortuary. Published Friday, Sept. 6, 2013 in the Daily News, Red Bluff, Calif. JURY Continued from page 1A tem doesn't like to be challenged, but he doesn't mind being the sacrificial lamb that does. refused to enforce the Fugi"I've always hated sometive Slave Law and in the one that thinks they can get Prohibition-era. away with a wrong," he Bird said the court sys- said. Daily News photo by Chip Thompson Members of St. Peter's Episcopal Church in Red Bluff donned hard hats at the church's booth at Wednesday's farmers market in downtown Red Bluff. A week before, a tree limb fell on the church's booth and injured two members of the congregation. Both are recovering nicely. SYRIA Continued from page 1A sands can be trained, rather than just dozens. The officials spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to discuss the plan publicly. Any new training program conducted by the U.S. military would take time to put in place and likely would not begin until after any potential military action had been taken in response to the recent chemical weapons attack. It would require getting approvals from the host country, finding appropriate locations, getting the right number of personnel in place to conduct the training and setting up a vetting system to insure that instruction was not provided to any rebel groups that may not be friendly to the U.S. The Pentagon already has at least 1,000 troops in Jordan, including trainers work- ing with Jordanian forces. The U.S. left about a dozen fighter jets and a Patriot missile battery there after a recent training exercise. Gen. Martin Dempsey, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, has told Congress that the U.S. military would be prepared to do more training for the Syria opposition if needed. In response to questioning Wednesday during a House Foreign Affairs Committee hearing on Syria, Dempsey said he was ''mostly supportive of helping the opposition by their development, by their training and equipping, not by becoming their military arm.'' He provided more details in a July letter to Sen. Carl Levin, D-Mich., the chairman of the Senate Armed Services, in which he laid out military options in response to the chemical weapons attack. That letter was sent before Obama announced plans to go to LASSEN Continued from page 1A Nunley ruled officials at Lassen Park knew of the dangers posed by the retaining wall, but failed to close the trail as required by the park's Congress to seek authorization for military strikes in Syria that would be limited in time and scope and would involve no U.S. troops on the ground there. He said the U.S. could provide between several hundred and several thousand trainers, with a cost of as much as $500 million a year, depending on how large the training mission became. Noting that it would require using ''safe areas'' outside Syria, he said the risks included ''extremists gaining access to additional capabilities, retaliatory cross-border attacks, and insider attacks or inadvertent association with war crimes due to vetting difficulties.'' In hearings this week, some members of Congress complained that the Obama administration has not done enough for the rebels, while others strongly opposed any American military involvement in Syria. Lawmakers warned Dempsey and Defense Secretary Chuck safety program. He dismissed the government's argument that the safety program was at the park's discretion and not mandatory. The court also found Lassen Park intentionally demolished the remaining portions of the retaining FIRE The wildfire started Aug. 23 and burned in rugged terrain and a secContinued from page 1A tion of the Ishi Wilderness. The blaze was fully loons, dropping burning contained Aug. 29, and no material to the grass structures were reported below," according to a damaged. CalFire news release. "Although a rare occur- AWARD Hagel that Americans are weary of war and are not willing to spend more money and risk more lives. U.S. officials continue to say that any likely military action would be limited and bear no resemblance to the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, or even the short military operation in Libya in 2010. Instead, it would center on cruise missiles fired from U.S. ships — including submarines — in the Mediterranean Sea. There also is no enthusiasm for sending U.S. pilots into Syrian airspace. If additional military assets are needed in order to strike a larger number of targets inside Syria, the U.S. could use long-range bombers, which could fire missiles without crossing into the country's airspace. France also has a dozen cruise missile-capable fighter aircraft at military bases in the United Arab Emirates and the Horn of Africa nation of Djibouti. wall before investigators could examine it. The two sides were scheduled to be back in court Sept. 16. The family had sought $9 million. Rich Greene can be reached at 527-2151, ext. 109 or rgreene@redbluffdailynews.com. door activities as fire activity and danger remain high. Balloons are recommended to be tethered to a weight at all times and Mylar balloons should be punctured before being Officials urge caution thrown away to release when participating in out- any lingering helium. rence in 500-kV transmission lines, fires have occurred when Mylar balloons have come in contact with distribution lines," according to the release. standing of, and contribution to agriculture; understanding of the cattle industry; and their grade Continued from page 1A point average. The students will interview; financial need; under- all be outstanding ambassadors of the agricultural industry and the committee is proud that the TCCW is able to help them complete their education. USFS: Hunter caused huge wildfire near Yosemite SACRAMENTO (AP) — A gigantic wildfire in and around Yosemite National Park was caused by an illegal fire set by a hunter, the U.S. Forest Service said Thursday. The agency said there is no indication the hunter was involved with illegal marijuana cultivation, which a local fire chief had speculated as the possible cause of the blaze. No arrests have been made, and the hunter's name was being withheld pending further investigation, according to the Forest Service. A Forest Service statement gave no details on how the illegal fire in a remote canyon of the Stanislaus National Forest had escaped the hunter's control on Aug. 17. Because of high fire danger across the region, the Forest Service had banned fires outside of developed camping areas more than a week before the fire started. ''We're not going to release any more information while the investigation is ongoing,'' said Ray Mooney, a spokesman for the U.S. Forest Service. Investigators would not say whether the hunter had turned himself in, Mooney said. When the investigation is complete, the U.S. Department of Justice would decide whether to seek restitution. The Rim Fire has burned nearly 371 square miles — one of the largest wildfires in California history and has cost $81 million to fight. 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