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Saturday, September 14, 2013 – Daily News Obituaries ALLAN JAMES KIRCHEM October 8, 1930 - September 6, 2013 Allan was born to Carll & Mary Kirchem on October 8, 1930, in Oregon City, OR. He attended Oregon State and was a Korean War Veteran. Allan had a 35 year career with the State of California P.U.C. Department as a Registered Civil Engineer. He was an active member of the Red Bluff Lions, the American Legion and the Retired State Employee's Association. He enjoyed reading, hunting and his family. Allan is survived by his wife of 51 years, Anne, his son Aron Kirchem and daughter Kathleen Figueiredo and his 5 grandchildren, Michael, Ciera, Norah, Danielle & Matthew. Allan is preceded in death by his parents Carll & Mary Kirchem and his sisters, Charlene Shultz and Barbara Kirchem. A memorial service will be held September 13, 2013 at 11:00 am, at Hoyt-Cole Chapel of Flowers, Father Joyle Martinez will officiate. A reception will be held immediately following at the Sacred Heart Parish Hall. Donations can be made to Sacred Heart School. MARJORIE OLGA CRAIG April 27, 1922 - September 10, 2013 Marjorie Olga Craig, 91, of Corning, California, passed away on Tuesday, September 10, 2013. Born April 27, 1922 near New Westminster, British Columbia she was the daughter of Albert and Olga Bowyer. She came to San Francisco, CA at a young age and became a United States citizen in her early teens. She often remarked that to grow up in San Francisco with the building of two bridges and a World's Fair in the 1930s was spectacular! Marjorie married Claud Craig in 1942; moving to San Leandro, CA soon after and then Corning, California. Both she and her husband were active in the olive industry working side by side in their beloved orchard. Marjorie served others volunteering in The Corning Christian Association distributing food, the First Christian Church Women's Association and the Corning Hospital Pink Ladies. She was preceded by her husband of 68 years, Claud William Craig. She is survived by two sons, Robert William Craig, companion Kay Browning of Las Vegas, NV, and Alan Michael Craig and his wife, Mary of Red Bluff, CA; six grandchildren, James Craig, Lakewood, CO, Cynthia Duncan (John) Lindenhurst, IL; Michele Sabatino (Michael) Las Vegas, NV; Christine Liles (Garrett) Sacramento, CA; Nicole Craig, companion Nathan Williams, Red Bluff, CA; Allison Craig, Sacramento, CA and six greatgrandchildren. A graveside service will be conducted at 10:30AM Wednesday, September 18 at the Sunset Hills Cemetery in Corning followed by lunch at Rolling Hills Casino. Hall Brothers Mortuary is handling the arrangements. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to a favorite charity. 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. Willie 'Sue' Phillips Willie "Sue" Phillips, of Redding, died Thursday, Sept. 5, 2013 in Red Bluff. She was 81 Arrangements are pending at Lawncrest Chapel in Redding. Published Friday, Sept. 13, 2013 in the Daily News, Red Bluff, Calif. CHAMBER BOYD Continued from page 1A Friend Ali Abbassi said even almost 40 years later it's still hard to explain what the success of the team meant, not just to the community but to all of Northern California. Hedden's success and passion didn't stop on the baseball diamond. He graduated Red Bluff High School in 1980 and worked for the Tehama County Road Department. He bought a water truck and worked construction and fought fires. In 2008 he started BR Growing Supplies with Rena. What started as nothing more than the size of a broom closet has grown into one of the largest hydroponics shops in the North State. "We had dreams, we were on an upward spiral in life," Rena said. Rena said her husband died with no regrets and had finally reached the point he dreamed of, where he could buy all the nice things — the nice truck, the nice hunting equipment. An avid sportsman, Hedden enjoyed hunting WATER Continued from page 1A planned water diversion tunnels and is meant to "secure" the Delta, which delivers water to 25 million Californians, according to the plan's website. The plan is estimated to cost about $25 billion, which includes conservation and restoration projects. It would be implemented over a 50-year period. Referring to a study done at the University of the Pacific, Stokely said for every $2.50 spent on the plan there would be $1 in benefits. An economic study of the costs and benefits of the plan released by Gov. Jerry Brown's administration in August claims California residents would receive a net benefit of $4.8 billion to $5.4 billion over the 50-year implementation of the plan. The analysis found 177,000 construction and habitat restoration jobs would be created, leading to $11 billion in employee compensation. The plan would increase statewide economic activity by $84 billion, and there would be increased recreation in the Delta, such as hiking and boating. "But the reality is if there are any cost overruns at all, the project will CITY Continued from page 1A past decade. At the City Council's most recent meeting Councilman Clay Parker said there is a solution to cut down on the department's overtime spending — hire two more officers. Analysis At the Daily News' request Police Chief Paul Nanfito provided a report Monday regarding how much the department could save with an additional two officers. Nanfito identified 24 separate areas where overtime was needed during the past fiscal year. Of those Nanfito said the only areas where new hires would decrease the overtime budget were costs associated with sick, workers compensation and vacation leave and in cases where personnel are needed to be called in early or held over late for a shift. not be cost effective," Stokely said. "Cost overruns are common. Let's look at the Bay Bridge." Stokely, speaking to a wellattended conference room, dismissed the plan's stated environmental benefits. He said the Delta is a bottleneck for moving water from north to south, and the plan would take more water from the Shasta, Trinity and Oroville reservoirs. "Essentially what the tunnels are is a plan to get a 50-year permit to pump and be able to move the water without worrying about having to cut back on that pumping," Stokely said. "So anything that removes that bottleneck in the Delta basically allows them to drain the Northern reservoirs and fill the reservoirs south of the Delta." Stokely added that while the plan claims to help the Delta by cleaning it up, the plan would remove a "significant portion" of fresh water from the Delta before it gets there. "They claim they're going to save the Delta, but they're actually going to deprive it of the fresh water," he said. "And by depriving it of the fresh water it becomes stagnant, and a much larger percentage of the amount of water in the Delta will come from the San Joaquin River, which in the summertime is largely agricultural and municipal runoff. Those areas accounted for about 32 percent of the department's most recent overtime budget. "In the end I would estimate that two additional officers would only reduce the overtime budget by approximately $20,000 to $40,000.00 and this is only an educated guess based upon my experience," Nanfito wrote. "We would not really know until we were working with two newly trained officers." New hires While those savings are about half of what a single new officer might cost the city, Nanfito said additional hires are still needed. Nanfito said he believes there is a need to hire at or even beyond the level the city employed in 2009. "This need is based upon the rising crime rate and (additional officers) are needed to try and mitigate this and ultimately reduce our crime rate in the City of Red Bluff," Nanfito wrote. "The Department's focus is Ferguson, Elizabeth Soder, Suren Patel, John Murray, Kenny Brewer Installed as 2013-2014 Directors and Cody Houghton Marshall. were Goddard, Jessie Woods, Elsa Continued from page 1A Martinez, Scott Camp, Greg Cornelius acted as emcee for the woman and Ryan Stevens as chief Stevens, Jolene Kemen, Steven evening. financial officer. Containment of Clover Fire increases REDDING (AP) — Fire crews have increased containment of a wildfire that destroyed nearly 70 homes in rural Northern California. Officials say the Clover Fire in Shasta County was 80 percent contained Friday morning. There was no change in the tally of homes destroyed. That number nearly doubled Thursday to 68, as crews got a better assessment of damaged areas. One person has been found dead in the fire's perimeter. Road closures that were preventing some residents from returning home were lifted Thursday. Other evacuations remain in place. The fire has burned 12 1/2 square miles. Full containment is expected by Sunday. Brown, Democrats score wins in legislative session SACRAMENTO (AP) — In a final flurry of legislative action, state lawmakers approved bills to boost California's minimum wage, grant driver's licenses to immigrants in the country illegally, and address the state's overcrowded prisons. Many of the hundreds of bills that survived the Legislature this year were big wins for Democrats on long-sought issues. They also were among Gov. Jerry Brown's top policy priorities after clearing California's budget hurdle and restructuring the school finance system. ''It was a very impressive year — a lot of hard work, a lot has been accomplished,'' Brown told reporters at an event in San Francisco Friday. The measures send the governor into next year's expected re-election campaign with a string of victories and a track record generally favorable to the labor unions that have laid the foundation for his political success. ''Together, the Assembly, the governor and the Senate, we are focused on serial achievement. I mean, it's one thing after the other,'' Senate President Pro Tem Darrell Steinberg, D-Sacramento, said in an interview early Friday after and the outdoors often with his children. "He always made sure we had a good time. He was always putting a smile on our face," son Colter said. Hedden also put smiles on the faces of his friends, many of whom he kept from childhood throughout his adult life. They said he was the type of friend who you could be apart from for months or even years, but when you met up again the friendship would pick up right where it left off. He is survived by his parents Bill and Nancy. A graveside service is the chamber finished its business for the year. He said a last-minute compromise to address a federal court order to lower the state inmate population ''has the potential to change the course of, and the direction of, our criminal justice system.'' The proposal asks federal judges to delay their end-ofyear deadline for reducing the prison population. 9A scheduled for 10 a.m. today at Oak Hill Cemetery, 745 Cemetery Lane off Walnut Street, with a Celebration of Life at Elks Lodge, 350 Gilmore Road. In lieu of flowers the family requests donations be made to Red Bluff Little League, PO Box 284, Red Bluff, CA, 96080 in memory of Boyd Hedden or to St. Elizabeth Hospice, 1425 Vista Way, Red Bluff, CA, 96080. Rich Greene can be reached at 527-2151, ext. 109 or rgreene@redbluffdailyne ws.com. It's highly polluted." The effects to the Sacramento Valley, Stokely said, could include potential depletion of ground water, less water in Shasta, Trinity and Oroville lakes for recreation, hydropower and salmon, and loss of public services from state water bond debt. Stokely did offer alternatives to the plan, including enforcing existing water quality rules, improving the Delta's levees and maintaining reservoir cold water pools. He added that recycling and conserving water, and asking local officials to oppose the plan are all things Californians can accomplish. The forum, sponsored by the Tehama County Democratic Central Committee, featured speakers who were mostly in agreement with Stokely's assessment of the twin tunnels plan. Susan Price, who has been involved in county and city politics for years, including stints as a Corning councilwoman and Red Bluff city manager, said the North State's economy is intertwined with water. Price said the plan would divert money from other projects that could benefit infrastructure projects that attract businesses to the area. on a needs assessment based upon work load and not just a needs assessment based upon reducing overtime costs." Nanfito points to statistics showing a 27 percent increase in Part I crimes from the 2011-12 to 201213 fiscal year. Part I crimes are the eight most violent crimes in law enforcement data including homicides, rapes, assaults, robberies and burglaries. Nanfito said hiring additional officers shouldn't be a decision made from the perspective of saving money. "If we hire additional personnel and by doing so that results in a slight reduction in overtime that's just a side benefit to a much greater need; which is public safety," Nanfito wrote. Priority Nanfito said the City Council has been "very supportive" of department needs and requests, which has allowed it to continue to move forward during the recent economic downturn. The new contract with the officers' association included salary increases. The City Council has also approved new grant positions, vehicles and equipment. In the 2013-14 fiscal year the department will have an additional two grant funded positions. One will be a school resource officer, who will administer a gang reduction program at Vista Preparatory Academy. The other will be an assigned traffic officer. Those specific duties will make them unavailable to assist with regular patrol functions and the resulting overtime costs that can occur. "Since a law enforcement operation is a 24-7; 365-day a year operation and much of what needs to be done can't be delayed there will always be overtime associated with running a law enforcement organization," Nanfito wrote. CHANGE Continued from page 1A will shift to page 3A, including the community news items, local columns, 90 Years Ago... and the masthead, which lists information about the Daily News. To make room for this content, Everyday Cheapskate columnist Mary Hunt will move to the Features page with Annie's Mailbox and Ask Dr. K. The Community Calendar will move to the comics page and replace Today in History, an abbreviated version of which will appear in the new 2A feature. Finally, corrections will appear on the jump page — the page on which longer stories from the front page are continued. 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