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Friday, September 27, 2013 – Daily News Obituaries GEORGE AKERS George Akers, 65, of Vina, died suddenly in an auto accident on September 23, 2013. George is survived by his wife Bobbye; children Gary, Roy, Jolie, and Tracy; grandchildren Kayla, Brittney, Paige, Megan, Georgia, Demi, and Maddie; and greatgrandson Landen. George is also survived by his mother Mary Akers; brothers Rodger and Larry Akers; and many nieces and nephews. George was a beloved husband, son, brother, father, grandfather, and friend who enjoyed hot rods, NASCAR and a good western. George was kind to all and will be deeply missed. A Graveside service for George will be held 3pm Saturday, Sept. 28th at Vina Cemetery. To share memories of George, go to NewtonBracewell.com 4-H Continued from page 1A Crying took over for panic. TC, a sixth-grader at Lassen View Elementary School, said his emotions began running the gamut from anger to guilt to sadness. "Is there something I should have done," Allyson asked herself that night. "But who would have expected it?" The children's grandfather was able to capture the dogs and tie them up until Tehama County Animal Control arrived to take the dogs away. The Drurys were left in a daze of what to do next. They had been just 24 hours away from packing up the animals to take them to the fairgrounds. Just two days earlier Allyson said she had given her sheep a final sheer. "From June through last Tuesday, these kids poured their heart and soul into making their 4-H projects ready for the Tehama District Fair... Now? Nothing because of someone's careless dogs," their father, Tim Drury, said. Allyson often had to wake up at 4:45 each morning to begin tending to her lamb, as she had EXPOSURE Continued from page 1A DOUGLAS A COOLEY October 1, 1981 - September 11, 2013 Douglas A Cooley born 10/1/1981 in Alburquerqe, NM. Doug died unexpectly on 09/11/2013 in Chico, CA, he was 31 years old. Doug lived most of his life in Northern Calif. He grew up in Red Bluff, CA and graduated from Red Bluff Union High School in 1999. He also lived in Madison, Wisconsin area for 7 years near his mother. He is survived by: Daughter Hailey J Cooley, Mother Tina M Barclay, Step-father Rob Barclay and sister Stephanie of WI, Father Robert D. Cooley, Step-mother Lorraine Cooley and brother Michael of Red Bluff, CA, Grandmother (on mother's side) Nancy Jordan, Grandmother (on father's side) Marilyn Cooley, Aunt's Vicki Haldane (spouse Rob Haldane) and Lisa Bush and several cousins. A small family memorial will take place on Saturday, Sept 28th at Oak Hill Cemetery, Red Bluff. Donations can be made to the charity of your choice in Doug's name. 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. Billy McNeely Billy McNeely died Thursday, Sept. 26 at his Red Bluff home. He was 61. Arrangements are under the direction of Blair's Direct Cremation & Burial Published Friday, Sept. 27, 2013 in the Daily News, Red Bluff, Calif. Tracey Deen Ogle Tracey Deen Ogle died Monday, Sept. 23 at his Paynes Creek home. He was 37. Arrangements are under the direction of Hoyt-Cole Chapel of the Flowers. Published Friday, Sept. 27, 2013 in the Daily News, Red Bluff, Calif. William G. Webber William G. Webber of Red Bluff died Thursday, Sept. 26 at St. Elizabeth Community Hospital. He was 69. Arrangements are under the direction of Hoyt-Cole Chapel of the Flowers. Published Friday, Sept. 27, 2013 in the Daily News, Red Bluff, Calif. Charles Dennis Willson Charles Dennis Willson died Monday, Sept. 23 at his Red Bluff home. He was 73. Arrangements are under the direction of Hoyt-Cole Chapel of the Flowers. Published Friday, Sept. 27, 2013 in the Daily News, Red Bluff, Calif. Setting it straight A photo caption in Wednesday's edition regarding a Red Bluff Round-Up donation to the St. Elizabeth Community Hospital Imaging Center contained errors. The National Finals Rodeo package that was auctioned off during this year's Round-Up included tickets to the first and second days of the NFR, airfare and lodging in Las Vegas and a one-of-a-kind pendant. It was donated by the Round-Up Association and auctioned to the highest bidder, which was Haleakala Ranch. Jolene Kemen's name was misspelled. The Daily News regrets the errors. –––––––– It is the policy of the Daily News to correct as quickly as possible all errors in fact that have been published in the newspaper. If you feel a factual error has been made in a news story, call the news department at 527-2153. DAM the location to divert water for agricultural use until the Red Bluff Diversion Dam Continued from page 1A Fish Passage Improvement The Tehama-Colusa Project was completed in Canal Authority built a 2012. That project cost temporary pumping plant at around $190 million. Oh Snap! The Daily News wants your photos: Cute kids, Adorable pets, Inspirational sights, Any shot you think readers would enjoy You might just see it in the Daily News Send pictures to editor@redbluffdailynews.com or drop off at 545 Diamond Ave. in Red Bluff. Include a caption. Bluff Police Department. Price had been seen pulling into several driveways on China Rapids Drive, the report said. He was eventually caught fleeing officers CORE Continued from page 1A kind of a head scratcher. 'What is the math involved in this? Is this a math problem?' It certainly is." Hannah Moore, a third grade teacher at Jackson Heights Elementary School, said the shift in English and language arts has translated to a more rigorous classroom experience for both her students and herself. "It's exciting to teach the common core to students, but it's exhausting," Moore said. "I'll be the first to say I'm trying some things this year and after about a week I'll come home and be like. 'What was I thinking?'" The standards aim to Continued from page 1A from Fig Lane. Mayor Gary Strack said the no parking zone along the park would increase safety for pedestrians and allow officials to watch for problems within the park. In consideration of a scheduled Oct. 19 dedication at the park and in order to open the skate and bike park, the council approved the installation of fescue sod around the FARM Continued from page 1A more for labor, Pegg said. Farmers say immigration reform, which would legalize their current workforce and create a guest worker program to legally bring farmworkers from other countries, could solve the labor shortage problem. Immigration reform, however, has stalled in Congress. Farmers in other states are also facing shortages. In Washington, apple growers are having a hard time finding enough workers in time for peak harvest in October. And in Oregon, pear growers — whose crop is very big this year — are facing the same problem. ''They are really struggling to get that crop off the trees,'' said Barry Bushue, president of the Oregon Farm Bureau. ''These growers have decades of investment into plant stock, they can't just transition overnight to be less laborintensive.'' through fields and yards. Once in custody, officers found items in Price's vehicle that led them to believe he may have abducted a girl prior to attempting contact with the boy. As a precaution, Bend Elementary School was asked to do a head count of all students and a door-to-door search of the area was improve reading and analytical skills in language arts and math. "Language arts is really, it's a skill that people have that they embed into any of their content areas," said Nancy Veatch, English language arts coordinator for the county. "There's a framework that we look at for that and it's that students really develop a basic literacy understanding. They move on to sort of a foundational understanding, and then their final development of literacy is disciplinary." What that means, Veatch said, is when students go to their history class they can read like a historian. Students will be able to "put on a different set of glasses so to speak to read their history book than CORNING freshman volleyball practice to get to at 6 a.m. TC once had to spoon feed his goat to ensure the animal was getting enough to eat. It was the second year the children raised an animal for a 4-H project. Allyson said they joined 4-H about three years ago, not really knowing what to expect. What they learned were the concepts of community service and helping people and have since fallen in love with 4-H The children said they still plan to help out around the barn area at this year's pen and will be serving tea for a fundrais- For years, farmers throughout the U.S. had access to an abundant, cheap, mostly unauthorized labor force streaming in from Mexico. Workers say they often had to beg growers for even a few hours of work and their wages were low. As the U.S. plunged into a recession and Mexico's economy improved, some seasonal migrant workers chose to remain home. Increased border security and drug cartel violence made crossings more dangerous and expensive, deterring workers. A sharp drop in Mexico's fertility rate further decreased the number of young men crossing into the U.S. to work in the fields. The trend appears long-lasting, spelling trouble for farmers, according to a new report by the nonpartisan Pew Hispanic Center. While the recession is over, the report finds, mass migration from Mexico has not resumed. ''This year, it has become even more chal- er. Allyson said despite the disappointing ending, the project was still worth doing because she and her brother learned a number of lessons that they can carry through life. TC even learned a lesson that hardly seems like it applies in this case, but was important to him. "We learned that hard work pays off. When you work hard good things will happen to you," he said. Rich Greene can be reached at 527-2151, ext. 109 or rgreene@redbluffdailyne ws.com. conducted, the release said. No missing children were reported. Price was booked into Tehama County Jail on a charge of indecent exposure, with a prior conviction for the same offense, with bail set a $65,000, according to the jail website. they would when go to a science classroom to read their science textbook," she said. The Common Core standards also will come with new tests, which will be administered online to 3rd through 8th grade and 11th grade students starting during the 2014-15 academic year, according to the Curriculum and Instruction Steering Committee. Looking nationally, adopting a new curriculum will always be costly, said William McCoy, Red Bluff Union Elementary School District superintendent. The state Legislature has allocated about $1 billion for school districts throughout the state to implement the Common Core standards. skate park instead of the planned hydroseeding of the area. Public Works Director Patrick Walker told the council that hydroseeding the area around the skate park would mean waiting until November or December in order for the grass to live. Hydroseeding is the process of spraying a combination of water, seed, mulch and other additives over a planting area, according to hydroseedingexperts.com. The process is typically more cost effective than planting sod. City staff anticipates a "consider- 5A The funding was an "unexpected gift," McCoy said. "I'll be honest, as a superintendent I wasn't expecting that money to come through. Our district will see $437,000 toward the implementation of Common Core." The money will help teachers collaborate and get up to speed on the standards, he said. Charles Allen, Tehama Department of Education deputy superintendent, said while the standards have been adopted by multiple states, curriculum decisions are "always a local school board or local district decision, and no one is giving that up." Districts and teachers are still in control of how material is taught in the classroom, Allen said. able" amount of foot traffic during the dedication at the park, and sod would have had a chance to mature by that time, mitigating potential damage. "Can we hold the kids off until November?" Strack said with a laugh. "We can't hold them off now," Walker said. The change equates to about a $10,300 increase for the project, which boosts the cost of the project to $1,879,507 for Trent Construction Inc., in Gerber. lenging to find agricultural employees, and it's going to get worse in the next few years,'' said Noe Cisneros Jr. of Freedom AG, a Kern County labor contractor who manages a crew of up to 300 workers. On a recent September morning in an endless stretch of San Joaquin Valley vineyards, workers lifted paper trays filled with raisins and heaped them onto a trailer — the final step in an exceptionally profitable raisin harvest for the workers. With farmworkers in such high demand, many said they shun remote locations and choose fields closer to home; they pick crops that pay better; they also prefer lighter work instead of tougher jobs that require being bent over all day. More women are also in the fields. Because most workers now have smartphones, they text each other information about pay and working conditions — and some switch employers mid-way through harvest if better opportuni- ties arise. As a result, labor contractors and growers must work harder to fill and retain work crews. Cisneros said he even trained and hired high school students this summer to pick grapes — something he was not willing to do in the past. Growers like Carson Smith, in turn, have raised wages by 20 percent over the past two years. The wine grape grower, who farms 800 acres near Fresno, said his biggest competition for workers is from table grape growers who are also raising wages for their pickers. ''The fear of a shortage drove us to increase pay,'' said Smith, who paid his machine drivers $12.75 per hour, $2 more than previous years. ''We set our wages to where we thought we could attract people, though it was still tougher than other years to fill our positions.'' ——— Contact Gosia Wozniacka at https://twitter.com/GosiaWozniacka Red Bluff Simple Cremations & Burial Service Now Offering Eco-Friendly urns at economy friendly prices. 722 Oak Street, Red Bluff, FD Lic. 1931 527-1732