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Tuesday, October 1, 2013 – Daily News Obituaries Sunset Hills-area home burns Sunday Courtesy photo by Ross Palubeski VIRGINIA ZIRKLE Virginia Zirkle was born November 6, 1930 in Fredericktown, Missouri to Roy and Laura Stacy. She died on September 28, 2013 at Red Bluff Health Care. She married and came to California at the age of 17. She lived in Tuolumne, California and moved to Red Bluff in 1962. She worked at Pactev and Raleys Bakery before her retirement. Her husbands Marvin Pogue and Bill Zirkle preceded her in death as well as her parents, eight brothers and sisters and daughter Pamela Owens. She is survived by her daughters, Nancy Shilts and Janice Evans and son-in-laws Lanny, Dave and Jim all of Red Bluff. As well as her four grandchildren, Jenni Owens,Troi Shilts, Lanny Owens and Mical Trantham. She has eight great grandchildren: Rachel Reynolds, Matt, Austin and Trey Shilts, Samantha and Travis Jensen, Kelsey Owens and Blake Trantham. She is also survived by brothers, Bob, Don and Charles Stacy and sister Joyce Stacy as well as many nieces, nephews and other family members and friends. There will be a Celebration of Virginia's Life on Saturday, Oct 5th at 1 pm at her daughter's home at 410 Kaer Ave. In lieu of flowers please make a donation to the Alzheimer's Association 2105 Forest Ave, Chico, California 95928 or Relay for Life of Red Bluff, 1165 East Ave. Ste 100, Chico California 95926. DALE ADAMS Dale Adams 78, of Mountain Home, AR died peacefully, surrounded by his family on September 27, 2013 at Mercy Medical Center in Redding, CA. As a young adult, he worked as a laborer on the Bull Shoals Dam in AR, as well as many other dams in the California and Washington state area. He later worked for the railroad in Oroville and San Francisco, CA. In addition, he worked on the Alaskan Pipeline in the 1970s, and spent 20 years working as an insurance agent for New York Life Insurance in Sacramento, CA. He retired after 20 years as an accomplished agent. By 1995 he moved back to his home state of Arkansas and spent 18 years surrounded by extended family and friends. He was an Elks Lodge member at Mountain Home, AR #1714 for 16 years, as well as a Free Mason at Adams Lodge No. 164 at Norfolk, AR. He enjoyed collecting guns and knives, flea markets, real estate, and was known well for his pool playing skill. Survived by his loving brother Rayburne Adams of Heber Springs, AR, his Daughters, Stacie Witt of Redding, CA, Rebecca Adams and Kelly Adams both of Red Bluff, CA. His Grandchildren Steven Witt, Kurtis Slaugenhaupt, Dillon Witt, Jessica Adams. Karlie Sanchez. Kaitlyn Adams and Cameron Witt. He is also survived by his Stepchildren Robert Brown and Robin Sawyer, grandchildren Jami Bloxham and Brittany Sawyer. Great Grandchildren Conor, Taylor, Billy, Cherish, Michael & Malaya. He was preceded in death by his loving parents, Ida and Frank Adams, his twin brothers Gearl and Eugene Adams and his son John Dale Adams. The funeral is scheduled for Friday, October 4th, 2013 at 10:00 am at the Chapel of the Flowers, 816 Walnut St, Red Bluff, Ca. Reception to follow at the Red Bluff Elks Lodge. 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. Lois L. Brunnemer Lois L. Brunnemer, of Los Molinos, died Monday, Sept. 30, at St. Elizabeth Community Hospital. She was 95. Arrangements are under the direction of HoytCole Chapel of the Flowers. Published Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2013 in the Daily News, Red Bluff, Calif. Samuel Fazio Samuel Fazio died Sunday, Sept. 29, at his Red Bluff home. He was 86. Arrangements are under the direction of HoytCole Chapel of the Flowers. Published Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2013 in the Daily News, Red Bluff, Calif. Carole R Ferraro Carole R Ferraro, of Corning, died Sunday, Sept. 29, at St. Elizabeth Community Hospital in Red Bluff. She was 65. Arrangements are under the direction of Hall Brothers Corning Mortuary. Published Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2013 in the Daily News, Red Bluff, Calif. Vala French Vala French, of Chico, died Saturday, Sept. 28 in Chico at age 63. Arrangements are under the direction of Affordable Mortuary. Published Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2013 in the Daily News, Red Bluff, Calif. Danny Wayne Holman Danny Wayne Holman, of Red Bluff, died Thursday, Sept. 26, in Manton. He was 49. Arrangements are under the direction of HoytCole Chapel of the Flowers. Published Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2013 in the Daily News, Red Bluff, Calif. Madeline 'Velma' Kujath Madeline 'Velma' Kujath, of Redding, died Monday, Sept. 30, at Lakewood Christian Homecare. She was 90. Arrangements are under the direction of Blair's Direct Cremation & Burial. Published Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2013 in the Daily News, Red Bluff, Calif. Robert M. Romero Robert M. Romero, of Red Bluff, died Friday, Sept. 27, at St. Elizabeth Community Hospital. He was 62. Arrangements are under the direction of HoytCole Chapel of the Flowers. Published Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2013 in the Daily News, Red Bluff, Calif. Virginia Alfreda Zirkle Virginia Alfredo Zirkle, of Red Bluff, died Saturday, Sept. 28, at Red Bluff Health Care. She was 82. Arrangements are under the direction of HoytCole Chapel of the Flowers. Published Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2013 in the Daily News, Red Bluff, Calif. 7A CalFire- Tehama, CalFire- Shasta, Tehama County Fire, Redding Air Attack and Vina Helitack were dispatched around 4:20 p.m. Sunday to a mobile home fire into the vegetation at 15710 Snively Road in the Sunset Hills area. The first unit at scene reported a fully involved mobile home with about 2 acres of grass on fire as well. The fire was contained in about 30 minutes. Red Cross was called to assist. ENDING Continued from page 1A lender approached about the digital projector loan to turn Sharp and Young down. Antagonist Sharp said the financial troubles of Fujifilm had a trickle down effect across the movie industry. The cost of putting a movie on film rose from $1,800 to $3,000. Meanwhile digital technology had reached the point where a copy of a film could be produced on a hard drive for around $100. The demise of film was inevitable once the movie studios and major theater chains came to an agreement on which type of digital format would be the standard, much as they had done decades ago with 35-millimeter film. Sharp said there have already been instances where Prime Cinemas was unable to get a copy of a movie, because it wasn't produced on film at all. Even if Prime Cinemas hadn't been bleeding money, the theater would have been forced to close in the near future because it wouldn't have had the equipment to play future Hollywood-produced movies. Act 2 Sharp said the greatest joy he's had owning Prime Cinemas has come from the quality of employees he's had. While the theater has struggled financially, he has been thankful everyone has been able to keep their jobs. Sharp said there were two more aspects of Prime Cinemas' situation that were frustrating for him over the GRADS Continued from page 1A Medical Office Assistant program graduates include Janet Bennett, Maria Cardenas, Jonathan Corona-Barajas, Jenny Espinoza, Jessica Jones, Nereida Herrera, Kathy Reinero, Verenice Torres and Imelda Zepeda. Medical Assistant program graduates include Tania Arrambide, Magali Barriga, Maria Castrejon, Araceli De Los Santos, Yesenia Espinosa, Maria Esquivel, Hortensia Furbee, Norma Garcia, Teo Guillen, Marta Landaverde, Gabriela Lopez, Maria Lowe, Jose years. First, he couldn't publicly discuss the dire situation, because the movie industry will often take proactive steps to avoid association with a theater they believe to be on the verge of collapse. When theaters do close, owners often keep them open for one last blockbuster weekend, which can lead to situations where the major movie studios get left holding the bag. That's why in most cases a movie theater is open one day and closed the next with seemingly no notice to the public. Sharp and Young saw that firsthand when a third person they were partners with was forced to close a movie theater in Anderson. That closure almost forced the closure of Red Bluff before Sharp and Young redid their vendor contracts. Even more frustrating in obtaining financing was that Sharp and Young knew that they didn't have to pay the $300,000 loan back. The move studios would do it. As part of the transition from film to digital, the movie industry set up a subsidy system for film distributors to share their cost savings with film exhibitors. When a movie comes to a theater it only comes on digital format, but now it comes with a Virtual Print Fee. Once a theater has the new digital projectors and equipment, they basically pay for themselves through the subsidy program. Clear resolution In late August, a week before Prime Cinemas in Red Bluff was set to close, the movie theater was saved. Southstar P.M. Inc., the owner of Riverside Plaza, was able to work with Sharp and Young to get the two a tenant improvement loan that came in combination with Cornerstone Community Bank reworking a deferment plan into the pair's small business loan. Sharp and Young finally had the money to purchase the new digital equipment. Over this last weekend six Christie digital projectors were installed at Prime Cinemas, saving not just the theater but upgrading it to 3-D and real surround sound capabilities. On Sunday "Insidious: Chapter 2" became the last 35-millimeter film to be rolled in the theater. Moviegoers were asked to autograph the movie's poster and were given free tickets to come back to watch a digital movie. The old projectors were scheduled to be picked up Monday. Sharp said at this point their value is nothing more than scrap metal. "I'm not going to miss the old system," he said. Sharp said the new equipment means Red Bluff residents will finally have a state of the art movie experience. An experience many drive to Redding or Chico to have. The 3-D capability is coming at the perfect time as well with the release of "Gravity" scheduled for Oct. 4. The space movie is getting rave reviews for its use of the format. Sharp said he is planning a free event sometime in the next month when the theater will show 3-D movies so people can stop in and see the difference. "You'll be blown away," he said. Rich Greene can be reached at 527-2151, ext. 109 or rgreene@redbluffdailynews.com. Palomares, Rubi Rodriguez work" for her daughter to do during study time as and Nery Valladarez. well. Araceli is completIn an emotional speech ing her externship and is by first generation college so thankful to have this student and medial assis- chance for a career in the tant graduate Araceli De medical field. Los Santos, she described Another medial assistimes when she would be tant student, Teo Guillen, doing her homework and her little girl, who isn't wrote to Job Training Ceneven of school age yet, ter staff, thanking them for wanted to know what she giving him this "life was doing. When Araceli changing opportunity." In her valedictorian told her that she was doing homework, her daughter speech, Janet Bennett, one started saying, "Mama, I of the group's more senior need to do homework too." students said, "I never Realizing the impact this thought that I would go was having on her daugh- back to school again at the ter, Araceli decided to young age of 50, but I am encourage her and start living proof that if you folsome good habits early. low your dreams, no matShe found some "home- ter what age, you can be REPORT Continued from page 1A tary school children were truant in the 2012-2013 year, based on a sampling of school districts, and that nearly 83,000 missed 10 percent or more of the school year due to unexcused absences. ''To put this into perspective: we are discussing a 6-yearold in the first grade who has stacked up as many as 20, 30, even 80 absences in a 180-day school year,'' the report said. More than 250,000 students missed more than 18 school days in the year, the report estimated. School districts, who receive government funding based on student attendance, lose $1.4 billion per year to truancy, the report estimated. Studies indicate that chronically truant students are more likely to drop out of high school and to end up jobless or turn to crime, the report said. Setting it straight An article in Saturday's edition about the death of county worker Danny Holman failed to mention he is also survived by a son, Darren Holman, who is in the Army in North Carolina, and Darren has a son named Dallas. The Daily News regrets the error. –––––––– 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. anything you want. I am so thankful to the staff at the Job Training Center for believing in each one of us and giving us a chance to change our lives." All of the students who participated sacrificed a great deal, from time with family, financial pressures and tempting seasonal job opportunities. The program had an unheard of 100 percent retention and completion rate. Of the 24 graduates, 12 have already landed jobs, paid internships or externships with several Tehama County employers while the rest are diligently working to secure an opening. ''Factoring in the costs of incarceration and lost economic productivity and tax revenues, dropouts cost California an estimated $46.4 billion per year,'' the report said. ''To be smart on crime, combating truancy must be a core goal of state public safety policy,'' the report concluded. That means dealing with issues that lead to absenteeism in early grades, including health problems such as asthma and diabetes as well as family struggles that range ''from the relatively mundane to the truly harrowing,'' the report said. ''In our interviews with district officials, poverty, homelessness, incarceration, evictions and job loss were repeated over and over as obstacles to school attendance,'' the report said. The report cited a 30-year-old mother of three who was trying to hold down a job while the children's father was behind bars. ''The mother understood that school was important but reported that she was unable to make the kids go to sleep at night and every morning she had to fight with her three kids to get to school. Some days she just gave up,'' according to the report.