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Saturday, November 2, 2013 – Daily News 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. Carolyn Wellendorff Carolyn Wellendorff, of Cottonwood, died Thursday, Oct. 31, at Mercy Medical Center. She was 64. Arrangements are under the direction of Blair's Cremation & Burial. Published Saturday, Nov. 2, 2013 in the Daily News, Red Bluff, Calif. CITY Continued from page 1A as an Urgency Ordinance, which would require fourfifths approval, but would take effect immediately. At its previous meeting the City Council heard a presentation from Tehama County Air Pollution Control Officer Alan Abbs. Some councilmembers and City Manager Richard Crabtree noted during that presentation they have received resident complaints regarding leaf burning. Cal Fire and the city of Red Bluff's Fire Department are lifting their burn bans effective Monday, which would allow the start of leaf burning season. Rich Greene can be reached at 527-2151, ext. 109 or rgreene@redbluffdailyne ws.com. BLM issues proposed plans to protect sage grouse CARSON CITY, Nev. (AP) — The U.S .Bureau of Land Management released draft management proposals Friday for protecting sage grouse in Nevada and a sliver of northeast California, with options ranging from doing nothing to imposing tough restrictions on public land use across 17 million acres. Six alternatives are explored in roughly 1,000 pages announced in the Federal Register. The BLM and U.S. Forest Service identified one proposal as preferred for protecting the chicken-size bird by restricting use on those public lands. Public comments are being accepted through Jan. 29. Federal officials stressed that various aspects of the different alternatives could be melded into a final recommendation expected next year. That final proposal will then be forwarded to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, which will consider whether the measures are sufficient to avoid federal protection for the bird. Environmentalist groups, which have proposed two alternatives of their own, said the BLM's preferred plan doesn't go far enough to protect the bird found in 11 states across the West. In Nevada, the birds are found in every county except Clark. ''If done right, the national planning strategy could be a huge success and have positive implications not only for sage grouse but also hundreds of other wildlife species that live on federal public lands,'' said Mark Salvo with Defenders of Wildlife. ''Simply tweaking existing land-use management in minor ways will not save the sage grouse,'' he said. The more stringent proposals would close off sage grouse habitat in the region to cattle grazing; right of ways for things like transmission lines, pipelines and solar energy; oil, gas and geothermal operations; and mining. The preferred option as identified by the BLM and Forest Service would allow grazing and most oil, gas and geothermal operations. It would close motorized vehicle use in the most sensitive sage grouse areas and limit it to existing routes in others. It would also close much of the affected area to solar and wind energy development. Existing mining operations would be allowed to continue but new ventures in areas where mineral deposits have not yet been identified would be curtailed. In contrast, the state plan seeks to keep much of those areas open ''for consideration'' of those activities. Nevada and other states have been working to develop conservation plans following a federal judge's ruling that mandated the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service decide by 2015 if the bird needs protection under the Endangered Species Act. In 2010, the service determined that listing greater sage grouse was ''warranted but precluded'' because of higher-priority listing proposals. Environmental groups sued, resulting in the federal court mandate. States fear a listing could bring mining, ranching, oil and gas development and renewable energy projects to a screeching halt and cripple rural Western economies. Leo Drozdoff, director of the Nevada Department of Conservation and Natural Resources, said Friday that the preferred plan identified by BLM includes three elements also found in the state plan. One involves a crediting system, where disturbance of sage grouse habitat would be allowed in exchange for better protections in other sage grouse areas. ''What our job is now is to take a look at the other aspects of the state plan that are not yet part of the preferred alternative,'' Drozdoff said, adding he believes other aspects of Nevada's plan could become part of the overall strategy eventually adopted by the federal government. Experts think as many as 2 million sage grouse inhabited a broad area of the western United States and Canada when Lewis and Clark first noted the birds, in 1805. Today their numbers are estimated at 140,000 to 250,000. Their decline is blamed on loss and fragmentation of sagebrush habitat brought on by both natural causes such as fire and human intrusion. The draft environmental impact statement was one of three published in the Federal Register. The plans cover three full Western States — Nevada, Utah and Idaho — and small portions of three others: California, Wyoming and Montana. HOPE Continued from page 1A nia's state prison realignment plan that Avila has kept his optimistic attitude about Tehama. When he's not at Wetter Hall working as a Juvenile Hall Counselor, he's at the nearby Day Reporting Center using his knowledge to teach those caught up in the justice system a skilled trade. The program is part of the Tehama County Community Corrections Partnership's push towards using Moral Reconation Therapy to deal with the local effects of AB-109. Through good behavior those on probation and parolees can earn the right to be taught by Avila how to fix and repair bicycles. Continued good behavior leads to another reward, the right to own one of the repaired bikes. Chief Probation Officer Richard Muench said the idea behind the program was to offer a form of transportation for people transitioning back into the workplace, while teaching them a skill in the process. Perhaps more importantly, along with the MRT method, it offers something else — self-esteem. The first few months of the bicycle repair program have proved successful, but an idea Day Reporting Center Facility Administrator Shelly Pluime had is pushing the program into a more public light. COUNTY Continued from page 1A ing guidelines: 1. Burn only clean dry vegetative waste such as leaves, pine needles, and yard clippings. 2. Scrape a clearance of at least 10 feet to bare soil around any burn piles. 3. Always have a shovel and water supply nearby. 4. While burning vegetative debris, never leave the burn pile unattended. PRISON Continued from page 1A the infrastructure was not ready, and we went too far. We need to pull back a little bit,'' said Stanford Law School professor Joan Petersilia, the center's codirector. The Brown administration referred requests for comment to the state Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation. Department spokeswoman Deborah Hoffman said in an emailed statement that the study shows California has made ''remarkable changes'' in its criminal justice system since the law took effect. But she also acknowledged that ''additional time and collaboration is needed at all levels of government to ensure ongoing success.'' ''The state is working with its partners in local government and law 5. Check with Air Pollution Control for burn day status before burning. 6. Never burn on windy days. Use caution when burning as wind can cause fire to spread in dead and downed fuels. 7. Piles are to be no larger than four feet in diameter and four feet high. If your pile is larger, break it down to a smaller size and add to it as the pile burns down. 8. Never burn trash, painted wood or other debris. While cooler temperatures have helped to diminish the threat of a enforcement to ensure that Californians are protected while we continue to improve the criminal justice system,'' she said. Covina Police Chief Kim Raney, president of the California Police Chiefs Association, said his organization will work with other local law enforcement officials next year to change state law so the report's recommendations can be implemented. Raney and Petersilia acknowledged that most of the recommendations run counter to the demands of federal judges to reduce overcrowding in the state's major prisons. Brown sought the law to comply with federal court orders requiring the state to reduce crowding at state prisons to improve inmates' medical care. Still, Raney said, ''there are some obvious gaps that need to be adjusted or corrected.'' Some criminals are best they can with the cards Tehama County has been dealt through AB109. "It's not a popular law, all we're trying to do is manage the population and do it through positive means trying to pay back the community," Muench said. Those interested in donating a bicycle can stop by the Day Reporting Center, 1740 Walnut St. in Red Bluff, weekdays between 8:30 a.m. and 4 p.m. For questions call 527-4048, ext. 3201. Rich Greene can be reached at 527-2151, ext. 109 or rgreene@redbluffdailyne ws.com. wildfire, residents have a responsibility to use caution while conducting vegetation debris burns. Individuals can be held civilly and/or criminally liable for allowing a fire to escape control and burn onto the property of another and can receive a citation. For additional information concerning safe and legal vegetation debris burning in your area, contact your nearest Cal Fire, Tehama County Fire Station or your local Air Pollution Control Office. For additional fire safety tips, go to www.fire.ca.gov. being sentenced to decades-long terms in county jails that were designed to house inmates for less than a year. The long-term sentences are causing some of the same problems with medical and mental health care in county jails that led to the ongoing lawsuits against the state prison system. ''That's not sustainable,'' Raney said. Moreover, some paroled sex offenders have repeatedly cut off their tracking bracelets, although a law that takes effect in January will keep in them in jail longer when they are caught. The report recommends that such offenders should be sent to state prison. The realignment law has helped reduce the state's inmate population by more than 25,000 over the last two years. The Brown administration is in talks with a court-appointed mediator over a Febru- ary deadline to further reduce prison crowding. Federal judges gave the state until the end of the year to reduce its prison population by an additional 9,600 inmates. The state already has made plans to shift about 5,200 of them, sending them to private prisons in California, a new prison medical facility in Stockton and fire camps. The governor is asking the federal court for a three-year delay regarding the remaining 4,400 inmates. ''I think you've got to look at all the options,'' Raney said. ''Is it time to make an investment in prison capacity? I also think there's a movement toward sentencing reform, and using private bed space.'' ——— Online: Stanford Criminal Justice Center's study: http://stanford.io/16sWdzj Appeals court deals blow to contraceptive mandate WASHINGTON (AP) — A divided appeals court panel sided Friday with Ohio business owners who challenged the birth control mandate under the new federal health care law. The business owners are two brothers, Francis and Philip M. Gilardi, who own Freshway Foods and Freshway Logistics of Sidney, Ohio., and challenged the mandate on religious grounds. They say the mandate to provide contraceptive coverage would force them to violate their Roman Catholic beliefs and moral values by providing contraceptives such as the morning-after pill for their employees. The law already exempts houses of worship from the requirement. The ruling by a three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit is one of several on the birth control issue, which likely will be resolved by the Supreme Court. There are at least three other rulings by federal appeals courts on the mandate: One sided with Oklahoma businesses; and two sided with the Obama administration in challenges brought by Pennsylvania and Michigan companies. Writing for the majority, Judge Janice Rogers Brown wrote that the mandate ''trammels the right of free exercise—a right that lies at the core of our constitutional liberties—as protected by the Religious Freedom Restoration Act.'' Brown, an appointee of President George W. Bush, said that the man- date presented the Gilardis with a ''Hobson's choice: They can either abide by the sacred tenets of their faith, pay a penalty of over $14 million, and cripple the companies they have spent a lifetime building, or they become complicit in a grave moral wrong.'' Friday's ruling reversed a lower court ruling that had denied the Gilardis' request for a preliminary injunction to block the Department of Health and Human Services from enforcing the mandate against them as business owners. The appeals court ruled that the lower court erred when it concluded the Gilardis were unlikely to succeed on the merits, and sent the case back to the lower court to consider other factors for an injunction. But Brown upheld the lower court's dismissal of an injunction for the brothers' companies, writing, ''we have no basis for concluding a secular organization can exercise religion.'' In an opinion dissenting from the court's main holding in the case, Judge Harry T. Edwards wrote that legislative restrictions may trump religious exercise. He asked what, if the Gilardis' companies were exempted from covering contraception, would stop another company from seeking an exemption from a requirement to cover vaccines? ''The mandate does not require the Gilardis to encourage Freshway's employees to use contraceptives any more directly than they do by autho- Simple Cremations starting at $ .00 Setting it straight –––––––– 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. Pluime suggested the program focus on fixing up bicycles to be donated to needy children as Christmas presents. The Probation Department is seeking donated bicycles from the community to use in the program. It will then work with local community groups to find children to whom it will donate a restored bicycle. Avila says he's seen some real classic bicycles donated to the shop, many of which, once restored, ride smoother than newer bikes. "It's the best possible thing you can do to a bike," Avila said of restoring one. Now those involved hope they're doing the 9A 929 5530 Mountain View Drive, Redding CA 96033. Call 530-241-3400 to prearrange your wishes • www.BlairsCremation.com FD2153 rizing Freshway to pay wages,'' wrote Edwards, who was appointed by President Jimmy Carter. He added that the Gilardis remain free to publicly express their disapproval of contraceptives. Coming from the other direction, Judge A. Raymond Randolph joined Brown's main conclusion about the Gilardis but dissented from her conclusions about Freshway companies' exercise of religion. ''Why limit the free-exercise right to religious organizations when many business corporations adhere to religious dogma?'' asked Randolph, an appointee of President George H.W. Bush. ''If non-religious organizations do not have free-exercise rights, why do non-religious natural persons (atheists, for example) possess them?'' The Gilardis' lawyer, Francis Manion, senior counsel for the American Center for Law and Justice, an antiabortion legal group that focuses on constitutional law, said he was pleased that the court accepted the ''bulk'' of his arguments, but will appeal the part of the ruling on the free exercise religious rights of corporations. ''It's a big victory, but not total,'' he said in a telephone interview. In a statement, the Rev. Barry W. Lynn, executive director of Americans United, a church-state watchdog group, said the Friday's ruling turns ''the concept of religious freedom on its head."