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Obituaries SHASTA HELEN ROWE Shasta Helen Rowe, 38, a resident of Red Bluff passed away Friday, December 3, 2010. She was born August 13, 1972 in Stockton, CA and completed high school there. She was currently completing her business management degree. She was working for Mobile Homes 4 Less in sales and office management. Shasta is survived by her children; Cassidy Gardner, Jordan Cox, Nikole Cox, Ashlynn Gardner, Alexus Rowe, her parents; Karen and Chuck Mathews; her aunts and uncles; Luke and Jan Beck, Sam and Deb Beck, Laura Wells and Josephine Moulchin. Shasta never could say no to others, and had a heart of gold. She will be missed dearly. Memorial Service will be held 10:30 a.m., Thursday, De- cember 9, 2010 at North Valley Baptist Church, 345 David Avenue. Arrangements are be Hoyt-Cole Chapel of the Flowers, Red Bluff, CA. SEASON Continued from page 1A ly Light", Berlioz ‘ "The Shepherds’ Farewell" from L’enfance du Christ. Audience members will recognize the familiar and beautiful "Fantasia on Greensleeves" by Ralph Vaughan Williams, featuring a lovely flute solo by North State Symphony prin- cipal flutist Yael Ronen. Of special interest in this concert is a piece by Heitor Villa-Lobos, a Brazilian composer. His "Ciranda das sete notas," a one-movement concer- to for bassoon and string orchestra, was composed in Rio de Janeiro in PAIR Continued from page 1A unknown type of knife prior to making demands for the money, a Corning PEARL Continued from page 1A 2,400 service members died. Sailors lined the deck of the USS Chafee and saluted as the guided missile destroyer passed between the sunken hull of the USS Arizona and the grassy landing where the remembrance ceremony was held. After the ceremony, the sur- ADELIA "DEL" TODD on December 2, 2010 after a year and a half long battle with cancer. She was born on October 6, 1932 in Detroit, MI to Ettore and Leonilda Scocchio. She moved to Redd- ing in 1992, but was a long time resident of Red Bluff. She is survived by her loving husband, Galan; daughters Jackie Allcock (Dallas) of Virginia and Mary Ann Beguin (Jim) of Anderson. Sons Robert and Fred Turner, step children Trevor, Tamara and Tiffani Todd. She has eight grandchildren, multiple great grandchildren and one great great granddaughter. A celebration of life will be held Saturday, December 11, 2010 at 2 p.m. at Churn Creek Golf Course, 7335 Churn Creek Rd, Redding. Adelia Mary Todd went to be with her Lord and Savior In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to St. Jude’s. Death Notices Everett Freeman Everett Freeman died Tuesday, Nov. 30, 2010, in Corning. He was 79. Hoyt-Cole Chapel of the Flowers is handling the arrangements. Published Wednesday, Dec. 8, 2010, in the Daily News, Red Bluff, Calif. Donn R. Murphy Donn R. Murphy died Sunday, Dec. 5, 2010, in Red Bluff. He was 79. Hoyt Cole Chapel of the Flowers is handling the arrangements. Published Wednesday, Dec. 8, 2010, in the Daily News, Red Bluff, Calif. 2 former lawmakers named to California boards SACRAMENTO (AP) — Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger has named two former Republican state lawmakers to state boards as he prepares to leave office in January. Former Assembly minority leader Michael Villines, who lost a bid for state insurance commissioner last month, was appointed to the Central Valley Flood Protection Board. The post pays $40,669 annually. Former Assemblyman Anthony Adams was named Tuesday to the Board of Parole Hearings. That position will pay $111,845. Adams, of Hesperia, and Villines, of Clovis, both had angered conservatives and their fellow Republicans by approving tax increases last year. Adams joined the Assembly in 2006 and chose not to seek re-election this year. Villines was termed out of the Assembly this year after serving since 2004. Both positions require confirmation by the Senate. Brown names HHS secretary, budget director SACRAMENTO (AP) — Gov.-elect Jerry Brown has announced the first appointments of his administration. Brown on Tuesday named Diana Dooley as secretary of Health and Human Services and said he is reappointing Ana Matosantos as director of the Department of Finance. Both are Democrats, as is Brown. Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger appointed Matosantos, who is 35, to that post nearly a year ago. Dooley, who is 59, is president and CEO of the Califor- nia Children’s Hospital Association. She was legislative secretary and special assistant to Brown when he was gov- ernor from 1975 to 1983. Both positions require confirmation from the Senate. SF Santa fired over jokes SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Santa Claus has been fired from a Macy’s store in San Francisco for being a bit too jolly. The San Francisco Chronicle says John Toomey, who played Santa at the Union Square store for 20 years, was told Saturday that his ‘‘ho-ho-hoeing’’ days are over because an adult couple complained about his jokes. The 68-year-old Toomey says he asks older people who sit on his lap if they’ve been good. When they answer yes, he replies: ‘‘Gee, that’s too bad.’’ If they ask why Santa’s so jolly, Toomey says it’s because he knows where all the naughty boys and girls live. Come share your memories and bring your favorite dessert dish. vivors, some in wheelchairs, passed through a ‘‘Walk of Honor’’ lined by saluting sailors, Marines, airmen and soldiers to enter a new $56 mil- lion visitor center that was dedicat- ed at the ceremony. ‘‘This facility is the fulfillment of a promise that we will honor the past,’’ Jarvis said. The Park Service built the new center because the old one, which was built on reclaimed land in 1980, was sinking into the ground. The old facility was also overwhelmed by its popularity: it received about 1.6 million visitors each year, about FEE Continued from page 1A build dozens of new subdi- visions, the National Association of Home Builders challenged the rule in federal court, say- ing vehicles were the problem, not new homes and businesses. The national federation claimed the air district lacked the authority to regulate tailpipe emissions Wednesday, December 8, 2010 – Daily News – 7A Choruses from Red Bluff, the 1933. The North State Symphony features its own principal bassoonist Jarratt Rossini as the soloist in this unusual and complex piece. Austrian composer Josef Haydn also holds a prominent place in this concert’s program. A portion of his trumpet concerto, starring soloist Brian Anderson, principal trumpet for the North State Symphony is featured. The Toy Symphony, once thought to be by Haydn and now attributed to Mozart's father Leopold, is the silly piece. If you ever thought orchestra concerts were a touch too serious, this piece should help you get over that. Police release said. The man is described as being between 5 feet 10 inches and 6 feet with a thin build. The clerk gave the woman an undisclosed amount of money and the Masterworks Chorale, and Redding, Harmonia, will sing selections with the symphony. The Red Bluff concert is present- ed under the auspices of the Tehama County Community Concert Asso- ciation. For more information, visit tehamacommunityconcerts.org. Tickets for the Red Bluff concert are $25 for adults and $12.50 for children and students. Tickets are available by calling the North State Symphony office at 898-6692 or ordering online through the North State Symphony website: www.northstatesympho- ny.org. woman and the man left the store. Witnesses said the subjects ran south on West Street and were last seen going west on Marin Street. An area check was made by officers, but the twice as many as it was designed for. People often had to squeeze by one another to view the photos and maps in its small exhibit hall. In comparison, the new center has two spacious exhibition halls with room for more people, as well as large maps and artifacts such as anti-air- craft guns. There was a minor disruption on the center’s first day when the dis- covery of an unidentified bag inside one of the galleries prompted the Park Service to briefly evacuate the two exhibit halls and a courtyard. But the rest of the visitors center remained open, and everyone was allowed back in the galleries after the object was determined to be a medical bag carrying oxygen. U.S. Pacific Fleet commander Adm. Patrick Walsh said the new center, which has twice the exhibi- tion space as the old one, would tell the story of those who fought and won the peace. ‘‘This museum gives a view into and claimed it was the responsibility of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. A Fresno federal court ruled in favor of the air district in 2008, and the 9th Circuit upheld that rul- ing Tuesday. Amy Chai, senior coun- sel for the home builders association, said the orga- nization remained con- cerned about the rule’s impact on the local indus- try, which has suffered SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A line of questioning at an appeals court hearing over California’s gay marriage ban suggested the three judges could issue a decision that would legalize same-sex marriage in that state but leave intact bans in other western states under the court’s jurisdiction. The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals heard nearly three hours of arguments Monday during a televised hearing that reached a nationwide audience anxious for a final decision on whether voter-approved Proposition 8 and similar same- sex marriage bans violate the U.S. Constitution. The judges appeared troubled over whether they could recognize marriage as a civil right for all same-sex couples or only those in states that already grant gays the rights of marriage without the title. Theodore Olson — who argued a portion of the case on behalf of the two same-sex couples who sued to overturn Proposition 8 and persuaded a lower court to strike it down — said denying gays the right to wed constitutes discrimi- nation that cannot be justified under any circumstances. ‘‘What this comes down to, it seems to me, is that Cali- fornia has built a fence around its gay and lesbian citizens and it has built a fence around the institution of marriage, which the Supreme Court says, not based on procreation or anything else, is the most important relationship in life,’’ Olson said. His oratory prompted Judge Stephen Reinhardt, the panel’s most liberal member, to ask if Proposition 8 were a unique case because it amended the California Constitution to outlaw same-sex marriages five months after the state Supreme Court had legalized them. ‘‘Your closing speech would require a holding that any state that did not permit gay marriage would be in violation of the Constitution,’’ the judge said. ‘‘There is a possibility, I think in this case, that Proposition 8’s withdrawal of the right of marriage from gays and lesbians is unconstitution- al under the circumstances that they enjoyed that right, that they are given every aspect of marriage and the only thing taken away is the honorific of marriage.’’ Attorney Charles Cooper, who represents sponsors of the 2008 measure, argued that same-sex couples can be treated differently when it comes to marriage without run- ning afoul of the Constitution because ‘‘sexual relationships between men and women naturally produce children.’’ ‘‘Society has no particular interest in a platonic relation- ship between a man and a woman no matter how close it might be, or emotional relationships between other people as well, but when the relationship becomes a sexual one, society has a considerable interest in that,’’ Cooper said. ‘‘Its vital interests are actually threatened by the possibility of an unintentional and unwanted pregnancy.’’ Mondays’ hearing also focused on whether Proposition 8’s supporters have legal standing to challenge a lower court ruling that the ban was unconstitutional. The issue surfaced after outgoing California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and Attorney General Jerry Brown both refused to challenge the ruling that overturned the ban. The panel appeared dubious about whether the ban’s man and woman were not found. Nothing further was available. Anyone with informa- tion is asked to call Corn- ing Police Department at 824-7000. their lives, a window into the enor- mity of their task, an appreciation of the heaviness of their burden, the strength of their resolve,’’ Walsh said. Assistant Secretary of the Interior Thomas Strickland said the events of Dec. 7, 1941, were so traumatic and marked by heroism that they had become ingrained in the nation’s consciousness. ‘‘That day is now fundamental to who we are as a people. Its stories must be preserved. They must be honored and they must be shared,’’ Strickland said. USS Pennsylvania sailor DeWayne Chartier was on his way to church that day but never made it: ‘‘I got interrupted someplace along the line,’’ the 93-year-old recounted. He returned to Pearl Harbor from Walnut Creek, Calif., to mark the anniversary and see the dedication of the new center. ‘‘It is my duty. It is not just a visit,’’ Chartier said. ‘‘I felt I should be part of it.’’ heavily in the economic downturn in the foreclo- sure-ridden valley. Offi- cials have not ruled out an appeal to the Supreme Court, she said. ‘‘We filed this suit four years ago, and sadly a lot of our members are no longer in business,’’ Chai said. ‘‘We are disappoint- ed.’’ Sadredin said the col- lapse in the construction industry meant the air dis- trict collected far less in fees than it had originally projected before the reces- sion began — just $16 million over the last five years, as opposed to the initial estimate of up to $30 million per year. Clean air activists — including the environmen- tal law group Earthjustice, which has opposed local regulators in the past but intervened in the air dis- trict’s favor in this case — said they were pleased by Tuesday’s ruling. Court weighs constitutionality of gay marriage ban supporters were qualified to appeal but also seemed worried about allowing the governor and attorney general to effec- tively kill Proposition 8 by refusing to defend it. WE SAID in December 1990 PART TWO The two started in the front of the bar and worked their way to the rear, careening between the pool tables. Pushing and shoving soon gave way to more vicious combat, but this battle had none of the dance steps observed in professional boxing rings. In fact, few actual punches were thrown. It was an honest-to-God dive for cover barroom brawl. Marion, gritting and baring his teeth in a canine snarl, would rush across the room and hurl himself at Skeet. Skeet, who was proving his claim that he knew hand-to- hand combat, handled a flying mare move with skill and technique by catching Marion on his hip, whirling him over and crashing him to the floor. However, on occasion, Skeet found himself unwillingly air borne. He said later that Marion was one of the strongest men he ever knew...and just didn’t know when to quit. The brawl lasted for nearly a half an hour which would have exhausted most combatants. That’s why in the sport of boxing, the rounds are just 3 minutes long. But these big fellows continued with increased vigor. Large wooden beer cases were smashed and splintered about the room and the heavy pool tables were knocked askew. Babe Venos, who owned the parlor, was rather put out because the next day he had to level all the tables. But it was the tables that finally settled the match. The boys had gone to kicking and gouging and acting damn mean. Skeet said he got so mad, and the fight was lasting so long, that he thought he would have to kill Marion to stop him. Finally, he was able to get one arm over Marion’s shoulder, another between his legs, and turned Marion upside down. Once he had his man off the ground, Skeet rushed a table to bang Marion’s back into it. Marion didn’t actually give up, but after three or four crunches into the table, he quieted right down and slowly slouched to the floor against a pool table, prompting Skeet to stagger away for a well earned rest against the bar. It was probably a good thing for Skeet that Marion had been pretty near drunk when the fight began, and it was probably a good thing for Marion that Skeet had been on his new artificial leg for only a few months. Skeet had stepped on a land mine and lost his lower leg in Italy a year earlier during WW II. Marion died some years later up in Alaska which seems poetic justice for a strong man in a demanding land. Skeet retired in 1975 after our meat plant closed down, and died in 1993. The billiard parlor remains, but, like our old plant, it is just a shadow of itself, having since gone through many alterations and owners. But for a few of us, the memory of the place and the combat that spring day in 1945 lingers on. Robert Minch, 1929 - Originally published in Meat Industry Magazine, reprinted with permission. WE SAID is brought to you by by Minch Property Management, 760 Main Street specializing in commercial leasing and sales. 530 527 5514