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Wednesday, December 4, 2013 – Daily News Obituaries Teen arrested after squatting in car A Rio Vista Court resident called the Corning Police DepartAlbert Hayes entered immortality peacefully on Novem- ment early Monday morning after ber 27, 2013. Born in Georgia, later relocating to Ohio, a suspicious man had been then residing in California. Al enjoyed golfing, fishing knocking at her house and then and RVing. entered her Ford Explorer parked Al is survived by brothers Alfred from California, Bill Hayes of Ohio. Two sisters, Claudine and Erma from in the driveway. The woman told law enforceGeorgia. His loving wife Cynthia Hayes, three children, ALBERT HAYES Michael (Janet), Patrick (Lisamarie), Gary ( Terri), son-inlaw Fred Marsh, stepchildren Aaron and Valerie Seaman, grandchildren, Choe Hayes (Tiffany), Jason Hayes (Carla), Ryan Hayes, Samuel Hayes (Patsi), Samantha Ann Hayes-Chiw (Pablo), Nicole LeAnn Hayes - Andres (Wes), James Marsh and eleven great-grandchildren. Albert is preceded by his first wife Barbara and his daughter Debbie Marsh. Services will be held at the Chapel of the Flowers, Red Bluff, on Thursday, December 5th at 10:00 am. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the American Cancer Society. A gathering will follow at the Hayes family home at 20019 Red Bank Rd., Red Bluff, food is appreciated. BOBBY RAY MAYFIELD July 5, 1935 ~ November 16, 2013 Bobby Ray Mayfield, 78 was born July 5, 1935, in Anderson, Missouri and died November 16, 2013 at Enloe Hospital, Chico, CA. He resided in Red Bluff for over 55 years. He was prededed in death by his wife Millie. He is survived by his children, Cindy Trimble, Ron Mayfield (Darsi), Lisa Wilson Mayfield and 5 grandchildren. He has been a member of Sacred Heart Catholic Parish for over 30 years. A rosery will be said @ 7pm Friday, December 6th and Funeral Mass Saturday, December 7th at Noon. Both will be at Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Red Bluff. DR. DONALD WAITS 1-15-30 ~ 11-25-13 Born in Susanville, CA. He was a dentist in Red Bluff since 1967. Survived by wife Millicent, sons Rand of Chico, Dr. Eric Waits (Susan) of Redding, Dr. Kevin Waits (Frooz) of Red Bluff, Dr. Kerry Waits of Red Bluff, grandchildren Evan, Rachel, Kit, Alex, Avery and Aeryn and much loved dog Max. He enjoyed his summer home at Eagle Lake, fishing and hunting. He served in the United States Air Force during the Koren conflict, Past President of Red Bluff Rotary Club, Tehama County Grand Jury, member of Red Bluff Elks, No. California Dental Society, Wilcox Oaks Golf Club. He graduated from San Jose Univ. with a degree in Biological Science and received his docorate in Denistry from Fairleigh Dickenson, New Jersey. At his request no services will be held. In lieu of flowers donations to your favorite charity or the Northern California Dental Foundation, P.O. Box 9265, Red Bluff, CA 96080. JAMES TERRY MURPHY 12-28-1950 ~ 11-24-2013 Jim was born on December 28, 1950 in Exeter, CA. He went to be with the Lord on November 24, 2013. He came to the Corning area with his parents and brother in 1956. He grew up in the Corning & Richfield area. His favorite hobbies were fishing and hunting and he spent many hours in the Paskenta and surrounding mountains. Jim graduated from Corning High School in 1969. He joined the U.S. Navy in 1970. He married Linda Vanella in 1971. Their first daughter was born in 1973. He was discharged from the U.S. Navy in 1974, and he and family came back to Corning. They had two more children, another daughter and a son. Jim went back to school and graduated with a B.A. in Recreation Administration. He worked for the City of Corning until his position was dissolved, he then worked in the Olive industry for many years. He also work for McCoy and Hatfields hardware stores. He raised sheep and worked with the 4-H kids. Jim is survived by his mother, Alice Park of Corning, his grandfather, Gilbert Gray of Anderson, CA, brother Gary Murphy (Susan) of Colorado, brother Randy Murphy of Corning, CA, sister Debi Frost (Jim) of Yuba City, CA, daughter Melissa Ray (Don) of Cottonwood, CA, daughter Monica Harrigan (Kevin) of Willows, CA, son Mitchell Murphy (Sonya) of Alturas, CA. He has five grandchildren, Derek, Darren, Hayden, Kendall and McKenna. Uncle Bob Thayer and "Gayle", and Aunti Em of Corning, and Uncle Roy Thayer of WA, many cousins and three special people, Olivia, Logan & Landon. Memorial services will be held, December 7 at 11:00 am at the New Life Asssembly Church, 660 Solano St., Corning, CA. 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. Michael Lee Goodwin Michael Lee Goodwin, of Red Bluff, died Tuesday, Dec. 3, at Red Bluff Health Care. He was 53. Arrangements are under the direction of Red Bluff Simple Cremations & Burial Service. Published Wednesday, Dec. 4, 2013 in the Daily News, Red Bluff, Calif. SEAT Continued from page 1A Jerry Brown and former Los Angeles mayor Antonio Villaraigosa. Democrats comprise 63 percent of the district's registered voters. Just 11 percent are Republicans while 16 percent have no party preference. If any candidate wins more than half the vote, there will be no need for a runoff election and the winner will take office before the Legislature reconvenes in January. If no candidate wins a clear majority, the top-two votegetters will pair off in the special general election. The district is entirely within Los Angeles County. In addition to Culver City, AD54 includes Century City, Baldwin Hills and the Los Angeles neighborhoods of Crenshaw and Westwood. Another special election last month restored Democrats' two-thirds majority in the Assembly, if the results hold. Setting it straight The location has changed for a fundraiser meeting that appeared in Saturday's edition. The meeting to organize a fundraiser for Frank Oropeza is scheduled for 6 tonight at the community room of the Meadow Apartments in Red Bluff, across from the Red Bluff Community Center. –––––––– 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. 7A BALLOT Continued from page 1A of the lack of information on the proposal, he thought the board should move forward with the ballot proposal. "There's a lot of information that we don't have right now and we don't know answers to a lot of those questions," Bundy said, adding, "How are taxes going to split? How's infrastructure going to be dealt with?" He said a comprehensive look at details is needed, and that there are big issues that would need to be figured out, such as dealing with federal legislation such as the Clean Water Act, the Clean Air Act and welfare-related laws. During the well-attended afternoon portion of the meeting, supervisors heard from opponents and proponents alike, and public comments opened with Mark Baird, a spokesman for the Jefferson Declaration Committee from Siskiyou County. Baird said the formation of a new state would be a win-win for both Northern California and Southern California. "It will be a win for Southern California because they can divest themselves of what they call, 'The unfunded liability of Northern California,'" he said. "It will be a win for us because we can form a ... state with a favorable business climate, a favorable regulatory environment, one in which all of the businesses that flee from California with reckless abandon will perhaps move to." Baird added that a new state would give Northern DEATH Continued from page 1A the May 12 death of the child. Branscombe appeared with attorney Kathryn Thompson at Tehama County Superior Court on Tuesday, when he waived his time rights. He is expected back in court Feb. 25, 2014. Authorities said they responded May 12 to a Byron Avenue residence for a report of an infant not breathing. The boy's mother said she had returned home from work STAY Continued from page 1A lic to address the board before it went to a closed session to discuss Matray's intent to resign, stood up to convey how much Matray meant to them. Many shed tears as they spoke, and one supporter fell to Matray's feet, sobbing as she recounted her time with the administrator. Board president Leonard Stohler said he called the special meeting ment an unknown man wearing a baseball hat had been knocking on her front door and windows and was sitting inside her vehicle, according to department logs. Corning police arrived to find the vehicle had been locked and Californians better representation. He told the supervisors, "Your constituents are in servitude to legislators who are 500 miles away and don't know you and don't know your people and don't know what they need and what they want." Martin Mathisen, a Corning resident who sits on the Corning Union Elementary School District Board, told the supervisors that they don't have the authority to secede from the state as that type of action doesn't fall within the board's jurisdiction. "If that is the case, why do you feel it necessary to allow an activist group, however well intentioned, to insinuate itself into the legitimate agenda of the county of Tehama?" Mathisen said. "None of this serves the interests of the county. The idea that you would secede and that afternoon to find her son's lifeless body in a playpen. Officials said Branscombe, the mother's live-in boyfriend, used two different items to strike the baby, who died from multiple blunt force trauma to the head. Branscombe was in the county jail's GPS Alternative Custody Program for alcohol-related offenses, and was found sleeping in a different room from the boy when officials arrived at the scene. He was taken back into custody at the time. Branscombe previously pleaded not guilty to a count of murder in the to give the board an opportunity to speak to Matray before Friday, the last day Matray intended to work, and to possibly see if should would remain as the assistant superintendent. The board's next regular meeting is scheduled for Tuesday. Matray's resignation would be a "catastrophe to this district, its employees, its children and our programs," Stohler said in his opening remarks. William Metteer Elementary School principal Barbara Gaskin was one of the many who spoke in Poll: More Calif. voters disapprove of Obama's job SACRAMENTO (AP) — A new Field Poll finds that California voters increasingly disapprove of President Barack Obama's job performance while fewer than half support his handling of health care. The poll released Tuesday shows that 51 percent of registered voters approve of the job Obama is doing, the lowest mark in two years. At the same, 43 percent disapprove, up 8 percentage points since Field's last survey in July. Meanwhile, just 43 percent approve of his handling of health care, while half disapprove. Obama's approval ratings are higher on the economy and foreign policy. Overall, 55 percent of those surveyed still have a favorable view of the president. Field surveyed 766 registered voters by telephone from Nov. 14-Dec. 1. The poll has a sampling error margin of plus or minus 3.5 percentage points. CA gov. renews call for federal Rim Fire aid SONORA (AP) — California Gov. Jerry Brown has filed an appeal to President Obama in a renewed effort to obtain federal aid in the wake of a Rim Fire that raged for months. The Federal Emergency Management Agency denied continued assistance for Mariposa and Tuolomne Counties on Nov. 4. FEMA said the damage wasn't severe enough to be beyond the state and local governments' ability to repair. According to the governor's office, current estimates of the damage caused by the fire exceed $54 million. Brown sent a letter to Obama on Monday asking again for a presidential major disaster declaration. In the letter, Brown suggests his original request underestimated the scope and duration of the fire, which began Aug. 17 and was not completely contained until Oct. 24. CARE TO COMMENT? At redbluffdailynews.com, scroll to the end of any story, click the after obtaining the keys from the owner arrested Matthew Ryan Salazar, 18, Corning. Salazar was arrested for felony possession of a controlled substance and misdemeanor possession of burglary tools. His bail was $18,000. make an affirmative decision to allow even consideration of the question of the secession of Tehama County is not only outside the boundaries of your jurisdiction, it's a violation of your oath of office." Bill Goodwin, the county's chief administrator, said the ballot measure would cost about $12,360. "From a staff's perspective, I must tell you I think that's a cost-effective way to gauge the thoughts of the majority of the voters in this county," Goodwin said. "I don't know of a more cost-effective way to get out there and try to survey them or poll them and have any reliability that it's something I can come back to you and say, 'This is what the majority of the voters feel about this at this time.'" case, which was dismissed by the Tehama County District Attorney's Office on Sept. 9 but immediately refiled in order to add the additional felony count. Branscombe also faces unrelated charges of driving under the influence of alcohol/drugs, driving with a blood alcohol level of .08 percent or greater and driving with a suspended license for driving under the influence, according to online court records. He pleaded not guilty to those charges on May 24. Branscombe remains in custody with bail set at $1.1 million. The Red Bluff Union Elementary School District is comprised of Bidwell Elementary School, Jackson Heights Elementary School, William Met"You kind of go teer Elementary School through the motions of and Vista Preparatory working through and Academy. entertaining questions from people and yet there As supporters took was this of out of body turns speaking, some also experience," she said. placed bottles of glue in "Like 'What is this work front of Matray, saying she going to be like without is what holds things her ... leadership?' When I together in the district. talked to people I said, After Monday's turn of 'Her wisdom is always just a phone call away and events, it appears — at her depth of knowledge is least for now — that Matray is sticking around. tremendous.'" support of Matray at the meeting. Gaskin said she felt "numb" as she went about her business on Monday. THE PASSING PARADE (From an I Say of August 1976) Nice weather…or as father would put it, "lovely weather". And he would continue by saying, "Did I ever tell you about my folks? The Minchs are lovely people." He would throw out that line with no intention of actually telling you about his folks. It was more of a statement of his being in a good mood than anything else. He would just toss out non sequiturs and never expect an answer. He would also say while walking through the kitchen when mother was preparing dinner, "The trouble with you, kid, is that you have no imagination"…but once again not waiting for a response. Some might find this eccentric behavior, but not the folks who truly knew him. He was just generally full of life and good humor. He whistled often when walking up town on a summer's evening… usually barefooted and wearing only a pair of jeans. However, he didn't fit the transient or hippy mold in the slightest. Though he was an optimist, he was very frank about the odds of succeeding in business during the depression. He wrote in his diary in 1933, "Everything is running so smoothly that I'm afraid something might happen." In this case he was prescient for his next entry was, "Bought a new Dodge truck…first new car in 3 years", and this was followed 10 days later with, "Charlie Day wrecked our new truck yesterday". If I write about him and quote him at length often, it is because he was a very honest, charismatic and hard working example for his employees and those with whom he did business. It has been difficult to get through the day these many months later without thinking of him or wondering what he would have done if faced with the problems we have today. What got me on this subject? Well, mother gave me a large box containing cards and letters which she discovered cleaning out a closet. They were leftovers from father's funeral back in September of 1964. There had been a large turnout at the First Baptist Church as one might expect for a man who had lived in Red Bluff for 45 years and had been a well known and respected businessman in California as well as in many of the Western States. He would have made a good Congressman for about one term…and then his conservative, don't spend a dime philosophy would have got him into trouble in Washington. I estimated the cards, which had been attached to flowers, totaled over 250! That's a lot of bouquets. The Red Bluff Flower Shop probably took a vacation after that haul. Mother found these mementos uplifting. For a person like me, not well grounded in the church, they were depressing reminders of his passing. Because of this, the next time we suffer a bereavement in the family, I will ask mother to handle it for both of us. Robert Minch 1929- link and type away. 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