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Obituaries ARLLA BELLE WIDLUND Arlla Widlund was born June 26, 1928 in Duell County Nebraska. Her parents were Arley Floyd Rost and Mabel Muriel Pash. She passed away on December 10, 2010. A memorial Service for Arlla will be held at the Masonic Lodge in Red Buff on Saturday, January 8, 2011 at 1pm, located at 822 Main Street in Red Bluff, CA. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to Red Bluff Hospice or Feather River Hospice in care of Newton- Bracewell Funeral Homes. You may share your thoughts and memories of Arlla and view the full obituary at nbcfh.com. JAMES LEE ROSS Born to Clifford and Stella Ross of Vina, CA. died De- cember 22, 2010 in Puyallup, WA. at the age of 61 of dia- betic complications. Jim was laid to rest with Military hon- ors on December 30, 2010 at 1:00 pm at the Tahoma Na- tional Cemetery in Kent, WA. Services were also held at 2:15 pm at Berean Baptist Church in Puyallup, WA. He was a proud Vietnam Veteran, and served 17 years in the Air Force. Jim is survived by his wife Wanda and sons Trevor and Darrell, four brothers, Donald Ross of Los Molinos, CA., David (Nancy) Ross of Corning, CA., Allen (Pat) Ross of Vina, CA., and William (Susan) Ross of El Dorado Hills, CA., four sisters, Irene (Lawrence) Azevedo of Chico, CA., Mary (Norman) Hamer of Los Molinos, CA., Janet (Jo- seph) Martinez of Chico, CA., and Jean Ann (Evert) Babb of Corning, CA. He was a beloved husband, father, brother, uncle, cousin and nephew. Rest in peace in God’s hands PATRICIA ANN DAVIS her residence January 1, 2011. She was born October 22, 1941 in Waterloo, Iowa to Len Ora Hawkins and Doro- thea (Whiles) Hawkins. She was preceded in death by her parents, Len and Dorothea Hawkins; her husband, Ronald E. Davis; and three brothers, Timothy, Bill and Van Hawkins. She is survived by, five children, Misty L. Davis of Rockdale, TX, Michael E. Davis of Portland, OR, Ronald E. Davis, II of Sweethome, OR, Jennifer W. Garcia of Univer- sal City, TX, and Rebecca S. Bradfield of Uvalde, TX.; Ten grandchildren; eight great-grandchildren and her brothers, David L. Williams of CA., Jerry Ferritor of CA; sisters, Norma Michael of Fort Wayne, Indiana, Bernita Fauchald, Victorville, CA. Honorary pallbearers include Frank Wilson, Bruce Brown, Mike Brown, David Hall, Frank Arredondo, Der- rick Weeks and Mark Brown. Pallbearers include Derek Davis, Stephen Adkins, Jon Horton, Pete Perez, Cameron Bradfield and Ben Garcia. Services will be held at 1:00 p.m. Wednesday, January 5, 2011, at the First Baptist Church in Camp Wood, with Rev. Curtis Wilson officiating. Interment will follow in the Garden of Memories Cemetery in Camp Wood. The family invites you to leave condolences at www.nelsonfuneralhomes.net Arrangements under the care of Nelson Funeral Homes of Camp Wood, TX. Death Notices Bill Brown Bill Brown died Monday, Jan. 3, 2011, in Los Molinos. He was 76. Newton-Bracewell Chico Funeral Home is han- dling the arrangements. Published Wednesday, Jan. 5, 2011, in the Daily News, Red Bluff, Calif. Helen Juanita Hagins Helen Juanita Hagins died Tuesday, Dec. 28, 2010, at her residence in Paynes Creek. She was 90. Lawncrest Chapel in Redding is handling the arrangements. Published Wednesday, Jan. 5, 2011, in the Daily News, Red Bluff, Calif. Benjamin Andrew Sullivan Benjamin Andrew Sullivan died Tuesday, Dec. 28, 2010, at his residence in Red Bluff. He was six-months old. Hoyt- Cole Chapel of the Flowers is handling the services. Published Wednesday, Jan. 5, 2011, in the Daily News, Red Bluff, Calif. EPA Continued from page 1A what needs to be done on how we get to a place where a healthy river ecosystem is prioritized. ‘‘This will be looked back on as an important milestone in getting both agreement and a degree of accountability about the clear path forward.’’ The challenge now is implementing the plan at a time when the state budget is tight, said Glen Spain of the Pacific Coast Federa- tion of Fishermen’s Asso- ciations. The Klamath water quality plan comes on top of landmark agreements to remove four hydroelectric dams that block salmon from hundreds of miles of habitat, restore Klamath Basin ecosystems, and assure water for farmers on a federal irrigation pro- ject. The U.S. Interior secre- tary is due to decide by March 2012 whether to go ahead with those plans. ‘‘Dam removal alone will not solve the fishery problem,’’ Patricia Ann Davis, 69, of Uvalde County passed away at PAIR Continued from page 1A including one dog and two cats. The residents told dis- patchers Monday that a floodlight was unplugged and a gate was knocked over at the house, the logs STATE Continued from page 1A that were on the walls, the marble tile and the flashy neon sign outside. “From early residents who recog- nized the need for quality entertain- ment in their thriving community to those who are currently working to create a community arts center in the theater, anticipating the revital- ization of the community’s historic downtown, the State Theatre is a symbol of the citizens’ commitment to the arts in their community,” Philbrick said. Over the years, there have been several times when the community has been needed to preserve the the- ater and it has always stepped up, she said. The building was completed in the mid-1940s, but the grounds have been a place of entertainment start- ing with the Pavilion Opera House built in 1882, soon after the Red Bluff Hotel and the new Masonic Hall burned, Philbrick said. The Pavilion Opera House was owned by John Brady, proprietor of Empire Livery Stable, and was used for fairs of the Tehama County Agricultural Society, dances, plays, masquerades, skating, benefits, mil- itary drills and many other social events, she said. The property was later sold to Claus Trede and when part of it burned in December 1906, after a fire started in the southeast corner of Frary and Thomas Stable, it was being upgraded and used as a skat- ing rink. A Dec. 2, 1906 Daily News arti- cle refers to the fire as “one of the largest fires in Red Bluff for a long time.” According to an article “A Moment In Time,” written by Philbrick in honor of the 100-year anniversary of the Red Bluff Opera House, the town trustees came very close to acquiring the property at Oak and Washington streets to be used for a municipal hall. The story of the new opera house began in January 1907 when Paul Stoll went before the town trustees saying he had $7,500 to build an opera house and could guarantee he would have a total of $10,000 with- in 24 hours. Feb. 14, 1907 the Red Bluff Opera House Company was incor- porated with original stock sub- scribers being Trede, Stoll, Marcus Sobel, Charles Darrough, the estate of H.W. Brown, E.K. Hoy, T.N. ming from the upper basin, where the biggest human population and most intensive Catherine Kuhlman, executive offi- cer of the North Coast Regional Water Quality Control Board, said from Santa Rosa, Calif. ‘‘We have to clean up the water in order to restore the fish- ery. To do that, we’ve got to use some pretty untradi- tional approaches.’’ The plan calls for cre- ation of one of the biggest water pollution credit exchanges in the country to pull money from sources of problems, such as hydroelectric dams owned by the utility Paci- fiCorp, and combine it with state and federal funds for spending on top- priority improvement pro- jects, she said. Projects would include construct- ing wetlands to filter the water. The list of projects has yet to be developed. With most of the water quality problems stem- SAN DIEGO (AP) — A war memorial cross in a San Diego public park is unconstitutional because it con- veys a message of government endorsement of religion, a federal appeals court ruled Tuesday in a two decade old case. A three-judge panel of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals issued the unanimous decision in the dispute over the 29-foot cross, dedicated in 1954 in honor of Korean War veterans. The court said modifications could be made to make it constitutional, but it didn’t specify what those changes occur, the bulk of the improvements have to be done there, Kuhlman added. The plan also targets cold water refuges that salmon depend on to escape warm stretches of river, and protects them from suction dredge min- ing and construction of levees and bridges. The Klamath’s waters have long been impaired by warm temperatures, low oxygen levels, toxic algae and erosion that are exacerbated by dams, log- ging, roads, and agricul- tural runoff. Spain’s organization and other conservation groups sued the EPA to force California to develop water quality standards for 17 salmon rivers from Mendocino, Calif., to the Oregon border, and a con- sent decree was signed in 1997. The Klamath plan would be. ‘‘In no way is this decision meant to undermine the importance of honoring our veterans,’’ the three judges said in their ruling. ‘‘Indeed, there are count- less ways that we can and should honor them, but without the impri- matur of state-endorsed religion.’’ Federal courts are reviewing sever- al cases of crosses on public lands being challenged as unconstitutional, including a cross erected on a remote Mojave Desert outcropping to honor American war dead. Tuesday’s ruling could influence future cases involving said. Wednesday, January 5, 2011 – Daily News – 5A the cold, Graham said. Officers found Heller standing in a back bed- room and took him into custody. Minutes later, Nordella was found unre- sponsive inside a closet in the same room. She appeared ill or injured, Graham said. Emergency personnel took Nordella to St. Elizabeth Community Hospital where she was medically cleared and then arrested. Heller and Nordella were reportedly staying at a friend’s house overnight in Red Bluff, Graham said. The next day, when they were walking in the area, they said they entered the charred resi- dence trying to get out of Frary, Leon Beal, Mrs. Darwin B. Lyon, John C. Turner, Charles P. Mayhew and James T. Shubert. While original costs were esti- mated to be about $30,000 the final cost when the building, which housed more than the opera house, was completed in February 1909 was $53,500. The community was involved even in the construction with all the contractors being from Red Bluff, Philbrick said. Hiram Whitley provided 40,000 concrete bricks to construct the building, which included a full base- ment and concrete foundation done by O’Connor Bros. George Fritz did carpentry work and Adolph Shafer did the plumbing, gas and galvaniz- ing work, she said. The two-story opera house had a seating capacity of 1,000 on the ground floor and had a 63-foot-wide by 35-foot-deep stage along with an orchestra pit, balcony, offices and lodge and banquet rooms. About 2,000 spectators were on hand when Mayor-elect Walter Bransford laid the cornerstone on April 14, 1908 and it opened to a full house Nov. 5, 1908 with a musi- cal comedy, “Little Johnny Jones,” from San Francisco. In August 1913, the theater showed its first Edison Talking Pic- ture. “As predicted, the Red Bluff Opera House soon became the cen- ter of amusement for the growing population,” Philbrick said. “Under the direction of Bert Bidwell this house became well-known among troupers far and wide. It had the largest stage between Portland, Ore. and San Francisco.” Fires were common in early 20th Century Red Bluff and several occurred in the building. On April 21, 1912 in the basement dressing rooms a fire started and half the stage floor had to be replaced. In March 1921, Penny, Blair and Wilson purchased the Empire and leased the opera house portion as part of a circuit of theaters. In hopes of removing any jinx the opera house was renamed Orpheum, Philbrick said. In March 1924 during a movie show a fire was discovered in the southeast portion of the building. Another fire in August 1925 damaged the front portion of the Orpheum occupied by the Masonic order, American Legion, Women’s Auxiliary and Rotary Club. The pavilion part of the building was left untouched. was the last of them. farming Water quality problems came to a head in 2002, when tens of thousands of adult salmon died in the lower Klamath from dis- eases spread by low and warm water conditions during a drought. In recent years, California has post- ed summer health warn- ings along the river due for toxic algae. EPA scientists said fix- ing the problems will take years and hinge on munic- ipal water treatment plants serving Klamath Falls, Ore., and Tulelake, Calif.; hydroelectric dams strad- dling the Oregon-Califor- nia border; logging; farm- ing; and cattle grazing. Federal approval of dam removal and environ- mental restoration will make crucial funding available to meet the water quality plan, said EPA environmental scientist Sue Keydel. Judges rule cross at Calif. park unconstitutional the separation of church and state. U.S. Justice Department spokesman Wyn Hornbuckle said the federal government, which is defend- ing the cross, was studying Tuesday’s ruling and had no comment. Gina Coburn, spokeswoman for the San Diego’s city attorney’s office, which was once a defendant in the case, said the cross will have to be removed from Mt. Soledad unless the federal government appeals and sends it back to a full panel of Ninth Circuit judges or the Supreme Court agrees to rule on it. THE PASSING PARADE (A short time ago I wrote of the demise of Dave Sale. Here follows a more detailed account of the fellow in an “I Say” written in 1972) Last Saturday I sneezed four times in succession. This was very odd because I am a triple sneezer. Dave Sale, for example is a double sneezer. Did I ever tell you about David D. Sale? Dave (as he is known in the trade…something to do with weights and measures work he does for the County) is an interesting study and an unusual fellow. For one thing, he reads the directions on food cans before heating. I’m not kidding. He can also wiggle his ears. He had, at one time, a complete set of the “The Rover Boys”…or was it “The Hardy Boys”? He, as a lad, conducted the longest running Monopoly game east of the sand slough. He was the last born of a family of 4 boys and four girls. He was also the smallest of the litter. He was so small while in Red Bluff Union High School that, in his senior year, although a good athlete, he could not make the varsity “A Teams “in football or basketball because of height and weight. The giant you see before you today stands 6’4” which gives hope to all runts of high school age. In his spare time, Dave moonlights as a referee. He is fair and impartial to a fault. One time, a couple of years ago, while refereeing a football game, he found my own son guilty of some minor infraction…kicking an opponent in the groin as I recall. Well, I felt it was so unjust for him to do this to his old pal’s only boy, that I yelled out, “David Sale… you should be ashamed of yourself!” David’s own daughter sitting nearby agreed with me and offered to throw a rock in my behalf…an offer I declined politely However, he has many virtues and attributes. He is an avid hunter and golfer and, although quiet and taciturn, stands out in a crowd…literally and figuratively. As lads behind the barn at the Sale mansion on Gilmore Road, we indulged in grape vine smoking until Sister Eleanor caught us and threatened to expose us if we continued. She was so forceful and adamant, we swore off cigarettes for life thereby insuring a long life for us all. Anyhow, my point is that I am a triple sneezer and David is a double sneezer. Also, his middle name if Dandrige. David Dandrige Sale. If you ever run into him, you may call him by his full name or the abbreviated Dave. He will take no offense one way or another. That’s the way it is with the fine fellow. Robert Minch 1929- The Passing Parade is brought to you by by Minch Property Management, 760 Main Street specializing in commercial leasing and sales. 530 527 5514 Heller and Nordella are being held at Tehama County Jail. Bail was set at $20,000 each. ——— Andrea Wagner can be reached at 527-2153, extension 114 or awagner@redbluffdailyne ws.com. The board of directors met to dis- cuss repairing the building and a committee of three, Stoll, Trede and William Fisher, was appointed to meet with an architect from Chico. Aug. 16, 1928 the directors sold the Orpheum to T&D Jr. Enterprises and a complete remodel was done with the first State Theatre opening to a packed house on March 30, 1929. In 1935 the State was redecorated with heating and air conditioning upgraded and a new loge section installed. “The theater was becoming a community asset as well as a place for entertainment and pleasure,” Philbrick said. The state was hit yet again with a fire described in a Feb. 17, 1944 DN article as “one of the most spectacu- lar fires in Red Bluff in many years.” First detected by Patrolman Gorham Bloxham, the fire exten- sively damaged offices occupied by the Elks Club, the California High- way Patrol, Federal Employment Agency, Congressman Clair Engle and State Beauty Shoppe. “It was wartime and it would be over a year, April 1945, before work to rebuild the theater got started,” Philbrick said. The new State Theatre opened yet again to a full house on May 24, 1946 with the movie “Blue Dahlia.” Over the years, the theater was a place for many community events including special Bull Sale Shows started in the 1940s, Santa visits started in 1949 that followed the parade and graduations. The earliest recorded use of the State Theatre was 1914 when Robert L. Douglas, president of the Red Bluff Union High School Board of Trustees, handed out diplomas to 34 graduating seniors. Other schools to use the State for graduation have included Mercy High School, Reeds Creek School and e-Scholar Academy. The State Theatre was operated until sometime in the mid to late 1980s as a movie house. The non- profit group, State Theatre for the Arts, began its operations in 1998- 1999. ——— Julie Zeeb can be reached at 527-2153, extension 115 or jzeeb@redbluffdailynews.com.