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Thursday, January 6, 2011 – Daily News – 5A 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. JOHN ANDREW ESLINGER John Andrew Eslinger, native of Red Bluff, CA, died on December 20, 2010 after a lengthy illness. He was 78 years old. He is survived by two brothers, Ralph Eslinger of Canada and George Eslinger of Hawaii, four children, daughter Cheri (Eslinger) Pacheco of Auburn, CA and three sons, John Eslinger of Meadow Vista, CA, James Eslinger of Riverside, CA, and Joseph Eslinger of Grand Junction, CO, numerous nieces, nephews, grandchildren, and was adored by his great grandchildren. There will be a memorial at the family picnic area on Saturday, April 23, 2011 at 1:30 PM to celebrate John’s in- teresting life and his love of the Eslinger family home. For more information, email popseslinger@gmail.com PAIR Continued from page 1A prompted officers to obtain a search warrant for the apartment. Rifles and other items found inside were identified as items stolen from a burglary at a Luning Street residence earlier that day, a press release said. Noble Engle, 65, had reported his rifle and sev- eral other items stolen from his residence while he was out of the house, police said. Further investigation prompted a second search warrant, and officers re- searched the apartment Tuesday morning, a press release said. Detectives confiscated more stolen items including metham- phetamine drug paraphre- nalia and a weapon made from a bicycle handlebar modified into a club. In all, nine rifles, a lap- top computer, ammuni- tion, several knives and other stolen property were recovered, police said. A third man was found inside the apartment but was later released and is not suspected of a crime, police said. Four handguns and sev- BILL BROWN to be with the Lord on Monday, January 3, 2011 at his home with his family by his side. He was born January 25, 1934 in Chico, CA to William and Dora Brown. Bill served in the U.S. Air Force from 1952 to 1972. After his military career, he worked 15 years for the Vina School District. Following his retirement he enjoyed being on the family ranch. Bill was a member of St Paul Lutheran Church in Red Bluff. Survivors include his wife of 55 years, Joanne; two sons, Michael of Oroville and Jim of Redding and two grand- sons, Cody and Casey. Funeral services will be held at 1:00 p.m. Friday, January 7, 2011 at St. Paul Lutheran Church in Red Bluff. Burial will follow at Vina Cemetery. You may share your thoughts and memories of Bill in William "Bill" Augustus Brown, 76, of Los Molinos went eral valuable knives from the Luning Street burglary are still missing, a release RODEO Continued from page 1A care of Newton-Bracewell Chico Funeral Home at nbcfh.com. “The organization reminds me of the CCPRA because of their family values and the fact that the rodeos are close to home (for contestants),” Marinelli said. “I admire what they instill in their contestants and how they promote the core family values. It’s just something I’d like to repre- sent.” Miss Rodeo USA is a good opportunity to travel and see the dif- ferent types of rodeos, Marinelli said. If she wins the title, Marinelli, the daughter of Ronda and John Marinelli of Red Bluff, will spend every weekend over the next year at rodeos across the Midwest, South- ern and Eastern states and even Canada. The time commitment will be more than just weekends. “It’s a full-time job,” Marinelli ALBERT E. DREYER Albert E. Dreyer, a proud veteran of World War II, passed away on December 30, 2010 at the age of 93. Al- bert served his country both in the United States Army Air Corps and in the Army National Guard. Albert is preceded in death by his wife, Madeline Dreyer said. “You have to commit 100 per- cent. Miss Rodeo USA doesn’t just ride around. She goes to a lot of the community events.” In addition to rodeos every week- end, with some weekends having and by brothers William Dreyer and Arthur Dreyer. He is also preceded in death by long time companion Frances Ford and favorite pet Mitzie. He is survived by daughters Sharon Rose Dreyer and partner Gregg Avilla of Red Bluff, Donna Dreyer Bair and son-in-law Niel Bair of Vacaville. He has four grandchildren, Tyson Lee Albert Williams of Redmond, Washington; Amber R. Sparks of Dixon, California; Breck F. Bair of Alpharetta, Georgia and Chad Ryan Williams of Orangevale, California. Albert has eight great grandchildren, Holly Sparks, Brendan Har- ris, Breck Williams, Dakota Williams, Karleen Williams, Kurtis Williams, Drake Bair, and Briley Bair. Albert was born in Daly City in 1917. He graduated from FIRE Continued from page 1A high school in Napa, California. He worked for Richard D. Hopkins Company in Berkeley, California until 1974. Upon his retirement, he moved to Red Bluff. The entire Dreyer Family wishes to express their sincere gratitude to Dr. Datu and to the employees of Tehama Es- tates and Brentwood Skilled Nursing for the continuous, caring attention they gave to Albert while under their care. A private family memorial will be held at a later date. CITY Continued from page 1A tions out there besides AB66 that could create a resolution to permanently fund public safety, and he is working on it. Nielsen declined to name the possible solutions, saying it was too premature to throw the ideas out there. As Vice-Chairman of the Assembly Budget Commit- tee, Nielsen has to consider public safety funding in context of the entire budget, he said. One suggestion that has seen some support is to have continual appropria- tion for public safety come from the general fund. “There’s an awful lot of money in the general fund,” Nielsen said. “How to divvy it up is the problem.” Though funding for pub- lic safety has always been a top priority of his, at this point to it’s too premature to co-author Chesbro’s bill, Nielsen said. “It’s better not to have my name on it, than to pull out later,” he said. But for Nanfito, Corning Police Chief Tony Cardenas and their counterparts throughout the state, AB66 is their best hope yet for keeping their departments intact. “If AB66 removes the sunset date, then I absolute- ly support it,” Cardenas said. Individual cities’ and counties’ public safety pro- grams benefit from the increment in the vehicle license fee through the Citi- zen Options for Public Safety grant. In Corning, the $100,000 COPS grant is used to pay for the majority of a detective position. Let- ting the fee sunset could mean losing that position, Cardenas said. Red Bluff could lose two community service officer positions, which would cause a greater strain on sworn officers, Nanfito said. Both police departments depend on the COPS grant to provide capital outlay necessary for officers to perform front line law enforcement duties. Disney and their three chil- dren, however, the family was not home at the time of the fire, Bennett said. The family had been at the store and came back right after the first fire units had arrived to discover the house was on fire, he said. The family advised that they were all out of the house, but that they had three dogs and three cats. If the vehicle fee goes away, the departments would have to return to pay- ing booking fees for indi- viduals booked into Tehama County Jail. For Red Bluff, the book- ing fee would equate to about $37,000. That is money that he does not have, Nanfito said. Tehama County public safety programs would be affected as well. The county receives about $1 million from the vehicle fee, which is then distributed between the sheriff’s and district attorney’s offices, proba- tion, jail and other public safety departments, County Chief Administrator Bill Goodwin said. Losing the fee would be detrimental and affect staffing. “If we lose the VLF, it would adversely affect mul- tiple departments in the county,” Goodwin said. “It is very important to the county that the funding source continues.” ——— Tang Lor can be reached at 527-2153, Ext. 110 or by e-mail at tlor@redbluffdai- lynews.com. Daily News photo by Andrea Wagner Firearms that were stolen during a residential burglary on Luning Street were recovered in a police investigation of a shooting incident that occurred Dec. 29. said. Anyone with informa- tion is asked to call the Red Bluff Police Depart- ment Investigations Unit at 527-8282. ——— Andrea Wagner can be more than one rodeo, Miss Rodeo USA makes visits to classrooms, endorses sponsors and does inter- views. The competition is held in con- junction with the International Finals Rodeo and the job would start immediately after being crowned. “You have to be able to be confi- dent enough to step into something completely unfamiliar,” Marinelli said. Marinelli and the eight girls she is competing against will be spend- ing 24-7 with the judges with days starting as early as 4 a.m. to be ready for the 8 a.m. start time, Tues- day through Sunday of the competi- tion. There will be interviews every morning and the girls will have to do some modeling, fundraising and even ride horses they’ve never seen before. As a part of the competition they will put together a scrapbook that shows what they did throughout the year with their previous title. “It makes you reflect on your current experience and helps get you excited about what you can do with an upcoming title,” Marinelli said. Firefighters were able to rescue one dog from inside the house and one from the backyard, however one dog and two cats were found dead inside the structure. One cat is still missing and it is believed to have fled the building during firefight- ing operations. The building received major damage and was deemed uninhabitable with an estimate of $89,000 loss to the building and contents, Bennett said. The family is staying with relatives. Death Notice Violet Odessa Sharp Violet Odessa Sharp of Red Bluff died Wednes- day, Jan. 5, 2010. She was 87. Red Bluff Simple Cre- mations and Burial Ser- vice is handling the arrangement. Published Thursday, Jan. 6, 2010, in the Daily News, Red Bluff, Calif. reached at 527-2153, extension 114 or awagner@redbluffdailyne ws.com. While her mother and grand- mother will be flying with her to Oklahoma, Marinelli will not be seeing them much. She is grateful for her parents’ support. “My mother has been a great sup- porter, always telling me I can do whatever I want to put my mind to,” Marinelli said. “Whether it’s being queen or learning to roller skate, she’s been there to give me the best advice and guidance.” Marinelli, who is employed part- time with CVS while she waits to go to radiology school, is thankful for community support. “I’d really like to thank the com- munity for supporting me through the years and all my sponsors,” Marinelli said. “A lot of them are from the Red Bluff community and it’s not just businesses, but families and friends who have been extreme- ly generous.” Marinelli thanked the CCPRA for sponsoring her and for the great year she had serving as Miss CCPRA 2010. ——— Julie Zeeb can be reached at 527-2153, extension 115 or jzeeb@redbluffdailynews.com. A pair of Shasta County residents were arrested Monday after they were found inside the burned-out residence taking property from the home, after the homeowners reported at 10:24 p.m. hearing noises inside the house. Troy Marchland Heller, 43, of Anderson, and Jen- nifer Ann Nordella, 28, of Redding, were booked into Tehama County Jail on the charges of trespassing and possession of stolen proper- ty. Bail was set at $20,000 each. Heller was found stand- ing in a back bedroom and Nordella was found unre- sponsive inside a closet in the same room. Nordella, was taken to St. Elizabeth Community Hos- pital to be medically cleared before she was booked into jail. Police had been called to the house Sunday for reports of someone stealing items from the burned residence, however, no suspects were located at that time. Pipeline project delayed by contaminated soil CHICO (AP) — Crews digging a deep trench for a new Pacific Gas & Electric Co. gas pipeline say the excavated dirt is too conta- minated to be sent to the local landfill. PG&E spokesman Paul Moreno tells the Chico Enterprise-Record that soil samples taken from the dig site along Bruce Road show high levels of lead and chromium. While its not considered toxic waste, the dirt must be disposed of in a Class 2 landfill where no evidence Located in Chico, CA of groundwater pollution exists. It is being sent to a landfill near Manteca. The unexpected find will add thousands of dol- lars to the project cost, and the completion date has moved from mid-January to sometime in February. The overall cost is esti- mated to be $827,000. 529-3655 www.affordablemortuary.net