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Obituaries WILLIAM L. FRECH sky where the shells are free and the traphouse never needs to be reloaded. He was a true gentleman and a great teacher with a wild sense of humor, and a generous spirit. His love of life, humbleness, honesty and integrity will be missed by all, but never forgotten. .... PULL .... wife Lisa Frech, daughter Cynthia Frech-Kennedy, son Lee Frech, and 3 grandchildren. WILLIAM CONNELL "BILL" DALE Memorial Services will be held on Thursday, January 13, 2011 at 11:00 AM at the Oak Hill Cemetery for Mr. Wil- liam Connell "Bill" Dale, who passed away in Red Bluff on January 4, 2011. A reception will follow the memorial service at the Red Bluff Masonic Lodge # 84. Bill was born at home in Red Bluff on July 7, 1922. He was preceded in death by his brother, Kenneth Dale and sisters, Meredith Fox and Joyce Brown. He is survived by his wife of 65 years, Marjorie; his son Douglas, daughters, Janet Shaw and Connie Dolan, grandchildren Matt Dolan and Cate Dolan and one great grandson, Dashel Dolan. In preteen years, he liked to visit by bicycle maternal grandparents, MD and Anna Gaddis in the Red Bank area, and grandparents, Creath and Anna Dale at Dale’s Station- some summers helping at the service station and with farm chores. In his early teens he helped at local drug stores and de- livering special delivery letters twice daily at the post of- fice. Bill graduated from Red Bluff High School with the class of 1939. At that time, he was working part time for Pete and Dan Ehorn at Brooks Drug and part time at the post office. When the US entered WWII, he was working full time as a substitute carrier for the post office for .65 cents an hour. He enlisted in the Army Air Corps in 1942 training to be a radioman and aerial gunner on B-24 Liberator Bombers. He and his crew were sent to Italy with a new B-24 by way of Trinidad, Brazil, Dakar, Africa and finally to Spinazzola, Italy. There they joined the 460th Bomb Group of the 15th Air Force. Targets were in France, Germany, Italy, Austria, Ploesti and the Balkans. One of his early missions was to an aircraft factory at Weiner Neustadt, Austria where the flack was so intense that sev- eral planes were shot down over the target. The pilot and engineer were wounded and his bomber so badly crippled that they couldn’t keep up with the returning group and were forced to crash-land on the allied held is- land off the coast of Yugoslavia. Bill married Marjorie Barney in September of 1945 and ROBERT BELL A graveside service for Robert Lee Bell, 77, of Los Molinos, California will take place on January, 14, 2011, 12:45 p.m. at Northern California Veterans Cemetery, 11800 Gas Point Road, Igo, CA. Robert passed away at his residence on January 2, 2011 surrounded by his loved ones. He was born on October 14, 1933 in Rison, Arkan- sas to Marion and Ora Bell. Robert is survived by his wife of twenty years, Edna Bell of Los Molinos; five sons; two daughters; one brother; fourteen grandchildren and five great grandchildren. Arrangements are under the di- rection of Affordable Mortuary, send condolences online at www.affordablemortuary.net ANDY WILLIAM "DREW" BROWN was discharged from the service in October. He immedi- ately joined his father and brother in the insurance and real estate business. He was an active Free Mason for over 60 years, including K.Y.C.H., Royal Order of Scot- land and other concordant bodies. He was a 50 year member of the American Legion, a member of the Elks Lodge, an AMVET, Past President of the Bidwell PTA, a director of Tehama County Friends of the Library, was a 20 year trustee of the Red Bluff Cemetery District, a 50 year member of Americans United for Separation of Church and State. Bill was an avid fly fisherman and enjoyed tying his own flies. He also was a lifelong hunter of local game as well as hunting in Canada for moose and elk for over 30 years. Donations can be made to the William and Marjor- ie Dale Red Bluff High School Scholarship Fund in c/o Red Bluff High School. Arrangements under the direction of the Neptune Society of No CA, Chico Branch. Andy William "Drew" Brown, 37, of Albany, passed away December 25, 2010 at his home. He was born Sep- tember 28, 1973 in Santa Rosa, CA. Andy lived in Clear Lake CA, then attended grade and junior high school in Red Bluff, CA. He completed high school and college in Red Bluff, CA. In 1999, Andy moved to Oregon living in Roseburg then moved to Albany in 2004 and started a mechanic shop. He later owned and operated A and D Auto Repair. Andy loved the outdoors, enjoyed fishing, camping, and the sand dunes in Florence. Survivors include his beloved companion of 19 years, Brandydawn Burke, children; Andy William Brown, Charlene Nichole Brown, Avery James Brown and Saman- tha Glenn, brothers and sisters; twin brother, Dale Lloyd Brown and wife Jamie, David James Brown and wife Sheryl, Leanna Lorene Felardo and husband, Greg, Jack Ronald Brown, Ted Walter Brown and wife Edna, Martha Jean Moss, mother, Martha J. (Hesse) Brown, father and mother, Michael J. Kelley and Hilda Kelley nieces and nephews; Kiera Brown, Tiera Brown, Richard Brown, Dale Brown, Kally Brown, Jasmine Brown, David Brown, Jessica Brown, Jack Brown, Frank Burns, Ronald Beverly, James Glenn, Angel Burke, Dylan Eccles, Jesse James Burke, Clarance Stevens, Karina Zumwalt, Teya Sandberg, Joseph Sandberg, Jacob Sandberg, and Haliey Sandberg. Andy was preceded in death by a sister-in-law; Mrs. Jack (Carmen) Brown. A memorial service was at 4:00 pm, Sunday, January 2, 2010 at Heather Dale Mobile Park, 950 Airport Road. In lieu of flowers, contributions may be sent to The Brown Family, 950 Airport RD. sp. 24, Albany OR. 97322. Fisher Funeral Home is handling arrangements. (www.fisherfuneralhome.com) William was a veteran of the Air Force, he is survived by On January 5, 2011 Bill Frech joined the trap club in the Tuesday, January 11, 2011 – Daily News – 7A Death Notices Robert T. Vinson Robert T. Vinson of Corning died Sunday, Jan. 9, 2011, in Chico. He was 78. Neptune Society FD-1440 of Chico is handling the arrangements. Published Tuesday, Jan. 11, 2011, in the Daily News, Red Bluff, Calif. BROWN Continued from page 1A counties and cities, a process he has acknowledged will be complicated and controver- sial. That includes eliminating redevelopment agencies and ending tax breaks available to businesses that operate in depressed areas designated as enterprise zones. Brown said Monday that if voters approve, revenue generated from the sales tax and vehicle license fees cur- rently set to expire in July would go to local govern- ments to help pay for the changes. The governor’s proposal to extend taxes will require support from Republicans in the state Legislature who have vowed to oppose all taxes. It’s a politically risky move after Californians rejected an extension of the taxes just two years ago as part of a package of ballot measures. Brown campaigned on a promise not to raise taxes without voter approval. ‘‘Without decisive action, the state’s severe budget problems will persist, threat- ening economic recovery, job growth, public education and the quality of life in Cal- ifornia,’’ Brown said in a statement. ‘‘The adoption of this budget will position the LOPEZ Continued from page 1A Brown’s budget plan at a glance Gov. Jerry Brown on Monday proposed $12.5 bil- lion in cuts to a wide range of state programs and $12 billion in revenue, partly from an extension of tax increases, to close Califor- nia’s budget deficit. Here are some of his proposals. OVERVIEW: — Total spending, including special funds and bond payments, is $127.4 billion for the 2011-12 fiscal year, slightly ahead of the current total spending of $125.2 billion. — General fund spend- ing is $84.6 billion, slightly less than the $86.5 billion adopted for the current fiscal year. — The deficit is $8.2 bil- lion in the current fiscal year and $17.2 billion in the fis- cal year that begins July 1. TAX EXTENSIONS — Ask voters during a special election in June to maintain a 0.25 increase in the state income tax rate, an increase from 0.65 percent to 1.15 percent in the vehicle license fee and a 1 percent increase in the state sales tax for another five years. If approved, some of the rev- enue from the sales tax and vehicle license fees would go to local governments. EDUCATION — Cuts of $500 million each for the University of California and California State University systems. — Cuts $400 million from the California Com- munity College system and increases fees to $36 per unit from $26 per unit, which is forecast to bring in $110 million. MEDI-CAL: — Caps doctor visits to 10 per year and sets maxi- mum annual benefit limits for items such as hearing aids, medical equipment and urological supplies for a sav- ings of $217 million. — Requires co-pay- ments from Medi-Cal recip- ients of $5 for doctor’s office visits and most prescrip- tions, and a $50 emergency room co-payment; limits the number of prescription drugs to six per month, for a savings of $557 million. — Eliminates the adult day health care program and other benefits for a savings of $193 million. — Reduces payments by 10 percent to physicians, pharmacies, clinics, trans- portation, home health and some nursing facilities, for a savings of $709 million. — Extends a hospital fee that expired at the end of 2010 until June 30, for a sav- ings of $160 million. OTHER CUTS: — Caps benefits in the CalWORKS welfare-to- work program at four years instead of five and cuts pro- gram funding, for a savings of $533 million. — Reduces the number of hours of help available and cuts benefits entirely to some recipients in the state’s in-home supportive services program for the disabled, saving $486 million. GOVERNMENT REALIGNMENT: Brown wants to shift a host of responsibilities from the state to counties, includ- ing: — Keeping low-level offenders in county jails rather than state prisons and making local authorities responsible for monitoring parolees, reducing the cor- rections budget by $458 Red Bluff Simple Cremations & Burial Service Family owned & Operated Honor and Dignity 527-1732 722 Oak Street, Red Bluff, FD Lic. 1931 million. This is forecast to eventually lead to the elimi- nation of 4,000 state correc- tions jobs. — Transferring responsi- bility for child welfare ser- vices such as foster care, adoptions and child abuse prevention and adult protec- tive services for seniors. — Eliminating local redevelopment agencies. — Realigning emer- gency responsibilities so the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection would no longer respond to some 60,000 medical emer- gencies each year. — Cutting state opera- tions for health and human services programs with fed- eral requirements by 25 per- cent, which would lead to ‘‘hundreds of state positions being eliminated.’’ Source: California Department of Finance. REACTION — Senator Doug LaMal- fa: “While I’ve always been a supporter of local control, I’m concerned about the effect Governor Brown’s plan will have on the twelve rural counties of the Fourth District. Giving local gov- ernment responsibility with- out funding, relief from mandates and eliminating state agencies is a recipe to force the State’s failures onto local government. “The proposed cuts are real and do reduce spending, but simply taking a meat cleaver to the budget with- out examining the bureau- cracy’s dysfunction means we’ll continue to face the same problems in the future.” Nielsen — Assemblyman Jim “I am pleased that Gov- ernor Brown agrees that we need make cuts, and his pro- posal includes $12.5 billion in cuts. While I feel that these cuts do not go far enough, this is a good start. “However, asking the voters to raise taxes is a non- starter. Voters in California rejected tax increases at the ballot two years ago and again last November; there is no reason to insult their intel- ligence. Californians do not want to see the sales tax increase, or their personal income tax increase, or see their Vehicle License Fee increase. They want to see California tighten its fiscal belt, and get spending under control, once and for all..” court order that would specifically address his eligibility for office. Fitzpatrick has made a recommendation in the staff report to continue the matter until the March 8 council meeting. Council will consider approval under the con- sent agenda of payment on two projects — the Rodger’s Theatre Improvement Project and construction of a traffic signal at Marguerite Avenue and Solano Street. Under the regular agen- da, council will be asked to approve a $28,230 change order for the traffic signal, which brings the total cost to just under $280,500. Council will consider authorizing Public Works to seek bids for the new Have a news tip? Call 527-2151, Ext. 112 state to lead the country as it slowly recovers from the Great Recession.’’ Brown’s proposal also assumes the state Legislature would pass a spending plan by March — a date unheard of in recent legislative bud- get debates that have dragged on into the fall. Voters last November lowered the threshold for budget passage to a simple majority. The governor also is seeking an 8 to 10 percent cut in pay for state workers who aren’t covered by union-negotiated contracts, which he said would save the state about $308 million. That actually could be an improvement for some state employees who currently are furloughed three days a month, said Patrick Whalen, general counsel for Califor- nia Attorneys, Administra- tive Law Judges and Hearing Officers in State Employ- ment, one of six unions oper- ating without a contract. Brown also wants a $1 billion rainy day fund. Brown is proposing an $84.6 billion general fund budget, slightly less than the $86.5 billion adopted under former Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger’s last bud- get. The state’s general fund revenue comes largely from sales, income and corporate taxes. water well to be installed at Estil Clark Park. Plans and specifications for the new water well are avail- able for viewing before and after the meeting in the Public Works Direc- tor’s Office. Council will also con- sider authorizing increas- ing the City’s Parking Violation Fee to $32.50 and Handicap Parking Violation Fee to $282.50. Corning City Council meets the second and fourth Tuesday of the month at City Hall, 794 Third St. Meeting minutes and agendas are available at www.corning.org. ——— Julie Zeeb can be reached at 527-2153, extension 115 or jzeeb@redbluffdailynews. com. Located in Chico, CA Combining Quality and Low Cost is what we do. 529-3655 www.affordablemortuary.net