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Obituaries LOVING MOTHER DORIS ELLEN SHOEMAKE Doris Ellen Shoemake of Red Bluff, California passed away of natural causes at The Brentwood Care Home ear- ly on the morning of her 90th birthday, January 7, 2011. Doris was born to Maggie May Rhodes Marcum and Joel Henry Marcum in Meridian, Idaho on January 7, 1921. She was the youngest of 10 children, all of which preceded her in death. Doris had a twenty-five year career with the Sacramento Municipal Utility District before retiring in Red Bluff. She loved to travel and cruised to Alaska and Hawaii as well as extensively traveling the lower 48 states. She loved to read and play Bridge and once participated in an interna- tional bridge tournament in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico. She was a kind and committed mother, grandmother, and great grandmother and was thrilled to see her only great grandchild prior to her passing. Doris is survived by three children, Cheryl Lemons of Red Bluff, Robert Zimmerman (Karla) of Lander, WY, and David Zimmerman of Quincy, CA. Her granddaughter, Stephanie Zimmerman David (Jacob) lives in Boise, ID with her great granddaughter of 8 months, Chloe Lauren Davis. A Celebration of Life will be held for Doris following SEAT Continued from page 1A ing from the offense.” However, the Califor- nia Government Code reads that anyone convict- ed of one of the crimes listed in the constitution, which includes forgery, is disqualified from holding any office. Lopez’s conviction was reduced to a misdemeanor after he successfully com- pleted 36 months of pro- bation. Lopez’s attorney, Christopher Logan of Martin and Logan in Red Bluff, had asked the coun- cil for 40 days to seek a her cremation at the Community Baptist Church, 598 Round-Up Avenue, Red Bluff, CA on Wednesday, January 19th beginning at 1:00 PM. In lieu of flowers, please send donations made in Doris’s name to the American Cancer Society. GRAZE Continued from page 1A functions, soil stability and energy flows.” While the cattle take care of most the breaking down of overgrown brushes whatever work that is not done by the cattle is supplemented by DFG and conservation district staff. With the revenue from the grazing program, the conservation district will create a fire and vegetation manage- ment plan for the area, Dawley said. “There are areas out there where there is too much brush, and with this plan we can identify those areas,” Dawley said. LEWIS "BILL" CLANTON on January 9, 2011. Born on November 28, 1939 in Palo Alto, CA. to Lewis E. Clanton and Joe and Aileen Fournier. He attended Sequoia High School in Redwood City, CA., and served from 1956 to 1962 in the 12th Ma- rine Corp Reserve. He retired 7 years ago from Lloyd W. Aubry Company, Lewis "Bill" Clanton, 71, of Red Bluff, CA. passed away Inc., and worked as a Millwright. He was a member of Fraternal Order of Eagles (30+ years), Elks Lodge 1250 (24 years), Tehama County 4H, and the Jr. Livestock of Tehama County. He was Elk of the month October 2006 and Elk of the year 1989 and 1990. Bill’s love for fishing developed into a partnership with Arrowhead Fisheries, Inc. He and his partners successfully raised and spawned the first domesticated Sturgeon Fish in the United States. Survivors include, dearly beloved wife Vancine of Red Bluff, CA; son Adam of Clearlake, CA; daughter Stacey of Littleton, CO; granddaughter Kayla Adams of Lakewood, CO; granddaughter Regina Perrin-Clanton of Clearlake, CA; sister Willene Henry of Redding, CA; nephew Kevin Henry and wife Hyang Hwa of Redding, CA; nephew Chris and wife Jodi Henry of Susanville, CA. Private family services to be held in Lower Lake, CA. on January 14, 2011 at 11:00 am. Local services will be held at the Elks Lodge, 355 Gil- more Road, on Saturday, January 15, 2011 at 11:00am. Memorial contributions may be made to your personal favorite charity in Bill’s name. BUDGET Continued from page 1A including reductions in welfare, social services and higher education, as well as $12 billion in fund- ing shifts and new revenue if voters agree to extend temporary taxes. Brown has said he wants to pass key budget bills by March 1 and go to voters with a five-year extension on sales and income taxes and vehicle fees in a June special elec- tion. Should voters reject tax extensions, the state would have to make cuts beyond what Brown proposed. That would make it hard to protect school funding, a priority of both parties. The state’s K-12 educa- tion budget already has been slashed over the last three years. According to the Legislative Analyst’s Office, the governor is proposing to spend $7,708 per pupil in the upcoming fiscal year that starts in July, compared to $8,235 in 2007-08. ‘‘At that point, you’re going to have to take some pretty severe actions,’’ Taylor said in a briefing with reporters Wednesday. ‘‘And you won’t have a whole lot of time to do it’’ 2 Bay Area men sentenced in Lassen pot grow SACRAMENTO (AP) — Two San Francisco Bay area men have been sentenced to prison for growing marijuana on federal land. A federal judge on Tuesday sentenced 20-year-old Jose Alfredo Zepeda of East Palo Alto and 63-year-old Clemente Ferrias Arroyo of Morgan Hill to 15 years each after they were convicted in April of conspiracy to manufacture at least 1,000 marijuana plants and carry- ing firearms in pursuit of drug trafficking. Zepeda and Arroyo were arrested after a raid and shootout with sheriff’s deputies and two Bureau of Land Management rangers at an outdoor marijuana garden in Lassen County in June 2009. In the shootout, two deputies were wounded and Zepeda’s brother-in-law, Juan Carlos Herrera-Chavez, was killed. Authorities say Herrera-Chavez fired an AK-47 at officers when they discovered the marijuana. Yolo County leads nation in ’09-’10 job losses SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A report from the fed- eral government is showing that Northern California’s Yolo County is one of two counties in the nation hit hardest by job losses. The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported Tues- day that Yolo County and Marion County, Fla., both experienced 3.7 percent declines in the employment rate between July 2009 and July 2010. The decline is more than 18 times the national job loss rate over the same period. In Yolo County, most of the job losses were in the trade, construction and utilities sectors, which lost 843 jobs. Have a news tip? Call 527-2151, Ext. 112 529-3655 www.affordablemortuary.net The plan will map out an area that can be left to burn in case there is a fire. The area will be marked so that CalFire knows it is OK to let the area burn. With the revenue the conservation district staff can provide personnel to help DFG monitor the wildlife area and help in fixing cattle guards and fences. “The Tehama Wildlife Area is real- ly for wildlife,” Dawley said. “Grazing is secondary, but this program has worked out a way for it to be beneficial to the migratory deer herd and cattle.” TRIAL Continued from page 1A Road residence when she allegedly grabbed a 10-inch butcher knife and stabbed Arnel in his before the new fiscal year begins in July. The analyst said that Brown presented a ‘‘more straightforward’’ budget than former Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, who relied on overly optimistic funding from the federal government and proposed one-time gimmicks such as the failed proposal to securitize the state lottery system. ‘‘But I don’t want peo- ple to think there are no risks in the budget, that there still aren’t programs that they’ve made some questionable savings on,’’ Taylor said. ‘‘This was a budget that was put togeth- STATE BRIEFING Other numbers from the labor report show a much brighter picture for the job market in Santa Clara County. The county, home to some of the nation’s biggest technology firms, had the largest year-over-year increase in average weekly wages in the second quarter of 2010, gaining 10.6 percent. Woman arrested 32 years after Calif prison escape SANTA BARBARA (AP) — A California prison escapee has been arrested at Santa Barbara’s train depot after 32 years on the lam. Nancy Garces escaped May 25, 1979, from the Chino women’s prison, where she was serving time for a credit card forgery conviction in Butte County. Investigators say the 56-year-old woman has been living in Albuquerque, N.M., under the alias Lydia Mendez. On Tuesday, Santa Barbara police were tipped that she was arriving on an Amtrak train at noon. Lt. Paul McCaf- frey says officers were waiting and she was arrested. It’s not known why Garces was in Santa Barbara. The Santa Barbara News-Press says Garces is being held at County Jail on a no-bail hold pending arrival of San Bernardino County authorities. ——— Tang Lor can be reached at 527- lower abdomen. When sheriff’s deputies arrived on scene they conducted a brief search of the area and located Childs hiding in the brush a short distance from the residence, er rather quickly.’’ Just a week after he was sworn in, Brown unveiled a spending plan Monday that seeks to ask California residents what they want from state government and how much they are willing to pay for it. He is seeking to fundamentally restruc- ture state government, shifting a host of responsi- bilities, from incarcerating low-level offenders to pro- viding foster care, to local governments. The report urged state lawmakers to act early, giving state agencies more time to implement spend- ing reductions. 2153, Ext. 110 or by e-mail at tlor@redbluffdailynews.com. according to the District Attorney’s office. Officers where unable to revive Arnel, and he was pronounced dead at the scene. Though not involved in this case, Childs faces GOOSE Continued from page 1A John Muir Laws, naturalist, artist, educator and author • Exhibits and vendors Fees are $5 to $42 for field trips, workshops, ban- quet, art reception and free activities for youth and fam- ilies. For more information, visit www.snowgoosefesti- val.org. Protesters climb trees to save Calif. oak grove ARCADIA (AP) — Madre. With the sounds of bulldoz- ers echoing beneath him, veteran tree sitter John Quigley perched in a centu- ry-old oak Wednesday, say- ing he won’t come down until public works officials stop felling scores of trees as part of a dam improve- ment project. Quigley, who helped save a beloved oak with a similar sit-in eight years ago, was joined by a hand- ful of other sitters who took up positions in branches overlooking 11 acres of picturesque foothills. ‘‘They’re destroying trees all around us,’’ Quigley said by cell phone as the sound of bulldozers below him could be heard. ‘‘It’s a sad scene and defi- nitely something that didn’t need to happen.’’ Public works officials say the 11 acres of trees, some of them more than 100 years old, must go to ensure the integrity of a nearby dam that provides most of the drinking water to the Los Angeles suburbs of Arcadia and Sierra As darkness fell about 2,000 protesters and curi- ous onlookers including actress Darryl Hannah gathered at a gate leading to a stand of trees being felled. ‘‘I came out just to sup- port the community that is trying to put out some com- mon sense and not cut down a paradise for a rub- ble pit,’’ Hannah said. The actress said she learned of the protest from Quigley, who she has known since she took part in a tree-sitting protest to try to save an urban garden in a warehouse district near downtown Los Angeles that was plowed under in 2006. Hannah, like other envi- ronmental activists, said the sediment from the Dam could be placed elsewhere, including a huge gravel pit about 10 miles away. three other open misde- meanor charges includ- ing failing to appear in court, DUI and assault- ing a peace officer. She is being held in Tehama County Jail in lieu of $36,500 bail. judge’s opinion on the matter that would be spe- cific to this case. Thursday, January 13, 2011 – Daily News – 7A “We’re working on a $10,000 and $20,000, he said. While Fitzpatrick said he would like to give Lopez the time requested, there is the matter of fill- ing the seat. “The council has 60 days to make an appoint- ment (following the elec- tion) and the 60 days are up on Feb. 5,” Fitzpatrick said. “The voters have chosen him and I feel he has a right to have a judge’s opinion. However, if the court determined him not eligible, the only option would be a special election.” A special election would cost between One woman asked the council if it would be pos- sible to seat Lopez Tues- day since, if he stepped down, it would create another 60-day window for the council to fill the seat. “He could be seated, but we could be looking at a potential lawsuit over the election contest,” Strack said. The council asked that the matter of Lopez’s eli- gibility and the possibility of putting out applica- tions, should they decide to declare the seat vacant, be put on the Jan. 25 agen- da. timeline,’ said Council- woman Toni Parkins, referring to the 60 days to fill the seat. “I have faith, Jesse, that you’ll be seat- ed, but we need to put out the word about applica- tions to fill it if you’re not seated.” The Corning City Council meets the second and fourth Tuesdays 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