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Friday, January 24, 2014 – Daily News Obituaries ANTHONY "TONY" JAMES MAY July 24, 1951 ~ January 19, 2014 Tony May was born Portland, Oregon. Went to Gresham High. Moved to West Covina, CA in 1968. Settled in Shasta Co. and resided in Red Bluff. Parents Don May & Delores Oldenburg, stepparents Mary May & Dave Oldenburg. Married: Madeline Feliccia, Merinna Colombo & Linda Ginabaugh. Tony Believed in Jesus, had a funny off the wall sense of humor. He was a keen observer of people. He was affectionate, he loved spending time with family & friends, animals, wood working, drawing & coloring art, sci-fi and B rated cheesy movies. He was a jack of all trades & musician. Survived by Mary May, children: Chris & Alicia May, Scott May, Dennis & Cassandra Garrison. Grandchildren: Feliccia, Sarah, & Joshua May & Merinna Garrison. Siblings: Randy & Patty Dewy, Richard & June Lee, Mike & Brenda Oldenburg. He was a Loving Son. A Devoted and Faithful Husband. A Wise and Loving Father. A True Friend to All. He will be Loved Always & Missed until we meet again in Heaven. Memorial will be Jan. 27 at 1pm at First Christian Church 926 Madison St. Red Bluff, CA 96080. Enjoy a slide show of Tony's life, share stories. Refreshments to follow. 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. Kelley Myers Kelley Myers died Thursday, Jan. 23 at his Red Bluff home. He was 52. Arrangements are under the direction of Blair's Direct Cremation & Burial Service. Published Friday, Jan. 24, 2014 in the Daily News, Red Bluff, Calif. James Rusconi James Rusconi died Thursday, Jan. 23 at his Red Bluff home. He was 70. Arrangements are under the direction of Blair's Direct Cremation & Burial Service. Published Friday, Jan. 24, 2014 in the Daily News, Red Bluff, Calif. Beverly Jean Stanford Beverly Jean Stanford, of Corning, died Tuesday, Jan. 21 St. Elizabeth Community Hospital in Red Bluff. She was 73. Arrangements are under the direction of Blair's Direct Cremation & Burial Service. Published Friday, Jan. 24, 2014 in the Daily News, Red Bluff, Calif. CHASE Continued from page 1A The driver kept making quick turns in an attempt to lose the officer. The officer eventually lost sight of the vehicle in the area of Union and First streets. The vehicle was later located nearby, running and abandoned. Several officers responded to the area to look for the suspects, but were unable to find them. The vehicle was impounded and the investigation continues regarding the identity of the driver. California seeks 2-year delay on prison crowding SACRAMENTO (AP) — Gov. Jerry Brown asked federal judges Thursday to give the state two more years to reduce prison crowding to the level set by the court, and said inmates could be released early if the state fails to meet its goals. The proposal presented to the special three-judge panel calls for the court to appoint a compliance officer to choose which inmates would be freed. The state faces an uncertain spring deadline to reduce the prison population by more than 5,000 inmates to comply with the court's population cap. Brown wants the deadline extended to Feb. 28, 2016. He proposed that the state meet interim population reduction deadlines in June 2014 and February 2015. Two years is ''the minimum length of time needed to allow new reform measures to responsibly draw down the prison population while avoiding the early release of inmates,'' the administration said in its seven-page court filing. The judges had ordered the administration and attorneys representing inmates to propose separate plans by Thursday after they failed to reach agreement on how best to reduce crowding. Inmates' attorneys said in their four-page filing that the state should be ordered to meet the population cap by May of this year. The filing recommended that the state comply by sending more inmates to private prisons in other states, something the state said would not be necessary under its proposal. The state currently houses about 8,900 inmates housed in out-of-state facilities. The inmates' lawyers also asked the court to appoint a compliance officer to order inmates released, if necessary. Rebekah Evenson, an attorney with the Berkeley-based nonprofit Prison Law Office that is suing the state, said another two years is too long to wait when the state already has had four years to comply with previous court orders. Setting it straight –––––––– 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. BEALER Continued from page 1A walking the trails when they, to varying degrees, described seeing Nichols and a stocky man with a calf tattoo, wearing red shorts and a black hooded-sweatshirt pulled up over his head. The teacher later said he recognized the man as Bealer, a former student of his, but that his thought process might have been contaminated because he had seen media reports about the case. The teacher said he was about 10 to 15 feet away when seeing Bealer with the younger girl, although his glasses were scratchy and dirty that morning. Murray testified he was also present on March 2, 2013 when Bealer was taken to St. Elizabeth Community Hospital, where a Sexual Assault Response exam was performed and blood was drawn from him. Brett McAllister, who at the time of the case was a Red Bluff Police detective, testified that he attended Nichols' autopsy March 2. McAllister was asked under cross examination how far he went with investigating two other leads in the case — one from a PG&E employee who reported seeing a registered sex offender in the area and the other that a transient was known to live in the Brickyard Creek area where the PATHS Continued from page 1A day event organized for eighth-graders by the Tehama County Department of Education, College Options and Expect More Tehama. "Really we want them to see that the decisions they're making for the next four years really have a large impact on the options they have available to them as far as career and college readiness," Morehouse said, adding that, statistically, eighth grade is a flash point in determining whether students will attend college. body was found. McAllister said the convicted sex offender said he had no involvement in the case and was at his home during the time period. His wife later confirmed the story. McAllister said the transient said he didn't know anything. Red Bluff Police Sergeant Kevin Hale testified about three separate interviews he conducted with Bealer. The first came the morning of March 2 when Bealer turned himself over to authorities. Bealer had been released from county jail the night before after being arrested on outstanding warrants, when two friends convinced him to turn himself in as the person of interest in a still image being circulated by the media. Hale said Bealer told him that he wanted to take the investigation off of him and put it on the true suspect. Hale said Bealer told him that the morning of Feb. 26 he was on a mission to get drugs. During a second interview around 6 p.m. March 2 Bealer gave essentially the same story, Hale said. A third interview was conducted on March 4 and Hale testified that Bealer's statement significantly changed at that point. Hale said Bealer told him that he had a lot of drugs on him that morning and had gone to the creek to use them. Hale said Bealer told him his The event has grown over the last four years, and the leadership day saw students participate from Richfield School, Sacred Heart School and Bend School, to name a few. Bustling students rotated through workshops at the casino's Carlino's Event Center, which was decked with college flags from Chico State, UC Berkeley, Harvard University and Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo. One workshop had students learning about the classes they would need to take in high school to obtain a desired career or to attend college, and another was a game of College Jeopardy. "College Systems for HEALTH Continued from page 1A customer he helped enroll in midDecember still had no coverage because the insurance company had yet to receive the processed application form Covered California. ''We need help in the trenches,'' Lazaro said. The meeting was the first for the board since new health insurance policies sold under the federal Affordable Care Act took effect Jan. 1. Covered California Executive Director Peter Lee celebrated the headline number: about 625,000 people had signed up for an insurance plan between Oct. 1 and Jan. 15. But he also acknowledged steep challenges in enrolling Latinos, younger adults and in vastly improving customer service for consumers and those trying to enroll them. Lee also acknowledged confusion over billing and paperwork exchanges between the state agency and private insurance companies. ''This has been a wild last three months,'' he said. ''Many have had a less-than-ideal experience.'' He said Covered California was in the process of hiring 350 additional call center employees, mostly in Fresno, and dedicating a phone story changed because he was remembering more of what happened as the days passed. During cross examination Northam asked Hale about video surveillance that showed Bealer at the courthouse around noon as well as additional video that showed Bealer near the Juvenile Justice Center. Hale said it was never confirmed whether the man in the video by the Justice Center was Bealer. Hale testified that he was one of two investigators that created a fake DNA report that they showed Bealer in an attempt to get him to admit to being with Nichols. Bealer still denied having anything to do with the crime. Northam also focused his questioning on the state of pride one of Bealer's friends had for convincing Bealer to turn himself in and that Bealer was still under the influence when he turned himself over to authorities March 2. The defense only called one witness, recalling Hale. Northam asked Hale whether Bealer had told him that it was his daughter's birthday Feb. 26. The daughter attended Red Bluff high School. Hale testified that Bealer had said that, and that he frequently cut through the area. Rich Greene can be reached at 527-2151, ext. 109 or rgreene@redbluffdailynews.com. 100," an eighth-grader told a Red Bluff High School student volunteer to play. Answer: 10 Hands raised, and the question followed. "What is the number of UC campuses in California?" Educators highlighted the notion that where students come from shouldn't dictate what their futures hold. Many students come from tough home lives, Morehouse said, and socio-economically speaking, Tehama County is a tough place to live. "It's almost like we're lighting a fire for some kids to believe that they are in charge of their own future and that they can line for insurance agents and certified enrollment counselors. Lee also announced hiring a new director of marketing and communications, and the hiring of former state Finance Director Ana Matosantos as a senior adviser to analyze the exchange's performance data. Covered California would not disclose the salaries of the new executives. The board also was told about upcoming marketing and advertising campaigns funded by a new $155 million federal grant, an amount that is on top of the $910 million the exchange has received to date from the federal government. The planned campaign would spend $4.5 million targeting Latinos and $5 million targeting young people. Both demographics are crucial to the exchange's success — Latinos because they make up a majority of California's uninsured population and young people because they are needed to balance out the older and less healthy people who are more costly to insure. Enrollment for both groups has so far lagged behind the targets. State Sen. Norma Torres, speaking on behalf of the legislative Latino Caucus, told the board that Latinos face numerous obstacles to enrolling, including a lack of in-person assistance in their communities. She said those obstacles in getting help to sign up for coverage are the problem, not a lack of marketing. 7A make it what they want to make it," said Nancy Veatch, ELA coordinator at the Tehama County Department of Education. As the event came to a close, students were asked to record their goals on a chalk board that would be placed at their respective schools. "Finish high school," one wrote, and another, Katelyn H., wrote that she wanted to overcome her fears and change peoples' lives. Katelyn said after attending the event, she gained more confidence in her self, and is aiming to complete college to become a nurse. "I like to help people," she said. Latino lawmakers support the federal health care reforms, Torres said, but are alarmed at the low signup rates to date in their communities and urge the board to address the issue quickly. ''We need you to deliver on making those changes happen, not simply talk,'' she said. Some members of Covered California's board of directors questioned whether spending millions of dollars on marketing is a good idea. Board member Paul Fearer asked if the exchange's staff understood the disconnect with Latino and other minority communities enough to conclude that a pricey advertising campaign was the answer. For example, he said people who had never before had health insurance might not grasp a messaging effort focused on pre-existing conditions. Fearer also said evidence to date suggests enrollment problems are largely caused by staffing, access to information and the capabilities of the website. He worried that if more people rushed to sign up for coverage without a corresponding improvement in Covered California's operations, the problems would only deepen. ''I'm somewhat worried that our solutions don't match the problem,'' Fearer said. In response, Lee said he agreed that beefing up the marketing efforts was not the sole answer. Loan for bullet train part of Brown's budget plan SACRAMENTO (AP) — Gov. Jerry Brown's proposed budget includes a provision for a $29 million loan from the state to California's bullet train agency, according to a newspaper report. The little-noticed item in the budget plan would help keep the rail project moving ahead as uncer- tainty grows about the availability of future funding, the Los Angeles Times reported Wednesday. The loan to the HighSpeed Rail Authority would come from state transportation project accounts. It follows a similar $26 million advance last year from general gov- Red Bluff Simple Cremations & Burial Service Now Offering Eco-Friendly urns at economy friendly prices. 722 Oak Street, Red Bluff, FD Lic. 1931 527-1732 ernment revenues, which prompted some lawmakers to complain that such lending would take money from other high-priority projects. The Los Angeles-toSan Francisco rail project is mired in legal challenges. At a state Senate hearing last year, rail officials assured lawmakers the state would prevail against lawsuits and be able to repay the loan from $9 billion in voter-approved bonds designated for the project. But a Sacramento judge recently blocked access to that money after finding the rail agency failed to comply with legal restrictions on the bonds.