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Saturday, January 25, 2014 – Daily News Obituaries ELWIN ARCHIBALD RONEY August 11, 1920 ~ January 22, 2014 Elwin left for greener pastures on January 22, 2014. He was born on August 11, 1920, to "Jock" George Wallace Roney and Ulrica Marguerite Bennett Roney in Chico, CA at the old Enloe Hospital. He is survived by his son Wallace Clark Roney (wife Billie Jean) and daughter Catherine Jane Oviedo (husband Edgar), four grandchildren and twelve great grandchildren. Graveside Services: January 28th, 2014, 9:00AM, at Pine Creek Cemetery located on Broyles Road in Butte County. Bring your own chair. In lieu of flowers, please consider a donation to The First Christian Church in Red Bluff or Enloe Hospice, in care of the Brusie Funeral Home. 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. Maxine Walter Maxine Walter, of Red Bluff, died Thursday, Jan. 23 at Lassen House. She was 103. Arrangements are under the direction of Hoyt-Cole Chapel of the Flowers. Published Saturday, Jan. 25 in the Daily News, Red Bluff, Calif. Great Kindness Challenge starts Monday St. Elizabeth Community Hospital, Mercy Medical Center Mt. Shasta, and Mercy Medical Center Redding encourage schools and community members to come together and participate in The Great Kindness Challenge starting Monday and running through Friday. Dignity Health is partnering with Kids for Peace to sponsor this year's Great Kindness Challenge, a global program that aims to inspire students to make a lifelong SR 99 Continued from page 1A the decline in accidents. Fall 2011: Centerline and Shoulder Rumble Strips installed along entire corridor Fall 2011: Safety Edge was installed along with new pavement from Los Molinos to Red Bluff. May 2012: Daylight headlight signs and Safety Awareness Corridor signs Continued from page 1A year low in October when it came in at 10 percent. Unemployment rose to 10.5 percent in November. Compared to December 2012, Tehama County's unemployment is down 2.4 percentage points. No industry showed positive job growth from November to December. Farm jobs, mining and logging and federal government posted the largest job decreases by job percentage. A December 2013 Employment Continued from page 1A Close to a dozen residents, who said they live near the area, objected during the Jan. 7 public hearing that would start the rezoning process. They said the area couldn't support apartment buildings due to poor roads and insufficient WATER Continued from page 1A eratively in managing CVP and State Water Project operations and are coordinating actions and activities to address impacts from water shortages throughout California," said Mid-Pacific Regional Director David Murillo. The Mid-Pacific Region begun to proactively address drought conditions in 2014 by holding a series of meetings in summer 2013 with greatkindnesschallenge.org/Schoo l/event.html. The entire community is encouraged to join the challenge by downloading a kindness checklist at any one of the hospitals' websites found at www.mercy.org. Dignity has customized a kindness challenge for employees, physicians and volunteers as a way to strengthen the human connection and encourage more acts of kindness within the Dignity Health family. nos Traffic Calming (Phase 1) Dec. 2013: Los Molinos Traffic Calming (Phase 2). Lassen View Elementary School Flashing beacon installed and activated "It's very gratifying to see that the actions we took to decrease accidents along State Route 99 did what we hoped they would do," said Caltrans District 2 Director John Bulinski. "We will continue to highlight the importance of Snapshot of Tehama County also released Friday by the EDD estimated there are 24,450 in the county's labor force, of which 21,910 are employed. The employers with the most job advertisements in the county are Dignity Health, St. Elizabeth Community Hospital, Interim Healthcare, Walmart and the Tehama County Department of Education. The occupations with the most job ads in the county are for registered nurses, first line supervisors of retail sales workers, tutors, first line supervisors of food prep and serving workers and pharmacists. Across California the unemployment rate continued to drop, mea- safety on this corridor, as well as all of our roadways, to reduce the number of accidents which have a profound effect on our citizens and our communities." Although the task force held its final meeting last month, Caltrans plans to continue work on future safety projects, including the widening of the Rock Creek Bridge and the third phase of the Los Molinos project. suring 7.9 percent in December. Tehama County's rate was the 36th lowest of the 58 counties. Marin had the lowest unemployment rate at 4.2 percent, while Imperial's 22.5 percent remained the highest in the state. In neighboring counties the unemployment rates were 9.1 percent in Butte, 11.3 percent in Glenn, 7.4 percent in Mendocino, 11.1 percent in Trinity, 9.8 percent in Shasta and 11.8 percent in Plumas. The national unemployment rate was 6.5 percent. Rich Greene can be reached at 527-2151, ext. 109 or rgreene@redbluffdailynews.com. water. The hearing was continued until Tuesday so the property owner could be present. Some neighbors claimed the property owners, who were not at the Jan. 7 hearing, weren't aware of what they were agreeing to with the rezone. Others speculated the owners may have made a deal with a developer. The board continued the Jan. 7 hearing so the property owners could be present. Some residents said they feared the rezone would open up a path to a multi-story complex would be built that could house half of Red Bluff's population as part of Agenda 21. Others said they questioned how forthcoming the county has been about the rezone. County Counsel Arthur Wylene said Moore had taken extra steps beyond what is legally required to notify neighbors of the proposed rezone in an effort to be as transparent as possible. CVP water contractors, power customers, tribes, non-governmental organizations, environmental groups and state and federal agencies to brainstorm additional water management strategies. Stakeholders provided ideas and suggestions, and the Region examined operational flexibilities, actions and water management strategies. Supply_Meetings/index.ht ml. The first official 2014 CVP water allocation announcement is planned for late-February as required by contract terms. Water supply updates will then be made monthly or more often as appropriate and will be posted on Reclamation's website at http://www.usbr.gov/mp/p a/water. Reclamation balances the allocation of CVP water for agricultural, environmental and municipal and industrial purpos- es based on factors that include hydrology, conditions as reported by DWR, storage in CVP reservoirs, regulations, court decisions, biological opinions, environmental considerations, operational limitations and input from other agencies and organizations. The resultant "Draft WY 2014 Water Plan" contains a listing of those actions and strategies and may be viewed at www.usbr.gov/mp/Water_ Rich Greene can be reached at 527-2151, ext. 109 or rgreene@redbluffdailyne ws.com. For further information, please visit the CVP water supply website at http://www.usbr.gov/mp/p a/water or contact the Public Affairs Office at 916978-5100 (TTY 800-8778339) or mppublicaffairs@usbr.gov. State's air pollution drops over past decade SACRAMENTO (AP) — While overall air quality in California has improved significantly over the past decade, about a third of the population lives where pollution is in excess of federal health standards, according to state officials. The California Air Resources Board presented an assessment of smog and soot levels on Thursday in Sacramento, the Los Angeles Times reported. The board's report said smog fell 15 to 20 percent in urban areas since 2003, yet levels remain above federal health standards in parts of greater Los Angeles, the San Joaquin Valley, Sacramento and San Diego. In the South Coast region, which includes Los Angeles and Orange counties, the number of high-ozone days has dropped 21 percent since 2003. State officials now estimate about 60 percent of people, including all coastal residents, live where smog meets federal health standards. But 6 million people in inland areas still live with unacceptably smoggy air, officials said. Of the state's five biggest urban areas, only the San Francisco Bay area meets all federal standards for ozone — the worst component of smog — and fine particulate matter, or soot, according to the assessment. Air board officials took no action after hearing the staff report. The evaluation came as exceptionally dry and stagnant weather this winter has worsened air pollution across California and the Simple Cremations starting at $ .00 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. commitment to service and kindness. The program is an anti-bullying initiative dedicated to creating a culture of kindness in elementary, middle and high schools worldwide. Students nationwide will be provided with a checklist of 50 kind deeds to perform and create positive change. Students at Mercy High School Red Bluff and other schools will participate. To learn more, and get your child's school involved, visit installed along entire corridor The California Highway Patrol funded increased patrols and speed enforcement through statewide grant funds May & August 2012: Caltrans and CHP conducted major outreach efforts with a new campaign called "Safety Never Takes a Holiday" Fall 2010: Los Molinos Traffic Signal installed April 2011: Los Moli- JOBLESS California collects $300,000 in campaign case REZONE SACRAMENTO (AP) — California's political watchdog agency said Friday it has collected $300,000 from one of two campaign committees accused of improperly reporting contributions in a case that prompted the largest ethics fine in state history. In separate agreements filed in Sacramento County Superior Court, the two committees also agreed to repay $15 million in contributions, as ordered by the California Fair Political Practices Commission. However, it is unlikely that most of that will be recovered because the money was spent on the campaigns in the 2012 election. The groups that received the campaign donations — the Small Business Action Committee and the California Future Fund — spent heavily in the final days of the election. Their goal was to thwart Gov. Jerry Brown's tax initiative and pass a measure that would have restricted the power of unions. Voters approved the tax measure and rejected the union initiative. The groups received the money from groups based in numerous states, including Arizona, Iowa and Virginia. After tracing the source of the cash, state investigators described the money as ''part of the 'Koch Brothers Network' of dark money political nonprofit corporations,'' referring to billionaire brothers Charles and David H. Koch, who have given millions of dollars to conservative causes across the country. ''Recovering an initial $300,000 is a win for Californians and for campaign finance disclosure,'' FPPC Enforcement Chief Gary Winuk said, adding that the settlements should be a significant deterrent for other groups seeking to obscure the sources of campaign donations. The California Future Fund, which was ordered to repay $4 million, has since disbanded. The Laguna Niguel-based Small Business Action Committee agreed to make the $300,000 payment and also will be disbanded, said its president, Joel Fox. ''Both the FPPC and attorney general confirmed that SBAC PAC had done nothing wrong and were not aware of any violations by anyone else,'' Fox said in a statement. Fox said his group believes the law applied in the case is unconstitutional but challenging it ''would put us in the same quandary many small businesses find themselves during litigation: spend an exorbitant amount of money to fight or agree to settle, justified or not.'' Winuk said the Small Business Action Committee and California Future Fund did not deliberately violate the law but were not authorized to accept the money because they failed to fully track down its true sources. The FPPC said its investigation last year found that donors were given the choice of directly contributing to the ballot measure campaigns or giving money to an Arizona-based nonprofit that would not disclose their names, allowing them to avoid possible retribution from unions, according to documents released as part of the investigation. Just days before the election, the FPPC and state Attorney General Kamala Harris sued Americans for Responsible Leadership, which had no history of political activity in California, to force it to disclose the donors, as required by California law. 9A 929 5530 Mountain View Drive, Redding CA 96033. 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