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5A Saturday, February 1, 2014 – Daily News 100 Jackson Street, Red Bluff (530) 529-1220 First 50 new members $ 25 .00 month Call or Come In for details Obituaries 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 news- paper's website. Paid obituaries may be of any length, may run multiple days and offer wide latitude of content, including photos. Setting it straight An item in Friday's edition announcing a Writers Forum meeting scheduled for Feb. 8 listed the incor- rect time. The meeting will start at 10:30 a.m. at All Saints Episcopal Church, 2150 Benton Drive in Red- ding. The Daily News regrets the error. –––––––– 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. RITA ANN CAULFIELD November 25, 1927 ~ November 30, 1913 Rita rejoined her husband on November 30, 2013. Born Nov. 25, 1927 in Quincy, IL to Patrick and Agnes Mocerino, she grew up in San Gabriel, California. She at- tended Catholic schools and graduated from Mark Keppel High School in 1946. She met the love of her life, Jim Caulfield in 1946, and they were married on Easter Sun- day, May 5, 1947. Rita worked as a meat wrapper in Southern California until she retired in 1978.. Jim and Rita moved to Red Bluff after he retired in 1978. During their life together, Jim and Rita traveled extensively, covering most of the US, and beyond. They made two trips to Alaska, two to Tahiti, one to Hawaii, and several trips across the continental US. After Jim passed away, Rita also traveled to Finland, Sweden, Denmark, England and Ire- land. Rita was a "Pink Lady" at St. Elizabeth Hospital, for eight years. Rita is survived by her brother Ray (Francie) Mocerino, sister Pat (Gary) Speckhals, son Dale (Laura) Caulfield, daughter Diana (Doug) Keith, five grandchildren and four great grandchildren. There will be a celebration of her life on Saturday, February 8th from 3:00 to 5:00 pm at the River Oaks Mobile Home Park clubhouse, 350 Gilmore Rd. Red Bluff. RUBEN DAVID GOSSETT August 16, 1984 ~ January 25, 2014 Ruben passed away at home January 25, 2014. He was born in Saramento, CA, August 16, 1984, to David and Anita Gossett. Ruben attended Red Bluff High School Special ED. Surviors include his parents David & Anita Gossett and sister Kristy Ann Dean, of Red Bluff, CA., and beloved friend Jennifer Denlay. Memorial services will be held February 5, at 11:00AM at the Calvery Chapel. Ruth E. Dawson Ruth E. Dawson, of Red Bluff, died Thursday, Jan. 30, at Lassen House. She was 91. Arrangements are under the direction of Hoyt-Cole Chapel of the Flowers. Published Saturday, Feb. 1 in the Daily News, Red Bluff, Calif. Kenneth West Kenneth West, of Red Bluff, died Friday, Jan. 31, at Oak River Rehab in Anderson. He was 85. Arrangements are under the direction of Red Bluff Simple Cremations & Burial Service. Published Saturday, Feb. 1 in the Daily News, Red Bluff, Calif. She added that the com- munity of regulars that fre- quent the park now "shouldn't suffer for what a handful of people are doing." Officials said, however, that complaints are com- ing to City Hall, and the ordinance states that there is a compelling interest to keep second-hand smoke and alcohol away from children. Corning Police Chief Don Atkins signaled at the meeting that the ordinance was something police could work with. The prevailing senti- ment was that the ordi- nance is a start, and a more comprehensive ordinance that would cover more than just Martini Plaza will be looked at. Continued from page 1A DRY Despite receiving state grant funding for the project, which was awarded to the best bid in October 2012, the project has yet to com- mence because of complexities with the US Army Corps of Engineers' permitting process. While that project remains in limbo, city staff will ask the council Tuesday to consider moving for- ward with the environmental studies for the second phase permanent boat ramp. The California Boating and Waterways Commission is sched- uled to hold a meeting in early May 2014 in the Red Bluff area to con- sider a grant agreement in the amount of $1.7 million to fund the Phase 2 improvements. According to a staff report, the California Wildlife Conservation Board has indicated strong support for the project and could award another $1 million, but will not back the funding request if the environ- mental documentation is not com- plete. Grant funds can not be used to pay for the environmental studies. The staff report says about $7,000 in consulting fees would then be needed from city coffers. Staff is requesting the funds be paid for from the city's Park and Development Impact Fee Fund, which has a balance of $8,073. About nine months ago the City Council discussed changing its meeting time to 6 p.m., but did not do so. Some councilmembers have asked for the start time to be dis- cussed again. Changing the starting time would require adopting a new ordinance. Rich Greene can be reached at 527-2151, ext. 109 or rgreene@redbluffdailynews.com. Continued from page 1A RAMP needed to address the alternatives to incarcera- tion called for in AB 109 and to provide more ade- quate space for services to assist inmates toward re- entry into society," the statement said. Goodwin said the coun- ty would work with its consultant to develop a scaled down project that would fit within the para- meters of the smaller $6.526 million award. However the county hasn't given up its $20 million vision. On Tuesday the Tehama County Board of Supervisors directed coun- ty staff to proceed with site analysis and environ- mental documentation for the full project with the notion it could be scaled- down if the additional funding doesn't come through. Goodwin said he believed Tehama County would have ranked higher than Shasta County, which did receive a full $20 mil- lion award, if its own pro- ject had been shovel- ready. Gov. Jerry Brown has proposed an additional $500 million to be includ- ed in next year's state pro- ject to continue the facili- ties program. Goodwin said judging from the state board's actions at the Jan. 16 meeting, he could not tell whether counties would be required to rebid for the next round of funding or that $500 million would be given to the next pro- jects in line. Goodwin said there has been pressure from the governor to add $200 mil- lion to the program, which would fully fund all the projects that failed to receive funding Jan. 16. Assistant Sheriff Phil Johnston said he believed in the end the money would be there for Tehama County because the gover- nor wants to see the AB 109 prison realignment succeed. Rich Greene can be reached at 527-2151, ext. 109 or rgreene@redbluffdailyne ws.com. Continued from page 1A JAIL nia would have to experience heavy rain and snowfall every other day from now until May to get the state back to its average annual precipitation totals, according to the Department of Water Resources. ''These actions will protect us all in the long run,'' Cowin said during a news conference that included numer- ous state and federal officials, includ- ing those from wildlife and agricultur- al agencies. Friday's announcement came after Gov. Jerry Brown's official drought declaration in mid-January, a decision that cleared the way for state and fed- eral agencies to coordinate efforts to preserve water and send it where it is needed most. The governor urged Cal- ifornians to reduce their water use by 20 percent. It also reflects the severity of the dry conditions in the nation's most popu- lous state. Officials say 2013 was the state's driest calendar year since records started being kept, and this year is heading in the same direction. A snow survey on Thursday in the Sierra Nevada, one of the state's key water sources, found the water content in the meager snowpack is just 12 per- cent of normal. Reservoirs are lower than they were at the same time in 1977, which is one of the two previous driest water years on record. State officials say 17 rural commu- nities are in danger of a severe water shortage within four months. Wells are running dry or reservoirs are nearly empty in some communities. Others have long-running problems that pre- date the drought. The timing for of Friday's historic announcement was important: State water officials typically announce they are raising the water allotment on Feb. 1, but this year's winter has been so dry they wanted to ensure they could keep the remaining water behind the dams. The announcement also will give farm- ers more time to determine what crops they will plant this year and in what quantities. Farmers and ranchers throughout the state already have felt the drought's impact, tearing out orchards, fallowing fields and trucking in alfalfa to feed cattle on withered range land. Without deliveries of surface water, farmers and other water users often turn to pumping from underground aquifers. The state has no role in regu- lating such pumping. ''A zero allocation is catastrophic and woefully inadequate for Kern County residents, farms and business- es,'' Ted Page, president the Kern County Water Agency's board, said in a statement. ''While many areas of the county will continue to rely on ground water to make up at least part of the dif- ference, some areas have exhausted their supply.'' Groundwater levels already have been stressed, after pumping accelerat- ed during the dry winter in 2008 and 2009. ''The challenge is that in last drought we drew down groundwater resources and never allowed them to recover,'' said Heather Cooley, water program co-director for the Pacific Institute, a water policy think tank in Oakland. ''We're seeing long term, ongoing declining groundwater levels, and that's a major problem.'' Many towns and cities already have ordered severe cutbacks in water use. With some rivers reduced to a trick- le, fish populations also are being affected. Eggs in salmon-spawning beds of the American River near Sacra- mento were sacrificed after upstream releases from Folsom Dam were severely cut back. The drought is highlighting the tra- ditional tensions between groups that claim the state's limited water for their own priorities — farmers, city resi- dents and conservationists. Chuck Bonham, director of the Cal- ifornia Department of Fish and Wildlife, urged everyone to come together during the crisis. ''This is not about picking between delta smelt and long-fin smelt and chi- nook salmon, and it's not about picking between fish and farms or people and the environment,'' he said. ''It is about really hard decisions on a real-time basis where we may have to accept some impact now to avoid much greater impact later.'' Continued from page 1A DROUGHT Convicted state lawmaker introduces crime bill SACRAMENTO (AP) — A state senator convicted of eight felonies this week introduced a bill that would have allowed those in similar circumstances to have their crimes reduced to misdemeanors. Democratic Sen. Roderick Wright apologized Friday after he was rebuked by a spokesman for Senate President Pro Tem Darrell Steinberg, a fellow Democrat, and said he will not try to advance the bill through committee, effec- tively killing it. ''Wrong senator, wrong time,'' Steinberg spokesman Rhys Williams said. Wright faces more than eight years behind bars after a Los Angeles County jury found him guilty Tuesday of voter fraud and perjury. On Thursday, he introduced SB 929, which would allow those convicted of non-violent felonies to ask a judge to reduce the offenses to misdemeanors under certain circum- stances, including: if their sentence does not include state prison; if the offense was not serious, violent or a sexual; if they had a clean record for the last five years; and if they can show they have been rehabilitated. It was not immediately clear if such legislation could one day apply to Wright himself, Williams said. Wright's con- victions and potential sentence would appear to qualify him. Wright was convicted of fraud after professing to have moved into an Inglewood property he owned so he could run in 2008 to represent the 25th Senate District. Jurors found that Wright actually lived outside the district. Flu deaths in California jump to 147 SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California health officials said Friday that 147 people in the state have died from the flu this season, surpassing last sea- son's death toll. Four of the deaths involved children. The California Department of Public Health was investi- gating an additional 44 deaths as possibly flu- related The state only tracks influenza deaths among people 65 and younger. The death toll does not include the elderly, who are most vulnerable. Last season, a total of 106 flu- related deaths were record- ed in the state. ''This influenza season continues to be a severe one as the increasing num- ber of influenza-related deaths indicates,'' Dr. Ron Chapman, the state health officer, said in a statement. ''Once again, I urge all Californians to get vacci- nated, because it is the best defense against influenza.'' The hardest-hit county was Los Angeles with 17 deaths, followed by Sacra- mento County with 15 deaths. The dominant strain this season is the H1N1 strain, also known as swine flu. The strain seriously affects young and middle-aged people. A swine flu pandemic in 2009 and 2010 killed at least 150,000 people worldwide. State health officials said there's no vaccine shortage and recommend- ed those at highest risk — the elderly, pregnant women and children — get immunized. California to recognize gang members can change SACRAMENTO (AP) — Prison officials revealed new rules Friday that they say will make California the first state to recognize that inmates can quit prison gangs and put that lifestyle behind them, allowing them to escape the tough restrictions that gang mem- bers are subject to. However, gang associates would have to steer clear of gang activities for about a decade to qualify, while gang leaders would have to behave for a minimum of 14 years. The draft regulations made public Friday are the latest changes to rules that keep some gang members locked in special isolation units for years and have led to widespread inmate hunger strikes. A spokesman for a coalition of reform groups that backed the hunger strikers called the changes ''woefully inadequate.'' Prison officials consider more than 2,800 of California's nearly 134,000 inmates to be gang members or associates, and say they direct much of the violence and contraband smuggling both behind bars and on the streets. Until now, once inmates were con- firmed to be in a prison gang or other ''security threat group,'' the label stuck throughout their time behind bars.