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Obituaries MARY JO HENDRICKSON GARCIA do on February 14th. She was born in Oakland, CA. and raised in Red Bluff, where she graduated from local schools. Mary Jo obtained a nursing license and worked at vari- ous hospitals. Mary Jo is survived by her loving husband, Elmer Gar- Mary Jo died peacefully of cancer in Del Norte, Colora- cia, of Del Norte, her three sons: Craig, Mark, and Matt Pritchard, her mother, Mary Hendrickson, brother, Bob Hendrickson, sister, Maggie Andersen, and a large, loving circle of family and friends. Mary Jo joins her deceased father, Joseph F. Hendrick- son, and brother, Don W. Hendrickson. A memorial service will be held at Sacred Heart School, on North Monroe Street in Red Bluff at 1:00 P.M. on Sun- day, February 27th. In lieu of flowers, please make donations to Sacred Heart School in Red Bluff. CHW Continued from page 1A Center in Phoenix, Ariz. submitted inflated costs for their home health agencies and were over- paid. Part of the settlement are allegations that St. Joseph’s overstated its entitlement to Medicare Disproportionate Share DOGS Continued from page 1A tle dog mix while the other is a tan terrier mix, he said. While the shelter has had animals stolen before, Storrey said he does not believe it has anything to do CATTLE Continued from page 1A ANTONE EUGENE WALKER Antone Eugene Walker, 66, of Red Bluff, CA., passed away February 17, 2011. Born January 20, 1945 in Fresno, CA. to Bessie A. Walker. He was retired from the Shasta County School District. He is survived by his loving wife Charlene Walker of Red Bluff, daughter Rebekah A. Thorn, son John E. Walker, Ruth C. McSherry, daughter Rachel A. Walker, grandson Aiden M. McSherry, son Gor- don W. Small, Son Rick L. Small, Daughter Sharleta Bas- sett, Son David R. Small. Services will be Friday, February 25, 2011 at 11:00 a.m. at Oak Hill Cemetery, 755 Cemetery Lane, Red Bluff, CA. Red Bluff Simple Cremations & Burials are handeling the arrangements. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to P. O. Box 1275, Red Bluff, CA 96080 Death Notices Howard G. Brown Howard G. Brown died Monday, Feb. 21, 2011, in Red Bluff. He was 87. Hoyt-Cole Chapel of the Flow- ers is handling the arrangements. Published Wednesday, Feb. 23, 2011, in the Daily News, Red Bluff, Calif. Mary Gladys Stumpf Mary Gladys Stumpf of Red Bluff died Saturday, Feb. 19, 2011, at her home. She was 92. Neptune Society of Northern California is handling the arrangements. Published Wednesday, Feb. 23, 2011, in the Daily News, Red Bluff, Calif. CUB Continued from page 1A rehabilitation center, the bear weighed only 18 pounds, far less than the usual weight of about 30 pounds for a cub that age. Staff at the non-profit center treated the animal for ringworm and nursed it back to health over a 5-month period. DFG biologists picked up the cub, which now weighs 90 pounds, and transported it from Tahoe back to Lassen National Forest, the release said. With the assistance of the U.S. Forest Service, the cub was tranquil- ized and transported deep into the woods, where it was tucked into a pre-dug bear den in a carefully selected, secluded spot in the heart of bear territory. The entrance to the den was covered and camouflaged, and the hope is that the young bear will return to his natural state of hiberna- tion, emerging later this spring to build a new life in the same forest BILL Continued from page 1A In California, the nation’s largest pension fund, the California Public Employees’ Retirement System, has $75 billion in unfunded liabilities. The state also faces nearly $52 billion in unfunded retiree health care benefits. Mansoor’s bill, AB961, contains no specific lan- guage. He said he will amend the bill later to end collective bargaining over pensions. Mansoor said the Republican Pension Reform Working Group in the Assembly plans to release details of its proposed reforms in the next few weeks. Two Republican state senators also announced pension reform legislation on Tuesday. Sen. Tom Harman of Huntington Beach wants to increase reporting require- ments for state and local public retirement systems. His SB689 would require public employee pension systems to file a pension dis- closure report annually to the Legislature for retirees Most of the dead cattle were found by following cir- cling vultures in the sky, Gordon said. The group lost five pairs of cows with calves and five bred cows that were preg- nant, Gordon said. One female cow had got- ten her head stuck in a downed tree and her face was chewed off, Gordon said. Another was pulled into a watery ditch and drowned. Her face and ears were chewed off. “When you come upon something like this and see what these dogs did, it turns your stomach,” Gordon said. Meanwhile, ranchers in the area have gotten together to put up a $1,000 reward for information leading to the owners of the dogs. Watnur, Gordon’s part- ner, put up the reward posters with the support of area ranchers, some of whom have not lost cattle, to try to find someone respon- sible for the loose dogs. “If we don’t get this under control, it could end where it was born. In 2010, five black bear cubs in similar condition were found in dif- ferent locations and placed by DFG into care facilities for safety, tempo- rary care and rehabilitation. Four of the cubs, all from Northern Califor- nia, were cared for at the Tahoe facil- ity and returned to the wild over the last few weeks, the release said. The fifth cub, from Southern California, was transported to a care facility in Arizona. Five cubs is the average number rehabilitated in licensed care facili- ties every year, said DFG Bear Pro- gram Coordinator Marc Kenyon. They are typically found in the sum- mer and fall and are returned to the wild in the late winter, toward the end of the hibernation period. In order to qualify for rehabilita- tion, a found cub must be both orphaned and in distress, as well as younger than a year old and unaccus- tomed to humans. Licensed rehabili- tators are specially trained to assess the animal’s health and chances for earning more than $100,000 annually. Sen. Mimi Walters of Laguna Niguel introduced 10 pension bills, including SB520, which would put new public employees into a 401(k)-type defined contri- bution retirement plan. Gov. Jerry Brown, a Democrat, said he wants to address pension reforms once the state closes its $26.6 billion budget deficit. Republicans want pension limits as part of the budget solution. Nathan Barankin, a spokesman for Senate Presi- payments, which are made to hospitals that serve a disproportionate share of indigent patients. Wednesday, February 23, 2011 – Daily News – 7A CHW. including two years for which it was not eligible. The settlement resolves Medicare overpayment claims against St. John’s Regional Medical Center in Oxnard for claiming entitlement to additional funds for treating a high percentage of patients with end-stage renal dis- ease for several years, All seven hospitals established specific accounting reserves to pay Medicare back should these issues be caught by Medicare auditors. CHW owns or controls some 41 hospitals in Cali- fornia, Arizona and Neva- da. Two of the hospitals included in this settlement are no longer owned by with increased adoption fees, which were raised by Tehama County Supervisors at the Feb. 15 meeting. The possibility of an owner who had their animals picked up has not been ruled out, he said. The incident was reported to the Tehama County Sheriff’s Department Monday as previous animal theft incidents have. up being a person,” Watnur said. If an owner is found, there could be a substantial legal claim, Gordon said. “We’re extremely serious about pursuing this,” he said. “This is our livelihood.” Cattle prices are at one of the highest levels in history, and the dogs’ owners could be responsible for up to three times the value of the ani- mals, Gordon said. Gordon, a former Shasta College agriculture instruc- tor, has had to make extra trips to get the situation under control, he said. After hearing about the cattle killings in the Manton area, a local predation con- trol specialist wants to help the ranchers track the dogs responsible. Chuck Brewer, of Turkey Creek Custom Calls in Cot- tonwood, has tracked preda- tory animals for years and wants to lend a hand, he said. Brewer called Tehama County Sheriff’s Deputy Edward McCullough and one of the ranchers to offer his services. “I don’t like killing domestic dogs, because I am survival and to provide the cub with what it needs to survive without tam- ing it. “We want to help these bears sur- vive and return to the population, but in doing so, we must be sure that they don’t get used to being around peo- ple,” Kenyon said. “Once bears are no longer wary of people, they become nuisance bears that are no longer wild.” Throughout California, the black bear population has steadily been increasing over the past 25 years and is now conservatively estimated to be around 40,000 statewide. Though black bears are not an endangered, threatened or protected species, the continued success of the population depends on the survival of cubs such as this one. DFG’s goal in approving the care- ful rehabilitation and relocation of young bears is twofold, Kenyon said. “We want to keep wild species wild and to keep common species common,” he said. “You can’t do one without the other.” dent Pro Tem Darrell Stein- berg, D-Sacramento, said the state’s public employee unions showed last year that they can respond to the fis- cal crisis through bargain- ing. A majority negotiated pension concessions with former Republican Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger. “Ensuring that Medicare dollars are not lost to waste, fraud and abuse is a core mission of this office,” Wagner said. “In addition to recouping overpayments made by Medicare in the past, the settlement in this case will help ensure more accurate accounting for Medicare claims submitted by these hospitals in the future.” In November 2009, an eight- week-old kitten named Garnet was taken from the care center. A Daily News article on that theft cites Agri- cultural Commissioner Rick Gurro- la in saying two cats were lost or stolen in 2008 and five were lost or stolen in 2007. —Julie Zeeb a big dog person myself, but it is a necessary evil,” Brew- er said. Since growing up near Sonora and Angel’s Camp in Tuolumne County, he has hunted coyotes, moun- tain lions, bears and dogs, Brewer said. Now, he works with neighbors to keep predators away from livestock. “Dogs have a different body language,” he said. Brewer can tell by the body posture of the dog whether it is looking to kill or just interested in what’s going on, he said. If the intent is to kill, there is nothing to do but to put it down, Brewer said. Once a dog starts killing, it doesn’t stop, and it could get dangerous. “When they get to the point that they’re not afraid of you, that’s when humans are in danger,” Brewer said. Breeding season is when the dogs are a bigger threat, Brewer said. The dogs go after calves as they are about to drop or soon after. Other than Gordon’s group, the sheriff’s depart- ment received reports that George Hyrcenko, 70, of COUNTY Continued from page 1A chipping in to review the information and determine if boundary changes are necessary. If so, the group would write up the propos- als that will be publicly presented to the board, Ross said. If any changes are made, the board must adopt them no later than Nov. 1. Los Angeles had lost cattle to attacks on three different occasions on his small ranch off Cedar Ridge Road in Manton. Hyrcenko’s employee described the dogs as a light- colored pit bull with several spots, a brown shepherd- type dog and a third dog of unknown breed. The ranch employee shouted at the dogs during one of the attacks and the dogs fled the area, according to a sheriff’s press release. There may be more than the three dogs at large. In his 25 years of running livestock, Gordon has seen natural losses by an occa- sional mountain lion or other wild animals, but these attacks are different, he said. The amount of cattle killed and the extent of the damage may indicate that there could be five to seven dogs. Anyone with information about the dogs or their own- ers, call Deputy Edward McCullough at 529-7920. ——— Andrea Wagner can be reached at 527-2153, extension 114 or awagner@redbluffdailynew s.com. Should the board not adopt necessary ordinances by that date, a supervisorial redistricting commission can do so by Dec. 31. For more information and updates, see the county website, www.co.tehama.ca.us. ——— Andrea Wagner can be reached at 527-2153, extension 114 or awagner@redbluffdailyne ws.com. THE PASSING PARADE Over 50 years of serving Tehama County Dr. R.G. Frey was an unusual fellow. He held two degrees, one in medicine, and the other in engineering. He designed and had constructed two of the finest homes in town…the first, a ranch style at the foot of Rio now offices of McCarthy and Rubright, Attorneys At law, and the other at the foot of Pine Street, the pink modern on the river, currently owned by Floyd Peterson. This following is what I wrote of the good doctor back in October of 1966: “How about Dr. R.G.Frey? Though more or less retired, old time residents will remember him well. For the younger set, allow me to describe the man. He is well past middle age, 71, but spry and durable, of medium height but considerable stature, wealthy but generous and an all around successful business man. In addition to assembling one of the largest medical practices in town, he has invested in a number of buildings on Main and Walnut. Other people’s names may be on them, but his name is on the deed. There is even a building in Palm Springs with his name on it…a community center, I believe, and he is still active locally in restoration of our downtown business sector. He tells me he is fond of bridge, which is an understatement, because he is a life master, and though not particularly religious, he can recite all the books of the bible. A master of the practical joke, he once faked a phone call to my mother who was attending a party in SanFrancisco. He told her he was an executive at the Swift Packing Plant in South San Francisco which mother and father had been given a special tour earlier that afternoon. The caller said that in honor of their visit, he was sending a live pig over to their hotel. Mother was polite but protested there was no room in their suite for a live porker. My father finally figured out R.G. was behind the phone call and a good laugh was had by all. Later, the clever doctor, learning of a local lawyer and the lawyer’s wife desire to repeat their marriage vows, arranged for the ceremony during which the Justice of The Peace’s trousers kept falling down. I do admire his inventive mind. Dr. Frey confided that all of his business ventures have been carefully thought out which was the secret of his success. I think my father must have done the same.” Located in Chico, CA Combining Quality and Low Cost is what we do. 529-3655 www.affordablemortuary.net Independently owned Telephone: (530) 824-3792 As postscript to the above “I Say” back in 1966, l can now report that two of his ventures did not turn out the way he intended. When he was a partner in the Red Bluff Medical Group with Dr. O.T. “Jack” Wood, there was a codicil to their partnership agreement that either partner could buy out the other. Getting wind that R.G. was about to notify his partner of his intentions to do just that, Jack beat him to the punch and had attorney Stanley Pugh send R.G. a registered letter informing him that he was being bought out! This damaged his ego to a certain extent, but he had been disappointed in love much earlier...a subject best left until another time. Eventually, his health failed which confined him to a wheelchair as a complaining and cantankerous old man. But, when in his prime, he was a force of nature. The Passing Parade is brought to you by by Minch Property Management, 760 Main Street specializing in commercial leasing and sales. 530 527 5514 Robert Minch 1929-