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made because of what was better for the councilmem- bers or city staff, but what was best for the city's resi- dents. That statement was cited by Mayor Daniele Jackson, who turned out to be the deciding vote in keeping the 7 p.m. start time. She said while back in May she would have liked to have the meetings moved up to 6 p.m., she has since decided the decision was not about what was best for her or the council. Agenda items • The council approved a staff recommendation to go out to bid for its com- puter system maintenance and information technolo- gy services. The city's 3-year con- tract with Computer Logis- tics expired in November and since then the city has operated on a month-by- month extension with the company. Schmid asked the city staff whether they were happy with Computer Logistics. City Manager Rick Crabtree said there have been ups and downs with issues over what is covered by warranty and included in the monthly contract, but that was no different with the city's previous IT provider. "It's been a tough mar- riage. I'm not going to sugar coat that," he said. Police Chief Paul Nanfi- to said some of the issues stemmed from the city's aging equipment and a move by IT companies to do more remote services. Those issues would be included in a new contract. Rich Greene can be reached at 527-2151, ext. 109 or rgreene@redbluffdailynew s.com. 7A Tuesday, February 11, 2014 – Daily News R ed Bluff Simple Cremations & Burial Service Now Offering Eco-Friendly urns at economy friendly prices. 722 Oak Street, Red Bluff, FD Lic. 1931 527-1732 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 –––––––– 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. BETTY JEAN STRINGFELLOW December 24, 1945 ~ February 7, 2014 Betty Stringfellow passed away peacefully on Wednes- day, February 7, 2014 in Weed. Betty was born in Anthony, New Mexico to William and Donnie Jones on January 27, 1927.She married Wendell Stringfellow on December 24, 1945; they lived in Chico and later moved to Red Bluff where they raised their fam- ily. Betty was an instructor for the Lariat Bowl Youth Bowling league in Red Bluff in the 50's and 60's and a member of Beta Sigma Phi for over 50 years in the Red Bluff and Yreka areas. Betty was also known for being a seamstress and making lots of costumes for dance recitals as well as being a team mom for youth baseball. Betty was preceded in death by her husband, Wendell, in 1995. She is survived by her daughter Helen Blackston of Montague, son, Donald Stringfellow of Grenada and brother and sister-in-law, Bob and Ann Jones of Chico, 4 grandchildren Jeni deOng, Chuck deOng, Amy deOng and Haley Stringfellow and 4 great grandchildren. Betty was a very busy lady and very much loved by her family. She will be greatly missed by her friends and fami- ly. No Services are scheduled. There will be a Burial in Chico Cemetery. Girdner Funeral Chapel is assisting the family. Online condolences may be made at www.girdner funeralchapel.com. RUTH ELINORE DAWSON June 9, 1922 ~ January 20, 2014 Ruth Elinore Dawson, 91, most recently of Red Bluff, CA, passed away peacefully on January 30, 2014, in her home at Lassen House (Red Bluff), following a brief de- cline. She was a warm and devoted friend and mentor to many. Ruth was born at Enon Valley, PA, to William Albert Noggle and Olive Hennon Noggle on June 9, 1922, and was raised on a farm there; she graduated from Mt. Jack- son High School, and attended Westminster College. She was married to Frank Rufus Dawson of Midland, PA, on September 3, 1942. They shared 65 years of mar- riage until his death in 2007. They raised their two chil- dren, Barbara and David, in Santa Barbara, CA. Ruth was active in Santa Barbara in Adult Education, the Republican Women's Club, and the Women's Auxiliary for Recordings for the Blind and Dyslexic (now Learning Al- ly) - as President for the later organization, she achieved a national reputation for the success of her managerial and fundraising skills. She also enjoyed many years' service as a volunteer in the studios and office of Recordings for the Blind and Dyslexic, of which she was quietly proud. Ruth enjoyed a creative life, her interest included cloth- ing design and construction, needlework and music. Ruth and Frank traveled extensively in their later years, and developed enduring friendships around the world. She was a gracious and welcoming hostess, and her home was often full of friends and family - one of the treasured mementos of her long life is a tablecloth, em- broidered with the signature of every guest who sat at her table, color coded by year. Ruth is survived by her daughter Barbara Mudd (of Red Bluff), son-in-law Seeley Mudd, grandchildren Elizabeth and Carter Mudd, and her son David Dawson (of Bloo- mington, IN), and son-in-law Alexander Scott. She is also survived by her sister, Marjory Emery, of Waxahachie, TX. A memorial service is scheduled for Thursday, February 13, 2014, at 11:00 a.m. at Sacred Heart Church in Red Bluff. A luncheon will follow in the Parish Hall. Ruth will be interred in Santa Barbara Cemetery, next to her hus- band Frank; a simple grave-side service is planned for early March. Jack Freiburghouse Jack Freiburghouse died Sunday, Feb. 9 at his Red Bluff home. He was 92. Arrangements are under the direction of Hoyt-Cole Chapel of the Flowers. Published Tuesday, Feb. 11, 2014 in the Daily News, Red Bluff, Calif. Patricia Marie Lander Patricia Marie Lander, of Red Bluff, died Saturday, Feb. 8 at Red Bluff Healthcare Center. She was 63. Arrangements are under the direction of Red Bluff Simple Cremations and Burial Service. Published Tuesday, Feb. 11, 2014 in the Daily News, Red Bluff, Calif. George Lander George Lander, of Red Bluff, died Sunday, Feb. 9 at St. Elizabeth Community Hospital. He was 50. Arrangements are under the direction of Hoyt-Cole Chapel of the Flowers. Published Tuesday, Feb. 11, 2014 in the Daily News, Red Bluff, Calif. Truck fire in Corning dubbed arson Police believe a vehicle fire in Corning late Saturday night was arson. The fire was reported around 11:30 p.m. in the area of a Fig Lane and Marguerite Avenue, according to a Corning Police Department press release. Corning firefighters and sever- al residents extinguished the fire inside a 2008 Ford F250. Officers located two large sus- picious burn marks and several questionable items in the front cab area of the pickup. With the assistance from a CalFire investigator, the incident was determined to be arson. Evidence was collected and was being sent to the Department of Justice for analysis and finger- printing. Anyone with information about the incident is asked to contact the Corning Police Department at 824-7000. Evacuation over explosives in Redding enters 5th day REDDING (AP) — An evacuation of 25 homes in Northern Cali- fornia continued into its fifth day on Monday after bomb technicians found 40 pounds of explosives last week at a Redding residence. Lt. Dave Kent, a Shas- ta County sheriff's spokesman, said evacua- tions remain in effect for houses within 1,000 feet of the home. ''We consider it a mandatory evacuation, but we're not forcing peo- ple to leave,'' Kent said. Roving patrols have been monitoring the area 24 hours a day. Officials discovered the cache Thursday fol- lowing an explosion and flash fire at the home of D. Ray East, 63. East blew off his hand and is recovering from his injuries at a local hospi- tal. He told authorities that his hobby of building model rockets explained the explosives. Sheriff Tom Bosenko said Saturday that the materials are so danger- ous that a light touch could cause them to deto- nate. Kent said the sheriff's office is working with other agencies to neutral- ize the explosives but that there is no estimate for when the situation would be resolved. ''We're not able to go back into the residence due to the volatility of the materials,'' Kent said. ''It's too dangerous.'' The home is on Chap- arral Drive just west of Redding. unconstitutional conditions involv- ing medical and mental health care. The judges said the delays have cost taxpayers money while causing inmates to needlessly suffer. However, immediately enforcing the population cap would simply prompt the state to move thousands more inmates to private prisons in other states without solving the long-term crowding problem, the judges said. Given that choice, they adopted a proposal outlined by Gov. Jerry Brown's administration that it can reach the population cap by the end of February 2016 through steps that include expanding a Stockton med- ical facility to house about 1,100 mentally ill inmates and freeing more than 2,000 inmates who are elderly, medically incapacitated, or who become eligible for parole because of accelerated good-time credits. The judges said the state also has agreed to consider more population- reduction reforms in the next two years, including the possible estab- lishment of a commission to recom- mend reforms of penal and sentenc- ing laws. Brown said the ruling was encouraging. ''The state now has the time and resources necessary to help inmates become productive members of society and make our communities safer,'' he said in a statement. Brown's administration said the alternative would have been to spend up to $20 million during the fiscal year that ends June 30 and up to $50 million next fiscal year to lease enough additional cells to meet the court order. With the delay, Brown said the state can spend $81 million next fis- cal year for rehabilitation programs that would otherwise be spent to house inmates. Inmates' attorneys had wanted the judges to require the state to meet the population cap by May. ''We're very disappointed,'' said Don Specter, director of the non- profit Prison Law Office that repre- sented inmates in the crowding law- suit. ''We believe that there are sub- stantial constitutional violations continuing right now, which result in prisoners suffering and dying because of prison overcrowding.'' The inmates' attorneys could consider appealing the latest order, he said. Specter and Michael Bien, a lawyer representing mentally ill inmates, said they are pleased the judges will appoint a compliance officer to police the population reduction targets. If the state fails to meet the interim or final caps, the officer will release inmates based on their risk to public safety and other factors. ''There's not going to be any more excuses or delays if in fact the state does not meet one of these new benchmarks,'' Bien said. Republican state Sen. Jim Nielsen, who once headed the state parole board, called the court order ''tragic'' and said it would endanger public safety. He blamed Brown, a Democrat expected to seek re-election this year, and the court for what he called a ''disastrous new system that will result in the early release of many serious and violent inmates.'' The state should instead increase capacity in prisons and jails while investing in rehabilitation and early intervention programs, Nielsen said in a statement. The rulings on prison crowding stem from a pair of lawsuits in which federal judges ruled that the state was providing substandard treatment to mentally and physically ill inmates. The lower court's authority was upheld by the U.S. Supreme Court in 2011, and in October the high court declined to consider a new appeal by the governor. Continued from page 1A PRISONS The sole occupant of the home, Clifford Bowen, was outside and not injured. Firefighters contained the blaze in 10 minutes and remained on scene for another hour conducting an investigation and over- hauling hot spots. The cause of the fire was deemed to be electri- cal. The home sustained moderate structural and electric wiring damage with extensive smoke damage to the contents. The property owner stated he did not have insurance. Two months ago a structure fire occurred in the same park, two spaces away from Monday's fire. In that fire the occupant was killed. Continued from page 1A FIRE address on two contracts, using another contractor's company name without its permission and fleeing Nevada when confronted about the fraudulent actions. NSCB has requested enhanced elder abuse charges for Kanan and Gal because five of the alleged victims were 60 years of age or older. Anyone who knows the where- abouts of Kanan or Gal can contact the local police or sheriff's depart- ment. After contacting local law enforcement, call CSLB at (916) 255-2924 for Northern California speak to an enforcement representa- tive. CSLB encourages consumers to always "Check The License First" by visiting www.cslb.ca.gov or call- ing CSLB's toll-free automated line 800.321.CSLB (2752). Also, visit the website for tips about how to hire a contractor and to sign up for CSLB Email Alerts. Continued from page 1A SOLAR for years. And El Camino also manned The Dun- geon, where inmates would be released for the right amount of tickets. The event was expected to raise about $5,000 for the county's 11 clubs, and attendance perhaps was boosted by a tri-tip dinner. "I love seeing the huge turnout," said Michelle Stone, a 4-H mom who was helping Bowman run its booths. "I would defi- nitely call this a success." Stone added that the event brings out a good sense of community, and that the children participat- ing in 4-H clubs are being raised to be the next gener- ation of leaders. The theme for the night, "Knight of Renaissance," was clear. Los Molinos 4- H members drew the atten- tion of carnival-goers with an arrow toss. Corning 4-H hosted Castle Destroyer. And Manton 4-H may have scored with the most amusing booth on the night, which had contes- tants tossing rolls of toilet paper into the Manton Outhouse. "I didn't expect it to be so popular and fun, but it is," said Michelle Garcia, a first-time Fun Night attendee who works with the Richfield School after school Safe Education and Recreation for Rural Fam- ilies program. As children zig-zagged their way from game to game, Garcia, donned in renaissance apparel, said the night was fun for adults as well. She produced a magnetic toy prize she won at the games. A silent auction was held in the fairgrounds cafeteria, where live enter- tainment was provided by the North Folk band. Tehama County 4-H Youth Development Pro- gram clubs also include A n t e l o p e , Flournoy/Paskenta, Bend Jelly, Olive and Plum Val- ley. Youth membership last year totaled about 360. Continued from page 1A 4-H Continued from page 1A CITY Have a news tip? Call 527-2151, Ext. 112