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Obituaries LULA MAE KNIGHT with her family by her side in Red Bluff, CA. Lula Mae re- sided in Corning for the past 31 years. She is survived by daughter, Jeannie Wingett; her daughter and son-in-law, Sharon and Don Bond; her grandchildren, Shannon & Lonnie Boles, Shane Wingett, Shealyn Bond, and Jamie Bond; and her great grandchildren, Cheyenne Boles and Sage Boles. Services will be held at graveside at 11am on Friday, March 4, 2011 at the Corning Cemetery followed by a cel- ebration of life at the family home in Corning. on February 25, 2011 due to complications from a stroke. She was surrounded by loving family during her last days. She was loved, and will be missed. She leaves behind a brother Ron Derby, sister Carolyn Yates, her two sons and their wives Dale Scott & Sigrid, John Asa & Reenie. Her two daughters and their husbands, Debra Jean & Tim, Cindy Lee & John, along with 18 grandchildren and 2 great grandchildren. Her suffering has come to an end and we can only hope for eternal happiness. Services will be held at Oak Hill Cemetery this Saturday at 2pm. DAVID MATTSON David Ellis Mattson, 72, of Corning and formerly of Chico, died Friday, February 25, 2011 at his home from natural causes. He was born December 28, 1938 in Ber- keley, CA to Ellis and Hilda Mattson. David was a passionate man who believed strongly about his personal values. He served his community many ways throughout his life, including being a chef, and talented musician. In Chico he worked at the Town- send House and Oakmont Retirement Residence. After moving to Corning he was employed at In Home Suppor- tive Services of Tehama County. David was a member of the First Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) in Chico and Corning. He is survived by his sister, Catherine Cominos. He is preceded in death by his parents; his brother, John and sister, Sandra Hocking. A graveside service will take place Friday, March 4, 2011 at 9:00 a.m. at Chico Cemetery. A celebration of life serv- ice will follow the burial on Friday, March 4, 2011 at 11:00 a.m. at the First Christian Church in Corning. Memorial contributions may be made to the Corning Se- nior Center in care of Newton-Bracewell Chico Funeral Home. You may share your thoughts and memories of David online at nbcfh.com DN Continued from page 1A cerns, as well as those we have about anonymity.” Publisher Greg Stevens said he hopes the change will deliver more construc- tive debate and discussion. With the change to Facebook Comments, the Daily News will cease moderation of comments on its previous Topix forum, although some of its articles may still be referred to on that site. Some readers have expressed concern about the security and disclosure of the personal informa- tion on Facebook. In a post on Facebook’s developers’ blog, a software engineer wrote that the commenting system respects a user’s Talking about comments Facebook Comments on redbluffdailynews.com: • Users can read comments displayed at the bottom of articles. • Higher quality comments — based on reader’s friends, popularity or activity — appear toward the top. • Users can report questionable posts. • To comment, readers must log in to either Facebook or Yahoo. • Readers have the option to share comments with their Facebook friends. • Commenters can use Facebook’s pri- vacy settings to control the information available to other users. privacy settings and would display only the informa- RONALD LEE CULP Ronald Culp, 73, passed away on February 10, 2011 at home with his family by his side in Red Bluff, California. He was a free spirit and is now truly free. Ron was born September 3, 1937 in Durango, Colorado. He moved as a child with his family to Antioch, California and then to Magalia, California. As a teen, the family moved to Tehama County and he attended Red Bluff High School. Ron served in the United States Army. He was em- ployed by Diamond Paper Products (which eventually be- came Tenneco and Pactiv) for 37 years. As a child, Ron spent many wonderful days out fishing and hunting with his father Woody, his brother Gary, and their beloved dog, Hardrock. Ron’s love of fishing and hunting continued throughout his life. Ron was well known as an excellent maker of custom fishing rods. Ron was an avid reader, especially of westerns. Rarely was he seen at home without a book in hand or on a nearby table. He also enjoyed playing cribbage with his family and friends. He and his wife Vicky loved garden- ing and canning and sharing their harvest with all. Ron was a friend to all and never knew a stranger. He ANAHEIM (AP) — Gov. Jerry Brown hinted to hundreds of California police chiefs on Tuesday that they may see their pensions curbed as the state grapples to close a $26.6 billion budget deficit — a move Republican lawmakers have said they would like to see as part of any plan to ask voters to approve billions in tax extensions. Brown opened his speech to the 34th annual Cali- fornia Police Chiefs Association with some light- hearted banter about retirement, but quickly became serious about the state’s financial crisis. During the event, which was a tribute to the 11 law enforcement officers killed on the job in 2010, the governor repeat- edly spoke of individual sacrifice for the good of Cal- ifornia and of the need for government workers to lead by example. “I didn’t take my retirement at 50. In fact, if you was a gentleman. He was the epitome of cool. He was a lovable character that would always bring a smile to your face and a chuckle to your heart. He was a pleasure to be around and everyone would gravitate towards him. Ron is survived by his wife of 13 years, Victoria L. Culp; brother and sister-in-law Gary and Judie Culp and their family; son Paul Culp; daughter and son-in-law Julia and Larry Delphia; daughter and son-in-law Lori and Laird Oylear; daughter Chyenne Culp; son Levi Culp; step- daughter and husband Teresa and Joey Foutch; step- daughter and husband Yalonda and David Perry; stepson Chad Payne; grandchildren Andrea Hoofard, Ashley Oylear, Devon Oylear, Ridge Culp, Brendon Culp, Em- mett and Evie Bair, Paydon Foutch, Garrett Canafax, Ely and Alivia Perry, Kayla Walingford and Ashley Delphia; Aunt Johnnie Spreen; and cousins Alan Spreen and Jack Spreen and their families. Ron was preceded in death by his father and mother, Thomas Woodrow and Lucille Culp. Ave, Red Bluff, CA on Saturday, March 5, 2011 at 2 p.m. A Celebration of Life/potluck to immediately follow at the Veteran’s Memorial Hall, 735 Oak Street, Red Bluff, CA 96080. Death Notices Verle G. Foreman Verle G. Foreman of Red Bluff died Friday, Feb. 14, 2011 in Red Bluff. He was 73. Hoyt-Cole Chapel of the Flowers is handling the arrangements. Published Wednesday, March 2, 2011, in the Daily News, Red Bluff, Calif. Ronald Lee Lafferty Ronald Lee Lafferty of Red Bluff died Friday, Feb. 25, 2011, in Proberta. He was 52. Hoyt-Cole Chapel of the Flowers is handling the arrangements. Published Wednesday, March 2, 2011, in the Daily News, Red Bluff, Calif. Huge jump in salmon predicted SANTA ROSA (AP) — California officials say the state could see a return to a full-length coastal salmon fishing season this year with biologists forecasting a tripling of the fish population off the coast. Department of Fish and Game spokesman Harry Morse says the agency is projecting 729,000 salmon from the Sacramento River fall run in 2011, up from a 2010 projection of 245,000 fish. The department announced the preliminary figure Tuesday at a meeting in Santa Rosa. Morse says federal regulators will evaluate the data and come up with a final number to make recommen- dations on the length of this year’s season. Independently owned Telephone: (530) 824-3792 Over 50 years of serving Tehama County Services will be held at the Kingdom Hall, 755 Reed want to stabilize this pension system, you need a lot more people working until they’re 72,” he said. “I know some of you might not be ready for that, but we have to deal with pensions. That’s going to be part of the pro- gram and we do have some scarce resource problems but we shouldn’t get too upset or nervous about that.” Brown advocated pension reforms during last year’s campaign for governor, including requiring govern- ment employees to work longer and for a two-tiered retirement system in which newer employees get fewer benefits. His Republican opponent, former eBay chief executive Meg Whitman, had advocated a 401(k)-style system for most state workers, but not police and fire- fighters. Brown is trying to get support for a budget plan that includes $12.5 billion in spending cuts and wants law- makers to pass a budget by mid-March so he can call a special election in June to extend increases in the sales, income and vehicle taxes another five years. The taxes and a series of fee increases would bring in an estimat- ed $12 billion. The governor told the police chiefs that partisan bickering and an erosion of public confidence in elect- ed officials — particularly the Legislature — have made it challenging to have the courage to do what is best for the state. Brown exhorted his listeners to tion already visible on the main Facebook site. Many newspapers already use Facebook Comments. The Daily News, Chico Enterprise- Record and several other MediaNews Group publi- cations moved forward with the change after Face- book launched an upgrade to its commenting service Tuesday. The upgrade allows users to log in with Yahoo as well as Face- book. It also improves how readers can share their comments as Facebook posts. Now when someone responds to the Facebook post, the comment will be synched and appear as a response on the original article. The improved tool offers improved modera- tion tools, including a pro- fanity filter and a queue to review questionable posts flagged by readers. Brown to cops: Pension curbs may be ahead “imbibe the spirit of the fallen officers” and talked about a “philosophy of loyalty” that requires public ser- vants to put the welfare of the state ahead of partisan concerns. Republicans have steadfastly said they will refuse to place a tax measure on the ballot, while many Democ- rats have balked at Brown’s proposed deep cuts to social programs. “Everyone in this room is a part of government and government is not held in high esteem. So what we have to do is act in such a way that we set the example, that we inspire, we make it so that people want to do what’s right and that’s what these fallen officers exem- plify — they gave their lives,” Brown said. “We do have our problems and we worry and whine and complain, but we also have to celebrate and exult and give of ourselves to this important task of building California anew.” Brown also said that police departments could suffer if his tax proposal is not put on the ballot or if it does- n’t pass. “Whatever problem you’ve got, just multiply by two and that’s where we’re going,” he said. THE PASSING PARADE In any medically oriented trip down memory lane, one must include Red Bluff’s dashing O.T. “Jack” Wood. He was our family doctor after R.G. Frey retired, and remained so until Jack’s own retirement from the Red Bluff Medical Clinic at 737 Washington, present site of the McGlynn Law Firm. Otho Townsend Wood was a general physician and surgeon when he first hit Red Bluff in the late 1930’s, and was on hand to patch me up after my unfortunate collision with a Ford coupe driven by a good looking young blonde name Danella Turner, which is not germane to the story except that O.T. was called in to survey the damage to my face, which had come in contact with the V8 ornament on the coupe, thus rendering considerable damage. There was talk amongst attending Drs. Frey and Doane to have me flown somewhere for surgery, but Jack convinced them that time was of the essence to get me patched up and into a quiet hospital for my concussion and fractures to heal. So he stitched here and there after assuring my folks, who had been summoned to the clinic, that plastic surgery could be done later if the results of his work proved to be unsatisfactory. Needless to say, no follow up was done, which set the tone for my being a writer rather than a leading man. But…I digress. Jack, and his beautiful wife Barbara, were on the A list for social gatherings in those days, and the handsome doctor had a great following. He made house calls and catered to the needs of his patients. When my mother was complaining of exhaustion, and extensive tests proved negative, he referred her to an internal medicine specialist in San Francisco who correctly diagnosed a malignancy of the cecum, which he successfully removed, enabling her to live a long and productive life. One night, while I was at the meat plant loading out trucks for delivery the next day to the bay area, I received a call from the good doctor advising me to come home to my folk’s house on Rio Street. When he met me at the front door, he said, “Your father is gone.” He had apparently died of a massive heart attack and doctor said he was dead by the time he hit the floor. Then Jack added a curious remark that has stayed with me for these many years. “That, my boy, is the way to go.” He was not so fortunate with his wife, who suffered a lingering illness years later. That calamity was followed by a fire that destroyed his magnificent hilltop home on Wilcox, and he lived out the remainder of his life in a mobile home park on south Main. My relationship with the doctor did not end there, fore I continued to manage and eventually sell some of his real estate holdings. The very building in which we have our real estate office today, on the corner of Main and Walnut, was originally his when Clark’s Drug Store was the tenant back in the 60’s and 70’s. O.T. was still vigorous and lucid in his later years, very much in command of his faculties, and, at times, very combative. He called me in to mediate many a dispute, yet he died, I think, a contented man and a vital contributor to the lore of our city Robert Minch 1929- The Passing Parade is brought to you by by Minch Property Management, 760 Main Street specializing in commercial leasing and sales. 530 527 5514 PHYLLIS JEAN (DERBY) MORRISON Phyllis Jean (Derby) Morrison passed away in Red Bluff Lula Mae Knight, passed away on February 27, 2011 EVENTS Continued from page 1A the days leading up to Round-Up. Kramer said the Round-Up Asso- ciation plans a major upgrade to its website — redbluffroundup.com — including links to various community events before the rodeo. There was discussion at a previ- ous meeting of staging an Art Walk downtown the week before the rodeo, but Melissa Mendonca of the Tehama County Arts Council said a full-blown Art Walk would be too much work in the short time avail- able. Mendonca has secured the former PLEA Continued from page 1A ducted a brief search of the area and located Childs hiding in the brush a short distance from the residence, according to the District Attorney’s office. Wednesday, March 2, 2011 – Daily News – 7A Officers where unable tencing. to revive Arnel, and he was pronounced dead at the scene. Childs will appear in court March 28 for sen- Fidelity Building on Main Street for displays of student artwork through the Tehama County Department of Education. Her hope is to get com- mitments to use other vacant build- ings downtown for additional dis- plays, she said. Fairboard Director Tonya Reda- monti said the Round-Up’s Facebook page is up to 4,000 fans and growing by more than 30 each day. The Tehama County CattleWomen proposed expanding the existing cowboy poetry readings at the Tehama County Library in Red Bluff to include a children’s cowboy poetry contest. Entries would need to be on the topics of Tehama County cattle and agriculture, and beef in the coun- ty. Voluntary manslaugh- ter is punishable by imprisonment for 3 to 11 years, according to state law. The Tehama County Shooters are looking to plan a three-gun competi- tion at its range east of Red Bluff, said member Walt Mansell. The event would charge a reasonable entry fee and any excess proceeds would be directed to St. Elizabeth Community Hospital through the Tough Enough to Wear Pink cam- paign. Competitors would shoot with hand gun, rifle and shotgun and a bar- becue lunch would be included. Finally, the event that kicks off the 11 Days of Round-Up — Cowboy Coffee — will move from the Round- Up office at the fairgrounds to the Riverside to make it more accessible. Entertainment is expected to include the Western Open Fiddlers.