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it would politically hand- cuff future politicians from spending the money in dif- ferent areas. Council member Clay Parker said he was against the advisory measure, be - cause it was not binding, but he wanted to make sure the public wasn't fooled about where the money would be spent. The council chose to ask for a 0.25 percent tax in - stead of a 0.50 percent in- crease that was presented as an option Tuesday night. The additional revenue would have went to street improvements. Parker said the smaller tax would be more palat - able for voters as would re- ducing the length of the tax from 10 to six years through a sunset provi- sion. Mayor Daniele Jackson agreed with shortening the time to six years, but asked for the length before the sunset be an even year, so the measure would ex - pire on a future municipal election cycle. Jackson described the tax as being an extra penny on a $4 hamburger. Parker said the council needed to be sure to pres - ent the tax in such imagery to voters if they wanted it to pass. The measure would be on the November ballot. The council still needs to adopt an ordinance to place the measure before voters and pass a resolution. The resolution must receive four-fifths approval from the council. Council From Page 1 The Promise Neighbor- hood Project has evolved through the collaborative community movement Yof Expect More Tehama, which seeks to ensure all students graduate high school pre - pared for college and career. In seeking solutions to bar- riers to these goals, commu- nity members and leaders have committed to answer- ing hard questions about why students drop out or be- come truant. School safety and crime areas have be- come factors to reckon with. Health factors just as highly in the equation, which is why the tribal commu- nity has recently invested in medical and dental clinics in Red Bluff and Corning. In furthering the legacy of former tribal chairmen Everett Freeman, the tribe continues to engage the com - munity at large in its devel- opment projects. More than 20 Spartners, including the city of Corning and Tehama County Department of Edu - cation, convene in support of the project. The Rolling Hills Com- munity Foundation has been an integral partner in Expect More Tehama and The Promise Neighborhood Project since the inception of both. Soware From Page 1 representative and a human resource manager and has volunteered with the Ameri- can Red Cross for more than 22 years. She has two children and three grandchildren. "I will focus on the needs of all people in the county by actively encouraging job creation; focusing on re - sources, including water for agricultural needs, in- creasing collaboration with local and state groups and supporting the coordina- tion of veteran services and more," Carlson said. Bruce served as an account clerk at the Tehama County De - partment of Social Services since 1984 before taking over as a supervisor. Drury is a 2010 Red Bluff Union High School gradu - ate, who operates a business that sells reloaded and fac- tory ammunition. As of Feb. 25 only Bruce had qualified for the ballot. District 4 A third person has pulled paperwork for a potential run at the District 4 seat, held since 2007 by Bob Wil - liams. Patty Smith has filed a Statement of Intent, al- though she told the Daily News in an email she has not made a decision on whether she will run or not. Smith, a Paskenta resi - dent, is affiliated with the Corning Tea Party Patriots. Williams is being chal- lenged by Susan Price, a former Corning City Coun- cilwoman and Red Bluff City Manager. Williams and Price have both qualified for the ballot. District 3 Incumbent Dennis Gar- ton is qualified for the ballot. Pat Johnston, a small business owner and former journalist, has filed to chal - lenge Garton. Candidates have until March 7 to declare for the June 3 election. Ca rl so n Fr om P ag e 1 Greenly: Leland LeRoy Greenly, 87, of Red Bluff died Monday, March 3 at St. Elizabeth Community Hospital. Arrangements are under the direction of Neptune Society. Published Thursday, March 6 in the Daily News, Red Bluff, Calif. Keith: Barbara Ruth Keith, 75, of Red Bluff died Tuesday, March 4 at St. Elizabeth Community Hospital. Arrangements are under the direction of Red Bluff Simple Cremations & Burial Service. Published Thursday, March 6 in the Daily News, Red Bluff, Calif. King: Wanda June King, 82, of Red Bluff died Tues- day, March 4 at her home. Arrangements are under the direction of Red Bluff Simple Cremations & Burial Service. Published Thurs- day, March 6 in the Daily News, Red Bluff, Calif. Roberson: Arthur "Bill" Roberson, 85, of Chico, formerly of Los Molinos died Tuesday, March 4 in Chico. Arrangements are under the direction of Af- fordable Mortuary. Pub- lished Thursday, March 6 in the Daily News, Red Bluff, Calif. Death notices must be pro- vided by mortuaries to the news department, are pub- lished at no charge, and fea- ture only specific basic infor- mation about the deceased. Paid obituaries are placed through the Classified ad- vertising department. Paid obituaries may be placed by mortuaries or by families of the deceased and include on - line 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. Death notices erate the pace of cleanup and site restoration. The program is funded through landfill tipping fees. "It's in everyone's best in - terest to properly dispose of potentially dangerous mate- rial to protect public health and the environment," Cal- Reycle Director Ca roll Mortensen said. Ca l R ec ycle says be - sides health risks and vi- sual blight, illegally dumped waste often encourages more illegal dumping. CalRecycle also provides grant funding for preventive measures such as lighting and surveillance cameras to discourage new dumping after a site is restored. Cleanup From Page 1 By Don Thompson Associated Press SaCrameNTo » Two broth- ers should be fined for ille- gally transferring money between their campaigns in 2008 when both were run- ning for separate seats in the state Assembly in 2008, an administrative law judge said in an opinion made public Wednesday. S en . Tom Ber r yh i l l of Twain Harte and his brother, former Assembly - man Bill Berryhill of Ceres, are disputing the judge's recommendation, which will go before the Califor - nia Fair Political Practices Commission next month. Both are Republicans. Ad m i n i s t r at ive L aw Judge Jonathan Lew rec - ommended that Tom Berry- hill and his campaign com- mittee should be fined up to $35,000, while Bill Berryhill and his committee should be fined up to $10,000. He said the Republican central committees in San Joaquin and Stanislaus counties should each be fined up to $10,000 for transferring $40,000 between the broth - ers' legislative campaigns. The fines could be split between the parties in in- stances where the judge found shared responsibility. The Sacramento attor- neys representing the two brothers, Charles Bell Jr. and Brian Hildreth, and Eileen Ricker, Tom Berry - hill's Senate spokeswoman, did not immediately return telephone messages. The developments are the latest in a string of ad - verse findings against sit- ting senators. Sen. Rod Wright took leave last week after he was convicted by a Los Angeles County jury of voter fraud and perjury for lying about his legal resi - dence. His fellow Democrat, Sen. Ron Calderon of Mon- tebello, took leave this week after he was indicted on fed- eral corruption charges. Their departures stripped Senate Democrats of their two-thirds supermajority. "The Berryhills laun- dered money from one to another to give themselves an unfair advantage in an election," said Gary Winuk, chief of the commission's Enforcement Division. "It's one of the most serious vi - olations of the (Fair Politi- cal Practices) act, if not the most serious." At the time, Tom Berry- hill was an assemblyman seeking re-election to the 25th Assembly District. Bill Berryhill was in a suc - cessful, but cash-strapped, campaign to represent the 26th Assembly District. Bill Berryhill subsequently lost a bid to join his brother in the Senate. The brothers contend that there was no guarantee that Tom Berryhill's money would go from the Republi - can central committees to Bill Berryhill, but Lew re- jected that argument. "It was understood by all that the contributions from Tom Berryhill to the two central committees were to go to Bill Berryhill's cam - paign," he found, citing evi- dence including phone calls, emails and text messages. "The violations were se- rious and deliberate," Lew wrote of Tom Berryhill's ac- tions. "By their nature, the violations involved an inten- tion to conceal, deceive or mislead." He found Bill Berryhill to be less culpable because he was in his first cam - paign and was not heavily involved in his campaign's fundraising. The recommendation by Lew, who heard testimony in November, will go before the commission on April 17. Commissioners can accept, reject or modify the recom - mendation. The judge's rec- ommendation was released Wednesday because the commission was required to make it public 30 days after it was completed. PoliTiCS Judge: Fine GOP brothers for campaign violations Associated Press SaCrameNTo » A legisla- tive committee has post- poned for at least a week its consideration of an attempt to expel a Democratic state senator who is awaiting sentencing on perjury and voter fraud charges. The resolution had been brought to the Senate floor last week by three Republi - can lawmakers but instead was diverted to the Senate Rules Committee. Republican Sen. Steve Knight of Palmdale had said he wanted to discuss the resolution during Wednes - day's committee hearing but did not. He later said he would comply with a request from majority Democrats to put it on next week's commit - tee agenda. Sen. Rod Wright took a leave of absence last week after his conviction for ly - ing about his Los Angeles County legal residence. Knight and two other Republicans say Wright should be expelled or sus - pended. DelayeD Committee postpones complaint against senator Associated Press SaCrameNTo» The Sac- ramento City Council has voted to launch a "cash for grass" program that will provide rebates to home - owners who replace their grass lawns with drought- tolerant landscaping. The Sacramento Bee says demand for the re - bates is expected to be high. City utilities officials say they already had a wait- ing list for the program be- fore the spending plan was u na n i mously approved Tuesday. The rebate plan has not been finalized, but could in - volve homeowners receiv- ing 50 cents per square foot of lawn, up to 1,000 feet. The city has set aside $100,000 for the program and plans to start issuing rebates in April. In January the council enacted a mandatory 20 percent reduction on city - wide water usage, as the state grapples with an his- toric drought that has led to low levels in reservoirs and rivers. DroughT Sacramento to launch 'cash for grass' program Associated Press WaShiNgToN » President Barack Obama's choice to lead the Justice Depart- ment's Civil Rights Division was blocked by bipartisan Senate opposition Wednes- day in an emotional post- script to the long-ago mur- der of a Philadelphia police- man and the legal help his killer received. The vote against advanc- ing Debo Adegbile toward confirmation was 47-52, shy of the majority needed un- der new procedures Demo- crats put in place late last year to overcome Republi- can stalling tactics. In this case, though, to the dismay of civil rights or- ganizations and the White House, Democratic de- sertions played a decisive role in the outcome. Eight members of Obama's party joined all 44 Republicans in preventing a final vote. Oba ma sw i f tly con - demned the action. In a statement, he called it a "travesty based on wildly unfair character attacks against a good and quali - fied public servant." Administration officials left open the possibility the nomination would be with- drawn rather than put to a second vote, although Sen- ate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., is positioned to call for one after chang- ing his "yes" to "no" in a last-minute procedural move. Adegbile, a longtime of - ficial at the NAACP Legal Defense Fund, was praised by supporters for his legal skills and critics leveled few if any objections to his re - cord as an advocate for vot- ing rights cases who has ar- gued before the Supreme Court. But Republicans, backed by the National Fraternal Order of Police, said Ade - gbile's connection with the legal case of Mumia Abu- Jamal disqualif ied him from holding high public office. Shortly before the vote, Sen. Pat Toomey, R-Pa., read from a letter written by Maureen Faulkner, the widow of the policeman Abu-Jamal was convicted of killing. oBama Senate blocks president's pick for civil rights post JOHN ROLAND EATON John Roland Eaton passed away from pneumonia at the age of 84, February 26, 2014, in Sacramento, CA. He was born January 31, 1930 to Henry and Julia Eaton, the youngest of six children. He was raised on their ranch in the Red Bank District where he attended the lit- tle country school where his mother taught. He attended Red Bluff High and graduated from the University of Cali- fornia at Berkeley, with a degree in Engineering. For many years he was Division Chief of the State Depart- ment of Water Resources in Sacramento. Jack was a devoted family man. He was quiet with a keen mind and a sense of humor. Upon retirement he derived much pleasure from gardening and was a perfec- tionist in his carpenter work. Jack is survived by his wife, Jeri Eaton, and four sons; Duffy Eaton, Korea, Scott Eaton, Camp Beale, Scott and John Eaton of Sacramento. He is also survived by his adopted daughter, Lisa Silvia, several grand daughters and his sister Joye Whitten of Red Bluff. He looked forward to being reunited with his brothers Arnold and Duffy Eaton and sisters Marie Hablitzel and June Cox. Internment will be in Oak Hill Cemetery, Red Bluff, next to his infant son, but at Jack's request there will no serv- ices. DELORES (SUSIE) KNEAPER DELORES (SUSIE) KNEAPER of Cottonwood, California passed away on February 28, 2014. Born in Stockton on August 27, 1928, she lived her entire life in Northern Cali- fornia. She attended school in Elk Grove, then made Eur- eka her home after her high school graduation. She resid- ed there for more than 50 years. She married Eureka- native Dick Kneaper in 1963 and they relocated to Cot- tonwood in 1996. While living in both Eureka and Cotton- wood, Susie was an active member of the Beta Sigma Phi International Sorority, holding a variety of local and state- wide leadership offices during 58 years of service. In 1991, she was presented with an Award of Distinction, the highest honor conferred on members by Beta Sigma Phi International. She was an active member of the Su- preme Emblem Club of the USA, serving in chapters lo- cated in both Eureka and Red Bluff, where she was well- known for the minestrone soup that she cooked and served for countless fundraising events. In 2012, she was awarded an honorary lifetime membership for her dedi- cated service in the Emblem Club organization. Susie was a gifted seamstress, creating beautiful fabric, crocheted, and knitted pieces that were distributed to local hospitals and care homes. She was a fearless skier on both water and snow, winning numerous speed ski races on Califor- nia lakes when she was in her 30's. She loved to travel. She is survived by her husband Dick, four children, seven grandchildren, and eleven great-grandchildren. A private memorial service will be held for the family. Those wish- ing to commemorate Susie's passing are encouraged to make a gift in her name to their preferred service organi- zation. THuRSDAy, MARCH 6, 2014 REDBLuFFDAILyNEWS.COM | OBITUARIES | 7 a