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Burrell: Dolores Burrell, 68, of Red Bluff died Sunday, March 9 at St. Elizabeth Community Hospital in Red Bluff. Arrangements are under the direction of Hoyt- Cole Chapel of the Flowers. Published Thursday, March 13 in the Daily News, Red Bluff, Calif. Epperhart: Leta Eudean Epperhart, 80, of Red Bluff died Tuesday, March 11 at her home. Arrangements are under the direction of Hoyt- Cole Chapel of the Flowers. Published Thursday, March 13 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 adver- tising department. Paid obit- uaries may be placed by mor- tuaries 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 con - tent, including photos. Death notices Even so, Brewer said "that leaves very little room for any additional expenditures from the general fund. So none are recommended at this juncture." The city's f iscal year started in June, 2013, when the City Council adopted a budget that projected about $13.4 million in total reve - nues, according to staff docu- ments. At Tuesday's council meeting, Brewer focused his midyear review on the state of Corning's general fund, which accounts for about 33 percent of that $13.4 million total. The general fund is also where most of the city's personnel costs come out of. Personnel costs for the year are projected to total about $4.38 million, of which about 80 percent comes from the general fund. Of the $13.4 million total revenues projected in the city's current-year budget, city staff initially projected general fund revenues to total $4,466,910, which is sourced from sales taxes, property taxes, the tran - sient occupancy tax, vehi- cle license fees and other sources that don't fit in their own category. Through Jan- uary, the city's general fund revenues have totaled about $2.57 million. Brewer noted in his re - view that after an audit of the city's 2012-13 fiscal year had been completed, a clearer portrait of the state of the city's 2013-14 general fund has emerged. The city has $4,672,174 available to spend from the general fund, according to staff documents. Total ex - penses are projected to be $4,604,722, and after tak- ing into account a "salary adjustment" after three of the four city's bargaining units received salary in - creases expected to impact the city by $30,000, and an additional $30,000 is moved into Corning's operating re - serve, the city projects the general fund to have a bal- ance of $7,452 at the end of the fiscal year in June. Brewer added, however, that "barring any cata - strophic event or condition, we believe we will finish the fiscal year without the need to raid our $830,000 operat - ing reserve ..." Corning From Page 1 Gelenaw lives in Rancho Te- hama, though he says he'll soon be moving closer. They and Kudo, who has been influential in putting it all together, began work - ing on the project together about a year ago. Postolka said staff at the city of Oroville originally had a lot of concerns with safety. "It's the first time they had anything like this, and they were nervous about that aspect," Gelenaw said. The City Council re - cently approved the sky- diving business, but the team is waiting for an envi- ronmental report to be ap- proved by the Federal Avi- ation Administration. "They want to make sure there are no flowers or bugs we may be impacting, but there's a dry field out there," Postolka said. Skydive Lake Oroville will operate out of a T han - gar, and there will be a gated access point off of Air- port Parkway for pedestri- ans. "Right now we'll be run- ning everything out of the T hangar," he said. "Our goal is to eventually have our own hangar out at the air - port, something bigger." The project has been expensive. Though they wouldn't say how much it has cost, Gelenaw said they had to purchase a plane and equipment and pay for han - gar rentals. "You have to spend a lot of money in aviation to get a little," Postolka noted. "We're definitely not look - ing at getting rich. It's something we love and are very passionate about." One of the reasons they chose Oroville was the scenery: Lake Oroville, Ta - ble Mountain, Lassen Peak, Mount Shasta and nearby rivers. "A lot of drop zones don't have that good a view," Gele - naw said. Safety and customer ser- vice are the two areas the team is concentrating on most. Skydive Lake Oro- ville will be a United States Parachutists Association drop zone. The Parachut- ists Association is heavily into safety, Gelenaw said. If all goes well, the team expects to be open for busi - ness on April 1. For people who have never gone skydiving, the cost will be $199 for what is called a tandem jump with an instructor. Videos will also be available for $45 to $79. Certified jumpers will pay $20 per jump. "We definitely are wel - coming jumpers to come up here," Postolka said. "There are a lot of jumpers that will come because we're the nearest drop zone." Gelenaw added they'll be the only drop zone north of Sacramento and south of Eugene, Ore. Anyone can jump as long as they have their own equipment and are USPA certified, he said. Jumpers will be able to use the team's plane, but must bring their own equipment. While the endeavor is drawing a lot of enthusi- asm and excitement from city officials and pilots, the skydivers also have a lot of support from their families. Gelenaw has three daugh - ters, ages 2, 5 and 9. Post- olka has three adult chil- dren, an 8-year-old daugh- ter and two grandchildren. Gelenaw said his 9-year- old daughter wants to jump already. "I tell her no, she has to wait until she's 16," he said. Postolka said his kids are very supportive. "My 8-year-old is super excited, though she is still not sure if she wants to do it or not," he said. Postolka and Gelenaw are in the process of get - ting a phone for the busi- ness and will post the num- ber on their Facebook page, Skydive Lake Oroville. For information, visit on- line at http://www.facebook. com/skydivelakeoroville. Contact Reporter Barbara Arrigoni at 533-3136. Skydivers From Page 1 from Vista Way to Givens Road and on Walnut Street from the site of the new Te- hama County Courthouse to Hook Road. Those three projects would be funded by the city's Development Impact Fees in 2014-15 or 2015-16. Henz said the Luther and South Main intersec - tion was targeted because it would complement and complete most of the major road improvements within the southeast portion of Red Bluff. Henz said the South Jackson overlay project, ad - jacent to Vista Preparatory Academy has been a long standing maintenance and public safety issue. Work on Walnut Street near the future site of the courthouse is needed, al - though Henz said he was un- sure how much or whether the state would kick in ad- ditional funding to expand the project. City Manager Richard Crabtree said the city has been in negotiations with the state regarding the Ad- ministrative Office of the Courts' project. When the 5-year plan was presented to City Council, Councilman Rob Schmid recommended pub - lic works keep a close eye on the Walnut Street area with the incoming court- house. He said more proj- ects would likely be needed to accommodate the traffic and repair already poor road conditions. This year The city's Special Trans- portation Fund is being used for the first phase of improvements this fiscal year as part of the Neigh - borhood Street Projects program. All together $82,000 have been budgeted for im - provements and designs in the 2012-13 budget. Hen z e sti m at e s a n- other $605,000 should be budgeted for 2014-15, that it without the projects Walmart is doing. The projects include as - phalt overlays of Crittenden Street from Lincoln Street to the Union Pacific rail- road and of Lincoln Street from Brickenridge Street to north of Chipman Street as well as construction of Giv - ens Road between Peach Street and Kirsten Court. Those projects are be- ing designed in-house and should be ready to go out to bid for construction this summer. Upcoming The largest single year of estimated budget comes in 2015-16 where Henz has $1.107 million budgeted for projects. Other planned asphalt overlays in the coming years include South Main Street from Interstate 5 to the south city limit, Lincoln Street and Johnson Street each from Walnut Street to Hickory Street and White Road west of Sale Lane. A Baker Road bridge re - placement is also scheduled along with improvements at the South Main Street and Vista Way ramps and along Jackson Street from Walnut to Reeds Creek. Roads From Page 1 RiCH GREENE — THE DAiLy NEwS An asphalt overlay of Crittenden Street from the Union Pacific railroad to Lincoln Street is scheduled for the 2014-15 fiscal year. away, we're not going 20 miles out of the way to get to a library," he said. Ainsworth's recommen - dation of a site that could use the synergy and re- sources of being next to the Community Center and nearby schools and neigh- borhoods and accommodate outdoor activities weighed heavily on the board. "I believe to site some - thing like this you rely on the people who know, who go and that's the staff. I rely heavily on their abilities," Supervisor Bob Williams said. Supervisor Sandy Bruce who served on the library site ad hoc committee with Chamblin echoed many of Ainsworth's positives about the Kimball Road site. "I have to look at the money, but mainly it's the children who go to the li - brar y," Bruce said. "So many of them anymore they sit indoors and play video games. There's an opportunity for a lot of space for outdoor activ - ities possibly small gar- dens... these are impor- tant things for our youth." Members of the public who supported the Kimball Road location also cited safety as a factor, both from being away from the traffic of Main Street and criminal activity associated with Dog Island Park. Diane W hitmire, the mother of Marysa Nichols, the murdered 14-year-old Red Bluff high school stu - dent, said she did not want any children, her own or any in Tehama County be- ing near Dog Island Park at night. "I feel safe there," one woman said, of her time spent at the Senior Center. A county staff and envi - ronmental consultant listed the Kimball Road site as be- ing easier and quicker to accomplish than the Main Street site because of such reasons as the city owning the property and more read - ily available parking. Chief Administrator Bill Goodwin said the county would need to begin work on the new library by the end of the year if it was going to be out in time for the possible jail expansion, which would need to break ground in 2017. The Tehama County Jail Needs Assessment Study identified the existing li - brary location at 645 Mad- ison St. would be the pre- ferred location for a shared probation and sheriff's de- partment Re-entry and Day Reporting Center. The county has budgeted funds for the initial investi - gations and environmental services for a new site. Design and construc- tion funds would come from a 2014 Certificate of Participation bond issu- ance. The board has yet to pass that bond issuance, but at Wednesday's meet- ing passed a Debt Manage- ment Policy in anticipation of doing so. Proponents of the Main Street site played up the downtown revitalization of Red Bluff and its potential views of nature. They said additional reve - nue could be raised in dona- tions, should the library be placed downtown. Still a few others spoke in respect that the county shouldn't even be looking to build an actual building because of changes in infor - mation or budgetary con- straints. "One of the best things to come out of this whole pro- cess has been a renewed in- terest in the library," Good- win said. Library From Page 1 The Associated Press Californians have flooded several sheriff offices with applications and inquiries for permits to carry con - cealed guns following a fed- eral court ruling last month that made it easier to obtain the permits. The 9th U.S. District Court of Appeals ruled Feb. 13 that law-abiding residents need only to show a desire for self-de - fense rather than proving they were confronted with a "clear and present dan- ger." Since then, the author- ities in charges of issuing the permits say they have received numerous applica- tions and fielded even more phone calls seeking permis- sion to carry a concealed weapon in California. Prior to the ruling about 56,000 Californians had a concealed-weapons permit in a state of 38 million residents. Alameda County Sher - iff Greg Ahern, head of the California State Sher- iffs' Association, said ap- plication requests rose statewide in the days af- ter the ruling. But Ahern said the association is not tracking the number of ap- plications, and the state at- torney general's office, cit- ing law enforcement needs, declined to disclose how many applications have been received statewide since the ruling. In Butte County, Under - sheriff Kory Honea put the increase at 30 to 40 per- cent in the last month. He attributed it to the Peruta v County of San Diego ruling. "Since then, we have seen an increase in CCW appli- cations, although we were already operating at a high volume in this area." California's 58 county sheriffs and the state's po - lice chiefs are authorized to grant the permits. His- torically, police chiefs have largely let sheriffs in their counties handle permit- ting, according to the Cal- ifornia Police Chiefs Asso- ciation. Public saFety Co nc ea le d gu n re qu es ts s ur ge Lorraine B. Hicks October 17, 1911 - February 26, 2014 Lorraine "GG" Bixler Hicks, china painter, accomplished world traveler, and lover of baseball, died on Wednesday, February 26, 2014, at the age of 102. Lorraine was born to the late Floyd F. and Amelia Sax- on Bixler, October 17, 1911, in Goshen Indiana. She had two brothers, Alfred and William Bixler, both deceased. Lorraine graduated from secretarial school in Indiana. She married the late Edward J. Hicks in 1934, and they lived together in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, before relocating to Red Bluff, California in 1980. Lorraine was an Office Manager and Executive Secretary to Harry Sley, owner of Sley System Garages in Philadel- phia, until her retirement in 1976. Lorraine was passionate about giving back to the community. She was a member of the Red Bluff Community Center Auxiliary, Red Bluff Women's Club (Past President), and the Maywood Wom- en's Club in Corning. She was also a member in The Or- der of the Eastern Star for 78 years, holding many offices and grand offices, as well as a member of The Order of the Amaranth for many years. Lorraine is survived by her daughter, Erda L. (Donald) Fleming. She is also survived by her grandchildren: Don- na and Tom Allen, of Murray, Kentucky; Susan and Man- uel Silveira, of Red Bluff, California; and her two great- grandchildren, Logan Allen and Jack Silveira. GG was loving and generous to her family and will be desperately missed. She will be thought of every time we watch a baseball game, eat apple pie, and smell Shalimar perfume. A memorial service will be held at a later date. Antonia Peralta Martinez July 15, 1947- March 5, 2014 Antonia Martinez, "Toni", 67 of Red Bluff entered the Gates of Heaven on the night of March 5, 2014 at Mercy Medical Center in Redding, CA. She was born July 15, 1947 in Cottonwood, AZ and moved to RedBluff, CA in 1955. Toni had a heart of gold, and she was always giving to others and spreading her love to everyone whose lives she touched. She loved socializing, good food, Saturday morning yard sales and singing on Sundays at her local church, Red Bluff Vineyard Christian Fellowship. Her strong will to live, unwavering faith in God, and the love and prayers of family, friends, and many supporters car- ried her through until her final days. Her signature gift of joy, shown through her constant smiling, laughter, and joking around will never be forgotten. Toni is preceded in death by her mother Angela Hernandez and her father Frank Peralta. Her surviving family members are numer- ous, and include her 5 children; daughters, Anita Parker (Kevin), Dawn Barbieri, Angie Bitner, ChrisTeena Marti- nez, andher son, Michael Martinez (Magdalena). Toni had 14 grandchildren; Monic Tapia, Jonathan Webster, Nichole Barbieri, Jennifer Webster, Michael Martinez Jr., Roman Olivo, Brandon Martinez, Peter Barbieri, Conner Bitner, Gavin Parker, Sophia Barbieri, Anjelica Martinez, Lucas Martinez, and Gracie Parker, as well as 3 great grandchildren. Her 6 siblings and many nieces and neph- ews, cousins, aunts, and uncles will continue to make sure her memory lives on. A celebration of her life will be held at the Veterans' Memorial Building in Red Bluff on Saturday, March 15th at 4:00 P.M. Family and friends are welcomed. The family requests that donations be made to Red Bluff Vineyard Christian Fellowship in her honor. 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