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Charles Allen, the de- partment's deputy superin- tendent, said the fair facili- tates an interest in the fields of science, technology, engi- neering and mathematics, or STEM. "Kids get excited about this," said Charles Allen, the department's deputy super - intendent. He added: "With technology, they're going to take us to whatever that new frontier is. These kids are going to be in jobs that haven't even been invented yet." Some projects explored whether gas can extinguish a fire, whether the density of wood affects how quickly it burns and which bever - age — coffee, cola or tea — stains teeth the most. Oth- ers tested which ice cream flavors melted quickest, and which formula made the best bubbles. A panel of judges re - viewed projects and inter- viewed students, who in turn served as peer judges on the day. Additional hands-on scientific workshops, which included building towers and learning about sound, also were provided. And stu - dents could be seen brows- ing the projects displayed throughout the department. Volunteer students from Red Bluff High School aided in judging and taking stu - dents through the various workshops, and next year it's hoped that engineering proj- ects will be added to the fair. The science fair, which has been held for more than a decade, honors the late Corrie, a former de - partment consultant who was said to have a heart for small schools and wanted students from those schools to have a fair of their own. "(Corrie) would go out to schools, work with technol - ogy, math, just because he loved doing it and he wanted to further that," Allen said. "Don believed in small schools." Science fair From Page 1 fullest to clean the park up and make it a place chil- dren and families can en- joy and that criminals will avoid," Red Bluff Police Chief Paul Nanfito said in the release. Additionally, police said they will take a "zero toler - ance" on alcohol, drug use and other code violations in the park. "This is a test case," said Red Bluff police Lt. Dan Flowerdew, who is the de - partment's technical ad- viser on the project, in the release. "We hope the City Coun- cil and the public will see the rewards of this invest- ment and will move for- ward in the future w ith similar technology at other problem locations within the city." Security From Page 1 Morgan: Margaret F. Morgan, 100, of Red Bluff died Thursday, March 27 in Redding. Arrangements are under the direction of Hoyt-Cole Chapel of the Flowers. Published Satur- day, March 29 in the Daily News, Red Bluff, Calif. Osborne: Jewel Dean Osborne, 83, of Red Bluff died Thursday, March 27 at Lassen House. Ar- rangements are under the direction of Hoyt-Cole Chapel of the Flow- ers. Published Saturday, March 29 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 By Judy Lin The Associated Press SaCrameNTo » California is seeing a late surge in the number of people signing up for health insurance cov - erage ahead of next week's deadline — and state offi- cials are encouraging more people to apply. The state already re- ported surpassing 1 million enrollees. But Covered Cal- ifornia Executive Director Peter Lee said Friday that another 80,000 people en- rolled in the past four days alone. "We are in this f lurry and frenzy of open-enroll - ment period," said Lee, who spoke to The Associ- ated Press by phone after a news event in the Los An- geles area. Covered California is partnering with unions, community groups and health advocates to hold sign-up events across the state in a final campaign to help people get subsidized health coverage. More than 100 community events are planned this weekend. Mond ay m a rk s t h i s yea r 's open- enrollment deadline, but consumers will get extra time to finish their applications. Those who start the application process by midnight Mon - day will have until mid- April to finish. "Would I rather they hadn't waited until the last minute? Absolutely," Lee said. "Am I thrilled that we're going to help them get insurance now? Also absolutely." People who start an ap - plication on the state's health insurance exchange by 11:59 p.m. Monday will have until April 15 to finish. The announcement comes after the Obama admin - istration said it would al- low people additional time to sign up in certain situ- ations. Covered California has been using radio and televi- sion ads, mailers, YouTube videos, and even marketing in barber shops and super- markets to encourage peo- ple to sign up. But supporters say get- ting help face-to-face is cru- cial when the process re- quires multiple documents such as driver's licenses, tax filings and pay stubs. As part of its final push, the Service Employees In - ternational Union-United Healthcare Workers, which represents home health- care workers, is hosting a 19-hour enrollment mara - thon in Los Angeles and a 17-hour sign-up session in Sacramento on Monday. "Our union is commit - ted to improving health care access throughout the state, and one of the easiest ways to do that is through signing up people for health insurance," SEIU-U H W spokesman Sean Wherley said. The state exchange is reporting a high number of enrollees, despite prob - lems with its website and complaints about long wait times or unanswered calls for people seeking help through its service cen - ters. Most of the enrollees, 87 percent, qualify for sub- sidized health coverage. It's not clear how many of those enrollees were un- insured or how many have paid health premiums to receive coverage. But Lee said the exchange intends to be transparent and share such data in the future. Lee also acknowledged there have been bumps in the open-enrollment pe - riod, including trouble at call centers set up to help consumers. According to Lee's latest report to the exchange board, more than half of all callers received busy signals last month and half of the callers who got through abandoned their call, meaning they may not have gotten the help they needed. Lee said the staff is re - defining that category be- cause it doesn't account for callers who get their ques- tions answered through pre-recorded messages. Once they do get through, the top inquiries include re - setting their website pass- word, locating their user name, changing informa- tion on their application and billing questions. Under President Barack Obama's health overhaul, most people will be re - quired to have insurance or face a tax penalty, which starts as little as $95 per year but build up with time. The law is mainly geared to the uninsured and to peo - ple who buy coverage di- rectly f rom i nsu ra nce companies. Most Ameri- cans in employer plans are not expected to see major changes. Since Oct. 1, uninsured middle-class Californians have been able to sign up for subsidized private health plans through the state's newly established insurance exchange. Low- income uninsured people are being steered to safety net programs like Medic - aid. Anthony Wright, execu- tive director of Health Ac- cess, a health-care advo- cacy group, said it's im- pressive that California has passed the 1 million bench- mark, surpassing early pro- jections and leading the na- tion in sign-ups. The next open enroll- ment period will be from Nov. 15 to Feb. 15, 2015. aFForDaBLe Care aCT California sees late surge in health insurance enrollment of the chamber but defended his leadership and the integ- rity of the 37 senators who have not run afoul of the law. Nevertheless, he said he has been shocked by hav - ing 7 percent of the cham- ber face felony charges this year, which will be his last as leader. "One is an anomaly, two a coincidence, but three? That's not what this Senate is about," Steinberg said to his fellow lawmakers before the vote. Yee, who had championed gun control legislation and bills targeting violent video games sold to minors, is the latest of the three sena - tors to be charged. The San Francisco Democrat was in- dicted this week on federal charges that included ac- cepting bribes and coordi- nating an international gun- running operation. Steinberg noted that the Senate already has "inten - sive" ethics training for its lawmakers and staff. "But there are some things, members, that you just can't teach," he said. "I know of no ethics class that teaches about the illegality or the danger of gun-run - ning or other such sordid activities." He called the allegations against Yee unfathomable. S t e i n b e r g a l s o a n - nounced an unprecedented step of cancelling a Senate floor session in April for a mandatory ethics review, with Senate officials going office-by-office to emphasize ethical conduct and to ask staffers to come forward if they are aware of any un - ethical or potentially crim- inal activity by lawmakers or Senate staffers. The lone lawmaker to vote against the resolu - tion, SR38, was Republi- can Sen. Joel Anderson of Alpine. He argued that all three should be expelled outright and said it was wrong that they should continue receiving their salaries when facing such serious charges. "If you reward bad be - havior, you will get more of it," Anderson said. Calderon and Wright pre- viously took leaves of ab- sence, which also let them keep their pay. The Califor- nia Constitution says law- makers can lose their pay only if they are expelled or resign. The three suspensions drop Senate Democrats be - low the two-thirds major- ity they won in the last elec- tion, a supermajority that allowed them to act in all matters without needing support from Republicans in the 40-member chamber. The vote comes just days after federal authorities arrested Yee as part of a broader corruption probe centered on San Francis - co's Chinatown district. Steinberg was under in- tense pressure to take tough action with three members of his own party facing criminal charges. Both the state's U.S. senators, Demo - crats Barbara Boxer and Di- anne Feinstein, weighed in. Feinstein, in a statement Thursday, called the alle- gations against Yee "shock- ing." "It has become clear he has lost the confidence of his colleagues and for the good of his constituents should step down," she said. Senate Minority Leader Bob Huff, R-Diamond Bar, said in a statement calling for Yee's suspension that the three arrests are "tar - nishing the California State Senate." Yee was arrested and re- leased on bond Wednesday following a series of raids in Sacramento and the San Francisco Bay Area. Ac - cording to an affidavit, he is accused of accepting more than $42,000 to provide in- troductions, influence legis- lation and for introducing an undercover FBI agent to an arms trafficker. Investigators said Yee d iscus sed helpi n g the agent get weapons, includ - ing shoulder-fired missiles, from a Muslim separatist group in the Philippines to help pay off campaign debts. Wright was convicted of voter fraud and per- jury and faces sentenc- ing in May. Calderon faces federal charges for alleg- edly accepting $100,000 in bribes for friends and fam- ily in exchange for pushing certain bills. Democratic Sen. Kevin de Leon of Los Angeles, who will succeed Steinberg as Senate leader later this year, defended the cham - ber's reputation and noted that none of the bills Calde- ron pushed as a favor to those who were giving him cash passed the Senate. He said that shows that the legislative system actu - ally worked. "This is the best legisla- tive institution in the coun- try, hands down," he said. "And we're going to get past it." Senate From Page 1 STeve YeATeR — THe ASSOCiATeD PReSS California Senate President Pro Tem Darrell Steinberg, D- Sacramento, right, and Sen. Alex Padilla, D-Pacoima, confer aer a vote introducing a resolution to suspend three Democrats who face charges in criminal cases on the floor of the Senate in Sacramento, Calif. The resolution, which passed 28-1, prevents Democratic Sens. Ron Calderon, Leland Yee and Rod Wright from exercising any power of their office until the pending criminal cases against them have been resolved. The following informa- tion is compiled from Red Bluff Police Department, Tehama County Sheriff's Department, Corning Po- lice Department and Cal- ifornia Highway Patrol logs. Arrests Curtis Frank Ander- son III: 41, Gerber was arrested Thursday at Tehama Avenue east of the railroad tracks for felony second degree robbery and misde- meanor obstruction. Anderson has outstand- ing charges of felony selling marijuana, failure to appear and misde- meanors of failure to appear, a probation vio- lation, driving under the influence and providing false identification to a peace officer. Bail was $200,000. Craig John Crow: 30, Red Bluff was arrested Wednesday on Walnut for felony vandalism. Bail was $15,000. Cody Allan Demer- ath: 19, Red Bluff was arrested Thursday at Cabernet Court for felony sex with a minor three years younger and oral copulation with a person under 18. Bail was $40,000. Burglary 12000 block Paskenta Road: in the middle of the night someone entered a residence and stole prescription medication, pepper spray and a Mag Light flashlight. Theft Nina Avenue: A Leatherman and a set of keys were taken from an unlocked vehicle. in a separate report on the same block a pair of Maui Jim sunglasses valued at $220 was taken from an unlocked vehicle. Vandalism Woodson Avenue: Someone cut barbed wire near the cemetery. PoLICe LogS ROBERT LUTHER WINGO Wingo, Robert (Bob) Luther, went home to be with Jesus on March 23, 2014, at age 76, surrounded by his loving family in his Carmichael home. He passed sudden- ly from pancreatic cancer, which had already progressed to the final stages by the time he was diagnosed. He was born in Red Bluff, CA on Sept. 14, 1937 to parents Robert E. Wingo and Paulyne Marinoff. Bob was a loving husband, father, grandfather, great- grandfather, brother, uncle, and friend, who greatly val- ued his role in these personal relationships. Most every- one will remember his warm heart and infectious sense of humor. Bob was an avid hunter and fisherman through- out his life, but his love of golf filled much of his extra- curricular time, having held memberships at Auburn Val- ley and Sierra View Country Clubs, and recently with the Carmichael Elks Golf Club. Bob is survived by his loving wife, Sharon Wingo; his 6 children: Kathy Evans; Jeanie (Dennis Poulton); Nancy (Tim Martinez); Laurie (David LeVal); Bob (Linda); Sheli; 12 grandchildren: Jerome, Hanna, Alisha, Tara, Clint, Juli, Keli, Georgia, Luke, Olivia, Cole, Jack, and 12 great- grandchildren. Also surviving him are his brother and sis- ters: Randy (Pam), and Karen (Bart Cole), sisters-in-law Maral Wingo, and Eileen Spoor; and nieces and nephews: Kristi (Chuck Corley), Brett (Cathy), Kimberly Small, and Cameron Small. He is preceded in death by parents Paulyne (Peter Marinoff) and Robert E. (Mabel); and brother Clifford Wingo. Services will be held on Tuesday, April 8, 2014, at 1pm, at the Fair Oaks Presbyterian Church Worship Ctr., 11427 Fair Oaks Blvd, Fair Oaks, CA 95628, with a reception fol- lowing in the Family Life Ctr. at the same location. In lieu of flowers, remembrances may be sent to: Fair Oaks Presbyterian Church's "G2G Building Fund",http://w ww.fopc.org/give-onlineand/or Wounded Warrior Project, http://www.woundedwarriorproject.org/ Obituaries 530-366-3166 545 Adobe Rd. Red Bluff www.redbluffdodge.com Servicing your disposal needs in Tehama County, and the City of Red Bluff including Residential, Commercial, and Temporary bin services. 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