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Wednesday, May 4, 2011 – Daily News – 7A Obituaries FRED ENGLISH Fred English of Red Bluff, CA. passed into the arms of Jesus and entered into eternal life 4/28/11 at age 85. He was born in Newark, NJ, a WWII Navy veteran, a devoted husband to Wilma (expired 2003), a father to Paula & Da- vid Holden of Red Bluff, CA and Gayle & Tony Edell of Huntington Beach, CA. He also leaves behind 3 grand- children: Blake Adair (Patty) & grandson Jason, Kelly Lindsey Adair, Kimberly Weingart, PhD and 5 great- grandchildren. Fred has 4 surviving brothers Ed, Earl, Lou & Phil Eng- lish; best friend Regis D’Emidio and their families, all of San Bernardino, CA. many friends & extended church family at Calvary Chapel. He will be missed by all who knew him as he wel- comed his friends and families by sharing the love of Je- sus. and Burial Service. Graveside services are May 4th, 2011 at 2:30 pm Montecito Memorial Park, 3520 E. Washington St, Colton, CA 92324. Officiating will be his Calvary Chap- el Pastor Gil DeLaO. In lieu of flowers donations can be made to the Cancer Society or Calvary Chapel. Funeral arrangements by Red Bluff Simple Cremations POT Continued from page 1A to define a dispensary as any “medical marijuana collective, etc., that either (1) has a storefront or mobile retail outlet of the type that ordinarily requires a local business license, or (2) has 10 or more mem- bers, patients or cus- tomers.” FRED D. SMITH Frederick Daniel Smith passed away in his Dairyville home on Wednesday April 27, 2011, at the age of 93. A long time Tehama County resident, he is predeceased FRED FOURBY, SR. tober 17, 1934 in Buffalo NY. to Ernest & Margaret Fourby. After school he joined the Navy during the Kore- an War serving as a submariner aboard the USS Tunny & Carbonero. He and wife Marie stayed in California and started a family in 1955. The same year he began a career with Goodyear Tire. In 1980 he moved to Red Bluff to open a family owned Goodyear Tire franchise. Until his retirement in 1994. Fred continued working part time jobs just to stay busy. His last job was playground monitor at Bidwell School where he was loved by the staff and children. He is survived by daughter Linda, son’s Fred Jr. and Brad, sister Diane, grandchildren Jenee and Shawn, and ex wife Marie, and Becky, whom he thought of as a daughter. Memorial Services will be provided by long time friend Frank Oropeza. Services will be help at Northern California Veteran’s Cemetery in Igo on May 11th at 2pm. Hoyt Cole is handling arrangements. BURN Continued from page 1A 7-10 a.m. at the Transporta- tion Center for the Show and Shine, which takes place 7 a.m. to 4 p.m. along with the Car and Motorcycle Swap Meet. Also 7-10 a.m. Saturday is a pancake breakfast at the DRIVER Continued from page 1A On March 26 Rodriguez reportedly hit Wanda Pride- more, 73, of Red Bluff as she was biking across Main Street at Antelope Boulevard. He reportedly fled from the scene but was boxed in near Jefferson and Hickory streets by three other dri- vers who witnessed the collision and followed him, according to Red Bluff police. Rodriguez had reported- ly hit a parked car at River Park before speeding off on Main Street where he reportedly struck Pridemore. Rodriguez will be back in court May 17 for setting of a trial date. He remains in custody at Tehama Coun- ty Jail with no bail. BAN Continued from page 1A civil rights. Proposition 8’s spon- sors asked the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals to allow them to step in, but the court punted the question to the California Supreme Court earlier this year, saying it was a mat- ter of state law. If the sponsors are not permitted to intervene, the lower court ruling over- turning Proposition 8 will stand. Lawyers for the coali- tion of religious and con- servative groups that qual- ified the gay marriage measure for the ballot and campaigned for its pas- sage have argued that ini- tiative proponents need to be allowed to advocate for laws in court to prevent elected officials from effectively vetoing mea- sures by not defending California pot doctor heads to prison and his advocates rally SACRAMENTO (AP) — Medical marijuana advocates are hailing a California physician and her attorney husband as heroes as the couple begin serving five-year prison sentences for pot traffick- ing. Marion “Mollie” Fry and Dale Schafer surren- dered to authorities at the federal courthouse in Sacramento on Monday as dozens of supporters gathered to decry their imprisonment. The Sacramento Bee reports that protesters demanded President Barack Obama pardon the cou- ple, who were convicted in 2008 for conspiring to produce and distribute marijuana. Fry ran a medical practice in the rural town of Cool where she issued marijuana recommenda- tions. Schafer counseled pot patients. Prosecutors say the couple exploited Fry’s status as a breast cancer survivor to garner sympathy as Corning Fire Department Hall, 814 Fifth St. The first round of the burnout competition, which will be in front of the Corn- ing Police Department on Third Street, will be 11 a.m. to noon Saturday with finals starting at 1 p.m., Cardenas said. Live music will be avail- able 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. with Fred Fourby Sr. passed away April 27, 2011. Born Oc- by his son Gary Smith and his grandson Lyle Smith, his parents Fred and Hilda Smith, brothers Arthur and Ellis Smith, and nephew Keith Smith. He is survived by his loving wife of 64 years Rita Burke Smith, sons Darl (Bob- bi) Smith and Paul Smith all of Red Bluff, and grandchil- dren Laura (Phil) Wheeler of Denton, TX, Grant (Leanne) Smith of Sacramento, CA, and Neil (Sherry) Smith of Susanville, CA, four great-grandchildren, and niece Karen (Wayne) Murphy of Red Bluff. Fred was born April 3, 1918 to a farming family in Iliff, Colorado. Over the years he shared many stories of grow- ing up the youngest of three sons of Fred S. Smith and Hilda Nemnich, late of Tehama, CA. In 1941 he moved to Southern California where he met his future wife, but in his heart he never left the farm. They married in 1946. At the outbreak of World War II he worked at North American Aviation in Los Angeles, working on airplanes for the war effort. In 1953, Fred and Rita and their three sons left Southern California; they bought a dairy in Dairyville, across the Sacramento River from the El Camino dairy owned by his brother, Ellis. This move also brought the family back to closer proximity to his mother. The Smith Ranch re- mained in the family after Freda’s retirement in 1980. He enjoyed using the skills and self-taught talents which had served him so well at North American, to design and build farm equipment and structures on the ranch, includ- ing the family home. Fred was a hands-on man of action, with a strong work ethic. He preferred farming, repairs, and creative innova- tion to a leisurely retirement. In fact he continued to help out around the ranch for the next quarter century, until he neared his 90th birthday. As a child of the Great De- pression he was self-reliant and skilled, never meeting a machine he couldn’t fix nor a meal he didn’t appreciate. He instilled this strong sense of responsibility in his sons and their children. He was a loving husband, a dashing square dancer, a steadfast friend, a firm but fair father, and an affectionate grandfather and great grandfather. In keeping with his wishes no services are planned. In lieu of flowers, to honor his memory, please consider doing what he would do. Stay active, spend time with your family, and make good memories. vendors and food out 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. and a Low Rider Hydraulic Show 10- 11 a.m. Raffle drawings will be held 1-3 p.m. and awards for the Show and Shine will be at 3 p.m. Shirts are available at the chamber office at $16 for a t- shirt, $17 for a women’s tank and $24 for a button-up work shirt for all sizes YEARS Continued from page 1A belonged to Cadotte in the house. In the garage, officers found the sawed-off por- tions of the shotgun barrel and butt. Cadotte later told the officers he had been in possession of the sawed- off shotgun for two weeks. This case is the product of an investigation by the Federal Bureau of Investi- them in court. Harris contended in her brief that rather than empowering citizens, granting the sponsors of initiatives the ability to overrule the governor and attorney general’s judg- ment “would rob the elec- tors of power by taking the executive power from elected officials and plac- ing it instead in the hands of a few highly motivated but politically unaccount- able individuals.” STATE BRIEFING they built a $1 million pot business. Advocates say the two were acting within California’s medical marijuana laws. Defect found in some PG&E SmartMeters SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Some Pacific Gas and Electric Co. SmartMeters can overcharge cus- tomers when they become too hot. Officials said on Monday that almost 1,600 of the wireless electricity and gas meters across Northern and Central California were found to be affected by the defect. They sometimes misread electricity usage when their internal temperature goes over 100 degrees. PG&E officials tell the San Francisco Chronicle they have replaced or will replace the defective meters. Affected customers will also receive refunds averaging $40 as well as a $25 credit. The digital SmartMeters are used by many utili- ties across the country. PG&E has installed nearly 8 million and has plans for another 2 million. except for XXL. For more information or to register for the event, call the chamber at 824-5550 or visit www.corningcham- ber.org. ——— Julie Zeeb can be reached at 527-2153, extension 115 or jzeeb@redbluffdailynews.c om. gation, the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, the Tehama County District Attorney’s Office and the Redding Police Depart- ment. Walker, also known as Sheryl Lynn Cadotte, is serving a 180-day term in Tehama County Jail. She pleaded guilty to being an accessory after the fact, according to Tehama County Superior Court records. The California Supreme Court is expect- ed to hold a hearing in the case before the end of the year. Republican State Sen. Tom Harman of Orange County introduced a bill that would grant ballot measure sponsors the right to represent the state when elected officials refuse to defend enacted laws in court. The Senate Judicia- ry Committee defeated it on a 3-2 vote Tuesday. The ordinance to regu- late dispensaries is regard- ed by some as an indirect ban itself. “It’s effectively a ban,” said Supervisor Bob Williams. However, Williams wants a strong regulation in place in case the federal laws banning marijuana change, he said during a later interview. Right now, it is illegal under federal law, and we should ban it, but federal law could change, he said. “If the federal govern- ment were to allow it, how would we deal with it?” Williams said. The regulation ordi- nance would give the coun- ty guidelines already in place so the county would- n’t have to start over if an outright ban was no longer legal, he said. Williams wants to be “ahead of the curve” and not just reactionary, he said. If enacted, the proposed regulating ordinance would mean there could be only one dispensary in the unin- corporated areas of the county because it prohibits more than one dispensary per 30,000 people. That sole dispensary would have to keep full records on every client, allow authorities access at any time to the records and facility and require that a licensed medical profes- sional be on site to dispense marijuana to patients. The dispensary would legally have to be not for profit as well. Supervisor George Rus- sell said he is still on the fence about his final vote on the ordinance and didn’t like the idea of requiring a medical professional to dis- pense the marijuana. “It can’t be met,” he said. “If it can’t be met, why have an ordinance?” Medical professionals are legally prohibited from dispensing marijuana. Approving an ordinance with such a requirement would make the county unique, the first to draft such a clause, said Assis- tant County Counsel Wylene. “It doesn’t make it right or wrong, but we’d be on the cutting edge,” Wylene said. Supervisors voted to include the clause for now. Russell voted for the draft, despite his objections. Russell called the clause an “exercise in futility.” A handful of people in support and opposition of marijuana dispensaries attended the study session. A man whose outbursts from the audience inter- rupted discussion during a previous study session returned again to address the board. More calmly this time, he spoke of his own experi- ences and knowledge as a medical marijuana patient. He ended by urging the board to petition the federal government to change the classification of marijuana so that it can be dispensed legally by a medical profes- sional. “You have to make a decision against Obama, against the federal govern- ment,” he said. Robert Alejandre of Alejandre's Training Cen- ter, a boxing gym, returned to reiterate support for allowing a highly regulated dispensary into the county, including medical person- nel and transparent record- keeping. “If you have nothing to hide, you have nothing to fear,” Alejandre said. Since Alejandre came forward at the last study session, because he works with children, he has had to answer to many people about his involvement in the issue, he said. any laws,” he said. “I’m not here to break He is concerned about veterans getting medication that works and helping the community, he said. Williams motioned to approve the resolution reg- ulating dispensaries. Supervisor Dennis Gar- ton made the motion to approve the ban ordinance. Both drafts were approved and sent to the planning commission. Once the planning com- mission makes a recom- mendation to the board, things could change, but ultimately, only one of the two ordinances can be adopted. ——— Andrea Wagner can be reached at 527-2153, extension 114 or awagner@redbluffdailyne ws.com. THE PASSING PARADE (Reprinted from my column in the Corning Daily Observer in November of 1971) My father has been gone some seven years now, and I’ve been thinking of some of his eccentricities and expressions. I don’t mean his motto “Everything is possible to those who have faith”…I refer rather to his everyday sayings or phrases with which he was identified. For example, he never took the Lord’s name in vain, but when quite vexed, he would bellow “Good gosh damn!” “Gosh” in this case, softening the oath somewhat, and letting sleeping gods lie. And yet, prosperous in a blue collar environment, he used exclamations such as “Balls on a monkey”, when situations called for it. Sometimes, out of the blue, he would say “Did I ever tell you about my folks? The Minch’s are lovely people”, the meaning of which was somewhat obscure. It was meant, I believe, to provoke mirth, or break a somber mood. He would occasionally walk into a room full of people, single one out, and say, “The trouble with you, kid, is that you have no imagination.” And when an employee would perform his job well, he always used the short phrase , “Good maaan!” He claimed he could identify true natives from New Jersey (where he was born) by their saying “How about that?” His eccentricities, or perhaps more accurately, his peculiarities, have been recounted before, but to refresh your memory, there was a happy time between the depression and WWII when, on warm summer evenings, he would walk up Main Street whistling “My Wild Irish Rose”, clad only in a pair of jeans, no shoes, no shirt. He whistled a lot in those days and thought it peculiar, when walking the streets of San Francisco, fully dressed of course, that people would stare at him if he was whistling. He enjoyed driving about his farms and orchards, though often getting stuck in irrigated pastures, much to mother’s chagrin. When Dick Hyde retired from the meat plant after many hard years of back breaking work, father put him and his wife Lilly up in a cabin in the grove in the rear of the 400 acres he had purchased from Mrs. Cone, and on long summer evenings, could be found hoeing in “Uncle” Dick’s garden alongside his colored friend, while discussing events of the day. coffee…and maintained he never had a headache. He had good taste in many things and certainly recognized quality and value in others , yet dressed rather poorly and enjoyed wearing un- matched socks of different colors, mostly to devil mother. However, his deportment was quite normal in other respects, and reflected the opinions of the average citizen when he tried, for example, to stem the rising tide of local taxes, and felt that school administrators were feathering their nest by always wanting more facilities. And he may have been a typical parent in showing more attention to his grandchildren than to his own children, but I guess that’s always been the case. 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 Dave Minch never smoked, drank whiskey, beer, wine or