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Rice:CharleneDeniseRice, 66, of Proberta died Sat- urday, May 24in Proberta. Arrangements are under the direction of Hoyt-Cole Chapel of the Flowers. Published Wednesday, May 28, 2014in the Daily News, Red Bluff, Calif. Roberts: Allen Roberts Jr. 67, of Cottonwood, died Wednesday May 21in Cot- tonwood. Arrangements are under the direction of Blair's Cremation & Burial. Published Wednesday, May 28, 2014in the Daily News, Red Bluff, Calif. Wright: Bonnie Wright, 76, of Red Bluff died Sunday, May 25at St. Elizabeth Community Hospital. Arrangements are under the direction of Hoyt-Cole Chapel of the Flowers. Published Wednesday, May 28, 2014in the Daily News, Red Bluff, Calif, Deathnoticesmustbepro- vided by mortuaries to the news department, are pub- lished at no charge, and fea- ture only specific basic in- formation about the de- ceased. Paid obituaries are placed through the Clas- sified advertising depart- ment. Paid obituaries may be placed by mortuaries or by families of the deceased and include online publica- tion linked to the newspa- per's website. Paid obitu- aries may be of any length, may run multiple days and offer wide latitude of con- tent, including photos. DEATHNOTICES Hills Casino, leaving the tribe in jeopardy of being robbed of millions of dol- lars, and potentially being forced to shut down their casino," Paskenta Police Chief Clay Parker said in a news release issued Tues- day. "But frankly I'm even more concerned about the seriousness of the situation with regard to the safety of tribal members, the pub- lic, and employees. Weap- ons violations, millions of dollars at stake, and reg- ulators being systemat- ically and physically re- moved from their posts is a recipe for a violent alter- cation. What has become clear is that the Paskenta Tribe is under siege, com- pletely out of control of its casino, and unless a federal agency steps in, this could truly turn violent." The laws violated, ac- cording to the release, in- clude threats to public safety, improper payouts and unlicensed gunmen and operators at the casino, among others allegations. Parker, a former Tehama County sheriff and cur- rent Red Bluff City Council member, has said he works for the whole tribe, but his authority has been chal- lenged by members of the tribe in control of the ca- sino and other properties. Members of the tribe's Henthorn, Pata, Crosby and Lohse families were sus- pended during the tribe's annual General Council meeting April 12 because they allegedly do not meet criteria to be eligible mem- bers of the tribe. Addition- ally, four members of the five-member Tribal Coun- cil, which governs the tribe, were subsequently ousted and banned from the tribe's properties. Those members include Vice Chairman Da- vid Swearinger, Trea- surer Leslie Lohse, Secre- tary Geraldine Freeman and member-at-large Al- len Swearinger. They maintain, how- ever, that they are the "duly elected members of the Tribal Council," and reject the suspensions and the le- gality of their reappoint- ments. The tribe's chairman, Andrew Freeman, had pre- viously announced the sus- pension of more than 70 members of the tribe, which is comprised of more than 300 members, and an at- torney representing the tribe, Richard Verri, previ- ously said the appointment of new Tribal Council mem- bers was carried out legally and in accordance with the tribe's constitution. Those appointments, and suspen- sions, he has said, were re- affirmed by the tribe at a General Council meet- ing May 10. General Coun- cil meetings are composed of all adult members of the tribe. Andrew Freeman has also lobbed his own allega- tions of embezzlement and fraud against some sus- pended members. In the news release is- sued Tuesday, it's said in- vestigators from the Na- tional Indian Gaming Commission, "the federal agency primarily respon- sible for ensuring public safety and financial integ- rity in Indian gaming oper- ations," were sent to the ca- sino last week. Tribe FROM PAGE 1 Coping with ter- minal illness can be very difficult, for the patient as well as his or her loved ones. That's why I want to pass along some information about Medicare's coverage of hospice care. Hospice is a program of care and support for peo- ple who are terminally ill. The focus is on comfort, not on curing illness. Hospice is intended to help people who are terminally ill live com- fortably. If you qualify for Medi- care's hospice benefit, you'll have a specially trained team and support staff to help you and your family deal with your illness. You and your family members are the most im- portant part of the team. Your team may also include doctors, nurses, counsel- ors, social workers, physi- cal and occupational thera- pists, speech-language pa- thologists, hospice aides, and homemakers. The hospice team pro- vides care for the whole person. That includes his or her physical, emotional, and social needs. Hospice services are generally pro- vided in the home and may include physical care, coun- seling, drugs, and medical equipment and supplies for the terminal illness plus any related condi- tions. Your regular doc- tor or a nurse prac- titioner can also be part of your team, to super- vise your care. Who's eligible for Medi- care-covered hospice ser- vices? You have to meet several conditions. For one, you must be el- igible for Medicare Part A, which is hospital insur- ance. Also, your doctor and the hospice medical direc- tor must certify that you're terminally ill and have six months or less to live, if your illness runs its normal course. You have to sign a state- ment choosing hospice care instead of other Medi- care-covered benefits to treat your terminal illness. (Medicare will still pay for covered benefits for any health problems that aren't related to your terminal ill- ness.) And you must get care from a Medicare-ap- proved hospice program. If you qualify, your doc- tor and the hospice team will work with you and your family to set up a care plan that meets your needs. A hospice doctor and nurse will be on call 24 hours a day, seven days a week to give you and your family support and care when you need it. Medicare's hospice bene- fit allows you and your fam- ily to stay together in the comfort of your home un- less you need care in an in- patient facility. You have the right to stop hospice care at any time. Medicare will pay for a one-time-only consultation with a hospice medical di- rector or hospice doctor to discuss your care options and how to manage your pain and symptoms. After that, Medicare cov- ers doctor and nurse ser- vices; equipment such as wheelchairs or walkers; supplies such as bandages and catheters; drugs to control pain or other symp- toms; hospice aide and homemaker services; phys- ical and occupational ther- apy; and social worker ser- vices. Medicare also covers di- etary counseling; grief and loss counseling for you and your family; short-term in- patient care for pain and symptom management; and short-term respite care. Respite care is designed to help the caregiver for a terminally person. Often a spouse or other family member becomes the care- giver, and at some point they may need a rest. You can get respite care in a Medicare-approved hospice inpatient facility, hospital, or nursing home if your caregiver needs a rest. You can stay up to five days each time. You can get re- spite care more than once, but it can only be provided on an occasional basis. How much do you pay for hospice under Medicare? There's no deductible. You'll pay no more than $5 for each prescription drug and similar products for pain relief and symptom control. If you get inpatient re- spite care, you pay five per- cent of the Medicare-ap- proved amount. For exam- ple, if Medicare pays $100 per day for inpatient respite care, you'll pay $5 per day. David Sayen is Medicare's regional administrator for Arizona, California, Ne- vada, Hawaii, and the Pa- cific Territories. You can get answers to your Medi- care questions by calling 1-800-MEDICARE (1-800- 633-4227). MEDICARE How Medicare covers hospice care David Sayen By Don Thompson The Associated Press SACRAMENTO The Califor- niaLegislaturemustdomore to deter the type of violence that left six young people dead over the weekend near the University of California, Santa Barbara, Democratic lawmakers said Tuesday. That includes establish- ing statewide protocols for all law enforcement officers who are called to check on mentally troubled people, they said. Additional steps are also neededtoidentifyyoungpeo- plewithseverementalillness andgetthemneededservices, saidstatesenators,whospent 35minuteseulogizingthestu- dents at the state Capitol and expressing frustration that such rampages continue de- spite previous efforts to end the problem. Meanwhile, two Assembly members proposed legisla- tion that would create a gun violence restraining order for use when family mem- bers and friends notify law enforcement about someone who is threatening violence. Currently, therapists can tell law enforcement when they fear a client is at risk of committing a violent act. That can lead to the individ- ual being prohibited by law enforcement from buying or owning firearms. The proposed legislation would allow family mem- bers, friends and intimate partners to ask authorities to intervene. Law enforce- ment would then have the ability to investigate threats and ask a judge to grant an order prohibiting firearms purchase or possession. Under current law there is no prohibition on firearms ownership unless the suspect meetsthestandardsforanin- voluntarycivilcommitmentto mental health treatment. "There is a lot we can do to prevent these kinds of horrific events in the future," said Senate President Pro Tem Darrell Steinberg, D- Sacramento, who has spent much of his time in the Leg- islature addressing mental health concerns. Among them, he said, more money could be pro- vided in next year's budget for detecting and treating mental illness. The lawmakers' com- ments came after 22-year- old community college stu- dent Elliot Rodger killed six university students in the Isla Vista community on Fri- day after posting an Internet video describing his plans. The attacker died of an ap- parent self-inflicted gunshot. Authorities say Rodger stabbed to death his three roommates then fatally shot two women outside a soror- ityhouseandanotherstudent who was working in a deli. The rampage came hours after Rodger emailed a lengthy manifesto to his parents, therapists and oth- ers, and a month after sher- iff's deputies had visited him on a welfare check after his parents became concerned about his postings on You- Tube. It was unclear if the information about the You- Tube videos was passed along to the deputies. The deputies found Rod- ger to be shy but polite and left without walking through the apartment or talking to anyone else. Rodger later wrote in his manifesto that deputies would have found his weapons and foiled his plot if only they had done a bit more checking. An upcoming budget ses- sions will provide a chance for lawmakers to consider whether first-responders have the training and direc- tion they need to intervene in a way that might prevent future tragedies, Steinberg said. He suggested that law en- forcementshouldberequired asstandardprocedureaspart ofsuchwelfarevisitstocheck whether the individual has purchased weapons. Rodger was able to legally purchase handguns under California law because he had no men- tal health commitments. Steinberg said he was not second-guessing the depu- ties who checked on Rodger but suggested law enforce- ment should be required to do more than simply talk to the subject of their welfare check. SACRAMENTO Santa Barbara attack prompts law action RICH PEDRONCELLI — THE ASSOCIATED PRESS State Sen. Hannah-Beth Jackson, D-Santa Barbara, calls for lawmakers to do more to deter the type of violence that killed six young people is her district Friday. By Raquel Maria Dillon The Associated Press GOLETA Classes were can- celed Tuesday at the Uni- versity of California, Santa Barbara, as the college community reeled from the deadly rampage that took the lives of six of its students. The school declared a day of mourning and reflec- tion and scheduled a cam- pus memorial service on Tuesday afternoon. Elliot Rodger, 22, killed six people and injured 13 others in the shooting and stabbing attacks Friday night in the Isla Vista com- munity near campus. He apparently shot himself to death after a shootout with deputies, authorities said. Authorities said the com- munity college student was obsessed with exacting ret- ribution for what he saw as a lifetime of social and sex- ual isolation. Investigators said Rod- ger had posted an Internet video stating that he would slaughter as many people as he could. On Tuesday, students stopped by to leave flowers and candles at makeshift memorials at the shooting scenes. Flowers even were placed through bullet holes in windows of a store. Some people chalked messages on the street, in- cluding the words "Never forget." "This spot right here will always mean something to me," said Rick Stevens, 38-year-old geography stu- dent. "It's not going to take away from all the goodness that's going to overcome it all." UC President Janet Na- politano has ordered flags at all 10 UC campuses low- ered to half-staff to honor the victims' memories. "Thisisatimeformourn- ing and grieving, and for consoling and supporting each other. It will take time for our UCSB colleagues to recover and heal from this." SANTA BARBARA Classes canceled as students mourn lost DOROTHYMONETTALaCHANCE June 11, 1930 ~ May 21, 2014 Dorothy Monetta LaChance 83, passed away May 21, 2014 in Redding, CA. Dorothy was born to Ima Gunn & Howard Johnson, in Gatesville, TX. Dorothy graduated from Arroyo Grande High School in June 1948. She was self employeed, she owned an Upholstery & Drapery shop in Alaska, when she "retired" she became an allergy technican. She was a member of American Legion Auxili- ary. She had a deep love for flying and received her pi- lots license while she lived in San Luis Obispo. Dorothy is survived by her son Rene (DeeDee) of Red Bluff, grandsons R.J. (Denise) LaChance, Jason (Nikki) LaChance, Atwater; granddaughter Nicole LaChance of Monterey, great granddaughter Sophia LaChance; great grandsons Brandon, Trenton & Jacobi LaChance. A celebration of live will be held Saturday, June 14 at 11:00am at the First Church of God, Red Bluff. Contribution may be made to First Church of God for the O.K.'s. Obituaries ThePassingParadeisbroughttoyoubybyMinchPropertyManagement, 760 Main Street specializing in commercial leasing and sales. 530 527 5514 THE PASSING PARADE (Regarding Dave Minch's I Say column of December 1958, he had previously written in praise of Unions but received anti-union response from some of his fellow business men, and wrote, in part, this more succinct column on the benefits of unionization…which was not shared by his son after his father's demise. RM) Unionsareheretostay;therecanbenodoubtaboutitafterthis fall's elections. The Democratic Congress will be favorable to them and right- to- work legislation will not pass in states with larger populations. Labor Unions are a good thing for our economy, the workers they represent and for the employers. It would be much better if instead of trying to fight the Unions, effort was directed toward legislation to control spending and accounting of the huge amounts of money collected in dues and assessments. There are many undesirable men in positions of trust in the Unions, but this is not the fault of the Unions or the Union members. The fault lies directly on the shoulders of our Legislators who fear to vote corrective legislation. When a bank official absconds with depositor and bank monies, do we think the banks should be done away with or more careful auditing or inspection would be the better answer? The same is true of Labor Unions. The most poorly informed is the Union member who thinks he is against the Unions because of the dues and assessments he has to pay and because he may be compelled to attend meetings. I have been on both sides of the fence and I know what value members receive from the dues they pay. Until Unions got large enough to influence legislators, the working man's income was very uncertain. No employer believed that the welfare of his worker's was his obligation. If a worker got sick or had an accident or contracted a job-related disease, he was replaced and that was the end of the employer's liability. Many employers will tell you that their non-Union employees are getting the same benefits as Union members, and therefore do not have to join the Union and pay dues. To this I say if they are being paid Union scale wages, getting sickness and accident protection, old age and pension benefits and holiday plus vacation pay, they are among the lucky few non-union members who are. Unions have led the way towards more prosperity by insisting on better working conditions, more stable work weeks, better accident and sickness protection. Many men working today will not be a burden on their children or their country when they are too old to work, solely because of Union sponsored social security and pension plans.* Dave Minch 1900-1964 *Where workers were let down in our old meat plant was when wages we had to pay were not allowed to be adjusted to make management competitive with mid-western wages by the short sighted Unions resulting, in part, to so few meat plants operating in California today. R.M. WEDNESDAY, MAY 28, 2014 REDBLUFFDAILYNEWS.COM |NEWS | 7 A