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Thursday, June 2, 2011 – Daily News 7A Obituaries Live Oak, California. Mr. Baldwin was born December 2, 1926 in Kingmond, West Virginia. Mr. Baldwin was a Truck Driver for 40 years, and a resi- dent of Corning for the last 60 years. Mr. Baldwin was a Veteran of our country, having served in the U. S. Army during WWII. Mr. Baldwin is survived by his loving wife Caroline May Baldwin. A graveside funeral service will be held Friday, June 3, 2011 at 1pm at Sunset Hill Cemetery in Corning. All arrangements are through the Hall Brothers Corning Mortuary. Mr. Baldwin, age 84, died Wednesday, May 25, 2011 in fingerprinting from RALPH EDWARD BALDWIN welfare application LOS ANGELES (AP) — Califor- nia would no longer fingerprint recipi- ents of welfare and food stamps under a bill the state Assembly approved Wednesday. BLANCHE GENEVIEVE PAULL HAWKER Blanche Genevieve Paull Hawker passed away May 28, 2011 after a brief illness. She was born in Myrtle Point, Oregon, July 15, 1914 to Martha Rowena Neal Paull and Wilbur Paull. She resided in Tehama County for more than 60 years. She was preceded in death by her hus- band, John Morgan Hawker and step-son, Norman Jack Hawker. Mrs. Hawker is survived by her three daughters, Joan Tamagni, Terri Hawker and Jonna Turek, all of Red Bluff, fifteen grandchildren, twenty-eight great grandchil- dren, and twelve great great grandchildren. Mrs. Hawker retired from a career as an eligibility supervisor with the Tehama County Department of Social Services. She loved to read and watch professional golf on TV and supported a wide range of charities. At Mrs. Hawker’s request no services will be held. CARRIE PAMELA FOX Memorial Services for Carrie Pamela Fox will be held on Thursday, June 2, 2011 at 10:00 AM at the Bethel Assembly of God Church, 625 Luther Rd, Red Bluff, CA 96080. Carrie’s family has invited all of her friends and co-workers to attend. A reception will follow the service at the Tehama District Fairgrounds (Cafeteria), 650 Antelope Blvd, Red Bluff, CA 96080. In lieu of flowers, donations can be made in memory of Carrie Fox to: 604 Antelope Blvd, Red Bluff, CA 96080 Any questions should be directed to: Scott McLean (530) 990-5136. LAURENCE (LARRY) J. LALAGUNA Laurence (Larry) J. Lalaguna passed away on May 28, 2011 after a brief stay at Brentwood Skilled Nursing. He was born January 17, 1923 in San Francisco. He graduated from Lowell H.S. and attended USF before enlisting in the Army in 1942. Being stationed in Iceland as an MP he met his bride and wife of 66 years Vala Lalaguna. After WWII Larry, his wife, Vala and their 9 month old son, John left Iceland returning to San Francisco. Shortly thereafter, in 1946 the family purchased the ranch from Butte Tyler and moved to Red Bluff. Larry was a successful Rancher, Businessman and Politi- cian. Being a bit outspoken and never straddling a politi- cal fence, Larry served on the Board of Supervisors for nine years, after an appointment by Governor Ronald Reagan. Larry loved the outdoors, hunting and fishing. Af- ter retirement he and his wife spent their winters in Mexi- co, fishing. Family members include Vala Lalaguna, John and Susan Lalaguna, Larry and Kam Lalaguna, and grandchildren Lori Lindstrom Lalaguna, Shawna Laird Lalaguna, Tyler, Trevor and Troy Lalaguna, and great granddaughter Fiona Lalaguna Laird. The family will have a private graveside service with ar- rangements being handled by Hoyt-Cole Chapel of the Flowers. In lieu of flowers, the family is requesting that donations be made to your favorite charity. CDF Firefighters Benevolent Foundation www.cdf-firefighters.org Cards may be sent to: Fox or Hoehman Family Assemblyman Felipe Fuentes, a Democrat from Sylmar who sponsored the bill, said fingerprinting does little to deter fraud. ‘‘The federal government has asked us, California, to remove this restriction or risk losing hundreds of millions of dollars of federal aid,’’ he said. ‘‘Cali- fornia is one of three states in the union that requires its aid applicants to be fin- gerprinted — one of three states.’’ No Republicans voted for AB6, but Assemblyman Brian Jones, of Santee, said he approved of 75 percent of it. He would have voted yes if not for the elimination of fingerprinting, which he said would invite abuse. ‘‘Now we’re going to open the flood gates,’’ Jones said. Part of the state budget proposal also would eliminate fingerprinting for recipients of in-home supportive ser- vices. Former Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger said fingerprinting and other safeguards for that program would save the state $130 million in fraudulent claims. But supporters of Fuentes’ legisla- tion said the forensic program costs more money than it saves. The state spends roughly $17 million annually on the fingerprinting. His bill also reduces counties’ reporting requirements from four times a year to two and allows families with home energy subsidies to qualify auto- matically for welfare and food stamps. The bill passed 43-23 and moves to the Senate. Though AB6 addresses both wel- fare and CalFresh, the name of the food stamp program in California, it focuses on the latter, where there is more data available. Only half of eligible California resi- dents got food stamps in 2008, below the national average of 66 percent, according to a U.S. Department of Agriculture report released early this year. Fuentes hopes his measure will make it easier for families to collect the public benefits, to the tune of an extra $850 million from the federal govern- ment. The assemblyman cited the USDA in saying every $1 toward CalFresh stimulates $1.79 in local economic activity. Fuentes expects the entitlement pro- grams’ enrollment growth to add $23 million to the state General Fund. Fam- ilies on CalFresh take the money they would have spent on groceries and spend it on taxable goods, he said. That ongoing revenue would more than off- set the bill’s implementation cost of $18 million. Google says Chinese hackers ROSALINA HERMOSO CALLEJO Rosalina Hermoso Callejo, 71, passed away on May 26, 2011. Born on November 16, 1939 in Solano Nueva Vizcaya, Philippines to Mr & Mrs. Candido Galam Hermoso. She was happily married to Pablo Callejo for 56 years, and had lived in Red Bluff for approximatly 29 years. She worked as the Administrator/Cook at Aquino Shady Oaks Rest Home for many years, until she retired. She enjoyed cooking for family and friends, spending time with her grandchildren, camping, making dresses, dancing shows, watching wrestling and basketball with her husband and son. She was a member of Nueva Vizcaya Organization, Inc., and U. S. Ilocano Org., Inc. Survivors include her husband Pablo Arguero Callejo, her five children Helen Grace, Pancho Zamora, Flor Amor & Marivic Callejo of Saipan, Rose Marie & Dr. Romeo Sadang of the Phillipines, Marie Grace & William White of San Francisco, Ray Jay & Katherine Callejo of Red Bluff, 16 grandchildren, 4 great grandchildren, brothers Vic and Carmen Hermoso, Saguday H. Rivera and Donna H. Callejo, nieces and nephews from San Francisco, Daly City, Sacramento, Lakeport, San Leandro, Fremont, San Clemento, Beverly Hills, Kentucky and Georgia. She is preceded in death by her parents, Candido Hermoso and Ursula Hermoso, siblings Alipio Hermoso, Fe Rivera and Santiago Hermoso. Visitation will be Sunday, June 5, 2011 from 1 - 4pm at The Chapel of the Flowers. Burial will be at Cypress Lawn in Colma, CA., please call Ray Jay or Kathy Callejo at 736-0494 for more details. Thank You to all whom have ever cared for our dear Mom. STILL Continued from page 1A change the law,” Mike Gonzales said. The main goal is to get the bill passed, but the more they talk, the more they get people aware to prevent suicide, he said. The more awareness there is, the less effect predators will have on people’s lives, he said. The Gonzaleses are members of the Tehama County Mental Health Board and recently spoke to county supervisors on behalf of May being pro- claimed as Mental Health Month. They are ongoing advocates for suicide pre- vention locally and nation- ally. For more information about Suzy’s Law, go to www.suzyslaw.com. For information about suicide prevention or the Ameri- can Foundation for Sui- cide Prevention, go to www.afsp.org. ——— Andrea Wagner can be reached at 527-2153, extension 114 or awagner@redbluffdailyne ws.com. broke into Gmail SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Com- puter hackers in China broke into the Gmail accounts of several hundred people, including senior U.S. govern- ment officials, military personnel and political activists, Google Inc. said Wednesday. The attacks aren’t believed to be tied to a more sophisticated assault originating from China in late 2009 and early last year. That intrusion tar- geted the Google’s own security sys- tems and triggered a high-profile battle with China’s Communist government over online censorship, which has made it more difficult for the company to do business in the world’s most pop- ulous country. The latest duplicity appeared to rely on so-called ‘‘phishing’’ scams and other underhanded behavior that hack- STATE BRIEFING Bill cuts ers frequently use to obtain passwords from people and websites that aren’t vigilant about protecting the informa- tion. Google credited its own security measures for detecting and disrupting the intrusions. All the victims have been notified and their Gmail account secured, according to the company. Google wouldn’t say what parts of the U.S. government were targeted or whether any confidential information may have been contained in the breached Gmail accounts. Besides senior government officials, other peo- ple whose Gmail accounts were violat- ed included Chinese political activists, military personally, journalists and offi- cials in other countries, mainly in South Korea. Google traced the origin of the attacks to Jinan, China. That’s the home city of a vocational school whose computers were linked to the assault more than a year ago on Google’s com- puter systems, along with those of more than 20 other U.S. companies. That break-in prompted Google to move its Chinese-language search engine from mainland China so it wouldn’t have to edit its results to con- form with the ruling party’s censorship rules. The search engine is now based in Hong Kong, which has less stringent rules. Before the shift, the tensions esca- lated amid reports that the Chinese government escalated amid reports that had at least an indirect hand in the 2009 and 2010 hacking attacks, a possibility that Google didn’t rule out. Calif. Senate approves banning pension abuse SACRAMENTO (AP) — It would be more difficult for California’s public employees to pad their pensions under a bill approved by the state Senate. SB27 prohibits so-called pension spiking by employees covered by Cal- ifornia’s two largest pension funds. Spiking is when employees use last- minute retirement incentives such as promotions, bonuses and vacation time to increase their benefits. The bill by Democratic Sen. Joe Simitian of Palo Alto also prohibits retirees from returning to work for the state within six months, where they would collect both a salary and their pension. It passed unanimously Wednesday and now goes to the Assembly. Former Gov. Arnold Schwarzeneg- ger vetoed a similar bill last year because it was linked to an Assembly bill he said did not go far enough to prevent pension abuses by municipal employees. Assembly OKs state grants for immigrant students SACRAMENTO (AP) — Califor- nia lawmakers voted Wednesday to open the door to state-funded financial aid for immigrant college students who entered the United States illegally. The state Assembly approved AB 131, part of the California Dream Act, on a 46-25 party line vote. It now goes to the Senate. Assemblyman Gil Cedillo, a Los Angeles Democrat, had introduced similar legislation each year since 2005 only to see it vetoed by Republican Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger. Gov. Jerry Brown, a Democrat, made a cam- paign pledge last year to sign it. ‘‘I ask you to do what is justified and fair,’’ Cedillo said during a short floor debate. ‘‘This is in the best inter- ests of the state of California’’ and brings the state’s law in line with those of the federal government, he said. Although Cedillo’s two-bill pack- age has a similar name, it differs from the federal Dream Act, which would include a path to citizenship for immi- grants in the country illegally if they attend school or serve in the military. The federal legislation stalled in Con- gress last year but backers have indi- cated they will try again. The state Assembly approved the other half of the package last month, allowing illegal immigrant students to receive private financial aid. That bill drew extensive debate on the floor; Wednesday’s debate was more muted and limited as the Assembly raced through a long calendar to meet leg- islative deadlines this week. Critics argued that AB 131 would encourage more illegal immigration and cut the education funding available for citizens. They contend that it makes no sense to educate immigrants for jobs they would not legally be permit- ted to hold. Assemblyman Tim Donnelly, R- Twin Peaks, who has made immigra- tion one of his legislative priorities, argued that a large number of Internet searches for information on the bill came from China. ‘‘If you offer a benefit, people will come,’’ he said. ‘‘Do we want to have a lot more people coming here illegal- ly?’’ Supporters of the bill have argued that students shouldn’t be punished because their parents decided to enter the United States illegally, and that educated immigrants would be ready to join the work force once compre- hensive immigration reforms are approved. If approved by the Senate and signed by the governor, AB 131 would take effect July 1, 2012. The bill would expand eligibility for state-adminis- tered financial aid to qualified immi- grant students who have attended a California secondary school for at least three years, including one year of high school. The measure includes restrictions intended to make sure the number of student awards for legal California res- idents doesn’t shrink, and limits the award of competitive Cal Grant funds to immigrants. Applications for com- petitive Cal Grants already exceed the amount of money available, so it’s unlikely that immigrant students would have a chance for them. But other aid and program changes would add at least an estimated $14 million in General Fund costs and could change the mix of students who receive institutional aid from the Uni- versity of California and California State University systems, and the amounts they receive. Senate sets restrictions on funeral protests SACRAMENTO (AP) — A Kansas-based group that has used inflammatory language to protest mili- tary funerals nationwide prompted California senators to approve a bill Wednesday restricting how close such protesters can get to funeral services and religious observances. The bill by Sen. Ted Lieu would require that such groups stay 1,000 feet from a burial site, mortuary or place of worship. His bill, SB888, was in response to a U.S. Supreme Court ruling in March that said protests by the Westboro Bap- tist Church are protected free speech. Members of the Topeka, Kan.-based church picket funerals, contending God is punishing the military for the nation’s tolerance of homosexuality. ‘‘The court has the power to render stupid decisions,’’ said Lieu, an Air Force veteran. ‘‘This is a bill that pre- serves the sanctity and dignity of funer- als.’’ Lieu, D-Torrance, said his bill falls within the guidelines allowed by the high court’s decision. It makes it a mis- demeanor to protest within the 1,000- foot perimeter for an hour before or after a funeral. He said more than 40 states have restricted funeral protests. The bill passed, 36-1, without debate, and now goes to the Assembly. Red Bluff then and now The Destination Tehama Branding Pro- ject is hosting a Home Tour event from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. June 4 with some fabulous homes lined up. These homes are ones that normally would not have a chance to be seen any other time. From a stately Victori- an with seven bathrooms to a whimsical modern home on the river. Tick- ets are $40 or $60 and include the Home Tour, plus a Wine Garden. The Wine Garden will take place in the garden of an additional resi- dence. It will feature Wine Tasting and hors d’oeuvres from local Tehama County wineries and local faire. There will be a silent auction with items for your home and garden. 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