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Friday, June 17, 2011 – Daily News 9A Obituaries MINA ELLSWORTH Mina Ellsworth, born August 17, 1924 in Walnut Ridge, Arkansas, died June 14, 2011 in Red Bluff, CA after a long illness at the age of 86. Mina was a schoolteacher for many years in San Jose and previously in Oklahoma. She enjoyed reading, fishing and sewing in her younger years. Preceded in death by her husband Robert, she is survived by her children Patricia, Elizabeth, Steven, Terry, Jeanne and Roxann, as well as many grandchildren and great grandchildren. She will be greatly missed. Baggy pants lead to airport arrest SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A University of New Mexico football play- er’s saggy pants led to his arrest and removal from an airplane at San Francisco International Airport, authorities said Thursday. DeShon Marman, 20, MARILYN ANN PETERS Marilyn Ann Peters, 68, of Red Bluff, CA., passed away on June 12, 2011, surrounded by her family. Marilyn was born on May 19, 1943 in Duluth, Minnesota. While her children were young she was a housewife, as the kids grew up she held various jobs, from milking cows to managing convenience stores. For the last 20 years of her working life she was a certified nursing assis- tant. She was preceded in death by her daughter, Diane Askeland, her parents, Albert and Dorothy Tevik, and her younger brother, Douglas Tevik. She is survived by her brothers Wesley (Patricia) Tevik of Oregon and John Tevik of Minnesota, her daughters Vikie Lopez of Red bluff, CA. and Julie (Steve) Lundeen of Minnesota and her son Brian (Wanda) Peters of Corn- ing, CA. She is also survived by twelve grandchildren, Theresa, Nicole and Becci Lopez, Sherri and Scott Askeland, Alicia Gonzalez, Matthew, Luke, Adam and Ra- chel Lundeen, Kevin and Jerry Peters and three great grandchildren, Vanessa and Valerie Montalvo and Lotus Lopez. Her family will be holding a private service to honor her life. She was greatly loved and will be missed always. was boarding a flight Wednesday to Albuquerque, N.M., when a US Airways employee noticed his pants were below his buttocks, and his boxer shorts were show- ing, Sgt. Michael Rodriguez of the San Francisco Police Department told the San Francisco Chronicle. Mar- man refused the employee’s request to pull up his pants and failed to immediately comply when she asked him to get off the plane, Rodriguez said, adding Mar- man injured a police officer when he was being arrested. The player was arrested on suspicion of trespassing, battery of a police officer and obstruction of a police investigation, Rodriguez told The Associated Press. Marman’s mother, Donna Doyle, told the news- paper her son was emotion- ally fragile after the funeral of his close friend, who died 11 days after being shot. Marman was being held in San Mateo County Jail while prosecutors determine whether to file charges. US Airways spokes- woman Valerie Wunder said the airline’s dress code for- bids indecent exposure or inappropriate attire. Daily News photo by Julie Zeeb PG&E Troubleman Adrian Vieck dislodges a tree branch blown into a power line where had begun smoldering, which created a fire hazard. Between six and eight residences were without power for a few minutes. Damp winter leads to more grass fires He passed away on Sunday June 12, 2011, at his home in Cottonwood, California. Dusty Edwards and Grant Lockie; daughters Tammy Mor- gan, Bobbie Spain, and Missy Lockie; grandchildren De- laney, Beau, and Sydney Edwards, Levi Meuser, Cody and Brooke Wallace, Alexis and Dylan Spain, Ryan, Wayne, Grayson and Andrew Lockie, Robert and Brian Morgan and great grandchildren Savannah Morgan and Jack Wat- kins born Friday June 10, 2011. tle industry as a cowboy and horseshoer. The bulk of his career was centered around the Shasta Livestock Auction Yard, where his expertise and knowledge was well known and sought by many. In 1994, Bobby became a Brand Inspector for the State of California supporting Shasta and Tehama county Cattlemen. He was a dedicat- ed cowboy who answered any call, regardless of the time of day or distance, because he knew how important it was to the industry he loved and supported. with or talking about his children and grandchildren. Far more than just a cowboy, Bobby was a teacher and a mentor, who cared deeply for the well being of others. He is especially remembered for talking, teaching and coaching the art of football to his children, grandchildren, and anyone else he could engage in a conversation. sions and fond memories. He will be greatly missed as we all move forward without him. The memorial service will be on June 21, 2011 at 11:00am at the Cottonwood Community Center. There will be a BBQ celebrating his life after the service. Death Notices Flora M. Ellis Flora M. Ellis died Wednesday, June 15, 2011, at Brentwood Skilled Nursing in Red Bluff. She was 91. Hoyt-Cole Chapel of the Flowers is handling the arrangements. Published Friday, June 17, 2011, in the Daily News, Red Bluff, Calif. Alfred Whitney Ward Alfred Whitney Ward died Tuesday, June 14, 2011, at Mercy Medical Center in Redding. He was 78. Hoyt- Cole Chapel of the Flowers is handling the arrange- ments. Published Friday, June 17, 2011, in the Daily News, Red Bluff, Calif. He leaves all who crossed his trail with lasting impres- When he wasn’t working he enjoyed spending time Bobby spent the majority of his life working in the cat- He is survived by wife Shirlee Edwards; sons Blair and ROBERT "BOBBY" JAMES EDWARDS Robert "Bobby" James Edwards born March 15, 1948. DIAMOND BAR (AP) — Winter and springtime rains across California have led to a bumper crop of grasses and plants that feed wildfires, though fire chiefs are expecting a normal fire season overall, officials said Thursday. Already this year, nearly 400 more fires have broken out on land managed by the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection than occurred by the same date last year, the agency’s acting director Ken Pimlott said. But the extra moisture has a flipside that will help firefighters — at least for now. Trees and heavier plants will stay wetter for longer, meaning many wild- fires will fizzle after lighter grasses BUDGET (Continued from page 1A) nia hostage by refusing to allow the voters to weigh in on meaningful structural reforms — not just Gov. Brown’s tax proposal,’’ a group of four Republican senators who have been involved in budget talks with the governor said in a joint statement. Republicans are seeking reforms to public employee pensions, a spending cap and regulatory changes to help California businesses. At a news conference Thursday afternoon, Brown offered little insight into how he planned to break the long- running stalemate with the GOP but said it could include arm-twisting and concessions and ‘‘everything within the law I will pull out of my gubernatorial brief- case.“ ‘‘We need four Republi- can votes and in the next sev- eral days I’m going to do everything I can — I’ll move heaven and earth — to get those votes,’’ he said. Brown wants the Legisla- ture to extend expiring sales and vehicle tax hikes for sev- eral months and authorize a special election this fall in which voters would be asked to extend those increases and an already expired increase in the personal income tax Red Bluff Simple Cremations & Burial Service Family owned & Operated Honor and Dignity 527-1732 722 Oak Street, Red Bluff, FD Lic. 1931 have burned off. CalFire is responsible for 31 million acres of land across the state. Pimlott and other officials stressed how impor- tant it is for homeowners to make sure weeds and dead grasses have been cleared from around their properties. Southern California fire chiefs met with state fire officials in Diamond Bar, east of Los Angeles, to strategize ahead of the upcoming fire season. Among the issues being discussed were ongo- ing cuts to state and local fire depart- ments as cash-strapped governments scramble to balance their books. CalFire has had its fire protection budget of $594 million cut by $56 mil- lion. As a result, fire engines will be rate for up to five years. The Democrats have majorities in both the Assembly and the Senate but need at least two GOP votes in each house to pass tax increases or place measures on a ballot. The budget plan approved Wednesday by the Legisla- ture and sent to Brown’s desk was widely seen as a place- holder that would allow Brown and the Democrats to continue pursuing the budget they really want. It also allowed legislators to possi- bly avoid a measure passed last year that halts their pay if they don’t approve a bal- anced budget by June 15. The Democrats’ proposal allotted $3 billion less in state education funding than Brown called for when he released his own revised budget plan in May. It also would have cut more than $500 million from state pro- grams. Brown said the proposal reflected some positive work but did not go far enough. ‘‘I am vetoing today because I don’t want to see more billions in borrowing, legal maneuvers that are questionable and a budget that will not stand the test of time,’’ Brown said in an online video message after announcing the veto on his Twitter account. Democratic leaders expressed skepticism that members of their party Independently owned Telephone: (530) 824-3792 sent out with only three crewmembers instead of four. Local fire departments have laid off firefighters, closed sta- tions and seen support staffs shrink. In a 16-county area in Northern Cal- ifornia, there are 50 fewer fire engines available to the Emergency Manage- ment Agency, which coordinates local departments’ response for mutual aid emergencies, the agency’s fire and res- cue chief Kim Zagaris said. ‘‘The line is thinner and it’s becom- ing harder and harder,’’ Zagaris said. ‘‘You can only chip away so far before it hits bottom.’’ Pimlott and other officials, however, said the public would not see any reduction in wildfire response. would vote for a plan that includes deeper cuts than those already proposed. They called on Brown to start offering solutions instead of criticism. ‘‘We are too far down the road for the governor to con- tinue avoiding a specific pro- posal or specific set of pro- posals on what he intends to do ... if he can’t gain those Republican votes,’’ said Sen- ate President Pro Tem Dar- rell Steinberg, D-Sacramen- to. Brown vetoed the main budget bills, but the Legisla- ture has not yet sent him a series of trailer bills approved at the same time. Those include several mea- sures that would likely face a legal challenge, including a $12 increase in the vehicle registration fee and a fire- fighting surcharge on rural residents. In approving the budget package, Democrats in the Legislature exercised their newfound ability to pass a budget plan — but not tax increases — on a simple majority vote, a power grant- ed by voters last year. Had lawmakers missed a June 15 constitutional dead- line to send a balanced bud- get to the governor, they would have forfeited $261 a day in salary and $142 in payments for daily expenses under a voter initiative passed last year. The state controller said his office is still trying to determine whether the pack- age approved Wednesday met the constitutional defini- tion of a balanced budget. Over 50 years of serving Tehama County