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proposedstatewouldstill require approval by the California State Legisla- ture and the United States Congress. If adopted, copies of the resolution would be sent to State Sen. Jim Nielsen, State Sen. Pres- ident Pro Tempore Dar- rell Steinberg, Assembly Speaker Toni Atkins, U.S. Senators Dianne Fein- stein and Barbara Boxer and Congressman Doug LaMalfa. The board put the advisory measure on the ballot at a February meeting, where State of Jefferson supporters pressed them to pass the resolution without a public vote. Supervisors Sandy Bruce, Bob Williams and Dennis Garton, who were all up for re-election in June, said their future vote would be tied to what the electorate voted. Supervisor Burt Bundy had previously stated he was ready to support the declaration. The board hosted a special night meeting in November 2013 to allow State of Jefferson supporters to pitch the separation plan. Glenn, Modoc and Siskiyou counties have given their support to the separation. Since the June election the Butte and Shasta boards of supervisors have discussed the State of Jefferson at their own meetings, but neither body voted to move forward. The Tehama County Board of Supervisors meets at the Board Chambers at 727 Oak St. in Red Bluff The open session begins at 10 a.m. The resolution is scheduled to be discussed following a series of donation and employee recognition ceremonies. Jefferson FROMPAGE1 design of a plan to clean up soil impacted with former gas plant residues including hydrocarbons, volatile or- ganic compounds and met- als, such as lead, according to a work notice issued by the California Department of Toxic Substances Control. The former Red Bluff Manufactured Gas Plant at the site is being cleaned up by Pacific Gas and Elec- tric Co. Field work will be con- ducted between 7 a.m. and 5 p.m. weekdays and in- clude identifying under- ground piping and utilities; drilling holes with a hand auger and truck-mounted drill rig to collect soil sam- ples; installing test pits and pot holes using a backhoe, air knife and hand auger; use of traffic control mea- sures including orange cones and blocking-off of some street parking during work on Rio Street; catalog- ing samples and backfilling holes and general cleanup of work areas. All work will be done in accordance with a site- specific Health and Safety Plan, in coordination with the city, and environmen- tal staff will be on-site at all times to oversee the work. Work areas will be sectioned-off and the work will look and sound like typical surveying and con- struction. PG&E has set up a toll- free hotline, at (866) 247- 0581, to report dust, odors or other project impacts so they can quickly be ad- dressed. Site-related documents are available at the Te- hama County Library, 645 Madison St. Key technical reports, fact sheets and other site- related information is available at http://www. envirostor.dtsc.ca.gov. Enter "Red Bluff " as the city, select "PG&E Red Bluff MGP," and click on the "Activities" tab to view documents. Field FROM PAGE 1 fense called one witness to the stand on Friday, a fo- rensic pathologist it hired as a consultant. A key point in the case centered on when Forseth received cut wounds to his neck. The neighbor on Pinon Way who called 911, Donald Granfield, whose porch Fors- eth was found slain on, testi- fied that Forseth had called for help, and asked him to call 911. A forensic pathologist called by the prosecution, Mark Super, who performed Forseth's autopsy, testified that Forseth wouldn't have been able speak because of the nature of the cuts to his throat, and would have died just seconds after he received them. The prosecu- tion argued that Hougland cut Forseth's throat while pretending to give him aid as Granfield called 911. Harry Bonnell, the fo- rensic pathologist called by the defense, testified that it was his opinion that Fors- eth could have been able to speak after suffering the cuts to his throat, and would have been able to walk for around a minute. The defense argued that Hougland did not cut Fors- eth's throat on his neighbor's porch, and said the prosecu- tion was "twisting the facts." Hougland, also a military veteran, and Forseth were described as close friends. No motive for the killing was presented. Murder FROM PAGE 1 WILLOWS Search and rescue and dive teams searched Monday in the area where human remains were found June 21 by kay- akers on the Sacramento River south of Hamilton City, but were no closer to identifying a the deceased. The Glenn County Sher- iff's Office identified the re- mains July 1 as a fibula and tibia of the right leg with the foot inside a size 9.5 Brahma brand men's boot. During Monday's search a team member's K-9 part- ner showed particular in- terest in an area of the river on the west bank just up- stream from the site where the remains were found. Due to its depth, the dive team was called in. The underwater search was conducted Thursday but produced no results, according to a department press release issued Friday. With the Human Iden- tification Laboratory at California State Univer- sity, Chico completing its work, the skeletal remains have been transferred to the State Department of Justice Crime Lab, arriv- ing there Friday. DNA will be extracted, processed and then matched against known samples in DNA da- tabases. The laboratory report from the university is yet not completed. No further information has been forthcoming re- garding this case and the information gained has not matched known missing person cases for the area. The Glenn County Sher- iff's Office continues to in- vestigate. Again, anyone with in- formation, no matter how remote, is asked to call Detective Kelly Knight at 530-934-6721 or, to remain anonymous, call the Secret Witness line at 530-934- 6627. GLENN COUNTY Dogs search for human remains By Sadie Gurman The Associated Press DENVER A third Colorado county began issuing mar- riage licenses to gay couples Friday even though the le- gal fight is far from resolved in the state. Pueblo County joined Denver and Boulder County in allowing gay couples to marry a day after a state judge ruled the Boulder clerk can continue issuing the licenses. Colorado's 2006 voter-ap- proved gay marriage ban remains on the books. But District Court Judge An- drew Hartman noted it is "hanging on by a thread" following rulings by an- other state court and the 10th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals. In Denver, clerk Debra Johnson began grant- ing gay-marriage licenses Thursday afternoon, shortly after Hartman issued his ruling. Her office gave li- censes to 17 gay couples over about two hours before clos- ing for the day. Colorado Attorney Gen- eral John Suthers had sought to block the issuing of licenses, warning of "le- gal chaos." In a statement Thursday, he pledged to go to the state Supreme Court as soon as possible "to pre- vent a legal patchwork quilt from forming." In Boulder County, more than 100 couples have mar- ried since its clerk started issuing licenses two weeks ago, when the appeals court found Utah's gay marriage ban unconstitutional. The ruling became law in all six 10th Circuit states — including Colorado — but the panel immediately put it on hold while Utah ap- peals to the U.S. Supreme Court. On Wednesday, District Judge C. Scott Crabtree struck down Colorado's ban, joining multiple other judges who have done the same in other states. Crab- tree also placed his ruling on hold while the legal bat- tle plays out. Democratic Gov. John Hickenlooper has asked Suthers, a Republican, not to appeal. "The decision on mar- riage by Judge Crabtree puts Colorado on the right side of history," Hicken- looper said. In the Boulder case, Hartman found the licenses were harmless and an ac- ceptable form of civil dis- obedience. But he required that all couples be warned their marriage could lack legal value if a court later upholds Colorado's ban. His decision left clerks around the state trying to figure out what to do next. They must weigh the risk of issuing licenses that might become invalid with violating people's rights by declining to do so, Mesa County Clerk Sheila Reiner said. "It's sort of a rock and a hard place," she said. There is no guarantee the nation's highest court will take the case when it returns in October. But sit- uations like the one in Col- orado add to the pressure for a final, definitive ruling on gay marriage in the U.S. Same-sex marriage is le- gal in 19 states and the Dis- trict of Columbia, but it's in limbo in much of the rest of the nation. Seemingly every week, another gay marriage ban is struck down. Some- times marriages start im- mediately; other times the rulings are put on hold and nothing happens. MARRIAGE 3rd Colorado county giving licenses to gay couples CHRISMCLEAN/THEPUEBLOCHIEFTAIN—THEASSOCIATEDPRESS Jessie Finau, le , and Stephanie Martinez get a hug from Stephanie's nephew Uriah Martinez, 8, a er receiving a marriage license at the Pueblo County Courthouse on Friday in Pueblo, Colo. By Peter Leonard The Associated Press KIEV, UKRAINE Pro-Russia rebels fired missiles Friday at government troops near the Russian border, kill- ing at least 19 servicemen, Ukraine's Defense Ministry said, adding that four troops were killed in other clashes. President Petro Porosh- enko summoned security officials in Kiev to discuss Friday's pre-dawn attack at a forward base in eastern Ukraine and declared that the perpetrators would be punished. "For every life of our sol- diers, the militants will pay with tens and hundreds of their own. Not one terror- ist will evade responsibil- ity, everybody will get what is coming to them," he said. Poroshenko said more needed to be done to pro- vide troops with protective gear. "It is important that ev- ery soldier who is at a check- point be equipped with a protective vest and every- thing necessary," he said. Defense Ministry spokes- man Vladislav Seleznev gave the figure of 19 deaths on his Facebook account and reported the four other troop deaths. The ministry said 93 soldiers were injured in the base clash. Ukrainian government troops have been fighting for more than three months against separatists in east- ern Ukraine. EASTERN EUROPE 19 Ukraine servicemen killed in rocket attack ByAndrewTaylor The Associated Press WASHINGTON The govern- ment's budget deficit will drop to $583 billion this year,thelowestlevelofPresi- dentBarackObama'stenure, theWhiteHousesaidFriday. Last year's deficit was $680 billion. The latest up- date from the White House budget office is also $66 bil- lion less than the admin- istration predicted earlier this year when releasing the president's budget. Obama presided over trillion-dollar-plus defi- cits during his first term as the economy struggled to recover from a deep re- cession and financial crisis. Attempts to strike deals on spending cuts and revenue increases with GOP leaders suchasHouseSpeakerJohn BoehnerofOhiohavefailed, thoughObamawassuccess- ful in muscling through a tax increase on wealthier earners in early 2013. Tight spending on annual agency budgets is also responsible for lower deficits. The nonpartisan Con- gressional Budget Office projects an even lower def- icit of $492 billion for the budgetyearendingSept.30. "Under the president's leadership, the deficit has been cut by more than half as a share of the economy, representing the most rapid sustained deficit reduction since World War II, and it continuestofall,"saidacting White House budget direc- torBrianDeese."Atthesame time, our economy is mov- ing forward and businesses arecreatingjobs.Businesses have added nearly 10 mil- lion new jobs over the past 52 months." The White House has also lowered its economic growth forecast for the cur- rent year to 2.6 percent, re- flecting the unexpected 2.9 percentdropingrossdomes- tic product in the first quar- ter of this year when unusu- ally severe weather dinged the economy. its earlier pre- diction was for a 3.3 percent hike in gdp. BUDGET White House: 2014 deficit to drop $100B JimmyLouieMorris April 2, 1938 - July 5, 2014 Jimmy Louie Morris of Corning passed away peacefully July 5, 2014, with his family by his side. Born April 2, 1938 in Humphrey, Arkansas, he was the son of the late William and Ione (Wood) Morris. Jimmy grew up and graduated high school in Weed, California, where he met and married his childhood sweetheart Mar- cia Lee (Holley) Morris on February 16, 1958. Jimmy was a lifetime Safeway Stores employee, serving as store manager for the majority of his 39 years. He was active in his community as a long time volunteer fireman at the Corning Volunteer Fire Department, a member of the Corning Lions Club, and a member of the Red Bluff Elks Lodge. He also served as a free mason in the Wheatland Masonic Lodge. Jimmy was an avid hunter and fisherman and enjoyed many summers fishing on the northern California coast during his retirement years. He cherished his family and spent countless hours attending sporting events of his children and grandchildren. He was their biggest fan and always offered a few words of advice after the game. In fine Corning fashion, Jimmy learned and perfected a special recipe for curing olives and he took great pride in delivering his product to his friends and family each fall. He is survived by his loving wife, Marcia, his children, Vicky Reilly of Corning and Heidi Mesker (Rob) of Rich- field; his four grandchildren, Ryan (Jenny) Reilly, Holly (Jeff) Rhoads, Brant (Christina) Mesker and Shae Mesker; his five great-grandchildren, Isiah Rhoads, Lily Reilly, Gavin Rhoads, Kennedi Rhoads, and Addison Mesker; three siblings, Ralph Morris, Bill Morris, and Jenette Parki- son; sister in-law Shirley Pearce; and many nieces, neph- ews, and other relatives and close friends. He was pre- ceded in death by his grandson, Tucker Mesker. A celebration of Jimmy's life was held prior to his pass- ing, therefore he requested no funeral service. In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made to the Corning Volunteer Fire Department at 814 Fifth Street, Corning, CA 96021 or to the Tucker Mesker Memorial Scholarship at 6050 Amador Road, Corning, CA 96021. Obituaries Thefamilyof Roger"Perk"Perkins is having a celebration of life for Perk's family & many friends. 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