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Monday, June 27, 2011 – Daily News 7A Obituaries Marvin Carnes of 79. Born February 5, 1932 in Almena Kansas, as a young child he moved with his parents to Shasta County. He attended Cal Poly University and served in the US Air Force as an aircraft electrician. He was preceded in death by his wife of 43 years, Lorraine, in January 2007. Marvin worked as an electrician for the majority of his career an ran a family dairy. After his retirement from PG&E, he was very active with the Los Molinos Social Club and the Los Molinos Senior Center. He enjoyed spending time with his family, friends and dancing. Marvin is survived by his son Richard Smith and daughter-in-law Cynthia of Napa; daughter Lynda and son-in-law Rod Little of Anderson; son Ronald Smith and daughter-in-law Ruth of Los Molinos; daughter Laura Black of Gerber; son Roger Smith of Carlsbad; Daughter Carol and son-in-law Charles Skaggs of Tucson, AZ; daughter Cathy and son-in-law Davis Goodin of Gerber; and son Jim Carnes and daughter-in-law Lisa of Red Bluff; sisters Jean Hudson of WA, Joyce Yingst of ID and Janice Horn of Loomis, CA; brothers Donald of Red Bluff and Thomas of Los Molinos; 18 grandchildren and 18 great grandchildren. A memorial service will be held on Saturday, July 2, 2011 at 1:00 p.m. at the Los Molinos V.F.W. Hall in Los Molinos. A pot luck will follow. Arrangements are being handled by Hall Brothers Corning Mortuary. HOME (Continued from page 1A) zine and volunteered his time Saturday to help perform sev- eral stunts on the river involving wakeboards. Ali Abbassi, a local promoter of motorsports, including the World of Outlaw Karts winter series at the Tehama Dis- trict Fairgrounds, is an advocate for the community. Abbassi performed bare foot and backward in a handfoot trick. Other performers included Eric Pettinger, the owner of Villa Lagos Waterski and Wakeboard, a 1972 RBUHS grad- uate and Conner Souza, a 12-year-old Berrendos Middle School student. Pettinger performed on waterskis. Souza, the son of Tony and Rachelle Souza of Red Bluff, caught attention doing tricks on a knee board. When asked about how he thought the performance went, Joe Vine was full of enthusiasm. “Fun was had by all,” he said. “It wasn’t too hot and it wasn’t too cold.” Water sports are just about having fun, he said. “Being out with family and friends is the best thing about being on the water,” he said. Before, during and after the water show, booths from area businesses were set up throughout River Park. A band played on a stage set up near the basketball court. Among other things, people could get an airbrushed tat- too from Mister and Misses Twister, Tim and Natalie Roeschlaub of Anderson, buy a granite platter or vase from Frank Kobita of Granite Elegance, learn about Tehama County days past with the Genealogical and Historical Soci- ety or climb a rock wall supplied by Matt and Andrea Ivey of Adventure Recreation. venders set up on the grass including Jack the Ribber and Tango Tacos. The Red Bluff Union High School Class of 1957 hosted a booth as well and members were tickled by how much support they saw given Saturday, said class member Anne Read. Selling pieces of cake, cookies and other goodies, the group earned money for a scholarship and the McGlynn Pool. They earned nearly $500 Saturday that will be split evenly between the two charities, Read said. Class member Barbara Benefield made 97 pieces of cake, while another classmate made 12 dozen cookies for the event, Read said. However, they were still surprised at the amount of money they raised. “We never thought we’d get this much,” she said. The 2011 River Festival continued through Sunday with a fun run in the morning and a golf tournament. Organizers hope to make this an annual event. Centenarian dies after car crash into nursing home SAN JOSE (AP) — A 100-year-old woman on Sunday became the second person killed after a car driven by a 90- year-old woman slammed through the wall of a San Jose nursing home the previous morning, leaving five others injured, authorities said. Suzanne Infante died Sunday morning from injuries suf- fered in the crash at the Amberwood Gardens Skilled Nurs- ing and Rehabilitation Center, where she was a resident, the Santa Clara County coroner said. A second resident, 88-year-old Esther Bocanegra, also was killed when the car drove into a common room where residents were gathering for exercises. Two of the victims remained hospitalized Sunday, the San Jose Mercury News reported. Amberwood Director Stephen Hooker told the newspaper that their average age was around 85. Police have not released the names of the injured victims or details about their injuries. Sgt. Jason Dwyer said the indi- viduals’ ages made it difficult to characterize the seriousness of their conditions. ‘‘I can say the injuries appear to be non-life-threatening,’’ he told The Associated Press. ‘‘But what is considered life- threatening is different at this advanced age. It changes the rules a little bit.’’ The driver of the car, who has not been identified, was visiting a relative at the home, Dwyer said. He said he did not know what caused her to lose control of the vehicle, but said it’s a possibility she had mistaken the accelerator for the brake. The crash demolished a wall and a couple of large win- dows, Dwyer said. The 258-bed facility was evacuated for about an hour as fire officials inspected the damage, but the building was deemed structurally sound. Marvin Carnes passed away on June 22, 2011 at the age Daily News photo by Andrea Wagner Thomas and Courtney Fisher of Red Bluff took their dog “Kramer”to Bark in the Park in Corning Sat- urday to get him better associated with crowds and children. “Kramer” enjoyed dunking for tennis balls in a pool of water. The event offered raffles, a silent auction and animal-friendly booths and demonstrations to raise money and awareness of the Second Chance Pet Rescue organization. TRAIN (Continued from page 1A) counted for in the crash, but that the figure was ‘‘spongy’’ because some passengers may have gotten off the train before the crash or walked away from the scene without check- ing with officials. ‘‘This is not quite like you are used to when you get on an airplane. They record exactly who gets on, and what seat they sit in,’’ he said. ‘‘On a train, you can get off without necessarily being tracked.’’ Weener said investigators looking into the driver’s performance would meet with John Davis Trucking Co. on Tuesday and review the driver’s medical history, training and experi- ence. He also has said the driver’s professional commercial driving record ‘‘is an area we will be taking a very close look at.’’ The driver’s name has not been released. John Davis has 67 trucks and 130 drivers, who drove nearly 4 million miles within Nevada state lines in 2008, the most recent data available from a database of inspections and crashes involving large commercial vehicles kept by the Federal Motor Food treats and refreshments were supplied by local TALKS (Continued from page 1A) new authority to pass an on-time budget,’’ Sen. Mark Leno, a San Francis- co Democrat and chair- man of the Senate Budget Committee, said in an interview. ‘‘And then you also have a new governor, who is equally committed, given the majority party’s new authority, to make sure he abides by his con- stitutional requirement to sign a budget by July 1. ‘‘I remain confident we will have a budget signed by next Friday.’’ Gov. Jerry Brown was meeting with Democratic lawmakers over the week- end, and negotiations are expected to intensify as the start to the new fiscal year approaches. But strik- ing a deal that will satisfy the independently minded governor has proved diffi- cult. Earlier this month, Brown vetoed a spending plan approved by his fel- low Democrats in the state Senate and Assembly, say- ing it did not meet his test for a gimmick-free plan and that it relied too heav- ily on borrowing. The state controller, Democrat John Chiang, also said the budget plan was not suffi- ciently balanced enough to comply with Proposition 25. That decision halted lawmakers’ paychecks. Brown has been trying for six months to strike a deal with a handful of Republican lawmakers over his proposal to call a special election so voters could decide whether to extend a series of expiring tax increases. That includes additions to the Carrier Safety Administration. John Davis’ website describes it as a family-owned trucking compa- ny that owns more than 100 vehicles and a concrete plant, and specializes in hauling sand and gravel as well as ore to and from the local area mines. The company did not immediate- ly return a call or email seeking comment on Sunday. On Jan. 19, during a roadside inspection Nevada authorities found tires on one of the company’s trac- tor-trailers were so bald the threads were exposed, and ordered it to immediately be taken off the road because it was an imminent hazard to public safety, records show. In the last two years, Nevada authorities also cited the company for 16 other vehicle maintenance violations, including oil leaks and inoperative lamps, but no others were deemed sufficiently serious to order the vehicle off the road. Weener said the company had received seven violations since 2010. None of those violations per- tained to the truck involved in the Amtrak wreck about 70 miles east of Reno. On Feb. 3, 2010, the Nevada Highway Patrol reported a company tractor-trailer driver got in a crash in Washoe County that left one person injured, and either one or both of the vehicles was towed. On Oct. 29, 2009, crash reports show another company driver got in a wreck in Humboldt County, in which one or both of the vehicles had to be towed away. Overall, large-truck crashes in Nevada caused 199 injuries last year, but federal records don’t detail who was at fault. At a roadside inspection on Feb. 22, inspectors cited a John Davis dri- ver for failing to use a seat belt and for an equipment defect on the rig’s hydraulic brake system. In another on April 5, 2010, Nevada authorities cited another driver for lane restric- tion violations. The company also was cited for cargo violations that included pro- hibited hazardous material markings on packages one driver was carrying and labeling problems, the records show. Allen said it is not unusual for state public safety officials doing spot roadside inspections to take trucks out of service for unsafe dri- ving practices of discrepancies in travel logs. He said he wasn’t famil- iar with the trucking company’s record but said that ‘‘having just a couple of tickets, I don’t think is an alarming issue.’’ ‘‘The Legislature works in mysterious ways that have been developed through the years. All of that has been turned on its head.’’ — Assembly Majority Leader Charles Calderon, D-Whittier vehicle and sales taxes, as well as an increase to the personal income tax rate that expired in January. Lawmakers approved all three temporary increases in 2009. The increases to the sales and vehicle taxes that Democrats want to extend also are set to expire this week, adding to the sense of urgency in the Capitol. Any attempt to revive them afterward would be criticized as a tax hike rather than a renewal, making such a move polit- ically challenging. Brown, who promised during his campaign last year that he would not raises taxes without a vote of the people, wants the special election held in September. Under his pro- posal, the higher sales and vehicle taxes would be extended for five years, while the personal income tax increase would be renewed for four years. He needs two GOP votes in each house to get the measure on the ballot and has said he remains hopeful that he can strike a deal with enough Republi- can lawmakers to place the question before voters. The handful of Republi- cans who have been nego- tiating with him are push- ing for pension reforms and a state spending cap to be on the same ballot. In case he fails to get GOP support, Democrats in the state Legislature are pursuing a budget plan they can pass on a majori- ty vote, without Republi- cans. Democratic lawmak- ers and Brown already have cut the state’s origi- nal deficit by $11.4 bil- lion, primarily with spend- ing cuts. Brown met in person over the weekend with the Democratic leaders of both houses, Senate Presi- dent Pro Tem Darrell Steinberg, of Sacramento, and Assembly Speaker John Perez, of Los Ange- les. He was also ‘‘in con- versation’’ with Republi- cans, Brown spokesman Gil Duran said. Robin Swanson, a spokeswoman for Perez, said the Democrats made progress on Saturday ‘‘and are very optimistic about reaching a compromise.’’ She said a majority-vote budget was a viable option. Some Republicans are skeptical. ‘‘I think the Democrats are going to try to roll out another gimmick, another budget that’s loaded like a shell game, and Mr. Chi- ang is going to look at it and say that this doesn’t meet the criteria,’’ Assem- blyman Dan Logue, R- Linda, said in a telephone interview. Chiang predicted last week that his decision on the Democratic plan would lead to a balanced budget more quickly, along with the stick that voters approved with Proposition 25. ‘‘This is the first time it’s applied, and that’s fun- damentally changed things,’’ Chiang said in an interview with The Asso- ciated Press. ‘‘Part of the reason the budget didn’t balance is that they were engaged in some of the past practices that worked in earlier years but that do not work today under the new reality.’’ Leno noted that the controller’s review said the previous budget plan was $1.8 billion out of bal- ance in an $89 billion gen- eral fund spending plan — not such a huge hurdle despite the deep cuts to social services and other programs that Democrats already have agreed to — begrudgingly. Others were more pes- simistic about the chances for a resolution this week, despite the new dynamics. ‘‘The Legislature works in mysterious ways that have been developed through the years,’’ said Assembly Majority Leader Charles Calderon, D-Whittier. ‘‘All of that has been turned on its head.’’ Calderon expressed frustration over the gover- nor’s previous veto of a budget he said Brown’s staff helped craft and that he thought the governor had agreed to. ‘‘The ball’s in the gov- ernor’s court,’’ he said. ‘‘So it’ll move as fast or slow as he can make it move.’’