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Tuesday, July 12, 2011 – Daily News 7A Obituaries BRENDA LEE MARSHALL July 5, 2011. Born to Linton and Pauline Gordon on De- cember 6, 1942 in Corning, CA. She was a cashier at Flying J before recently retiring. She enjoyed gardening and being with family and friends. Predeceased by her husband Harry Marshall, and her parents. She is survived by son Dale Crites (Dianna) of Prineville, OR., daughter Dianna Knight (Jim) of Red Bluff, CA., son Ed Thomason (Karen) of Rochester, WA., brothers Art Gordon (Susie) and Joe Gordon (Linda) both of Corning, CA., and six grandchildren. Graveside services are 10am, Wednesday, July 13, 2011 at Sunset Hills Ceme- tery, Corning, CA. She will be missed. Brenda Lee Marshall, 68, of Corning, CA. passed away NEVEL MICHAEL BROWN 1948 - 2011 age of 63. "Mike", as he was known to family and friends, succumbed to cancer at David Grant Hospital, located in Fairfield, CA. He was born in San Diego, CA. on March 23, 1948 to Pauline Cox and Nevel Brown. A longtime resident of Red Bluff, Mike was employed at Hardrock Heavy Haul and later at Combined Transport as a truck driver, and Valley Paving and I-5 Tire. He also had worked at Tehama Tire for 13 years. Mike also had over 24 years of service in the military. He enjoyed spending time with his family, camping, and riding his Harley. Mike is survived by his wife of fifteen years Ann Marie Brown, children Scott Brown, Jason Brown, Tammy Neal, Larry Neal, ten grandchildren, one great grandchild, his mother Pauline Cox, stepbrother Raymond Mears, as well as a host of close family friends. A memorial service will be announced at a later date. Death Notices Eugene Burrill Eugene Burrill died Sunday, July 10, 2011, at his residence in Red Bluff. He was 90. Hoyt-Cole Chapel of the Flowers is handling the arrangements. Published Tuesday, July 12, 2011, in the Daily News, Red Bluff, Calif. Floyd Macias Floyd Macias died Saturday, July 9, 2011, at his res- idence in Red Bluff. He was 55. Hoyt-Cole Chapel of the Flowers is handling the arrangements. Published Tuesday, July 12, 2011, in the Daily News, Red Bluff, Calif. Gayle Leanne Wood Gayle Leanne Wood of Red Bluff died Tuesday, July 5, 2011, in Redding. She was 56. Hoyt-Cole Chapel of the Flowers is handling the arrangements. Published Tuesday, July 12, 2011, in the Daily News, Red Bluff, Calif. Semi truck burglarized An Oregon man suffered the loss of about $2,500 after his semi truck was burglarized Thursday on Barham Avenue. The driver, Gary Lofdahl, 57, of Salem, Ore., had parked the vehicle in the 5000 block of Barham Avenue in Corning. Lofdahl said he believes the incident took place between 9:30 a.m. and 10:30 p.m., a Tehama County Sheriff’s Department release said. Unknown suspects entered the cab of Lofdahl’s semi-truck and took a black credit card holder that had 25 miscellaneous credit cards and $2,500 in cash. The credit cards are valued at $25 and the black credit card holder is worth $5, for a total loss of $2,530. The suspects are unknown, but the investigation is on-going. Anyone with information is asked to contact the Tehama County Sheriff’s Department at 529-7900. —Julie Zeeb Betty Ford wanted talk of politics at funeral LOS ANGELES (AP) — Former first lady Betty Ford, always known for her take charge attitude, chose the people who will eulogize her and the subjects they would discuss, focusing on the power of friendship to mend political dif- ferences even in these hyper-partisan times. Ford, who died on Friday at 93, chose former first lady Rosalynn Carter and journalist Cokie Roberts from the political realm and a for- mer director of her Betty Ford Center to address her passion for helping others overcome substance and alcohol abuse. First lady Michelle Obama will also be attending along with former first ladies, Nancy Reagan and Hillary Rodham Clinton. Roberts, a commentator on National Public Radio and member of a noted political family, said Ford asked her five years ago to talk about a time in Washington when Democrats and Republicans were friends and partisan poli- tics did not paralyze government. Ford’s instructions for her eulogy pointed to the strong friendship that developed when her husband, Republican Gerald R. Ford, was House minority leader and Roberts’ father, Democratic Congressman Hale Boggs, was majority leader. ‘‘Mrs. Ford was very clear about what she wanted me to say,’’ Roberts said. “She wanted me to talk about Washing- ton the way it used to be. She knew there were people back then who were wildly partisan, but not as many as today. ‘‘They were friends and that was what made government possible,’’ said Roberts, adding that the topic seems particu- larly appropriate this week when the two parties are divided over dealing with the debt ceiling. Another speaker at Tuesday’s funeral in Palm Desert who is symbolic of the bipartisan past will be Mrs. Carter. She and President Jimmy Carter became close friends with the Fords after Carter defeated Gerald Ford for the presidency in 1976. Nevel Michael Brown died Friday, July 1, 2011 at the BART station closed down in protest over shooting SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Authorities have closed down a San Francis- co train station where demonstrators gathered to condemn last week’s fatal shooting of a man by transit police during a confronta- tion. About 100 protesters came together Monday afternoon on the same plat- form at the Civic Center/UN Plaza station where 45-year- old Charles Hill was shot dead by Bay Area Rapid Transit police July 3. Two officers responded to a call reporting a ‘‘wobbly drunk’’ on the platform. The officers reported shooting the man in the torso when officials say he came at them with a knife The protesters called for the BART police depart- ment to be disbanded, citing the fatal shooting of unarmed black passenger Oscar Grant by a white offi- cer on New Year’s Day 2009. BART officials said the station would be closed indefinitely. House race rattled by death of candidate’s mom LOS ANGELES (AP) — Democrat Janice Hahn’s campaign says plans to get voters to the polls Tuesday won’t be affected by the death of the candidate’s mother. Hahn is in a combative U.S. House contest with Republican Craig Huey in the 36th District, and she was planning a hectic final day of campaigning Mon- day. But she abruptly sus- pended her schedule to join her grieving family. Hahn and her brother, former Los Angeles Mayor James Hahn, said in a state- ment they were devastated by the death of 86-year-old Ramona Hahn. The unexpected death saddened campaign staffers, who were adjusting the can- didate’s election-day sched- ule around time she would need with her family. But they insisted the campaign’s long-set plans to get voters to the polls Tues- day would not be slowed. Man held in Picasso theft to plead not guilty SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The attorney for a New Jersey man accused of snatching a Picasso drawing off the wall of a San Fran- Daily News photo by Julie Zeeb Firefighters work to contain a fire on the 20700 block of Lopeman Drive , Monday afternoon. STATE BRIEFING cisco art gallery says his client will plead not guilty. Mark Lugo appeared in court Monday for the first time since his arrest last week on suspicion of steal- ing the 1965 sketch, which was on sale at the Weinstein Gallery for more than $200,000. The San Francisco Chronicle reports that a judge agreed to a request from Lugo’s attorney, Dou- glas Horngrad, to postpone his arraignment until Friday. Horngrad said he wants Lugo’s $5 million bail reduced. The 30-year-old somme- lier from Hoboken, N.J., is charged with grand theft, possession of stolen proper- ty and second-degree bur- glary. Police on Wednesday arrested Lugo in Napa, where they found the undamaged drawing stripped from its frame. Girl dies at sleepover after drinking spiked soda SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Alcohol was a like- ly factor in the death of a 14- year-old Northern California girl after she and three friends apparently drank vodka mixed with soda dur- ing a weekend sleepover, authorities said Monday. Paramedics found Takei- mi Rao of Santa Rosa dead in her bedroom around 9 a.m. Sunday. Her parents could not be immediately reached for comment. The girl, who was enter- ing ninth grade in the fall, was hosting a sleepover Sat- urday night, Sonoma Coun- ty sheriff’s Lt. Dennis O’Leary said. He said Rao apparently took a bottle of vodka from the kitchen cab- inet and likely poured it into an empty plastic water bot- tle. O’Leary thinks the girls, all 14, may have been mix- ing the liquor with soda. ‘‘We believe they were drinking alcohol,’’ O’Leary said. ‘‘Right now we are investigating the death as suspicious, but we think it may be accidental.’’ O’Leary said results from an autopsy being per- formed Monday and toxi- cology tests could take up to two weeks. Rao’s mother told authorities she woke up early Sunday and saw two of the girls throwing up. They told her they were suf- fering from food poisoning from dinner earlier as she helped clean them up and put them back to bed. The mother woke up about an hour later when her daughter and another girl began vomiting. Hours later, two of the girls had already been picked up by their par- ents and a third was in the shower when Rao’s parents tried waking their daughter. O’Leary said criminal charges against Rao’s par- ents are unlikely. Rao’s friends later told investigators the girl had passed around a soda that had tasted strange, but they said they didn’t know what was in it. Authorities advised the girls’ parents to take them to a hospital as a precaution. ‘‘Obviously, parents need to talk with their kids and discuss the dangers of con- suming alcohol and main- tain an open line of commu- nication,’’ O’Leary said. Bill seeks to ban pension- spiking in counties SACRAMENTO (AP) — Legislation designed to keep county government employees from inflating their pensions cleared the state Senate on Monday, one of a pair of bills designed to rein in the worst public worker abuses. The bill prohibits county workers from using raises or bonuses awarded toward the end of their careers, as well as unused vacation and sick leave, to increase their retire- ment payouts. It also would outlaw what has become known as double dipping. That’s when an employee retires but quickly returns to a govern- ment job on a contract or part-time basis, collecting both a paycheck and a pen- sion. Retirees would have to wait six months before tak- ing another government job if the bill becomes law. ‘‘Some of the public employees have taken advantage of this situation to include items in their com- pensation that spiked their final compensation to create vastly increased pension paychecks for themselves,’’ said Sen. Gloria Negrete McLeod, D-Chino, who carried the bill in the Senate. The bill, AB340, passed on a 35-0 vote without debate. It now returns to the Assembly so members there can vote on Senate amend- ments. 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Lawmakers seek more money for train crash victims WASHINGTON (AP) — Members of California’s congressional delegation are calling on a French compa- ny to set aside substantially more money to compensate victims of a 2008 commuter train crash in Los Angeles County. The 17 lawmakers argue that medical bills, lost income and other damages are sure to exceed the $200 million that was paid by the company, Veolia Environ- ment, as well as Metrolink, which operates commuter rail service in Southern Cal- ifornia. That amount equals the liability cap that Con- gress established for rail accidents. Veolia is a com- pany whose subsidiary employed the engineer cited by federal officials as responsible for the crash. Federal safety officials said the train engineer failed to comply with a red signal at about the same time he was sending a text message. The train ended up colliding with a Union Pacific freight train near Chatsworth, Calif. It was the worst train acci- dent in state history as 25 were killed and more than 100 injured. Ruth Otte, a spokes- woman for Veolia said the chairman of the company’s board had not yet seen the letter, so she did not have an immediate response Mon- day.