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Thursday, July 14, 2011 – Daily News 7A Obituaries CHESTER DALE BORROR Chester Dale Borror was born in Corning, September 22, 1957 and died July 12,2011 at his home on Tehama Angus Ranch in Gerber,CA. He was educated in Gerber, Red Bluff and U.C., Davis. Upon graduation he worked for Kraft Foods in Chicago, Illinois in food engineering. He enjoyed working with his hands, constructing stone walls at the Chalk Mountain Ranch in Bridgeville, CA, and building his home on Holmes Road. He enjoyed designing and building many ranch signs and gates, building firewood processing ma- chinery, and designing and building furniture. Chet de- veloped a special bond with animals under duress - pro- viding a home for stray dogs and working and providing support for Safe Haven Horse Rescue. He is survived by his special friend Catherine Cadieux, his parents Bill and Sandy Borror of Tehama, brother Ke- vin (Linda) and Eric of Gerber, brother Aaron (Rebecca) of Terrebonne, OR and sister Alda of Miyazaki, Japan and nieces Callie Borror, Rochelle Borror and nephew Bryce Borror. A celebration of his life will be held on Saturday, July 23rd, at noon with a potluck at the ranch. Chet would re- quest any gifts be made to Safe Haven Horse Rescue. Death Notices Frank Angelo Frank Angelo of Red Bluff died Wednesday, July 13, 2011 at St. Elizabeth Community Hospital. He was 81. Hoyt-Cole Chapel of the Flowers is handling the arrangements. Published Thursday, July 14, 2011, in the Daily News, Red Bluff, Calif. Clifton Hopper Clifton Hopper formerly of Red Bluff died Tuesday, July 12, 2011, in Placerville. He was 90. Hoyt-Cole Chapel of the Flowers is handling the arrangements. Published Thursday, July 14, 2011, in the Daily News, Red Bluff, Calif. SCHOOL Continued from page 1A parents, you and your children’s education are our top priorities,’’ Huff said. Dozens of parents joined the education groups to address the board, most of them calling for quick approval of the third version of the so-called ‘‘parent- trigger’’ rules. ‘‘Without clear regulations, we can’t use this power,’’ said Casondra Perry of Los Angeles. Her 8- year-old son will start the fourth grade this year as a gifted student in one of the lowest-performing schools in the Los Angeles Unified School District. The rules and the larger push for parent power have been controversial, with California’s struggles to implement the parent trigger affecting the debate in other states. A petition to convert a Compton Unified School Dis- trict elementary school into a charter school was reject- ed by the district, at least in part because of questions about whether it complied with state regulations, and wound up in court. Last week, four parents from around the state filed an ethics complaint against state Board of Education member Patricia Rucker, saying she has previously worked on behalf of the California Teachers Associa- tion union and should not vote on the issue. Rucker voted in favor of the revised rules on Wednesday. Afterward, she said the petition against her con- tained inaccurate information, she has no conflict of interest and she has never expressed an opinion on the parent-trigger rules. Still, teachers unions remain a factor in the debate over the regulations. CTA representative Ken Burt raised questions at the meeting about whether the parent empowerment law was in conflict with the state’s law on charter schools, which operate within public school systems but are exempt from many of the rules and procedures that govern other schools in a district. The CTA also had been pushing to change the regu- lations to give teachers a chance to block certain reforms that would cost them their jobs. Those changes were not included in the regulations approved Wednesday. ‘‘This is the parent-trigger law; this is not the parent- go-get-a-permission-slip-from-the-teacher law,’’ Romero told the board. Board president Michael Kirst agreed. ‘‘It’s called a parent empowerment act, not a teacher empowerment act, for a reason,’’ Kirst said. Parents and politicians alike praised the decision. ‘‘The parent trigger will allow us to determine what we want for our children,’’ Perry said after the vote. She said the charter school question raised by the CTA wasn’t a factor at her son’s school because parents there don’t want to make the campus into a charter school. Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa said in a prepared statement, ‘‘I hope to see more parents throughout Los Angeles and California take action to set higher standards for our students and achieve better results for our neighborhood schools.’’ PATH Continued from page 1A sion, the initial response was the state probably would not grant another site transfer and extension, Thurmond said. The state has not dealt with this kind of situation before, so it is important that PATH make a good case when request- ing the second transfer. The best thing to do would be to move forward and finalize all the plans for the shelter at the new site before going to the grant administration again. “If we present anything to the state we want to pre- sent our best,” Thurmond said. “We want to be able to tell them we’re ready at the new site.” The site will have to be LOGO Continued from page 1A “We like the logo and would like to see it used for marketing,” said Chamber Manager Valanne Carde- nas. Fellow chamber members Paulyne White and Willie Smith added their approval. “This is an opportunity for brand- ing without a cost to us,” said Mayor Gary Strack. “We appreciate Dewey Lucero coming and presenting to us and his enthusiasm that keeps us going forward. There is a cost to this and Lucero Olive Oil has spent quite a bit of their own money on this and we appreciate it.” The company spent several thou- sand dollars on the logo, Lucero said. “We want to get people off the freeway and spending money in Corning,” Lucero said. “We realized in order for Lucero Olive Oil to be successful we need to help Corning be successful. We started with a logo because if we don’t have the same look, people don’t have direc- tion and it confuses the people visit- ing.” The logo costs the city nothing and is meant to be a gift for the city to use as it sees fit, Lucero said. “We see this working alongside the Roger Brooks project,” Lucero said. “Yes, marketing takes money but there’s a lot that can be done for MISS Continued from page 1A Floriculture Building to celebrate DeFonte’s accomplishment, however, she will be unable to attend, Akers said. DeFonte will be at Cal- Expo in Sacramento, where she will participate in the opening day of the State Fair. As a part of winning her title, DeFonte will receive a $750 scholarship. “I want to do what I can to get the best education available,” DeFonte said. “That’s part of why I par- ticipate.” The 19-year-old is study- ing at Shasta College and will soon be transferring to Yuba City College to partic- SACRAMENTO (AP) — California’s state trea- surer said Wednesday that he’s preparing contin- gency plans to borrow as much as $5 billion for the state in case the federal government misses its Aug. 2 deadline to raise the nation’s debt ceiling. The state was prepar- ing to take out short-term loans to cover day-to-day state operating expenses if the federal government begins to run out of money to pay its bills, Treasurer Bill Lockyer told the Sacramento Press Club. ‘‘We’re hoping to do our borrowing before Aug. 2,’’ he said. Lockyer, a Democrat, one that is already in the M-2 light industrial zone because the deadline will not allow for enough time to get another petition to rezone approved or apply for a use permit. Areas available in that zone include four parcels on Reeds Avenue behind Raley’s and properties on Hess Road and Minch Road. There are toxins on the Reeds Avenue property, and the owners are not willing to sell. Neither is the owner of the Hess Road property, PATH President Allene Dering said. “Everybody can scratch Hess Road off the list,” Dering said. “It’s not for sale.” There were suggestions of picking a site in the county and where those sites are, but the general consensus was returning to the Minch Road site is probably the best choice. The issue there is the cost of connecting to the city sewer and water sys- tem. PATH originally left that site because it has not been able to find the own- ers of an adjacent site to get an easement for the sewer and water lines. Without the easement, the lines would have to be connected through a dif- ferent route that would cost about $500,000. To avoid that cost, PATH will look into build- ing a septic sewer system and putting in a water well. Project Manager E.C. Ross said he has been dis- free like putting things on Facebook or a website. This logo is meant to be something that’s used by the city alongside the city seal. Not to replace it.” One complaint lodged by resi- dent Danny Dunnegan was over the color. He asked that the logo feature black olives. He suggested some- thing visual with fewer words to stand out from all the other bill- boards on the freeway. The only other objection was that announced at the meeting by Strack on behalf of Kathy Schmitz. “Before we get started in discus- sion, Kathy Schmitz from the brand- ing group called and said they would prefer we put off this deci- sion,” Strack said. “That’s just their input into this that she wanted me to announce.” City Manager Steve Kimbrough said moving forward with the logo was not something that conflicted with the Tehama County Branding Project. “We’re not branding Tehama County,” Kimbrough said. “What we’re doing is consistent with Roger’s work. We just happen to be moving forward faster. The whole idea is it goes into a county-wide theme. I don’t think it hurts them to move forward.” Lucero said the whole idea of branding is to have a theme that is “something that says I’m here in Corning or I’m going to come back because of what I saw.” What he cussing the option with several people and is working on getting a cost estimate. Other ideas and con- cerns brought up at the meeting include fundrais- ing efforts, looking for other grants and working with the city to waive some development requirements. PATH will be creating a Shelter Advisory Commit- tee to help its board with accomplishing the task of getting the shelter built and establishing programs and policies for the shelter. The group will meet again July 26. ——— Tang Lor can be reached at 527-2153, Ext. 110 or by e-mail at tlor@redbluffdailynews.co m. presented was really more of an idea since Corning is still in the concept stage. “To make this work we need an organization like the city who would say this is the standard,” Kimbrough said. “We need to have some kind of continuity and theme.” Councilman John Leach said he liked the idea of having a marketing logo and the logo itself. Councilwoman Darlene Dickison questioned the cost of putting in the logo. Strack said adopting the logo did not mean it necessarily had to hap- pen now, but would be put in place as things were replaced. Existing stationary could be used for within the city and stationary with the new logo for official busi- ness or out of the area, for example. The city has approved replacing some city vehicles. Since the city has to paint a logo on them anyway, it could paint the new one, Council- woman Toni Parkins said. Lucero said he would e-mail the logo out to businesses and put them on CDs. Copies of the new logo will be available from the city or cham- ber. The Corning City Council meets the second and fourth Tuesdays of the month at City Hall, 794 Third St. Meeting minutes and agendas are available at www.corning.org. ——— Julie Zeeb can be reached at 527-2153, extension 115 or jzeeb@redbluffdailynews.com. ipate in a two-year certificate in radiology. She is hoping to go into sonography. DeFonte has received a certificate of recognition from Assemblyman Jim Nielsen along with her awards received in compe- tition. She was given the Victory Award and the Olgalydia Soria Urbano Talent Award of Excel- lence in the stage arts part The state typically bor- rows money in late sum- mer to pay operating expenses until most income tax receipts arrive in the spring. If the state borrows the money early, California would repay it using routine borrowing notes. said he’s prepared to act in case talks between Republicans and Democ- rats in Washington, D.C., remain at an impasse. That could force the fed- eral government to default on loan obligations and shortchange states on health care and education Moody’s Investors Ser- vice threatened to lower the federal government’s triple-A bond rating, cit- ing a small but rising risk that the government will default on its debt. A downgrade would raise interest rates on U.S. trea- sury bonds, increasing the interest paid by U.S. tax- payers. Lockyer warned that a federal downgrade would negatively affect state and local government borrow- ing costs because some states’ rates are linked to Treasury rates. ‘‘The ripple effects on state and local finance for the whole country are very substantial,’’ Locky- er said. ‘‘Hopefully, they’re going to reach some reasonable accord that won’t cause federal defaults, but every state and local government in the country, certainly including California, will have additional difficul- of the competition. For more information on the Youth Focus com- petition visit www.youth- focus.org. For information on the Miss Tehama County program call Akers at 736-1702. ——— Julie Zeeb can be reached at 527-2153, exten- sion 115 or jzeeb@redbluff- dailynews.com. 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