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Today'swebbonus NFL roster cuts. redbluffdailynews.com FOOTBALL Spartanscrush CV in season opener Sports B1 AVERY VILCHE Bringing home the medal from Alaska Community A3 FORECAST High:99 Low: 62 B8 Grow?Ranchorride? Readaboutlocalandnational Ag, rural, ranch and rodeo news and commentary. VISIT REDBLUFFDAILYNEWS.COM/ RODEO DOYOU RODEO? By Rich Greene rgreene@redbluffdailynews.com @richgreenenews on Twitter RED BLUFF Tehama County may yet receive the $20 million it needs to fund the construction of a new criminal justice facility. A month ago officials wrote a letter to the Board of State and Community Corrections saying the county would turn down a $6.5 million awarded grant to ex- pand the county's jail and build a permanent Probation Depart- ment Adult Day Reporting Cen- ter because it wasn't enough to fund the full construction. On Tuesday the Board of Super- visors, acting on an urgency off- agenda item, adopted a resolution rescinding that letter. County Chief Administrator Bill Goodwin said he received a CRIMINAL JUSTICE Newfunding opportunity for jail expansion By Andre Byik abyik@redbluffdailynews.com @andrebyik on Twitter RED BLUFF The Red Bluff man who had been charged with murder stemming from the 2013 Mother's Day death of a near-8- month-old boy pleaded no con- test to lesser charges on Friday, according to online court records. Brandon Eric- son Branscombe pleaded no con- test to charges of voluntary man- slaughter, child abuse and assault with a deadly weapon along with special allegations of causing great bodily injury stemming from the death of Dylan Miller. A probation and sentencing hearing is scheduled for Oct. 14 at Tehama County Superior Court, according to online court records. Authorities on May 12, 2013 re- MOTHER'S DAY DEATH Ma n pl ea ds no contest cha rg es i n baby's death By Andre Byik abyik@redbluffdailynews.com @andrebyik on Twitter RED BLUFF The Red Bluff City Council tonight will consider re- storing the 50 percent funding cut it made to the Red Bluff-Tehama County Chamber of Commerce earlier this year. Council members will consider amending the city's agreement with the chamber that would "double the payment due to the chamber this fiscal year," accord- ing to the City Council's agenda. The extra payment would amount to $35,000, bringing the city's to- tal allocation to the chamber to $70,000. The City Council on May 6 ad- opted a budget that cut the city's allocation to the chamber from $70,000 to $35,000. It was one of a series of cuts council members said were made to finish the fiscal year with $500,000 in the city's general fund. The cut in funding drew crit- icism from some who said the city misuses the revenue from the Transient Occupancy Tax, which was said to be earmarked to pro- mote tourism. Others further said they could not support a proposed tempo- rary quarter-cent sales tax in- crease that is backed by council members who say the increased revenue would go toward public safety and parks and recreation funding. Voters will decide on the tax increase in November. If the City Council decides to double the chamber's funding this year, the extra $35,000 would come from the city's general fund, which would be projected to have a balance of $969,657 at the end of the fiscal year next June. Sandy Ryan, the city's finance director, told the City Council at its meeting Aug. 19 that the pre- liminary estimate for the city's general fund balance at the end of next June has increased from $516,801 to $1,016,657. The increase is due to "in- creases in the estimated revenue of the city's main funding sources and lower than estimated person- nel costs due to frugal spending," according to Ryan's report to the CHAMBER OF COMMERCE Councillookstorestorefunds Managementraisesalsoonagenda Comics ............B3 Community.....A3 Health..............A4 Lifestyles........A5 Opinion............A6 Sports.............. B1 Index............... ## INDEX While attending a cooking class at the business Cook, I found out about a local gold mine here in town. PAGE A3 FAYDRA RECTOR Wholesome Goods, you matter 7th Annual Par Fore the Cause Golf Tournament at Sevillano Links at Rolling Hills Casino set for Sept. 19. PAGE A5 FUNDRAISER Golf tournament to benefit local hospital Rebels' decision to seek autonomy instead of full inde- pendence reveals Moscow's desire to strike deal. PAGE B5 UKRAINE Pro-Russian rebels lower demands in talks "America deserves a raise," Obama says in political pitch, claiming minimum wage hike will boost economy. PAGE B4 LABOR DAY Obama calls for higher wages for workers On August 27, 1909, Wil- liam Howard Taft was presi- dent, "Shine on Harvest Moon" was playing on everyone's ra- dio, and Irma Lucille Franklin was born in the small farming town of Cisne in southern Il- linois. Lucille recently celebrated her 105th birthday surrounded by family and friends at Red Bluff Health Care, where she has lived for the past few years. Lucille, she never went by Irma, credits her long and happy life to the fact that she lived by the "early to bed, early to rise" rule. It also helps that she comes from a family of longevity; both her parents lived to be quite old. As a life-long Baptist she credits the happiness in her life to Jesus. In her soft-spoken way, Lucille loves to recall the time when she was a little girl and motor-cars were be- coming more and more fre- quent on the roads. Like most folks, her family still rode to town in a horse drawn buggy. Horses didn't like the cars; it spooked them so much they were known to take off across a field with buggy in tow. So whenever her father knew a car was approaching, he would pull over, take his coat off and cover the horse's head until the car passed by. Lucille was the oldest of seven children; two of her sisters, Dorothy Drake and Norma Villanueva live in the area and visit her regularly. Her first job was in a shoe factory, and then in a gar- ment factory, but as a natural caregiver she soon found her calling as a practical nurse. It turned out to be a good choice. Not long after accept- ing a position on a ranch as a caregiver for an ailing aunt, she met, fell in love with and married Frank Anderson — one of the rancher's sons — in 1932. Lucille and Frank moved out west in 1975 to Sacramento to work on an egg ranch be- longing to her nephew Chuck and his wife Aliece Franklin. In 1979 Frank passed away, but Lucille stayed on at the ranch. In the early 1990s the family's egg ranch business moved to Butte County, the ranch moved again in 2005 when it ended up in Tehama County. Lucille and Frank had one son, Darrell Anderson, who lives in Sagle, Idaho, and four grandchildren. She has no great grandchildren of her own, but having lived amongst family on the egg ranch for so many years, she considers her- self a grandmother to all of them. Falling in love again in her 80s, she married Chet Hamil- ton. It was a brief marriage, as she became a widow again af- ter only two years. At 105 she still has an amaz- ing memory and is on no med- ication. Although her hearing is a bit impaired and her mo- bility is limited, her faith is strong. She may just be Te- hama County's oldest living resident. 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