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Thursday, August 4, 2011 – Daily News 5A Obituaries ROGER BERT TAYLOR of 74 in Chico, CA. He was born on March 3, 1937 in Grand Forks, ND to his parents Bert and Edna Taylor. He was a long time resident of Tehama County for over Roger Taylor passed away on August 2, 2011 at the age 30 years and had his own drywall construction company where he worked as a contractor for 30 years. Roger was well loved and liked by all he knew, he spent lots of time at the Chico Sports Club where he did aerobics and made many friends. Roger is predeceased by his parents, and sister Barbara. He is survived by his loving wife Margaret; son, Kevin; daughter Erin Trafton; brother Richard Taylor; 11 grand children; 8 great grandchildren; and the family pet, cat; Si- mon. Roger wishes are that no services are to be held. In lieu of flowers donations may be made to the St. Jude Children’s Hospital in care of Newton-Bracewell Funeral Homes. You may share your thoughts and memories of Roger online at nbcfh.com TOT Continued from page 1A ity, but what they did was make another counterpro- posal.” He has already seen what was presented Tuesday to the full council during bud- get meetings with the cham- ber, Brown said. Those budget meetings, which were held after the council had already adopted the cap in June, were made “just to be nice,” Brown said. “That’s all it was. We were just trying to have an open line of communication and make sure there was nothing we missed. Unless the council comes up with something else for the Bud- get Committee to do its already been approved.” Chamber chairman Greg Stevens said Wednesday the intent of the presentation was to give the full council, not just the Budget Committee, an opportunity to see the chamber’s point of view on the cap. He was not aware the council had already approved the cap. During the presentation, Stevens said the relationship between the city and the chamber has in the past been mutual, but over the past years the tone has apparently changed. There is an agree- ment in place stating the two groups would work together mutually, but he does not know if the city is still hon- oring that agreement. “In my last meeting with the City Manager, Mr. Nichols said he did not intend to be insulting, but without a document clearly defining for the city what ‘it gets for its money,’ how can the chamber be seen as any- thing other than a charity,” Stevens said. The chamber is not ask- ing the city for more. It’s just asking that the funding is The 13th Annual Ocean and Coastal Amateur Pho- tography Contest, sponsored by Thank You Ocean Cam- paign, the California Coastal Commission, and Fairmont Hotels & Resorts of Califor- nia is accepting entries. The contest pays tribute to California's spectacular coast and ocean. 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Winners will select from the following donated prizes: • An overnight stay in Sonoma County with break- fast for two, courtesy of The Fairmont Sonoma Mission Inn & Spa. • A one-night weekend stay in Orange County with valet parking, courtesy of the Fairmont Newport Beach hotel. • An overnight stay in unchanged, he said. “Our recommendation would be that the council put the shortsighted idea for a percentage cap on city sup- port of its chamber of com- merce in the dumpster where it belongs,” Stevens said. In providing a historical perspective, chamber past president and treasurer Rich Mehling mentioned a 1988 ballot measure seeking to continue a 2 percent TOT increase the city implement- ed in 1986. The ballot measure states the increase is “for the pur- pose of providing funds for the continued promotion of Red Bluff tourism.” The city came to the chamber for help in getting voters to pass the measure, Mehling said. The chamber helped push the measure in exchange for the 2 percent increase to go toward pro- moting tourism. “That’s what the city put on (the ballot) and sold to the voters, that 2 percent was going to go to tourism,” he said. Mehling mentioned a number of examples in which the chamber has been a good partner, including not asking the city to repay a loan that the city borrowed in 2004 to pay the Department of Motor Vehicles. The chamber continues to be a good partner and would like a good relationship, but the city implementing a cap does not show support for local businesses. The city is essentially telling businesses, “it’s fine that you give us your sales tax, TOT ... but we’re not interested in helping grow the chamber, which in turn helps businesses,” Mehling said. ——— Tang Lor can be reached at 527-2153, Ext. 110 or by e- mail at tlor@redbluffdai- lynews.com. 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Scientists study gray whale stuck Body found in Black Butte Reservoir By JULIE ZEEB DN Staff Writer The body of an Orland man who had been missing since Sunday in the waters of the Black Butte Reservoir may have been discovered on Wednes- day. About 8 a.m. Wednesday, a body believed to be that of 34-year-old Luis Salgado-Tenorio, was removed from the waters of Black Butte Reservoir by members of the Glenn County Sher- iff’s Boating Enforcement Unit with members of the Sheriff’s Dive Team on board. The body had surfaced and been spotted at about 6:30 a.m. The remains were about 100 yards off shore, which was in the general area Salgado-Teno- rio had gone missing on Sunday. The depth of the water in the area was about 26-feet and family members were on shore and were aware of the recovery, a Glenn County Sheriff’s Office release said. The remains were taken to an Orland mortuary and an autopsy will be scheduled to determine the exact cause of death. Salgado-Tenorio is said to have been a good swimmer and investigat- ing deputies were told by Salgado- Tenorio’s friends that he was a former cliff diver, however, that information has not yet been confirmed by investi- gators, the release said. Sheriff’s divers and patrol boats, along with aircraft provided by the Cal- ifornia Highway Patrol had been searching for Salgado-Tenorio’s since he first went missing. Riverside. Affected retailers include WinCo, Food 4 Less and Foods Co. A Tehama County Sheriff’s Depart- ment log at 6:18 p.m. Sunday, shows a request by the Glenn County Sheriff’s Department for the Tehama County Sheriff’s Deputies to be-on-the-look- out for a woman on a white boat with blue stripes who had reported a drown- ing. At 6:31 p.m., a request for a Tehama County Sheriff’s boating unit to assist in searching for the victim, who was believed to be within a half mile of the shore near the Orland Buttes Camp- ground, was made. The search was suspended just before 8:30 p.m., logs show. ——— Julie Zeeb can be reached at 527- 2153, extension 115 or jzeeb@redbluffdailynews.com. STATE BRIEFING State food Klamath KLAMATH (AP) — Scientists on Wednesday tried to collect gas samples from the blowhole of a 45- foot gray whale stranded in the Klamath River in North- ern California. The researchers used a funnel on a long pole to cap- ture the samples, which can tell them about the whale’s nutritional state, stress level and disease. The whale remained upstream after weeks spent trying to drive it from the river, said Sarah Wilkin, a coordinator with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Association. The mother gray whale and her 15-foot calf entered the river in late June during their northward journey from breeding ground in Baja California to Alaska. The rescue team spotted what they believed to be the calf swimming to sea on July 23, and scientists said the calf was mature enough to sur- vive its journey to Alaska. The mother whale was still in good condition Wednesday, Wilkin said, but researchers are concerned she won’t get enough food in the fresh water. So far the whale rescue team has tried playing killer whale sounds through speakers mounted on a boat in an effort to drive the 40-ton mammal back toward the Pacific Ocean. As of now, those efforts have stopped and the rescue team is focusing on the whale’s health. In addition to concerns about food, sci- entists are studying the whale’s skin closely each day, watching for signs of deterioration from the fresh- water environment. The whale has become something of a celebrity in the area, drawing crowds and traffic to a bridge span- ning the Klamath in hopes of catching a glimpse of the behemoth. The California Highway Patrol has begun urging people to avoid the bridge, assigning two offi- cers to the span each day to help with crowds. Ground turkey recall under way LOS ANGELES (AP) — Recalls of tainted ground turkey meat are getting under way in California, where one person has died in a national outbreak of sal- monella illnesses that has sickened at least 76 people. California Department of Public Health spokesman Mike Sicilia said Wednes- day that tainted turkey meat from food manufacturing giant Cargill is known to have been sold here under the brand names of Kroger, Honeysuckle White and safety chief Pat Kennelly urges Californians to check refrigerators and freezers and dispose of any tainted turkey in a sanitary fashion. Lawmaker seeks changes after Dugard SACRAMENTO (AP) — A state senator said Wednesday he wants to change California law so prisoners like the sex offend- er who was paroled before taking Jaycee Dugard cap- tive for 18 years would have a tougher time getting out of prison. The proposal by Sen. Ted Gaines aims to undo a 2008 California Supreme ruling that requires the parole board to consider more than the original crime when deciding whether a prisoner is released. Gaines and El Dorado County District Attorney Vern Pierson said the board currently pays too much attention to mental health evaluations, and inmates like Phillip Garrido can fool psy- chiatrists. Garrido was on parole after serving time for rape when he kidnapped Dugard in 1991. ‘‘Release is the rule rather than the exception’’ under the state Supreme Court ruling, Pierson said at a public hearing at the state Capitol. ‘‘The burden has shifted.’’ Gaines, a Republican who represents the South Lake Tahoe area where Dugard was abducted, said the board has granted parole to more than 1,300 prisoners serving life terms since the high court ruling. That amounts to 42 percent of all paroles granted to life-term inmates since 1978. Garrido pleaded guilty to kidnapping and raping Dugard while she was locked in a backyard com- pound at his home in the Northern California city of Antioch. The judge, however, made sure he won’t be paroled again by sentencing Garrido in June to 431 years to life in prison. His wife, Nancy Garrido, was sen- tenced to 36 years to life after acknowledging she aided the crime. Harriet Salarno, chair- woman of Crime Victims United of California, believes that even Garrido could be deemed unlikely to commit new crimes if he ever did come up for parole. As recently as June, El Dorado County probation officers had determined he was a low-to-moderate risk as a future sexual predator. ‘‘This (court ruling) should be overturned. Phillip Garrido is a perfect example of this,’’ Salarno said at the hearing. Her orga- nization receives much of its funding from the union that represents state prison guards. Pierson recommended the legal change in a report released Tuesday that had additional revelations about law enforcement failures to monitor Garrido. Gaines plans to introduce his bill this month and is seeking bipartisan support to pass a bill before the Legis- lature adjourns next month. Striping divides bikers, pedestrians on GG Bridge SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Golden Gate Bridge officials have skirted a smashup over proposed bicycle speed limits by putting up new signs and creating separate lanes across the famous span to keep the peace between pedestrians and cyclists forced to share the bridge’s one remaining open side- walk. Beginning this week, the new signs on lamp posts and yellow road striping split the east sidewalk into one lane for pedestrians and another for bikers. The west side- walk, which was used exclu- sively by bicyclists during certain hours, was closed in May for seismic retrofit work. Bridge district spokes- woman Mary Currie told the Marin Independent Journal (http://bit.ly/neY4Fo ) the weekends have been partic- ularly congested and prompted complaints from bikers and pedestrians. The goal is to get cycle and foot traffic moving more smoothly and, so far, most people appear to be follow- ing the new sidewalk sym- bols, she said. Bicycle activists have been happy with the approach. ‘‘We appreciate these efforts to help bridge users share the limited space avail- able to them,’’ said Kim Baenisch, executive director of the Marin County Bicycle Coalition, which had opposed the speed limits. Hundreds of commuters, residents and tourists ride the bridge’s stately span each day, and occasionally there is a wreck when bikers run into one another or col- lide with tourists drinking in the views. In April, bridge officials proposed speed limits as a way to reduce the accident rate on San Francisco’s sig- nature landmark, and floated an initial plan that would have hit riders with a $100 fine if they didn’t slow to 5 mph around the bridge’s iron towers, or 10 mph along the bulk of the 1.2-mile span. There is currently no speed limit, and authorities say some riders have been clocked going more than 20 mph. But after groups of ped- allers raised sharp critiques, the bridge’s board of direc- tors postponed a vote on the limits to allow public debate. This week, bridge officials said the idea is still undergo- ing evaluation and has not yet been scheduled for fur- ther discussion. The Golden Gate Bridge will celebrate its 75th anniversary on May 27, 2012. Law protects students from harassment SACRAMENTO (AP) — Gov. Jerry Brown has signed a bill making it a mis- demeanor to disrupt stu- dents as they enter or leave school. The governor said Wednesday he had signed AB123 by Democratic Assemblyman Tony Men- doza of Artesia. The new law gives school administra- tors and law enforcement officials more ways to pro- tect students. Mendoza wrote the bill after an appeals court deter- mined that an anti-abortion group had the right to dis- play large photographs of aborted fetuses during a 2003 demonstration outside a California middle school. According to the author, some students became angry while others began to cry. Over 50 years of serving Tehama County Located in Chico, CA Combining Quality and Low Cost is what we do. 529-3655 www.affordablemortuary.net Independently owned Telephone: (530) 824-3792