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Wednesday, August 10, 2011 – Daily News 5A Obituaries LORRAINE (SANDBERG) HARTLINE Lorraine Hartline, passed August 4, 2011 in Jackson, Ca. She was born June 1, 1924 in Northome, Minnesota. She is survived by 3 brothers; Bobby, Billy & wife Bev- erly and Raymond Sandberg. Her 3 children are Bill Hartline & daughter-in-law, Deb, Patricia Eggers & son-in -law, Larry & Eileen Hartline. Lorraine has 9 grandchil- dren, 19 great grandchildren and 2 great great grandchil- dren and many nieces and nephews. Services for Lorraine will be held at Sacred Heart Catho- lic Church. Viewing before & Rosary @ 7 p.m. Friday, Au- gust 12, 2011. Memorial service will be at 11 a.m. Satur- day, August 13, 2011. She will be laid to rest at the Paskenta Cemetery @ 2 p.m. and we will have a gathering at the Paskenta Hall afterward. Death Notices Eleanor Gaylord Eleanor Gaylord of Red Bluff died Monday, Aug. 8, 2011, at Lassen House. She was 98. Hoyt-Cole Chapel of the Flowers is handling the arrangements. Published Wednesday, Aug. 10, 2011, in the Daily News, Red Bluff, Calif. Emma Lewis Emma Lewis of Red Bluff died Sunday, Aug. 7, 2011, at Mercy Medical Center, in Redding. She was 87. Hoyt-Cole Chapel of the Flowers is handling the arrangements. Published Wednesday, Aug. 10, 2011, in the Daily News, Red Bluff, Calif. Alyce Simms Alyce Simms of Red Bluff died Friday, Aug. 5, 2011, in her residence. She was 89. Hoyt-Cole Chapel of the Flowers is handling the arrangements. Published Wednesday, Aug. 10, 2011, in the Daily News, Red Bluff, Calif. Boys fight over iPod Three 17-year-old Corning boys, two victims and one suspect, were involved in a battery incident about 7:30 p.m. Saturday in a field that adjoins the east side of the 1600 block of Toomes Avenue. The altercation began when the suspect took an iPod from one of the victims after he believed the victim was filming him, Corning Police Chief Tony Cardenas said. This resulted in the boys getting into a fight and the suspect leaving the area, only to return with what the victim said looked like a tire iron, Cardenas said. Both victims fled the area and called police. It does not appear that anyone was hit with the tire iron, he said. Tehama County Sheriff’s Department logs describe the suspect as being 5’8” to 5’9” with a shaved head, wearing a white shirt and black shorts. —Julie Zeeb Consumer group asks Brown to fix doctor discipline SACRAMENTO (AP) — A nonprofit consumer group asked Gov. Jerry Brown on Tuesday to accel- erate California’s process for disciplining physi- cians who have a history of providing poor care, some of whom it said may pose an immediate threat to patients’ health and safety. Public Citizen, a Washington, D.C.-based con- sumer group, said the Medical Board of California has failed to discipline more than 700 doctors over the past 19 years. Those doctors were among 1,312 California physicians disciplined for wrongdoing during that time by other health care groups such as hospitals and health maintenance organizations, according to a letter sent to Brown by Sid Wolfe, director of Public Citizen’s health research group. Fewer than half the doctors who were punished also faced dis- ciplinary action from the board, he said. ‘‘When hospitals take action, it’s for serious rea- sons. Only when pushed up against a wall will a hospital discipline their physicians,’’ Wolfe said. Medical Board spokeswoman Jennifer Simoes said the board faces staffing shortages and that Public Citizen’s request is not among its critical goals. The board was alerted to the group’s con- cerns in a March letter. The data used by Public Citizen to track doctor infractions comes from the National Practitioner Data Bank, which health care organizations use to log actions they have taken against physicians. Simoes said the database doesn’t list the name of the physicians who have been forced to make medical malpractice payments or had clinical priv- ilege actions taken against them. ‘‘Without names, it’s very hard for the medical board to follow up,’’ Simoes said. ‘‘It’s also impor- tant to mention, even if these physicians are prac- ticing in California, 710 over 20 years, considering we have over 120,000 physicians, it may not be as big as it sounds.’’ Six of the board’s eight members have been appointed by the Democratic governor, who took office in January. The remaining two members are appointees of the state Assembly and Senate. Brown spokeswoman Elizabeth Ashford said the backlog is among many problems the governor inherited when he took office. She said the admin- istration would review Public Citizen’s complaint. The group asked Brown to investigate why the doctors have not faced board discipline, potential- ly allowing them to work at other facilities. ‘‘Action from the board, it’s much more defini- tive. It’s saying, you can’t see a patient in Califor- nia, you cannot practice medicine in California,’’ Wolfe said. He said California’s medical board used to have a great record compared with those in other states, but dire financial conditions have left the board ‘‘falling down on the job.” SACRAMENTO (AP) — The turmoil on Wall Street has hit the nation’s largest public pension fund, which lost about $18 bil- lion off the value of its stock portfolio from July 1 until Tues- day’s market rebound. Pension funds stung by market decline said. CalPERS would not make The losses for the California Public Employees’ Retirement System came just three weeks after it and California’s teacher pension fund each reported annu- al investment gains of more than 20 percent in fiscal year that ended June 30. CalPERS officials said Tues- day they view the stock market turmoil as a chance to hunt for stocks at bargain prices and are maintaining a long-term invest- ment view. ‘‘In the near term, it’s not good; in the long term it’s an opportunity,’’ CalPERS chief investment officer Joseph Dear said Tuesday in an early morning appearance on CNBC television. The market volatility, Dear said, is being driven by emotion about a weak economy and gov- ernment debt, not an economic catastrophe like the credit freeze of 2008. ‘‘It’s not a bright picture, but it’s not doom and gloom,’’ he WAYS Continued from page 1A California Conservation Corps, they work together to help the crew clean and repair trails while helping to control erosion. They work to maintain and restore the areas so the trails are still usable. The local vice president of the Shasta-Trinity Back- country Horsemen chapter is Kim Gardner of Red Bluff. She brings her daugh- ter, Shelby, 8, out on pack- ing trips. It’s important for people to know what is being done in a cooperative effort between the different orga- nizations, she said. With a little input from each group, they can keep the program alive. The Conservation Corps. maintains the trails. The horsemen club helps pro- vide extra mules and sup- port for the Forest Service for weekly trips to feed and supply the needed items to the Corps. crews. Without the program, many of the trails that exist would become obsolete and nobody would get to use them, Gardner said. “Everybody loses if we don’t cooperate,” she said. The other plus is what the young adults who par- ticipate in the Conservation Corps. program gain through the experience, she said. “These kids leave here with a whole new apprecia- tion and outlook on life,” she said. The participants learn to work together and get along for up to five months while learning discipline and appreciation of natural resources. Sam Burrows, the Back- country Horsemen chapter president, has seen the changes that occur in the Corps. members, he said. “It’s incredible to see the change in them from the beginning of summer to the end,” he said. “You sit around the campfire with them and hear their stories – It’ll bend ya.” The Forest Service now recruits heavily from the Corps crews for staffing. The training they get in the backcountry program is ideal for the packing pro- gram, McFadin said. “They come in whole- hearted, trained, sharp and ready to work,” he said. Tracy McClelland, 27, from Red Bluff was work- ing in a glass machine man- ufacturing company that Dear available for interviews later Tuesday. It wasn’t immediately clear what the losses meant for the overall value of the CalPERS fund. The losses came from stocks, which make up only about half of the fund’s total portfolio. The California State Teachers’ Retirement System also sustained losses, but spokesman Ricardo Duran declined to say how large they were. The fund had moved some investments out of the stock market as a defensive move before the downturn, but is mon- itoring the situation and not mak- ing any aggressive moves to buy or sell stocks for now, he said. In July, both CalPERS and CalSTRS reported investment gains of more than 20 percent for the fiscal year ended June 30, largely driven by stock values. CalPERS assets grew by $37 bil- lion to $237.5 billion; CalSTRS added $29 billion to reach $154.3 billion. The increase came as both funds were clawing their way back from huge losses in 2008- 2009, which cost them as much went under when he heard about the Conservation Corps’ backcountry pro- gram. “I already went back- packing every weekend,” McClelland said. “I thought, well, I might as well get paid for it.” The program pays young adults, up to age 26, mini- mum wage while they learn survival skills and wilder- ness maintenance skills for up to five months in the state’s wilderness areas. At the end of the pro- gram, participants earn col- lege scholarships toward the schools of their choice. After spending a year with the backcountry pro- gram, McClelland got hired on to help McFaddin at the stock barn in Weaverville. He lives in a Corps. dormi- tory nearby. McClelland’s parents and grandparents still live in the Red Bluff area, but he is pleased with all he’s learned in the Alps, he said. One of his jobs is to help load the packs that the mules carry into the camps. The weight must be evenly balanced on both sides of the animal so the load does- n’t shift and fall or injure the mule. Mules carry up to 200 pounds each. “Packing the load is kind of an art,” McFadin said. Between a Forest Ser- vice ranger station in Hay- fork and McFadin’s stock in Weaverville, there are about 20 animals in use for the nearest packing program. In addition, McFadin’s crew has saddle and tool repair stations inside the stock barn. Consistent with the Back Country Horsemen’s phi- losophy of connecting the past with the future, McFadin still works with tools and saddle gear that dates back as far as the 1930s. The quality of materials used, as well as the care in craftsmanship, mean the tools and gear outlast gener- ations of use. He often buys antique items on eBay for discounted prices to help keep up the supply, he said. The stock program start- ed in the early 1900s after big fires prompted the cre- ation of the U.S. Forest Ser- vice and the building of lookout towers. Packers were a big part of the pro- gram and the only way to get into the wilderness. New saddle styles were developed just for use by the Forest Service. They are still in use today. McFadin salvages and re-uses all the tools, leather as one-third of their asset value. Funding for public pensions has become a subject of hot debate across the country, with critics arguing that they force taxpayers to support guaranteed benefits for public workers that are far richer than private sector employees can expect. Many pensions are underfunded and when asset values decline, critics argue, the pension funds still have to pay benefits, with taxpay- ers making up the shortfall. Pension supporters say invest- ment returns even out over time and a focus on short-term gains and losses is short-sighted. Stocks rallied Tuesday, but were still below their levels of about three weeks ago, before global economic weakness and the furor over U.S. government debt pushed the market down a steep hill. Pension critics say those sharp losses point up the problem with financial models that assume an investment return of more than 7 percent each year. ‘‘Taxpayers are left holding the bag,’’ state Sen. Bob Huff of Diamond Bar, chief budget nego- tiator for California’s Senate Republicans, said Tuesday. and equipment they have, and even uses a 1933 Singer sewing machine that will punch through a half-inch of leather. As side projects for the crew, they use the machine to build harnesses, bridles and other items. Aside from the equip- ment and the camp supplies and food, McFadin also stores veterinary supplies for minor problems the ani- mals might have, to save on vet bills. Erik Corditz, a ferrier, or someone who puts shoes on the horses, has been work- ing contracts with the Forest Service for many years. Most recently, he got hired on full time with the forest service to work with the new mules and packing crew. It is not uncommon to put in a 12 to 14 hour day packing with the mules, Corditz said. Sometimes, the packing crew will have to stay overnight and can head up to 20 or more miles into the back country, he said. Car- ing for the animals is a cru- cial component of the pro- gram. Sam and Theresa Bur- rows of the Anderson area have been packing with mules and riding in wilder- ness areas since they were married more than 30 years ago, they said. Sam Burrows is the new president of the local Shas- ta-Trinity chapter of the Back Country Horsemen of California, and a vice presi- dent at the state level. He has been making trips with McFadin’s crew many times. He got involved with the Back Country Horsemen because the club involved children more than other horse organizations, Bur- rows said. He wants his grandchildren to have the opportunity to learn about packing. The collaboration between the club and the Forest Service has been a “win-win” for everyone, Burrows said. The club gives logistical support for forest projects planned years in advance that can sometimes add up to four or five mule loads a week. “We’re fortunate to have these type of areas in our backyard and we do our best to make sure they stay available for everyone,” he said. For more information about the programs listed contact the following: Cali- fornia Conservation Corps., www.ccc.ca.gov; the U.S. Forest Service ranger sta- tion in Weaverville, (530) 623-2121; and the Back- country Horsemen of Cali- fornia, www.bchc.org. THE PASSING PARADE Retired County Supervisor Charles Willard called and said, “I just read the comprehensive Dick Hallock obituary...and there was no mention of tennis!” My sentiments exactly. Richard Hallock went to his reward July 30th at 93. I found it difficult to believe that he was that old. Until his knees gave out, he seemed to have the gift of perpetual youth...at least on the tennis court. He was the most complete local player I have ever seen. He had a zest for the game that persisted long after his playing days were over. When I would be playing doubles at Valley Oaks, he would often appear at the fence and chuckle over our attempts to emulate his feats on the court. I’ve written of him often as our greatest local player of the game, and this excerpt from a “We Said” column back in October 1965 tells it all: “Dr. Bill Martin and I engaged Carl Coleman and Dick Hallock in a tennis doubles match…and we came in second. All I can say about Mr. Hallock’s game, is that he returned one shot with his racquet held behind his back!” His obituary, as it should, lauded his many achievements in the field of marine biology for the California Department of Fish and Game. It was that occupation that allowed Dick freedom, from time to time, to pursue his love of tennis, often on the spur of the moment. Even though his state of the art was far above the rest of us players, he regularly would play pick up games with anyone with a racquet in his hand. After I took over the helm of our old meat plant, I was able to devote more time to the game, and every summer, about 3 in the afternoon, Dick and I would have it on the high school courts, which are named after our friend and fellow tennis buff Carl Coleman. If there had been two such courts in town, one should have been named after Mr. Hallock. My game improved by playing singles with him day after day even though, as I recall, I only once took a full set from him! To say that he played to win would be an understatement. He was so accustomed to playing flawless tennis, that when he did make an infrequent error, he would hit himself on the head with the edge of his racquet...sometimes drawing blood. COMPLETE AUTO REPAIR All makes and models. We perform dealer recommened 30K, 60K, 90K SERVICES AT LOWER PRICES Smog Check starting at $ (most cars and pick-ups) 2595 + cert. Pass or FREE retest 527-9841 • 195 S. Main St. As great a player that he was, I do not recall him ever giving advice on how to serve, hit a groundstroke or play the game. He said he expected his opponents to know the game and that was that. So, a teacher, in that sense, he was not, but teaching by example, he was the best. How good was he? In Sacramento there is the prestigious Sutter Lawn Tennis Club. Dick was a member and would occasionally drop by to play, and beat, the reigning pro at the time. R.I.P. 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