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Paid obituaries may be of any length, may run multi- ple days and offer wide latitude of content, in- cluding photos. Deathnotices Library. In Tehama County the final two years of the 2nd District Tehama County Supervisor seat will be up for grabs. Appointed incumbent Sandy Bruce fell 12 votes shy in the June primary of obtaining a majority of the electorate and avoid- ing today's runoff. She is challenged by Candy Carlson, who fin- ished with 25.42 percent of the vote — 14 votes ahead of Mitchell Drury. Drury has since en- dorsed Carlson. In Red Bluff voters will decide on a quarter-cent sales tax proposal mea- sure, which would raise additional funds for the city's general fund. A non-binding com- panion measure asks vot- ers whether the tax pro- posal, if passed, should be used primarily toward po- lice and fire services. Four are vying for three positions on the Red Bluff City Council, but following Councilman Ray Eliggi's resignation a week ago, the makeup of the dais will remain in question until at least December. Incumbents Daniele Jackson and Rob Schimd are being challenged by former Councilman Larry Stevens and Orville Knox, a retired Bureau of Recla- mation employee. In Corning two coun- cil seats are up for election with incumbent Darlene Dickison and appointed in- cumbent DaveLinnet being challenged by John Leach. One of the largest pools of candidates is for the Red Bluff Joint Union High School Dis- trict Governing Board, where seven candidates filed for three seats. The candidates include in- cumbent Elsa Martinez along with Frank Perino Jr., James Keffer, Rodney Thompson, Joy Nelson, Joe Hutchens and Chris Hurton. There are also multiple candidates for the Red Bluff Union School Dis- trict Board Governing Board. Sharon Barrett, Adri- ana Griffin, Steven Piffero and Morgan Nukols are competing for three four- year terms. Heidi Ackley, appointed incumbent Chante Turn- bow, Paula Cherveny and Carrie Wiltse are com- peting for two two-year terms. Incumbent Robert Steinacher is being chal- lenged by Roger Cox for a position on the Shasta-Te- hama-Trinity Joint Gov- erning Board. There are four candi- dates for three positions on the Antelope School District Governing Board. Incumbent Dan Boone and appointed incum- bent Bret Richards are joined in the pool by Pa- tricia Spangle and Emily Goodson Smith. Suzi Kochems, Michelle Allen and Erika Fuentes are competing for two po- sitions on the Orland Uni- fied School District Gov- erning Board. In larger races Repub- lican U.S. Rep. Doug La Malfa is being challenged by Democrat Heidi Hall. Longtime Republican incumbent Jim Nielsen is being challenged by Dem- ocrat CJ Jawahar in the California State Senate's 4th District. Republican James Gal- lagher and Democrat Jim Reed square off an in in- cumbent-free race for the 3rd District Assembly. Voters will also have their choice in a number of statewide races, in- cluding Gov. Jerry Brown being challenged by Neel Kashkari. The state ballot also features six measures. Election FROM PAGE 1 Anumberofveteranswere in attendance for the event. Boles asked them to stand at one point and told the students that they had ba- sically written blank checks that included their own lives to the United States when they were enlisted or drafted into service. Veterans Day events con- tinue throughout the week in Tehama County. On Veterans Day, Nov. 11, a parade, short program and luncheon is scheduled in Corning. Theparadeisscheduledto begin at 10:30 a.m. from City Hall to the Veterans Hall on Solano Street. The colors will be pre- sented at 11:30 a.m. with a lunch and program begin- ning at noon. Thecostforthelunchis$6 per person. Veterans FROM PAGE 1 Thankyou! PLEASE RECYCLE THIS NEWSPAPER. By Manuel Valdes The Associated Press MARYSVILLE, WASH. Hun- dreds of people lined the entrance to a Washington state high school as it re- opened Monday, more than a week after a student fa- tally shot three of his class- mates, wounded two others and then killed himself. Waving well-wishers, many holding candles, greeted students return- ing to Marysville-Pilchuck High School following the Oct. 24 shooting. People cheered as buses and cars entered the school cam- pus. A 10:30 a.m. assembly started the school day, and lunch was in the gym be- cause the cafeteria where the shooting took place re- mains closed. The normal class schedule, with its ear- lier start, resumes Tuesday. Washington Gov. Jay In- slee asked residents to wear red and white — the school colors. The colors stand out viv- idly in a memorial with flowers, balloons and mes- sages of love that covers the fence around the school. The shooter, Jaylen Fry- berg, 15, a popular fresh- man who had recently been named a homecom- ing prince, died of a self-in- flicted wound after open- ing fire. Zoe Galasso, 14, was killed during the shooting; Gia Soriano, 14, died Oct. 26; and Shaylee Chuckul- naskit, 14, died Friday. Two other students re- main hospitalized at Har- borview Medical Center in Seattle. Andrew Fryberg, 15, was in critical condi- tion and Nate Hatch, 14, was in satisfactory condi- tion. Both are Jaylen Fry- berg's cousins. WASHINGTON STATE High school reopens a er deadly shooting ELAINE THOMPSON — THE ASSOCIATED PRESS A school bus drives under a giant American flag flying from a fire ladder truck as students return to Marysville-Pilchuck High School on Monday in Marysville, Wash. By Robert Burns The Associated Press WASHINGTON The Air Force on Monday fired two more nuclear command- ers and disciplined a third, fresh evidence of leadership lapses in a nuclear missile corps that has suffered a rash of recent setbacks, in- cluding the firing last year of its top commander. The most senior officer to be relieved of command was Col. Carl Jones, the No. 2 commander of the 90th Missile Wing at F.E. War- ren Air Force Base, Wyo- ming, in charge of 150 of the Air Force's 450 Minuteman 3 nuclear intercontinental ballistic missiles. He was dismissed "for a loss of trust and confidence in his lead- ership abilities," and has been reassigned as a spe- cial assistant to the wing commander. The actions Monday were confirmed to The Associ- ated Press in response to an AP inquiry about an inter- nal Air Force investigation of two commanders at the 91st Missile Wing at Minot Air Force Base, North Da- kota, which also is respon- sible for 150 Minuteman 3 missiles. It is highly unusual for disciplinary action to be taken against command- ers at two of the Air Force's three nuclear missile bases on the same day. Officials said the timing was a coin- cidence. Lt. Col. John Sheets, spokesman for Air Force Global Strike Command, which is in charge of the Air Force Minuteman 3 force as well as its nuclear bomber fleet, said that as a result of the Minot inves- tigation a missile squad- ron commander, Lt. Col. Jimmy "Keith" Brown, was relieved of command Mon- day "because of a loss of confidence in Brown's abil- ity to lead his squadron." Sheets said the investi- gation "substantiated that Brown engaged in unlaw- ful discrimination or ha- rassment." He added that the probe found that Brown "made statements to subor- dinates that created a per- ception within his squad- ron that pregnancy would negatively affect a woman's career." The probe also substanti- ated allegations that Brown had failed to ensure the well-being of his troops. In March a two-person crew operating a Minuteman 3 launch control center at Minot felt ill from fumes created by a refurbishment project, but the crew re- mained at their post be- cause they believed Brown would have taken action against them had they left. They later were hospital- ized, Sheets said. The second officer tar- geted in the investigation at Minot was Col. Michael Pagliuco, commander of the 91st Operations Group, which is in charge of the three missile squadrons at Minot, including Brown's. Sheets said the investi- gation confirmed that Pa- gliuco "failed to promote and safeguard the morale, well-being and welfare of the airmen under his com- mand." Pagliuco received administrative punishment in the form of a letter in his personnel file, but Sheets said he could not be more specific about the punish- ment. The complaints against Jones, the vice commander of the 90th Missile Wing at F.E. Warren, were the most extensive, according to Sheets' description of the case. Sheets said Jones' imme- diate superior, Col. Tracey Hayes, commander of the 90th, removed Jones fol- lowing an internal inves- tigation that substantiated allegations of conduct un- becoming an officer and a gentleman, and cruelty and maltreatment of a subordi- nate. "In four separate in- stances, Jones acted in a manner that degraded his status as a senior officer and wing leader, including maltreating a subordinate," Sheets said. The most recent inci- dent involving Jones was in September and occurred at a thrift store operated at F.E. Warren by volunteers, Sheets said. According to the investigation report as described by Sheets, Jones went to the shop, called Air- man's Attic, to discuss shop- ping hour policies. "He hit the sign on the Airman's Attic door and re- peatedly hit the shop's front counter while raising his voice, using profanity" and threatening to shut down the place, Sheets said. Three other incidents of allegedly inappropriate behavior on base by Jones were substantiated in the investigation, including one in May in which his behavior was described by one officer and a witness as shocking. MILITARY Two nuke commanders fired, another disciplined By Jack Gillum The Associated Press WASHINGTON The White House said Monday a no- fly zone the U.S. govern- ment imposed over Fergu- son, Missouri, for nearly two weeks in August should not have restricted helicopters for news organizations that wanted to operate in the area to cover violent pro- tests there. Audio recordings ob- tained by The Associated Press showed the Federal Aviation Administration working with local author- ities to define a 37-square- mile flight restriction so that only police helicopters and commercial flights could fly through the area, following demonstrations over the shooting death of 18-year- old Michael Brown. The Obama administra- tion's defense of its actions centered on a provision of obscure federal regulations intended to allow press flights as long as they meet certain conditions. White House spokesman Josh Ear- nest sidestepped questions about conversations on the tapes showing police work- ing with the FAA to keep media away. "In this case, what the FAA says is that they took the prudent step of imple- menting the temporary flight restriction in the im- mediate aftermath of re- ports of shots fired at a po- lice helicopter, but within 12 to 14 hours, that flight re- striction was updated in a way to remove restrictions for reporters who were seek- ing to operate in the area," Earnest said. On the tapes, an FAA manager is heard assur- ing a St. Louis County Po- lice Department official that the updated restric- tions would allow planes to land at nearby Lambert-St. Louis International Airport but, "It will still keep news people out. ...The only way people will get in there is if they give them permission in there anyway so ... it still keeps all of them out." "Yeah," replied the police official. "I have no problem with that whatsoever." The disclosures about the secret motivations by local police to keep press flights away emerged during a sensitive time in Ferguson, which is awaiting a decision by a grand jury whether a city police officer, Darren Wilson, will face criminal charges for fatally shooting Brown on Aug. 9. Violence flared for weeks across the city through September. The FAA put the first no-fly re- strictions in place on Aug. 11. Attorney General Eric Holder said the Justice De- partment was not involved in the FAA considerations and said the American pub- lic needs to understand what is happening in Fer- guson. "Anything that would artificially inhibit the abil- ity of newsgatherers to do what they do is something I think needs to be avoided," Holder said Monday. MISSOURI White House: Ferguson no-fly didn't restrict press GEORGECALVIN(SONNYBOY)GUMM February 10, 1939 ~ September 26, 2014 George Calvin (Sonnyboy) Gumm passed away peace- fully at his home in Vina, at the age of 75 years old. Born to Everett & Dora Gumm in Fourm, AK. His fami- ly moved to Vina, CA when he was 9 years old. George leaves behind his wife of 54 years Celia Jean (McCabe) Gumm, 4 children; Sonny Gumm, Modesto, CA, Jeanie (Bates-Gumm) Proctor, Capay, CA, Richard Gumm, Gerber, CA, Debbie Gumm, Vina, CA; Brother, Roy Gumm, Corning, CA, sisters, Marsha Landingham, Vina, CA, Wanda Lee Johnson, AR, 9 grandchildren, 2 great grandchildren. George was know for playing and singing in local bars, he coundn't attend any function that had a band, without being asked to sing "White Lighting". Geroge raised his family on a local ranch on the Sacra- mento River as a foreman for 20 years. He worked for Seirra Pacific as a welder, retired as a machinist. He opened a business in his shop where he lived in Vina. George never met a stranger "A stranger is just a person you haven't met yet". Anyone that met him took a little part of him with them. He loved to please, If he did any- thing for you and he knew you were happy with it, that was payment enough. He touched many lives and left imprints on their hearts that will last forever. A celebration of life will be held at the Jake Thompson's Arena, 27825 Reed Orchard Rd., Vina, Saturday, Novem- ber 8 at 2:00 pm. This is a potluck, so bring your favorite dish. Obituaries TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 2014 REDBLUFFDAILYNEWS.COM |NEWS | 7 A