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wehadavacancy,I'm100 percent against appoint- ing someone to an elected position," Parker said. "I think it's wrong, I think it should never happen, but unfortunately due to finan- cial constraints we don't have a choice." The vote, made by coun- cil members Wayne Brown, Rob Schmid, Mayor Daniele Jackson and Parker, came just before local election re- sults began trickling in. Jackson and Schmid were running for re-elec- tion, and Larry Stevens and Orville Knox also were vying for the three open City Council seats. Crabtree said that, tra- ditionally, new council members are sworn in at the beginning of Decem- ber. A potential appoint- ment, he said, would likely be handled by the new City Council. Crabtree said any poten- tial appointee must reside in the city of Red Bluff by state law. Vacant FROMPAGE1 staying cool. "I'm waiting for the re- sults. I want to be sure," Carlson said. Carlson learned that les- son in the June primary. While Bruce's fist place finish in the primary was never in doubt, who fin- ished second and more im- portantly whether Bruce would reach a majority and runoff was. As it turned out Carlson edged Mitchell Drury by 15 votes and Bruce fell 12 shy of more than 50 percent. Five months later Carl- son appears to be close to earning the final two years of the late George Russell's term. Carlson said she was ex- tremely happy with Tues- day's turnout and was ex- cited about the possibility of winning. Red Bluff Mayor Daniele Jackson said she was also excited about Tuesday's election and while she de- scribed herself as hav- ing a grin from ear-to-ear for most of Wednesday, it wasn't so much about her own re-election bid, but for the passing of the a quarter- cent sales tax. "I'm so happy about what this is going to mean to all the citizens of Red Bluff," Jackson said. Jackson said she antici- pates more staffing for po- lice and fire as well as up- grades of aging equipment. "I was a little worried. I didn't know which way it was going to go," Jackson said. "I honestly thought it was a 50-50 shot." At last count Measure D was passing with a healthy 57.69 of yes votes. Although that would have been well short of the two-thirds that would have been required if the City Council chose to earmark the tax directly for public safety. Instead the council chose a general sales tax along with a non-binding mea- sure asking voters where they would like to see the money spent. Measure E directing the city to spend 85 percent on police and fire services and the rest on parks and recre- ation and other city services was passing with 59.35 per- cent. Jackson and fellow in- cumbent Rob Schmid ap- pear to be headed back to the dais to make those spending decisions. Jackson had received 883 votes and Schmid 816 from the last count. They were both be- ing beat by political new- comer Orville Knox, who had amassed 915 votes for the first of three available spots on the Red Bluff City Council. Former Councilman Larry Stevens trailed with 706 votes. Councilman Ray Eliggi resigned for health reasons a week before the election, which leaves another spot open on the council follow- ing the election being cer- tified. In Corning appointed in- cumbent Dave Linnet (513) and incumbent Darlene Dickison (391) led John Leach (336) for the two seats on the City Council. U.S. Congressman Doug La Malfa and State Senator Jim Nielsen cruised to re- election. James Gallagher had a strong lead on Jim Reed for the California Assem- bly's 3rd District. Incumbent Elsa Marie Martinez, with 1,753 votes, was dead last amongst seven candidates for three spots on the Red Bluff Joint Union High School District Governing Board. James Keefer led with 3,412 votes, followed by Rodney Thompson (3,355), Chris Hurton (2,767) ahead of Joy Nelson (2,078), Joe Hutchens (1,878), Frank Perino Jr. (1,852) and then Martinez. The Red Bluff Union School District Governing Board had two separate races. Three four-year terms were up for election with Sharon Barrett (1,716), Ste- ven Piffero (1,564) and Adri- ana Griffin (1,366) leading Morgan Nuckols (762). There were also two two- year terms on the ballot with Heidi Ackley (1,513) and Paula Cherveny (1,078) leading Carrie Wiltse (950) and Chante Howard Turn- bow (674). For three spots on the Antelope School District Governing Board Dan Boone led with 659 votes, followed by Patricia Span- gle (619) and Bret Richards (538) ahead of Emily Good- son Smith (526). Robert Steinacher leads Roger Cox 2,492 to 1,997 for a position on the Shasta- Tehama-Trinity Commu- nity College Joint Govern- ing Board. Election FROM PAGE 1 team. "I took that as a chal- lenge to show that there were girls at Red Bluff High School who could and could play golf," To- masetti said. In their first year the Lady Spartans placed fifth out of seven teams in their league. The following season Emilie Louisell, Autumn Poole and Yazmin Villalo- bos joined, they would be on Monday's section title winning team. In 2012 the Lady Spar- tans placed second be- hind Pleasant Valley and became a threat for a sec- tion title. They finished as runner- up in 2013 in Chico. Last week Chico edged the Lady Spartans again for a league title. "(Monday) we finally came out on top, showing that our hard work, ded- ication and integrity for the game would pay off," Tomasetti said. Tomasetti said one of the keys to this year's suc- cess was the Frantz twins dedication to golf. In their freshman and sophomore years they played golf and volleyball, but decided the past two seasons to focus solely on golf. It paid off with individ- ual and team honors. The Frantz twins are re- ceiving offers to continue their golfing career at the collegiate level. AlongwithseniorsMaryn Spangler and Molly Shea they will receive the Top of the State golf scholarship. Other Lady Spartans on the team included Abbie Famborough, Izzy Seera and Monse Saucedo. "I will look at that sec- tion banner hanging in the large gym and know that I did my part for women in golf," Tomasetti said. ChicoEnterprise-Record reporter Joseph Shufel- berger contributed to this report. Golf FROM PAGE 1 Tehama County Superior Court, Red Bluff police De- tective Scott Curtis, who re- sponded to the incident on Mina Avenue, largely re- layed witness accounts of the fight and statements allegedly made by Robison following his arrest. Curtis testified that wit- nesses in the apartment said Verry and Robison were in- volved in a fight, and at least one witness observed what looked like a blade. Curtis said Robison, af- ter being given Miranda warnings, ultimately said he intentionally tried to stab Verry in the arm with a knife after Verry swung at him, but Verry had moved. Verry suffered three stab wounds, Curtis said, refer- ring to an autopsy report. His cause of death was ruled to be a loss of blood as a re- sult of the wounds. Further, Curtis said Rob- ison ultimately gave police the location of a backpack that contained a knife and clothes that had been bur- ied near the Gilmore Road mobile home where Robison was taken into custody. Robison'sattorney,Ronald McIver, questioned the con- sistency of a witnesses' state- menttopoliceaboutthefight on June 9. He said one witness had said that he saw Robison on top of Verry at the apart- ment, but later told another officer that it was Verry who was on top of Robison. McIver also highlighted statements made by another witness, described as Robi- son's girlfriend, who told po- licethatitwasVerrythathad started a fight with Robison, and then multiple people at the apartment piled on Ro- bison. Curtis said he found Robi- son had no injuries that may haveoccurredfromapile-on, and that neither Robison nor other witnesses made state- ments that the defendant was assaulted by a group of people at the apartment. Judge Jonathan Skillman held Robison to answer on his charges and scheduled an arraignment on informa- tion for Nov. 17. The defendant remains in custody. Murder FROM PAGE 1 By Scott Smith The Associated Press LOS ANGELES Passing a $7.5 billion water bond may turn out to be the easy part. Agreeing on how to spend all the money could be much harder. California voters over- whelmingly approved Proposition 1, which aims to expand the state's water storage capacity to better weather droughts like the one that has gripped the state for three years. Much of the money already is ear- marked for specific uses. But $2.7 billion is not and so the debate to decide what to do with it now starts in earnest. One option is to spend it all on two new res- ervoirs. Other possibilities include desalination plants and underground storage facilities. "Now that we have the money, the challenge be- gins of expeditious and effective implementation of the bond," said Lester Snow, executive director of the California Water Foun- dation, an advocacy group that pushes for sustainabil- ity for communities, farms and the environment. Jay Ziegler, the Nature Conservancy's director of external affairs, said he ex- pects a variety of new ideas to emerge during discus- sions among state officials and a variety of special in- terests, including environ- mentalists and farmers. "We're hoping to have a genuine dialogue," he said. "We don't really know today what the right project mix is and how to optimize the system." The spending plan is in- tended to make more wa- ter available and to stabi- lize California's water sup- ply, even during drought periods Gov. Jerry Brown, who campaigned hard for the ballot initiative, said the margin of passage un- derscores that Californians want something done. "Water is fundamental to life itself, to our economy, to our wellbeing," he said Wednesday. "Proposition 1 is about investing in vital resources that make Cali- fornia the state it is." Some $725 million of Proposition 1 will be spent on water recycling and treatment projects, and $900 million will go toward cleaning up contaminated groundwater. Residents in poor California communi- ties where wells have gone dry may be among the first to see some relief. Commu- nities would have to apply for grants and be responsi- ble for paying for a portion of the projects. Central Valley farmers fa- vor building the Sites Res- ervoir in Colusa County north of Sacramento and the Temperance Flat res- ervoir northeast of Fresno. Mark Borba, 64, who tends 9,000 acres of al- monds, tomatoes, melons and cotton in the Fresno County community of Hu- ron, said he doesn't expect to see any benefits of the ballot measure in his life- time but nonetheless was glad it passed. Farmers like him rely on water pumped south from the Sacramento- San Joaquin Delta. Borba said he is confident that contentious issues such as levee repairs and salmon restoration in the delta can be addressed with the bond money, enabling farmers to get the water they need for crops. "Unless we can pump wa- ter, we're dry," Borba said. "All of those issues inter- nal to the delta have to be addressed. There's lots of money in that bond to help do that." The California Water Commission, a nine-mem- ber board appointed by Brown, ultimately will de- cide how the money is spent. It plans to take com- ments from the public as it weighs options. Richard Stapler, a spokes- man for the California Nat- ural Resources Agency, said it could take 18 months to two years to determine which water storage proj- ects will be funded. DROUGHT Ca li fo rn ia ns a pp ro ve $ 7. 5B water bond; so now what? By Martin Griffith The Associated Press RENO, NEV. A moderate earthquake and a string of aftershocks have hit a sparsely populated area of northwest Nevada near its borders with Oregon and California, but there were no reports of damage. A magnitude-4.6 tem- blor at 11:23 p.m. Tuesday wascenteredabout40miles southeast of Lakeview, Ore- gon, and 160 miles north of Reno, according to the Uni- versity of Nevada, Reno, Seismological Laboratory. The temblor was fol- lowed by a couple dozen af- tershocks in the region, in- cluding one of magnitude 3.9 at 7:18 a.m. Wednesday, UNRseismologistDianede- Polo said. It was preceded by a magnitude-4.1 quake on Oct. 30. They're the latest in a swarm of hundreds of quakes that have occurred aroundtheSheldonNational WildlifeRefugeinnorthwest Nevada over the last several months, dePolo said. "It'sveryremoteupthere. I don't know if anybody is around to feel them," she told The Associated Press. The Modoc County, Cali- fornia,sheriff'soffice,which covers the northeast corner of the state, received no re- ports of damage, a spokes- woman said. Nevada, which is covered by many faults, is the third mostseismicallyactivestate in the nation behind Cali- fornia and Alaska. "The activity is continu- ing up there, and it's a re- minder that we live in a seismically active area and need to be prepared for it," dePolo said. NO DAMAGE REPORTS Moderate quake shakes extreme northwest Nevada By Michael R. Blood The Associated Press LOS ANGELES Long shunted to the political margins, California Re- publicans showed signs of a small revival on Election Day, thanks in large part to a lukewarm turnout by Democrats who dominate politics in the nation's most populous state. A combination of voter discontent with President Barack Obama and an elec- tion ticket that lacked sizzle prompted many Democrats to stay home Tuesday. When the voting ended, Democrats failed to recap- ture a supermajority in the state Legislature and were battling to retain a hand- ful of congressional seats that remained undecided on Wednesday. "We had a bad night," California Democratic Party Vice Chairman Eric Bauman said, referring to the party's uninspired turn- out. County registrars, mean- while, were projecting a re- cord low turnout for the general election, estimating that less than half of reg- istered voters cast ballots. "The smaller the turn- out, the smaller the Dem- ocratic margin," Bauman said. "There was nothing to drive voters out." In the big picture, Dem- ocrats remained firmly in charge in a state where the party holds a 2.7 million edge in voter registration. Democrats retained con- trol of every statewide of- fice, and the state Senate and Assembly remained under party control, though not with the previous two- thirds Democratic control that would allow the party to pass tax increases. Gov. Jerry Brown was easily re-elected, and he was able to push through two signature ballot prop- ositions on water supplies and the state budget. But preliminary returns also suggest Democrats under- performed in key races. Tens of thousands of bal- lots remained uncounted, but Brown's 3 million votes as of Wednesday would be the lowest received by a winning candidate for Cal- ifornia governor in at least a generation. By comparison, he logged 5.4 million votes when he defeated Republi- can Meg Whitman in 2010. Asked about the impact of turnout on candidates, Brown told reporters, "I did what I could to bring more Democrats across the line." "I think it's pretty hard to alter turnout, particu- larly when you see the pat- terns all over the country," he said, referring to Repub- lican gains in Congress. In U.S. House contests, preliminary returns gave Republicans hope of flip- ping several California seats, including one in San Diego. Elsewhere, little- known dairy farmer Johnny Tacherra was locked in a surprisingly tight race with five-term Democratic Rep. Jim Costa in a Central Val- ley district that President Barack Obama carried by nearly 20 percentage points in 2012. SIGNS OF REVIVAL Ca lif or ni a GO P em bo ld en ed b y El ec ti on D ay s ho wi ng DONNAE.FAWVER January 28, 1934 ~ November 2, 2014 Donna Gill Fawver went home to her Savior on Novem- ber 2, 2014 after a lenghtly illness. She was born on Jan- uary 28, 1934 in Shasta County to W.E. and Maudie Gill. She married Lonnie (Bud) Fawver on June 19, 1954 and celebrated 54 years of marriage until his passing eight years ago. She was in one of the first graduating classes of Shasta Junior College. Donna was active in many so- cial groups and in her church. She worked at several jobs, but was most proud of working with children as a teacher assistant. A true resi- dent of the North State she resided in Shasta, Tehama and Siskiyou counties. Donna is survived by her daughter Lavonne, extended family and friends. Services will be held Saturday, November 8, 2014 at the Allen and Dahl Funeral home in Palo Cedro, CA. In lieu of flowers, please donated in her memory to the Victory House Building fund, Good News Rescue Mission, 2842 S. Market St., Redding, CA 96001, 530-242-5920. BRYAN ANTHONY ALVARES Bryan was born in Red Bluff on December 6, 1990 and was raised in Flournoy. He attended local schools in Flournoy and Corning. He was active in the Corning Po- lice Cadet program during high school, and worked at Si- erra Pacific in Richfield following high school. He loved hunting, fishing, the ranch where he grew up, and being with friends and family. He left behind countless family and friends that will miss him dearly, including his birth parents Craig Alvares and Jennie Suske, Larry and Pam Alvares, whom he called Mom and Dad, and Marila Alvares, who he called his big sister. A gathering to celebrate Bryan's life will be held at the Tehama County River Park North Square at Woodson Bridge in Corning on Sunday November 9th at 1:00 pm. All are welcome to attend. Obituaries THURSDAY,NOVEMBER6,2014 REDBLUFFDAILYNEWS.COM |NEWS | 7 A