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Thursday, September 29, 2011 – Daily News 7A Obituaries BULLY Continued from page 1A lying is often the result of the relationships one chooses to have with those around them. While bullying has WILLIAM (BILL) T. DODGE William (Bill) T. Dodge born October 9, 1919 passed away on September 26, 2011 at Lassen House in Red Bluff, CA. He was the owner of Dodge English Walnuts in Los Molinos for many years. He is survived by his wife Veronica Dodge, daughters Maureen (Bob) Avitable, Vickie (Bill) Greer, Claudia (Marvin) Sivesind, Robyn (Bob) Bertolucci, Marlene (Dave) Crosby, Sharon (Ray) Romero. He has 24 grandchildren: Mary & Eddie Corbett, Toni & James McGinness, Kevin & Bren Greer, Aaron & Charlotte Greer, A.J. & Melanie Smith, Tony & Michele Sivesind, Mark, Barbara & Marci Sivesind, Andy & Christi- ana Bertolucci, Desiree & Rick Goff, Christopher & Joan Croaby, Chuck & Jeffrey Romero. He also has 12 great grandchildren. Bill was well known and loved by so many and will be greatly missed by his loving family and the community. He served in the United States Merchant Marines. A memorial and celebration of his life will be held on Saturday, October 1, 2011 at the Community Baptist Church, 598 Round-Up Avenue at 11am. Internment will be Monday, October 3, 2011 at the Veteran's Cemetery in Igo at 12:30pm, with full military honors. We love you Dad, and we know that you are in the house of the Lord, and watching over all of us now and forever Death Notice Betty Olson Betty Olson died Tuesday, Sept. 27, 2011, in her home in Corning. She was 67. Hoyt-Cole Chapel of the Flowers is handling the arrangements. Published Thursday, Sept. 29, 2011, in the Daily News, Red Bluff, Calif. SPREE Continued from page 1A art show and just outside of the buildings, Sacred Heart School will be offering its annual Calico Faire and fun runs. St. Elizabeth is a recent recipient of the Thomson 100 Top Hospitals: Bench- marks for Success award for a fifth year in a row. SACRAMENTO (AP) — A always been around, peo- ple are paying greater attention to it nowadays because bullying has led to greater consequences, such as victims who com- mit suicide, May said. The economic down- turn has contributed to a rise in bullying. As parents deal with unemployment, foreclosure and other effects of a tanked econo- my, the stress at home often results in children acting out against others. "We're starting to see things intensify because things at home aren't good," May said. But not all bullying can be blamed on children from wrecked homes, he said. Popular and more affluent students are bul- lies, too, as they look down on other students. The American culture of racing to the top has created another class off bullies. Now it is the stu- dents in the middle of the popularity range that are bullies. "Lots of bullying comes from the kids in the middle because they're ARTS Continued from page 1A The district's theater depart- ment received a grant in the amount of $300.28 to help fund the fall production of "Annie, Jr." The production will be 7 p.m. Oct. 28 and at 2 p.m. and 7 p.m. Oct. 29. All shows will be at the State Theatre and are open to the public. Two student assemblies A look at recent state anti-bullying laws By The Associated Press A look at laws passed or updated by state legisla- tures in the year since the suicide of Rutgers Univer- sity student Tyler Clementi brought renewed attention to the problem of bullying: — Arkansas: Requires school districts to train staff members about bullying and investigate credible reports. A second law bans cyberbullying. — California: First state requiring public schools to teach in social studies about the contributions of gays and lesbians.A conservative group is pushing to over- turn the law by public vote. — Colorado: Outlaws bullying by electronic means and requires training for teachers on how bullying can affect students and is often based on minority status. — Connecticut: Requires anti-bullying training for all school employees, sets deadlines for administra- tors to investigate reports and requires publicly avail- able statistics. — New Jersey: Requires anti-bullying policies in schools; passage was expedited after Clementi's death in September 2010. — Rhode Island: Requires state Education Depart- ment to develop policies banning bullying by Internet or text message to be adopted by every district by the end of June next year. Also would ban student Face- book use during school hours. — Washington state: Requires school staff mem- bers to intervene in bullying situations and requires districts to respond in writing to bullying complaints within five days. thinking about climbing up," May said. "With the attitude that anybody can make it in America, the belief that you can be the next American Idol, all that leads to people claw- ing and climbing." Students shared their personal experiences with bullying, with most talk- ing about cases in which they were victims or bystanders. A student said, while at another local school, the will be presented on Oct. 28 to 1,400 students. The grant helped cover the roy- alty and material fees that have to be paid as part of the licensing agreement. Almost 100 students from all four campuses audi- tioned Aug. 29. Forty students were cast and have been rehears- ing since Sept. 1. This will be the third musical produced by the department. The grants were chosen by the Tehama County Arts Council and Group seeks review of legislative records CUTS good-government group on Wednesday asked state Assembly Speaker John Perez to ensure that a task force he appointed to study open-records issues holds its meet- ings in public and is transparent about its findings. Common Cause also recom- mended that lawmakers scrap the 1970s-era Legislative Open Records Act, which officials in the Legislature have used to keep many documents secret. A policy advocate for Common Cause, Phillip Ung, asked the Los Angeles Democrat to make trans- parency and public disclosure a pri- ority for the task force, which has yet to name any members besides its chairwoman, Assemblywoman Nancy Skinner, D-Berkeley. The letter sent Wednesday to Perez and Skinner was provided to The Asso- ciated Press. Perez announced the task force this summer while he was under fire for the Assembly's refusal to release lawmakers' office spending records during a feud with another Democratic lawmaker. Common Cause called on Perez and Skinner to post online the biographies of all committee mem- bers and provide at least three days' public notice before it holds meet- ings, as other state and local gov- ernment bodies that follow the Cal- ifornia Public Records Act are required to do. Lawmakers are sub- ject to a separate law, known as LORA, that they approved in 1978 and that has been used far more restrictively. ''The LORA continues to be a hurdle for good government groups, members of the media and everyday Californians to gain access to common sense legislative documents,'' Ung wrote. He said the law contains unnecessary exemptions for legislative mem- bers, staff, committees and caucus- es ''with no policy rational(e) behind the need for such protection from public scrutiny.'' The letter said the public deserves timely access to Assem- bly spending records and lawmak- ers' meeting schedules. In announcing the committee, Perez said Democratic and Repub- lican lawmakers had ''expressed concerns to me about making Assembly expenditures more accessible.'' He asked Skinner, the same law- maker in charge of blocking the release of budget documents, to investigate whether the Legislative Open Records Act needs to be updated. She was to report back in January, months after the close of this year's legislative session. The controversy stems from a feud between Perez and Assembly- man Anthony Portantino, D-La Canada-Flintridge, who claimed his office budget was slashed as retaliation for voting against the state budget. Portantino asked the Assembly Rules Committee to release all Assembly members' expenditures, but was refused. Perez later released some docu- ments, but they offered an incom- plete picture of lawmakers' staff and office spending. In the past, the 80-member Assembly and 40-member Senate also have rejected repeated requests from the AP and San Jose Mercury to release calendars that might show lawmakers' meetings with lobbyists and special interest groups. All statewide elected offi- cials, including the governor, have released copies of their calendars 100K plants seized from clandestine forest gardens HAPPY CAMP (AP) — Anti-drug agents have seized more than 100,000 marijuana plants from clan- destine gardens hidden in mountain forests near Cali- fornia's northern border. The Siskiyou County Sheriff's Office says that a Thursday raid with U.S. Forest Service agents netted more than 31,000 plants. Authorities said three to four suspects appear to have fled the site a week earlier, leaving behind a large tent and food. The Siskiyou Daily News reports that earlier in the month, raids of five gardens near Happy Camp pulled in more than 70,000 plants. Agents found abandoned tents and living areas at the sites. All the plants seized in the raids — possibly worth hundreds of millions of dollars on the street — were slated to be destroyed. when requested. The Sacramento Bee and Los Angeles Times have filed a lawsuit seeking the complete and current office budgets of Assembly mem- bers. Ung said Common Cause spoke with the rules committee's chief administrator, Jon Waldie, in hopes of getting an update on the task force. ''They had said they don't know the schedule, they don't know who the members will be, they haven't even had a chance to meet with the chair,'' Ung said. ''It sounds like to us, the speaker announced it, they dealt with the end of session, and then everybody just went home. But we're keeping the pressure on because we really want to see something substantial come out of this process.'' A spokeswoman for Perez, Robin Swanson, said the speaker appreciates the input from Com- mon Cause and that the task force ''will take all of these recommen- dations under consideration.'' Common Cause also recom- mended that the Legislature: — Create a permanent, indepen- dent commission on public records that would continually review issues on legislative, executive and judicial records disclosure. — Post online spending reports and audits within seven days, rather than only by request. — Create an easy-to-use records disclosure website where the public can find detailed ''expenditure reports, audits, calendars, and/or LORA/Public Records Act forms,'' and receive instructions on how to request information. The salaries of Assembly members and staff, as well as lawmakers' expenditures, should be consolidated there. STATE BRIEFING Mendocino Co race stalled amid suspect search FORT BRAGG (AP) — Officials in Mendocino Coun- ty have postponed a local foot race as authorities search for a suspect accused of fatally shooting a city councilman and another man. The Mendocino Coast Hospital hosts an annual Health and Wellness Fair that includes 5-kilometer and 10-kilo- meter runs. The Noyo River Run, scheduled this year for Oct. 16, would have taken runners through areas currently being combed by law enforcement in the search for Aaron Bassler. The 35-year-old Bassler is accused of fatally shooting Fort Bragg Councilman Jere Melo last month as Melo searched an area for illegal marijuana farms. Authorities also say Bassler killed a Mendocino Land Trust land man- ager two weeks earlier while the victim was clearing brush. Continued from page 1A less than it is owed under the state funding formula. That money could be used to restore four cut school days, reduce class sizes, buy new textbooks and restore staff development. ''We've gotten to the point where we've trimmed everything, and we're not going to put up with it anymore,'' Garcia said. ''There is no easy way out of this financial boy who sat next to her called her "the b-word" every day. She was even- tually moved to a different seat away from the boy but had to transfer out of that school. Another said she was pressured by peers to jump off a shed. She did it three times with the last time resulting in her breaking her wrist and having to have surgery. Others witnessed stu- dents getting picked on or being involved in fights. Students said the changes they wanted to see at Reeds Creek were to stop the pressure to be popular, gossip and rumors, violent name-call- ing and intimidation. Students can prevent bullying by examining the relationships they have with others. It's his hope that stu- dents will create relation- ships that will support them and help them move forward rather than choos- ing a toxic one, May said. "Raise your expecta- tions when it comes to relationships because it's really important for you moving forward," he said. ——— Tang Lor can be reached at 527-2153, Ext. 110 or by e-mail at tlor@redbluffdailynews.co m. sponsored by the council and the California Arts Council Arts Plate Program. The program was start- ed by pop artist Wayne Thiebaud, who designed the arts license plate, titled Coastline. The proceeds from the fee for this specialty license plate benefit CAC programs for children and arts organizations throughout California. See www.cac.ca.gov/licenseplate and www.tehamaarts.org for informa- tion. crisis, but they cannot continue to put the burden of this crisis on the future of California — its chil- dren.'' California was also sued Wednesday by advocates for the developmentally disabled who claim the state has underfunded ser- vices for 245,000 residents. Nancy Lungren, spokeswoman for the Cal- ifornia Department of Developmental Services, said ''given the size of the budget shortfall, difficult decisions are needed.'' CSU faculty union calls for strike SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The California State Uni- versity faculty union on Wednesday called for a one-day strike at two CSU campuses to protest the administration's decision to withhold negotiated pay raises. The California Faculty Association said it plans to hold ''concerted actions'' at the East Bay and Dominguez Hills campuses on Nov. 17. Those actions could include a strike if union members authorize it. The faculty union, which represents professors, lectur- ers, coaches, counselors and librarians, also plans to con- duct informational picketing at all 23 Cal State campuses on Nov. 8 or 9, union leaders said. The faculty association decided to call for the job actions after administrators decided not to pay salary increases negotiated for the 2008-2009 and 2009-2010 academic years. The CSU system rescinded the raises after the state cut higher education funding, but a state-appointed fact-finding panel recently recommended that the university provide a small fraction of the negotiated raises. The faculty union is currently in negotiations for a new contract and isn't satisfied with the administration's propos- als, which could lead to pay cuts over the next few years. Faculty members are also upset over the administration's decisions to dramatically raise student tuition and increase the salaries of some executives, Taiz said. ''We have a responsibility to take action to preserve our profession and to protect our students,'' Taiz said. ''It is sim- ply not possible to predict what kind of university this will become if there is not a dramatic change in course.'' CSU spokesman Mike Uhlenkamp said a strike would be ''very disruptive to students.'' He said it would be inap- propriate to give $20 million in salary increases to faculty when the university is facing a severe financial crisis.