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Carson:BennyCarson, 44, of Cottonwood died Thursday, Jan. 1, at Mercy Medical Center in Redding. Arrangements are under the direction of Blair's Cre- mation & Burial. Published Saturday, Jan. 3, 2015in the Daily News, Red Bluff, Calif. Hubbard: John William Hubbard, 82, of Corning died Thursday, Jan. 1 at the Red Bluff Healthcare Center. Arrangements are under the direction of Hall Brothers Corn- ing Mortuary. Published Saturday, Jan. 3, 2015 in the Daily News, Red Bluff, Calif. Deathnoticesmustbe provided by mortuar- ies to the news depart- ment, are published at no charge, and feature only specific basic informa- tion about the deceased. Paid obituaries are placed through the Clas- sified advertising depart- ment. Paid obituaries may be placed by mortu- aries or by families of the deceased and include on- line publication linked to the newspaper's website. Paid obituaries may be of any length, may run multiple days and offer wide latitude of content, including photos. Deathnotices scale in operation, the planning department wants to make sure it has the impacts clearly ana- lyzed with the other agri- cultural uses in the county. The urgency ordinance would require four-fifths approval from the board. If passed the board could extend the ordinance fol- lowing additional public notices and hearings. Poultry FROM PAGE 1 and he was flown to Mercy Medical Center in Redding where he was placed on life support. Police identified Cadotte as a suspect in the fight, and he was taken into cus- tody at the Tehama County Landfill on Plymire Road after a Tehama County Dis- trict Attorney investigator spotted Cadotte driving. McDarment was taken off life support on Oct. 18 and subsequently died. Cadotte remains in cus- tody. Onthecalendar The Red Bluff woman who pleaded guilty in De- cember to a charge of gross vehicular manslaughter while intoxicated stem- ming from the death of 18-year-old Shae Danilla Smith is scheduled to ap- pear in court Jan. 20 for sentencing. Elizabeth Anne Lang, 36, had additionally been charged with vehicular manslaughter, driving un- der the influence of drugs, possession of a controlled substance and being un- der the influence of a con- trolled with the special al- legations great bodily in- jury and bodily injury to more than one person, ac- cording to online court re- cords. Those charges have been dismissed. Smith and another pe- destrian, Travis Burke, 20, were standing about 10:30 a.m. Sept. 30, 2014 on the shoulder of Antelope Bou- levard near the Valero gas station across from the Te- hama District Fairground when an eastbound driver reportedly veered off the road, striking both Smith and Burke, according to Red Bluff police. Smith was pronounced dead at the scene. Burke suffered a broken leg and was taken to St. Elizabeth Community Hospital. Officers arrested the driver, identified as Lang, at the scene of the incident. Lang pleaded guilty to gross vehicular man- slaughter while intoxicated on Dec. 22. She remains in custody. Courts FROM PAGE 1 in x 6.75 in I T only T A K E S A S P A R K . O N L Y Y O U C A N P R E V E N T W I L D F I R E S . s m o k e y b e a r . c o m Please expense of meat. The beef and agricul- ture industries are cry- ing foul, saying an envi- ronmental agenda has no place in what has always been a practical blueprint for a healthy lifestyle. The advisory panel has been discussing the idea of sustainability in public meetings, indicating that its recommendations, ex- pected early this year, may address the environment. A draft recommendation cir- culated last month said a sustainable diet helps en- sure food access for both the current population and future generations. A dietary pattern higher in plant-based foods and lower in animal-based foods is "more health pro- moting and is associated with lesser environmen- tal impact than is the cur- rent average U.S. diet," the draft said. That appears to take at least partial aim at the beef industry. A study by the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sci- ences last year said raising beef for the American din- ner table is more harmful to the environment than other meat industries such as pork and chicken. The study said that com- pared with other popular animal proteins, beef pro- duces more heat-trapping gases per calorie, puts out more water-polluting ni- trogen, takes more wa- ter for irrigation and uses more land. As the advisory commit- tee has discussed the idea, doctors and academics on the panel have framed sus- tainability in terms of con- serving food resources and also what are the healthi- est foods. There is "com- patibility and overlap" between what's good for health and good for the en- vironment, the panel says. Once the recommenda- tions are made, the Agri- culture and Health and Human Services depart- ments will craft the fi- nal dietary guidelines, expected about a year from now. Published ev- ery five years, the guide- lines are the basis for US- DA's "My Plate" icon that replaced the well-known food pyramid in 2010 and is designed to help Amer- icans with healthy eating. Guidelines will also be in- tegrated into school lunch meal patterns and other federal eating programs. The meat industry has fought for years to ensure that the dietary guidelines do not call for eating less meat. The guidelines now recommend eating lean meats instead of reducing meat altogether. But an- other draft discussed at the panel's Dec. 15 meet- ing says a healthy dietary pattern includes fewer "red and processed meats." In response, the Na- tional Cattlemen's Beef As- sociation sent out a state- ment by doctor and cattle producer Richard Thorpe calling the committee bi- ased and the meat rec- ommendation absurd. He said lean beef has a role in healthy diets. Objections are coming from Congress, too. A massive year-end spending bill enacted last month noted the advisory committee's interest in the environment and directed Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack "to only include nutrition and dietary in- formation, not extraneous factors" in final guidelines. Congress often uses such non-binding directions to put a department on no- tice that lawmakers will push back if the executive branch moves forward. Environmentalists are pushing the committee and the government to go the route being consid- ered. "We need to make sure our diets are in alignment with our natural resources and the need to reduce cli- mate change," said Kari Hamerschlag of the advo- cacy group Friends of the Earth. Michael Jacobson of the Center for Science in the Public Interest said the idea of broader guidelines isn't unprecedented. They have already been shaped to address physical activ- ity and food safety, he said. "You don't want to rec- ommend a diet that is go- ing to poison the planet," he said. Diet FROM PAGE 1 By Amy Taxin The Associated Press STANTON Hundreds of people packed into state of- fices and waited in hours- long lines Friday as Califor- nia began issuing driver's li- censes to the nation's largest population of immigrants in the country illegally. Braving near-freezing temperatures, immigrants donning scarves and gloves and poring over driver's handbooks arrived at the newly-created Department of Motor Vehicles office in Stanton as early as 2 a.m. hoping to be among the first to obtain the long-sought permission to drive. "This is a big opportu- nity for me," said Sammy Moeung, 24, a Cambo- dian immigrant eager to avoid having to ride his bike to work at his broth- er's doughnut shop. "Hav- ing this is moving a step forward in life, in Califor- nia and the United States." The DMV expects 1.4 mil- lion people will seek a li- cense in the first three years of a program aimed at boost- ing road safety and making immigrants' lives easier. California officials said about 9,500 people had ap- pointments to apply for new licenses on Friday. Hun- dreds more lined up outside the only four DMV offices that accept walk-in appli- cants, including the packed office in the Orange County city of Stanton. California is one of 10 states that now license im- migrants in the country il- legally to drive, though the new cards issued to immi- grants will include a distinc- tive marking and are not considered a valid form of federal identification. Immigrant advocates have cheered the licenses as a way to integrate immi- grants who must drive to work and shuttle children to school. But critics have ques- tioned state officials' ability to verify the identity of for- eign applicants, citing secu- rity concerns. Celia Rayon, a 49-year- old warehouse worker from Anaheim, emerged smil- ing from the Stanton of- fice clutching her newly- printed driving permit. For nearly two decades, the Mexican immigrant has re- frained from driving, rely- ing on rides from co-work- ers to get to her job. "You can't go out any- where," she said, adding she'd like to make a 40-hour trip to visit relatives in Geor- gia once she passes her road test. "Now we're going to feel more secure." Law enforcement offi- cials say the program will improve road safety be- cause more drivers will be tested and insured and stud- ies show unlicensed drivers are more likely to cause a fa- tal crash. Applicants must submit proof of identity and state residency and pass a writ- ten test to get a driving permit. Those who don't possess foreign govern- ment-issued identification on a list of approved docu- ments can be interviewed by a DMV investigator to see if they qualify. Immigrants must come back at a later date and pass a road test to get the license, which will be marked with the words "federal limits apply." Those who have li- censes from other states are not required to take the driving test again, DMV spokeswoman Jessica Gon- zalez said. Jesus Moreno, 30, said he was relieved to have gotten his permit after paying hun- dreds of dollars in tickets for driving without a license and for having his car im- pounded. The Mexican im- migrant said he applied as soon as he could because he needs to drive to his job in- stalling vending machines. "It's not that I want to drive. It's a necessity," he said. Still, some immigrants who waited in line for hours failed the required written test and vowed to make an appointment to return on another date to try again. During the last year, im- migrant advocates, consular officials and the DMV have encouraged immigrants to study and offered free driv- er's-test preparation classes to help applicants get ready. About half of new driver's license applicants in Califor- nia fail the required written test, Gonzalez said. CALIFORNIA Immigrants come out in force for driver licenses PHOTOS BY NICK UT — THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Miguel Ayala waits with his son Jesus with other immigrants to register for a drivers license at a California Department of Motor Vehicles office in Stanton on Friday. Immigrants line up at a California Department of Motor Vehicles office to register for drivers licenses. RAYMONDELIGGI September 27, 1941-December 28, 2014 Raymond Eliggi was born in Santa Rosa, California on September 27, 1941. He was the only child of Frank and Frances Eliggi. He lived most of his life in Santa Rosa, a member of the first graduating class of Montgomery High School in 1959. After high school he attended Santa Rosa Junior College and later enlisted in the US Army, serving three years. He was stationed in Fort Bliss, Texas and South Korea. He was discharged in 1963. He worked for forty years as a Ford mechanic. His pas- sion in life was collecting American cut glass. He was self- taught and became very knowledgeable, often called on by other collectors to identify glass patterns. The Eliggi home in Red Bluff is a veritable museum of beautiful pieces. He and his wife Sharon loved to travel, going to Italy three times and to many American towns and cities in their hunt for cut glass pieces. The Eliggi's moved to Red Bluff in 2007 and quickly be- came very active in their new home town. Ray was al- ways willing to help his neighbors on their projects. He volunteered with the Greener Cleaner Red Bluff group on several occasions and spent ten days cleaning up the Breckenridge Street historical bridge. He was appointed to the Red Bluff City Council and had the greatest respect for his fellow Council members and City staff. Ray was a quiet man, always looking at all sides of an issue before making a decision. He loved Red Bluff and was constantly looking for ways to improve the community and benefit the citizens. Ray leaves Sharon, his beloved wife of thirty-five years and his daughters Cheri Hawkins and Dee Gouveia and step-children Lisa Crowe, John Crowe, and Leslie Rivera, as well as six grandchildren. Ray was well respected by all who knew him. He leaves many friends from all walks of life and will be desperate- ly missed by his family and friends. Services will be held on Saturday, January 10 at 11 am at North Valley Baptist Church (325 David Street in Red Bluff); Pastor Scott Camo will lead the celebration of Ray's Life. 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