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Elskame:DeanaElskame, 39, of Red Bluff, died Tues- day, Jan. 20at St. Eliza- beth Community Hospital in Red Bluff. Arrangements are under the direction of Blair's Cremation & Burial. Published Wednesday, Jan. 21, 2015in the Daily News, Red Bluff, Calif. Moore: Debra (Debbie) Moore, 53, of Red Bluff died Friday, Jan. 16at St. Elizabeth Commu- nity Hospital in Red Bluff. Arrangements are under the direction of Hoyt-Cole Chapel of the Flowers. Published Wednesday, Jan. 21, 2015in the Daily News, Red Bluff, Calif. Northrup: William (Bill) Alan Northrup, 68, of Red Bluff died Tuesday, Jan. 20at Brentwood Skilled Nursing and Rehab in Red Bluff. Arrangements are under the direction of Red Bluff Simple Cremations & Burial Service. Published Wednesday, Jan. 21, 2015 in the Daily News, Red Bluff, Calif. Wright: Toni Marie Wright, 72, of Red Bluff died Sat- urday, Jan. 17at Red Bluff Healthcare. Arrangements are under the direction of Neptune Society. Published Wednesday, Jan. 21, 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 web- site. Paid obituaries may be of any length, may run multiple days and offer wide latitude of content, including photos. DEATHNOTICES Shae Smith was traveling to live with in Chico at the time of the crash. He added: "Obviously you made some bad decisions to go down this dark path, and I know people make mistakes and I want to forgive you. But you will be truly forgiven when you feel the pain that I feel." Shae Smith's mother, aunt and uncle also spoke before the court. "Our hurting, and our pain, will never be com- pletely gone," said Elaine Hobbs, Shae Smith's aunt, addressing Lang. "The emp- tiness will never be filled. People make mistakes, and you get a second chance. You'll get to learn from your mistakes, and you could be- come a better person if you choose to do so." BottkedeniedLangproba- tion, saying that there would be a likelihood that Lang could be a danger to others if she were not in prison. Bottke, before sentencing Lang, also pointed to her at- tempt to discard metham- phetamines at the scene of the incident, and her crim- inal record, which includes public intoxication. Lang had initially been charged with additional charges of driving under the influence of drugs, pos- session of a controlled sub- stance, being under the in- fluence of a controlled sub- stance and the special allegations of great bodily injury and bodily injury to more than one person. Those charges and special allegations were dismissed after Lang pleaded guilty Dec. 22. 2014 to gross vehic- ular manslaughter while in- toxicated. Langremainedincustody. Prison FROM PAGE 1 Blanco was supposed to meet her father in Redding the week after Christmas, but never arrived. Her last phone number has been disconnected. Blanco may be in the Red Bluff or Redding Area. The Red Bluff Police Department asks anyone who contacts Blanco to check on her welfare and call Officer Matt Haman at (530) 527-3131. Missing FROM PAGE 1 to use his veto pen to strike down the Republican lead- ership's efforts to disman- tle his signature accom- plishments, including his health care and financial reform laws. "We can't put the security of families at risk by taking away their health insurance or unraveling the new rules on Wall Street or refighting past battles on immigration when we've got a system to fix," Obama said. "And if a bill comes to my desk that tries to do any of these things, I will veto it." The president sought out more common ground on foreign policy, pledging to work with Congress on a new authorization for mili- tary action against the Is- lamic State group in Iraq and Syria, as well as legis- lation to guard against cy- berattacks. In a rare move away from his own party, Obama also renewed his call for fast-tracking free trade agreements with Asia and Europe, gener- ating more applause from pro-trade Republicans than skeptical Democrats. Obama's address marked the first time in his presi- dency that he stood before a Republican-controlled Congress. Yet the shift in the political landscape has also been accompanied by a burst of economic growth and hiring, as well as a slight increase in Obama's once sagging approval rat- ings — leaving the White House to see little incen- tive in curtailing or even tweaking its agenda in re- sponse to the Republicans' midterm election victories. After ticking through signs of the rising econ- omy, the president turned toward Republicans sitting in the chamber and said with a wink, "This is good news, people." The centerpiece of Obama's economic propos- als marked a shift away from the focus on auster- ity and deficit reduction that has dominated his fis- cal fights with Republi- cans. In a direct challenge to GOP economic ideology, Obama called for increas- ing the capital gains rate on couples making more than $500,000 annually, to 28 percent. The president's tax plan would also require estates to pay capital gains taxes on securities at the time they're inherited and slap a fee on the roughly 100 U.S. financial firms with assets of more than $50 billion. Much of the $320 billion in new taxes and fees would be used for measures aimed at helping the middle class, including a $500 tax credit for some families with two spouses working, expansion of the child care tax credit and a $60 billion program to make community college free. "Will we accept an econ- omy where only a few of us do spectacularly well?" Obama asked. "Or will we commit ourselves to an economy that generates ris- ing incomes and chances for everyone who makes the effort?" Even before the presi- dent's address, Republicans were balking at his propos- als and painting a far less rosy picture of the economy. "We see our neigh- bors agonize over stag- nant wages and lost jobs. We see the hurt caused by canceled health care plans and higher monthly insur- ance bills," said Iowa Sen. Joni Ernst, who delivered the Republican response. "But when we demanded solutions, too often Wash- ington responded with the same stale mindset that led to failed policies like Obamacare. It's a mindset that gave us political talk- ing points, not serious so- lutions." With an eye on a swirl of foreign policy challenges, Obama defended his deci- sion to return to military action in Iraq and also au- thorize airstrikes in Syria. He said Congress could "show the world that we are united in this mission" by passing a new resolu- tion formally authorizing the use of force against the Islamic State group. As the U.S. eyes a March deadline for a framework agreement with Iran on its disputed nuclear program, the president vowed to veto any effort by Congress to pass new sanctions legis- lation. Such a step, he said, "will all but guarantee that diplomacy fails — alien- ating America from its al- lies and ensuring that Iran starts up its nuclear pro- gram again." The president also her- alded his unilateral move last month to normalize diplomatic relations with Cuba after a half-century of animosity, and he urged lawmakers to follow his lead by lifting the economic embargo on the communist island. Yet the guest boxes in the House chamber un- derscored the sensitive poli- tics that hang over efforts to overhaul the long-standing U.S. policy toward Cuba. Among the guests sit- ting with first lady Mi- chelle Obama was Alan Gross, the American man who spent five years in a Cuban prison and was re- leased as part of the deal to end the freeze between Washington and Havana. In a nod to the concerns of Cuban dissidents and pro-democracy advo- cates, House Speaker John Boehner's guest was Jorge Luis García Pérez, who spent 17 years in a Cuban prison. Florida Republican Sen. Macro Rubio brought Rosa Maria Paya Acevedo, whose father was a well- known Cuban dissident who was killed in a car ac- cident that his family be- lieves was suspicious. Union FROM PAGE 1 Thankyou! PLEASE RECYCLE THIS NEWSPAPER. Find us online! By Alan Fram The Associated Press WASHINGTON The new Re- publican Congress under- stands Americans' suffering from the economy, health care system and Washing- ton gridlock and will steer the country away from Pres- ident Barack Obama's failed policies, the newly minted senator delivering her par- ty's official response to the State of Union address promised Tuesday. Mixing calls for bipar- tisanship with a flexing of GOP muscle, freshman Sen. Joni Ernst, R-Iowa, cited Americans' worries about stagnant wages, lost jobs and canceled health care coverage. In prepared remarks, she called on Obama to cooperate with Republicans to simplify the tax code by lowering rates and eliminating unspeci- fied loopholes and to ease trade barriers with Europe and Asia. Yet Ernst also listed a parade of looming clashes with the president, includ- ing GOP efforts to force construction of the Key- stone XL oil pipeline, bal- ance the budget without raising taxes and restrict abortions. "Americans have been hurting, but when we de- manded solutions, too of- ten Washington responded with the same stale mind- set that led to failed poli- cies like Obamacare," Ernst said, referring to the Obama health care overhaul that Republicans loathe. "It's a mindset that gave us politi- cal talking points, not seri- ous solutions." Ernst's speech marked her party's first State of the Union response under Obama in which the GOP has held House and Senate majorities. It came as Re- publicans hope to expand their appeal among women and minorities ahead of the 2016 presidential and con- gressional elections. "We heard the message you sent in November, loud and clear," she said. "And now we're getting to work to change the direction Wash- ington has been taking our country." Ernst, 44, sprinkled her policy prescriptions with her personal story, recount- ing her youth on her fami- ly's farm in Red Oak, Iowa. She described plowing fields, working mornings at a Hardees restaurant and wearing plastic bread bags over her only pair of good shoes on rainy school days. Tuesday's speeches came as the economy has been adding juice, with economic growth accelerating and unemployment falling. In his remarks, Obama said it was time to "turn the page" on years of war and eco- nomic weakness and turn to investments that would strengthen the country. Ernst is a fresh face on the national political scene who has been in the Senate for all of two weeks. Her November election victory helped give Republicans control of the Senate for the first time in eight years. The conservative Ernst rocketed to prominence in Republican circles last year, when the little-known state senator and Iraq war vet- eran won the GOP primary and captured a Senate seat that retiring Democrat Tom Harkin had held for three decades. Ernst gained attention for a campaign ad in which she spoke of her farm experience castrating pigs and vowed to use that attitude against big spenders in Washington, say- ing,"Let'smakethemsqueal." She has advocated the aboli- tion of the IRS and Environ- mental Protection Agency, backed a state law support- ing personhood for fetuses and spoken of using her gun to defend herself against any government attempts to re- strict her rights. STATE OF UNION RESPONSE Se n. E rn st p ro mi se s GO P fo cu s on A me ri can s' c on ce rn s HANKRENO March 24, 1932 ~January 14, 2015 HANK RENO 82, went home to his Lord on January 14, 2015. Hank is survived by his loving wife of 25 years Ruthe R. Reno, daughters Glenda Burke, Reno, NV; Bren- da Whitmer, Yuba City, CA; Jane Reneau, Belgrade, MT,; Mark (Lori) Reno, Redding, CA; Bruce (Karen) Reno, Red Bluff, CA,; Shelly Reno Trent, Chico, CA; Annette Beveridge, Wamic, OR; brother RB Reno, AK, along with 2 Grand-children and 23 Great-grand children. His son Robert Reno preceded him in death. Hank was born in New Mexico, March 24, 1932 and came to California at the age of 10. He was an electrician, a farmer, a home builder, ham radio operator, a preacher, a pilot, built his own airplane and "jack of all trades". Hank semi retired at an early age giving him opportunity to travel which took him on many adventures of work and play. For years he wintered in the desert of Southern California, working and trading with his CB friends. The Ham Radio community gave him much friendship for people world wide. Memorial service will be held Saturday, January 24, 2015 at the Los Molinos Veterans Memorial Hall at 1:00 p.m. To honor Hank's sweet tooth, friends are asked to bring a pot-luck dessert. SAUNDRA KAY (DISTLER) JENNINGS, ELDRIDGE December 29th, 1945, died November 6, 2014 in Corn- ing, California. Saundra was the mother of Craig Jennings and John Jennings; grandmother of Delanie and John Jr. Jennings. Craig and John live in Washington State. Her previous husband, Marc Eldridge of Salinas, remained a true and supportive friend for Saundra, Craig and John. Saundra was the youngest of the three Distler children of Jack and Nova Distler, deceased, who lived many years in Corning. Her older sister, Dorothy (Distler) Giboney, Williams of Oroville died many years earlier. Her brother, Luther Distler and his wife, Maria Distler, live in the Bay Area. Saundra grew up in Chico, California and graduated from Chico High. She lived many years in Idaho and Spokane, Washington before relocating to Humboldt County. She lived in Red Bluff before settling in Corning in what had been her parent's home. Saundra was an ac- tive trusted servant of the AA and NA fellowships. For over 31 years she selflessly helped many individuals who strove to recover from Alcohol and Drug addictions. Celebration of Saundra's life - Saturday January 24th at 2pm - Corning Senior Center - 1015 4th Avenue, Corning. Barbecue buffet provided. You may bring a dish to share. Bring photos, memories and stories to share. Obituaries NeptuneSociety ofNorthernCaliforniahas provided trusted experience & service to our community for over 40 years. 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Instead of the skimpy milk shakes being sold in town at the time, his were large and full of chunks of ice cream. The place was so jammed with customers that it was not unusual to wait a half an hour to be served. Frank was very popular and I think he sometimes gave boys shakes for free when he felt they were not getting enough to eat. Frank was one of the best liked and best known men in town. He remained this way for many years until drink finally began to get the best of him. He eventually lost everything including his dignity and the respect of those who once liked him. Last week he died a drunken and mostly forgotten man with few mourners. … At the meat plant a man introduced me to his wife and said she wanted to talk to me. I did not recognize her but she said that 34 years ago, in 1926, I had saved her life. Then I recalled that she had come into our grocery store and had the look of absolute terror in her eyes. She asked me if I could let her have a few groceries until she could get back to work. She was just 16 years old and married to a Red Bluff boy. She was going to have a baby in the next few weeks and had to leave her job in a laundry. Her husband abandoned her when he learned she had left her job, and left town without even telling her where he was going. Her landlord told her that when she returned from the hospital she would have no place to go because her rent was several weeks in arrears. She had no friends or relatives and of course there were no relief agencies in those days. We were short of money ourselves and I wasn't very tender hearted about extending credit when the chances of collecting it were small, but when I looked into her eyes, I knew how desperate she was and could not refuse her. She came out of the hospital to a nice room, got a job and started paying for her groceries. Over the course of time the footloose husband returned but left a short time later on a trip to nowhere. She has now been happily married to a nice young man for several years. The former husband married a colored woman in Marysville. She has a job and he is very contented. Dave Minch 1900-1964 WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 21, 2015 REDBLUFFDAILYNEWS.COM |NEWS | 7 A