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Johnson:EsmeraldaFaye Johnson, 77, of Red Bluff died Wednesday, Jan. 21 at Lassen House. Arrange- ments are under the direc- tion of Hoyt-Cole Chapel of the Flowers. Published Thursday, Jan. 22, 2015in the Daily News, Red Bluff, Calif. McConnell: Emmett D. McConnell, 85, of Red Bluff died Wednesday, Jan. 21at River Valley Health Care Center in Redding. Arrangements are under the direction of Hoyt-Cole Chapel of the Flowers. Published Thursday, Jan. 22, 2015in 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 By Andre Byik abyik@redbluffdailynews.com @andrebyik on Twitter GERBER Twomenwerear- rested on suspicion of drug crimesTuesdayafterTehama Interagency Drug Enforce- ments Task Force agents say they found evidence of a bu- tane honey oil lab at a Ger- ber residence. Jeremy Shaw Dryden, 30, was arrested on suspicion of manufacturing a controlled substance, cultivating mari- juana, possessing marijuana for sale and possession of concentrated cannabis at the residence after TIDE agents served a search warrant, ac- cording to a press release. Alex Michael Seals, 26, of Gerber, also was arrested on suspicion of the same crimes, according to the re- lease. Seals was already in custody at Tehama County Jail on other charges. Butane honey oil labs "are extremely dangerous be- cause the manufacturing in- volves butane (highly flam- mable) and a heat source, which, when done incor- rectly has led to" explosions and fires, according to the release. The Tehama County Sheriff's Office assisted the interagency task force. GERBER 2arrestedinsuspected honey oil operation By Mary Clare Jalonick The Associated Press WASHINGTON A favor- ite staple of American di- ets — chicken breasts, legs and wings — could become safer to eat. Standards proposed Wednesday by the Agri- culture Department aim to reduce rates of salmo- nella and campylobacter, another pathogen that can cause symptoms similar to salmonella, in chicken parts, ground chicken and ground turkey. The stan- dards would be voluntary but designed to pressure companies to take steps to reduce contamination. USDA says the proposed standards could reduce raw poultry-related foodborne illnesses by about a quarter, or 50,000 illnesses a year. Among the measures com- panies could take to reduce the rates of the salmonella and campylobacter: better screening of flocks and bet- ter sanitation. The proposal would ask poultry producers to reduce the rates of salmonella in raw chicken parts from an estimated 24 percent now to less than 16 percent, and campylobacter rates in raw chicken parts from an esti- mated 22 percent to 8 per- cent. Rates also would be reduced in ground chicken and turkey, and sampling would be done over a lon- ger period of time to ensure accuracy. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack said companies should realize that comply- ing is good business. "It's in the long-term best interest of the market to have safer food," Vilsack said. Ashley Peterson of the National Chicken Council said the industry has al- ready made improvements. She said poultry compa- nies have been exploring options to reduce contami- nation, including strength- ened sanitation programs, temperature controls and ways of processing. Once the standards are put in place, "we will be meeting or exceeding the standards," she said. The standards come after a lengthy outbreak of sal- monella illnesses linked to California chicken company Foster Farms, which sick- ened more than 600 people between March 2013 and July 2014. In 2013, USDA said inspectors at Foster Farms facilities had docu- mented "fecal material on carcasses" along with poor sanitation. Foster Farms took mea- sures to improve its sanita- tion and screening, and the Centers for Disease Con- trol and Prevention later said the company's prod- ucts were down to 5 per- cent contamination. Vilsack said the Foster Farms outbreaks led the department to realize it needed to be more focused on reducing salmonella in chicken parts. The depart- ment already had standards in place for whole carcasses, but not individual parts like breasts and wings. The new proposal would cover the various parts, which the USDA says is about 80 per- cent of chicken available for purchase. USDA also would make public which companies are meeting the standards or go- ing beyond them, and which companies have more work to do, giving companies more incentive to comply. Consumer advocates have lobbied for more stringent standards, saying the sale of raw poultry contaminated with salmonella should be illegal. Current law allows raw poultry to have a cer- tain amount of salmonella because it is so prevalent and is killed if consumers handle and cook the meat properly. By comparison, it is il- legal to sell meat contami- nated with E. coli, which can cause severe illness or death. Caroline Smith DeWaal of the Center for Science in the Public Interest said the proposed standards would be better if they were en- forced. "USDA can't close a facil- ity that fails to meet these standards," she said. Around 1 million Amer- icans get sick from salmo- nella every year, and almost 20 percent of those illnesses are linked to chicken and turkey. New government standards target pa th og en s in p ou lt ry p ro du ct s MARCIO JOSE SANCHEZ — AP PHOTO, FILE Chickens huddle in their cages at an egg-processing plant at the Dwight Bell Farm in Atwate in 2008. The government is pushing the poultry industry to make its chicken and turkey a little safer with new standards aimed at reducing the number of cases of foodborne illness by 50,000a year. FOODBORNE ILLNESSES The supervisors formed an ad hoc committee to re- view agreements related to the Community and Se- nior Center and propose changes that could be mu- tually beneficial to both the city and county. The city and county, per the agreement, each con- tribute $30,000 annually in operation costs for the com- munity center. The commu- nity center, however, oper- ates at a deficit, and the annual contribution from the city and county has ex- ceeded $75,000 each in re- cent years. Streetimprovements The City Council unan- imously approved award- ing a roughly $278,000 con- tract to Franklin Construc- tion to repair Lincoln and Crittenden streets. The street repair proj- ects will be funded through a city transportation fund, not the general fund. Repairs and improve- ments will comprise ei- ther complete pavement removal and full section replacement at certain ar- eas or grind and overlay re- pairs. Planning commission The City Council unan- imously appointed Dustin Maria to a vacant seat on the Planning Commission. Maria, a deputy sher- iff at the Tehama County Sheriff's Office, was the only applicant for the va- cant seat. Maria, president of the Tehama County Deputy Sheriffs Association, said he has been a lifelong res- ident in the city of Red Bluff and has worked full- time at the sheriff's office for about two years. Maria acknowledged he didn't have experience in city planning, but said he has an extensive political background. Maria said he worked in Washington D.C. for con- gressman Ron Paul, dur- ing Paul's 2012 presidential campaign. "I was active in lobby- ing for many bills ... as well as policy for fiscal respon- sibility, constitutional and sound government policy," he told the City Council. Maria said he would work to help the City Coun- cil generate tax revenue without imposing fees di- rectly on residents. Maria said his priorities would be bettering the commu- nity through development in the city and attracting new opportunities to Red Bluff through the Planning Commission. Maria's term runs through Dec. 31, 2017. Council FROM PAGE 1 By Lisa Leff The Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO California Gov. Jerry Brown and Uni- versity of California Presi- dent Janet Napolitano re- ceived clearance on Wednes- day to form themselves into an unusual "committee of two" that will look at ways of resolving their recent standoff over state funding for higher education and the necessityoftuitionincreases. The two leaders asked fel- low members of the universi- ty's governingboard toname them as the sole members of the Select Advisory Commit- tee on the Cost Structure of the University — a formal sounding body that will be staffed by their respective aides and have input from outside experts but essen- tiallygivethepairthechance to work out in private the dif- ferences of opinion that have divided them publicly since late fall. Over the next two months, Brown and Napolitano will consider and debate some of the proposals the governor says would allow the univer- sity to serve more students without either big budget in- creases or tuition hikes. They include moving classes online, increasing the hours faculty devote to teaching, spurring students to complete their studies in four years or less, making it easier for community college graduates to transfer to UC campuses. The committee's meetings also will give Napolitano the chance to make her case that the university already has been working on these issues and that UC's reputa- tion at risk by failing to in- vest in it adequately. At Napolitano's urging and over Brown's objections, amajorityoftheBoardofRe- gents in November approved raising student tuition by up to 5 percent in each of the next five years unless the state gave the university more money. The governor in turn re- leased a state spending plan this month that would boost the UC system's budget by a little under $120 million on thecondition thattuition lev- els not rise in the fall. UC of- ficials say the funding was about $100 million less than they needed to avert a 5 per- cent tuition hike. FUNDING STANDOFF Go v. B ro wn a nd U C pr es id en t ge t ap pr ov al to meet, establish unusual committee of 2 The Associated Press LOS ANGELES California public health officials say unvaccinated people and children too young to be immunized against mea- sles should avoid Disney- land after new infections were linked to the theme park. The cases are the latest in an outbreak that began in late December that has sickened 59 people in the state. Eight others in four U.S. states and Mexico have also fallen ill after visiting Disney parks. The new advice came after health officials re- ported new cases linked to Disney in January. A to- tal of 42 cases have been traced to the parks in Or- ange County. Most of those affected had not been vaccinated against measles, a highly contagious illness that can be easily spread through the air. Though the virus has been eradicated in the U.S. since 2000, it can still en- ter the country through an infected traveler. OUTBREAK People not vaccinated for measles urged to avoid Disneyland EdwardJamesDutro January 29, 1925 ~ January 10, 2015 Ed was born in Chico on January 29, 1925, to Joseph and Laura Dutro. He passed away on January 10, 2015, at Enloe Hospital. He attended Chico schools and graduated with Chico Senior High School class of 1942. He married Jean Harms in 1950. After living in Chico for a short time they moved to their ranch in Tehama and raised their family together. He was a self employed row crop and grain farmer. He served on the committee that located and built the Camp Tehama Youth Camp near Mt. Lassen. He also served on the Los Molinos Unified School District and Shasta College Board of Trustees. He was a past member of the Tehama County Education Foundation. Ed is survived by his wife, Jean; daughter Kathryn (Jeff) Shimizu; sons, Les Dutro, Larry (Rachel) Dutro, and Mark (Kristy) Dutro. There are nine grandchildren; Steven (Jen), Erin and Kevin (Chelsea) Shimizu; Lindsay Dutro, Caitlin (Jeremy) Walker, Ben (Alana) and Elliott (Jen) Dutro, Laura (Levi)Russell and Madeline (Aaron) Rainwater, and 7 great grandchildren. A family graveside service was held at Tehama Ceme- tery followed by a memorial service at Newton Bracewell in Chico, Ca. Donations in his honor may be made to Enloe Hospital or a charity of your choice and condolen- ces may be made online at www.NBCFH.com. Obituaries We Don'tThink Cremation Should Cost So much. www.affordablemortuary.net•529-3655 FD1538 LocatedinChico,CA THURSDAY, JANUARY 22, 2015 REDBLUFFDAILYNEWS.COM |NEWS | 7 A