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Thursday, October 20, 2011 – Daily News 7A Obituaries CHARLES HARRY GEORGE held on October 21st at 11am at the Veterans Cemetery in Igo, CA with full military honors. Charles passed away on June 20, 2011 following minor surgery in Redding. Caroline B. Kroeker Caroline B. Kroeker born May 30, 1916 in Jefferson, Green County, Iowa passed away October 16, 2011. Raised in Planada, Merced County, California. Caroline was a resident of Los Molinos and Red Bluff for thirty years. She was an officer in the Los Molinos and El Camino Grange for many years. She loved to knit and knitted over 500 caps for kids in cancer recovery. She vol- unteered for many years at the Tehama Gleaners Food Bank. Preceded in death by her husband of 49 years, John W. Kroeker. She is survived by her son Raymond D. Kroeker and Granddaughter, Ruth Anne Karkenny, Grandsons, Mat- thew R. Kroeker and Joshua I. Kroeker and six Great Grandchildren. A viewing on Friday, October 21 @ 4pm to 8pm at Hoyt- Cole Chapel of the Flowers and a graveside service on Saturday, October 22 at the Los Molinos Cemetery on Hwy 99 E. Death Notices David Lee Cooke David Lee Cooke of Los Molinos died Friday, Sept. 30, 2011. He was 60. Red Bluff Simple Cremations & Burial Service is handling the arrangements. Published Thursday, Oct. 20, 2011, in the Daily News, Red Bluff, Calif. Travis Swayze Travis Swayze of Red Bluff died Wednesday, Oct. 19, 2011 at St. Elizabeth Hospital in Red Bluff. He was 94. Hoyt-Cole Chapel of the Flowers is handling the arrangements. Published Thursday, Oct. 20, 2011 in the Daily News, Red Bluff, Calif. CRASH Continued from page 1A striking several other boulders until it came to rest on its side in a field. Sinquefield was trapped inside the wreck- age and suffered moderate to major injuries, as did Caylee Morrell, 2, who was sitting in a booster seat investigators said wasn't properly installed. Front seat passenger Lindi Morrell, 47, also was injured. The three victims were transported by ambulance to Enloe Medical Center. Sinquefield was treated and released to arrest. Enloe had no information DELTA Continued from page 1A there hasn't been a major storage project" in Cali- fornia since then, Fiorini said. The package of state water bills passed in 2009 followed years of attempts at delta reforms. At the center is the Delta Plan, which will try to pull together what needs to be done and strategies for how to do it. "Much of the empha- sis will be on recommen- dations rather than regu- lations," he said. Highlights will include overall conserva- tion, regional sustainabil- ity, growth with flooding in mind, ecosystem restoration and financ- ing. Currently, the Delta Stewardship Council is considering several ver- sions of the plan — one created through the coun- cil, and several others including an ag/urban plan, environmental plan and one from counties of the Delta. The environmental WILLOWS — A man on the 2-year-old. A 21-year-old man in the vehicle, Jeremy Mor- rell, was self-transported to Enloe for treatment of minor injuries. A second child, 1, was protected by a properly installed safety seat and suffered only a cut to the forehead. The CHP said Sinque- field will be jailed after release from the hospital on suspicion of felony dri- ving under the influence, causing bodily harm and child endangerment. All of the adults in the vehicle were wearing seat belts. All of the victims are from Los Molinos except Lindi Morrell, who gave her address as Scio, Ohio. review documents are due this week or next week, Fiorini said, and are expected to include 2,500 pages. The public will have 60 days to com- ment. The plan is due in January. Envir onmental Water Caucus Among the plans is one submitted by the Environmental Water Caucus. Michael Jack- son, a leader of the cau- cus, said a key factor in his group's plan is that most water can be used more than once. Not even considering agricultural water effi- ciency, Jackson said urban water efficiency, including recycling, could save 4-5 million acre-feet of water. "The cost for that are incredibly cheaper than building new dams," he said. Also, groundwater needs to be protected. For the Sacramento Val- ley, the groundwater sys- tem helps support pro- tected species in water- ways, particularly salmon in Mill, Deer and Butte creeks, Jackson Inurnment services for Charles Harry George will be CITY Continued from page 1A being partially laid off. The offer creates a net savings of about $30,000, which is more than the previous settlement offer considered on Oct. 11 but still less than the $45,000 the layoffs would create and half the $60,000 the council was originally seeking. Councilman Wayne Brown said he was appre- ciative of the offer but the numbers just are not there. City Manager Martin Nichols said the offer is substantially less than what other employee unions have agreed to. Accepting the offer would open the doors to the other unions wanting the same offer. The council voted Oct. 4 to reduce 10 employees' hours by five hours per FIDDLE Continued from page 1A "It's one of the best competitions in the western United States," Ash said. "One of the things we love to do is share our love of music and we hope we can share it with you." Ash is hopeful that the public will make it out for the competition, which starts with senior pre- liminaries at 8:45 a.m., continuing until about 9:30 p.m. Friday. Things pick back up about 9 a.m. Saturday and finish with awards about 10 p.m. "The Western Open Fiddle Contest draws fid- dlers and fans from age 3 to 93 from throughout the Western US and Canada," Ash said. "Actually in 2002, we had a 3-year-old and a 93-year-old on the stage at the same time." A new piece has been added to the competition for 2011 with the Novice Division, which is $6 registration and is for any fiddler who has not received an award in any fiddle division, in any contest, regardless of age, Ash said. The contest will be one round only and is set for Saturday, following the first round of the Adult and Young Adult competitions. A change has been made in the Senior Division, which started a transition last year. The Senior Division will be for contestants ages 55-69 and the Senior Senior Division is set for ages 70 and older. For more information, visit www.westernopen- fiddle.com or call Ash at 527-6127. ——— Julie Zeeb can be reached at 527-2153, extension 115 or jzeeb@redbluffdailynews.com. CARE TO COMMENT? At redbluffdailynews.com, scroll to the end of any story, click the link and type away. said. State and federal contractors Byron Buck spoke for the State and Federal Contractors Water Agency, which repre- sents two-thirds of the state's water use. Many of the lawsuits over environmental pro- tection and water use are over the pumping plants that move water. The original pumps are in a bad location, Buck said, and it would be better to have water diverted from the Sacra- mento River. But new studies also show significant impact from water pollution from the Sacramento area. "We think we have the smoking gun." State Water Contrac- tors would like to see "a level of diversion that we could plan around," he said. He said a new con- veyance system wouldn't result in a huge increase in exports. "That's simply not true," Buck said. 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The proposal also includes area of original water rights, looking at the many factors that affect problems with fish, private and public invest- ment in water projects, and a program that "encourages partnerships rather than mandates," Rentz said. week, calling it layoffs. The layoffs will now go into effect. The employees in this union are some of the low- est paid employees, said Art Frolli, a business rep- resentative for the Operat- ing Engineers Local Union No. 3, who represents the miscellaneous union employees. They do not receive the same salaries as those in the firefighter and police unions. The same burden should not be put on them as employees in other unions. "The city is being very heavy-handed with these 10 employees," Frolli said. Council members said the council is still open to other suggestions, but Frolli said he doubts the union will present a third offer. Instead, Frolli will focus on trying to get the decision reversed by filing an unfair labor practice complaint with the Public Employ- ment Relations Board. "I've had the paper- work sitting on my desk for awhile now," Frolli said following the coun- cil's rejection of the sec- ond settlement offer. Members of the union have challenged the city's choice to call the reduc- tions layoffs rather than furloughs. To date, he has not got- ten a written notice from the city of its intention to "lay off" the employees, which violates the meet and confer negotiation process, Frolli said. What is most regret- table is the way the city has handled the situation, Frolli said. "They've had this atti- tude of it's all or nothing," he said. The city's decision to reject the settlement offer because it wanted the additional $15,000 could eventually cost it more money when it has to deal with attorneys and law- suits, Frolli said. Even though the updat- ed budget predictions show the city ending the fiscal year on the positive side, the budget is still volatile. Ryan said employee concessions along with conservative spending by the department heads and conservative predictions have helped the budget, but the city's reserve is still below the traditional- ly acceptable 10 percent of the budget. And some of the predicted $286,730 in the General Fund, about $40,000, has already been allocated to capital pro- jects. ——— Tang Lor can be reached at 527-2153, Ext. 110 or by e-mail at tlor@redbluffdailynews.co m. Schedule Thursday, Oct. 20 4 p.m. Registration Opens 7 p.m. Kick-off Concert fea- turing Billy and the Hillbillies Friday, Oct. 21 8:30 a.m., Judges‚ Meeting 8:45 a.m., Senior Preliminar- ies 9:15 a.m., Senior Senior Preliminaries 9:45 a.m., Picking Judges‚ Meeting 10 a.m., Junior Picking Pre- liminaries dler, Peewee, Youngest Fid- dler, Junior Junior, Junior Picking, Open Picking, Junior Jukebox Saturday, Oct. 22 8:30 a.m., Judges‚ Meeting 9 a.m., Adult Preliminaries 9:30 a.m., Young Adult Pre- liminaries 10:45 a.m., Adult Picking Preliminaries 11:30 a.m., Lunch 12:30 p.m., Peewee Prelimi- naries 2:30 p.m., Entertainment 2:45 p.m., Junior Junior Pre- liminaries 4:45 p.m., Dinner 5:30 p.m., Colors, Flag Salute and Invocation 5:45 p.m., Judges Play 6 p.m., Entertainment 6:15 p.m., Senior Finals 6:40 p.m., Senior Senior Finals 7:05 p.m., Peewee Finals 7:30 p.m., Junior Junior Finals 7:55 p.m., Entertainment 8:10 p.m., Junior Picking Finals 8:20 p.m., Open Picking Finals 8:30 p.m., Entertainment 8:45 p.m., Jukebox 9:35 p.m., Awards: Senior, Senior Senior, Oldest Fid- 9:45 a.m., Entertainment 10 a.m., NOVICE DIVISION 11 a.m., Junior Twin Fiddle Preliminaries 11:30 a.m., Adult Twin Fiddle Preliminaries Noon, Lunch 1 p.m., Junior Preliminaries 3 p.m., Entertainment 3:15 p.m., Open Preliminar- ies 4:30 p.m., Dinner 5:30 p.m., Colors, Flag Salute and Invocation 5:45 p.m., Judges Play 6 p.m., Entertainment 6:15 p.m., Adult Finals 6:40 p.m., Young Adult Finals 7:05 p.m., Entertainment 7:20 p.m., Junior Finals 7:45 p.m., Open Finals 8:10 p.m., Junior Twin Fiddle Finals 8:25 p.m., Adult Twin Fiddle Finals 8:40 p.m., Entertainment 8:55 p.m., Open Jukebox 9:55 p.m., Awards: Adult, Young Adult, Junior, Junior Twin Fiddle, Adult Twin Fid- dle, Accompanist, Open Jukebox, Open YOUR CHOICE... $AVE $50 359 CHAINSAW 24" BAR • 59cc engine • X-torq Performance $AVE $50 570 CHAINSAW 28" BAR • 67.99cc engine • 14.55 lbs $AVE $50 ® BACK PACK BLOWER 370 BT • 64.9 cc engine • 198 MPH • 26.5 lbs $AVE $50 BACK PACK BLOWER 380 BT • 71.9 cc engine • 201 MPH • 29.5 lbs