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In an article in Wednes- day's edition about a grief workshop hosted by Mercy Hospice, the phone number for registration was cut off. The number to call is 245- 4070. The Daily News regrets the error. Itisthepolicyofthe Daily News to correct as quickly as possible all errors in fact that have been published in the newspaper. If you believe a factual error has been made in a news story, call 737-5042. CORRECTION Anderson: Elise Ander- son, 90, of Red Bluff died Tuesday, March 17 at the Red Bluff Healthcare Center. Arrangements are under the direction of Hoyt-Cole Chapel of the Flowers. Pub- lished Thursday, March 19, 2015 in the Daily News, Red Bluff, Calif. Potter: Betty Mae Potter, 84, died Monday, March 16 at her Los Molinos resi- dence. Arrangements are un- der the direction of Nep- tune Society of Chico. Pub- lished Thursday, March 19, 2015 in the Daily News, Red Bluff, Calif. Death notices must be provided by mortuaries to the news department, are published at no charge, and feature only specific basic information about the deceased. Paid obituaries are placed through the Classified advertising department. Paid obituaries may be placed by mortuaries or by families of the deceased and include online 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 A silver alert has been ac- tivated by the CHP ENTAC on behalf of the California Highway Patrol in the Red Bluff area. Jenna Sara Shepard was last seen around 7 p.m. Monday, March 16 at the Woodson Bridge State Park Recreation Area in Corning. Shepard is 66 years old white female with gray hair and blue eyes, standing about 5 feet 4 inches tall and weigh- ing around 160 pounds. Shepard suffers from a medical condition. If located, call the California Highway Patrol in the Red Bluff area at (530) 242-3210. MISSING CHP issues silver alert Shepard the nickname Buddy, be- came a director in 1963. He was in charge of the adver- tising and concessions till his death in 1974. When Buddy died, the board of directors asked John if he would like to sell tickets. Since 1975, John has been in charge of ticket sales, and in 1984, he became a director. The Round-Up never had a permanent home till 2002, when the museum was built. Prior to that, the board rented an empty building uptown in which to sell tickets. In 1978, the Red Bluff- Tehama County Chamber of Commerce offered the Round-Up a room in its building, which became the office until 1999. John's wife, Lana, who was the first Red Bluff Round-Up queen, has been as much a part of selling tickets as John has, work- ing in the office with him from 1977 to the present. John has enjoyed the com- mitment. "It's been fun, and I've made a lot of good friends, a lot of lifelong friends," he said. "I have it good on both ends. (My wife) loves to do it, loves to see the people, and she's working right here alongside me." John is the only board member who is the fourth generation of a family to be on the Round-Up board, and he hopes his youngest son, Destry, follows suit. Destry, who is 22, has been helping at the ticket office since he was 15. His help is especially appreciated dur- ing the three days of rodeo, when it's extra busy. "Now I'm breaking in my youngest son," John said. "If he sticks around, I'm hoping he's on the board when I decide to retire." The rodeo office has a four-legged friend as well. Lana has a deer head Chi- huahua named Gunner, who has been in the office since the Tredes got him five years ago. "He greets everybody who comes in," John said. "Everybody loves him." John has seen a lot of changes throughout his 41 years as ticket man- ager. Seating has been in- creased, the rodeo has gone from two performances to three, and there are six dif- ferent varieties and prices of tickets. "It's gone from a molehill to a mountain," John said. He said he loves what he does. "I like to give my time back to the community. You have to give back to keep the community going, and for tradition. I think every- body on the board is proud to be part of it." The ticket office is open 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. weekdays and 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Satur- days at 670 Antelope Blvd., Ste. 1 in Red Bluff. Tickets also are available online. For more informa- tion, call the Round-Up of- fice at 527-1000, visit Red- BluffRoundup.com or find the event on Facebook. Rodeo FROM PAGE 1 support students beyond education to all aspects of their life, Thomas said, from their home life to so- cial skills they can use af- ter graduating. "The whole point is to try to meet their needs," Thomas said. Those needs sometimes can be as simple as need- ing a lunch. Brooke Biddel, a stu- dent at the school, said the teachers are what stand out at Salisbury. She said whether it's a ride home or sharing their own lunch, teachers go out of their way to help the students. "The teachers actually care about students," Bid- del said. Debbie Taylor has been on both sides of that equa- tion, the Salisbury graduate is now a reading instructor. She said one of the keys for the school is for the staff to build an initial trust level with students. After that most students tend to find their path and once they're on that path, more often than not, they take off. Victoria Sefton said she went to school only about once a week before coming to Salisbury. Now she's at- tending regularly and work- ing towards her diploma. "It's more enjoyable, not as much drama," Sefton said. Teacher Darbie Andrews saidmanystudentsgetlostin the big environment of Red Bluff High School and need the individual attention they receive at Salisbury. It's the right size environ- mentAndrewssaid,thatstu- dents can't be invisible. More than 62,000 stu- dents attended Califor- nia's 480 continuation high schools in the 2013-14 school year. The schools meet the needs of students ages 16 or older who lack sufficient school credits to graduate. The minimum attendance is 15 hours per week or three hours daily. Salisbury and the other selected model schools will retain their title for three years and will be recog- nized at the 2015 CCEA State Conference in May. Model FROM PAGE 1 COURTESY John and Lana Trede pose with Round-Up tickets in the Red Bluff Round-Up office. RICH GREENE — DAILY NEWS Brooke Biddel, a student, said the teachers are what stand out at Salisbury. She said whether it's a ride home or sharing their own lunch, teachers go out of their way to help the students. ell Drury, a Shasta College student; Dustin Maria, a Te- hama County deputy sher- iff and city planning com- missioner; Robert James, a retired tradesman; Vic- tor Rodriguez, a transpor- tation engineering tech- nician; Lester Wolfe, a re- tired small-business owner; Jon Mathis, a retired engi- neer; and Greg Latourell, an engineering technician and former city planning com- missioner. After the applicants de- livered brief statements to the City Council regarding their backgrounds, a town hall-style Q&A session fol- lowed. Questions, submit- ted by the public, ranged from the challenges facing Red Bluff, how long the ap- plicants considered apply- ing for public service and what they thought the role of a City Council member involved. In perhaps the most charged answer on the night, Maria said the city has changed since he was a boy. "I'm an active duty po- lice officer, a full-time dep- uty on patrol," the 24-year- old said. "I would not walk through the streets of Red Bluff at any point of the day without a gun on me as it is today." Several applicants, in- cluding Maria, Drury, James, Mathis and La- tourell, received nomina- tions by a council member for the vacant seat that ulti- mately failed to either reach a vote or died in a 2-2 vote. Jones, who was nomi- nated three times by Jack- son before winning ap- pointment, said he would aim to make Red Bluff a safer community. In response to a question that asked whether the ap- plicants, if faced with the choice, would either fire city staff or exceed the city's budget, Jones said he'd first try to see if he could save an employee's job by finding other areas in the city's bud- get that could be trimmed. "We've all had that time where we've had to be laid off from work. We've had to go and find another job," he said. "But when that hap- pens, it's not because of the employee's performance, but if there's just no money for that employee, they're going to be working for free." Jones said the main role of a council member is to make sure the city's depart- ment heads are spending money wisely. "Another role of a council member is to listen to the members of the community, and see what it is that they want and try their best to be a mouthpiece for those people," he added. Jackson said she nom- inated Jones because he knows that a council mem- ber's commitment extends beyond the first and third Tuesdays of every month, when the City Council reg- ularly meets. "The other big thing that we deal with is people lov- ing us one minute and hat- ing us the next minute," Jackson said. "And I tell him this and his (Jones's) response is, 'Oh, so just another day at the office.' These are both pretty posi- tive responses for me." Jones took his seat at the dais after being sworn in during the City Council's meeting. Appointed FROM PAGE 1 reduces recreational oppor- tunities for their residents. The lead plaintiff in the case, Amy Granat, is a dis- abled woman from Sac- ramento County who has been visiting the forest for years but no longer can un- der the new policies, her at- torneys said. "For generations, those routes had been open for citizens to lawfully access the natural beauty and rec- reational opportunities af- forded by the forest," Pa- cific Legal Foundation lead attorney Ted Hadzi-Antich said in a statement. "Now they've been effectively pad- locked." Lawsuit FROM PAGE 1 "Another role of a council member is to listen to the members of the community, and see what it is that they want and try their best to be a mouthpiece for those people." — Gary Jones PLEASERECYCLETHISNEWSPAPER. The Associated Press SACRAMENTO Blue Shield of California is protesting a state decision to strip the nonprofit health insurer of its tax-exempt status, which the company has held since its founding in 1939. The California Franchise Tax Board quietly revoked the tax break last August, the Los Angeles Times re- ported Wednesday (http:// lat.ms/1FBUw3s ). The decision could put San Francisco-based Blue Shield on the hook for tens of millions of dollars in state taxes each year. The insurer has paid federal taxes for years. A spokeswoman for the tax agency declined to com- ment on why the insurer lost its status. The highly unusual action came af- ter a lengthy state audit reviewed the justification for Blue Shield's taxpayer subsidy, according to the newspaper. Blue Shield said Tuesday that it's protesting the decision, but state offi- cials have ordered it to file tax returns back to 2013 in the meantime. California's third-larg- est health insurer has faced criticism over its rate hikes, executive pay and financial reserves. In 2011, facing a back- lash over rate increases, the insurer capped its profits at 2 percent of an- nual revenue and returned about $560 million to cus- tomers and community groups from 2010 to 2012, the Times reported. Blue Shield also has given more than $325 million over the last decade to its own char- itable foundation. But some consumer ad- vocates and health policy experts told the newspa- per that those moves aren't enough in light of the com- pany's huge cash stockpile. Blue Shield's surplus of $4.2 billion at the end of 2014 is four times as much as the Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association requires its member insurers to hold to cover future claims. Critics also note that the company has not served the state's poorest residents and frequently has run afoul of state regulators. 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