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Todd:GordonJ.Todd,99, of Red Bluff died Saturday, March 28at his home. Arrangements are under the direction of Hoyt-Cole Chapel of the Flowers. Published Tuesday, March 31, 2015in the Daily News, Red Bluff, California. Deathnoticesmustbe 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 Landry, lying down be- tween two rafters. He was removed from the attic and taken into custody without incident. Over the past months the department has re- ceived several alarm calls from the visitor cen- ter, some of which have included evidence of a break-in and attempted arson. Officers located a camp stove propane tank with an attached torch inside of Landry's backpack. "It is currently believed that Landry is responsi- ble for the prior burglar- ies and attempted arsons at the visitor center," the press release said. The Red Bluff Fire De- partment is assisting with investigating the previous arson attempts. Em pl oy ee FR OM P AG E 1 a success in its first two years. Families filled most of the seats in the school's PAC, and the flurry of demonstrations put on by high school students held the attention of young- sters. Kennedy has said the show has been made pos- sible because of the sup- port of the high school, the community and students. Curious FROM PAGE 1 dent of Public Instruction Tom Torlakson conducts most of his state business on a personal email ac- count. The use of private emails by public officials has come under increased scrutiny as former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton faces sharp criticism for using a private email account while at the State Department and ac- knowledging she deleted thousands of messages. California has no blanket policy restricting the use of personal email for govern- ment-related activities. Ad- vocates warn that the gap in the law gives officials the opportunity to hold private electronic discussions on state matters — with lob- byists or political donors, for example — that could be erased or edited with the push of a computer key or tap of a cellphone. "There is always a cloud hanging over a public offi- cial who is not using an of- ficial email to conduct the public's business," said Ka- thay Feng, executive direc- tor of California Common Cause, which promotes gov- ernment transparency. The Democratic gover- nor, who carries an iPhone, uses a private email ac- count for what his office de- scribed as "informal com- munication" with his staff, such as distributing news stories or brief messages such as "please call." Controller Betty Yee, a Democrat, said she does not use a personal ac- count for official matters because "the public's busi- ness should be conducted through state resources, and that includes using gov- ernment email accounts for government work." Attor- ney General Kamala Har- ris, a Democrat running for U.S. Senate, told AP earlier this month she uses private email to communicate with top staffers, but only rarely. By comparison, Torlak- son said he conducts most of his state business on pri- vate email because it's more convenient. "As an elected official, I am legally obligated to use private email for all cam- paign-related communica- tions and find it both prac- tical and convenient to use the same email for most state issues," he wrote. Most state transpar- ency laws, including open records laws that apply to California state government and the Legislature, were written before electronic communications were com- mon and they vary signifi- cantly. In California, each agency is charged with de- veloping its own policy for retaining records and can set rules for email policy. "We think the Legis- lature and the governor should really look at the rules and regulations on the books and see what ways they can change them to reflect modern technol- ogy," said Philip Ung, di- rector of public affairs for California Forward, a good- government group that ad- vocates for greater trans- parency and access to pub- lic data. Ung said his group would like to partner with other transparency advocates to pressure public officials to update state policies on the use of both private and pub- lic email. Email FROM PAGE 8 PLEASE RECYCLE THIS NEWSPAPER. Thank you! COURTESY PHOTO BY ROSS PALUBESKI Red Bluff Fire Department was dispatched at 1:45p.m. Saturday to a reported passenger vehicle fire at 1505Fourth St. in Red Bluff. The first unit arriving at scene reported a sedan fully involved. The fire was contained and extinguished in about five minutes. Luning Street was blocked for about 30minutes. FIRE CAR BURNS NEAR RED BLUFF HIGH SCHOOL By Tom Davies The Associated Press INDIANAPOLIS Gov. Mike Pence called off public ap- pearances Monday and sports officials planned an "Indy Welcomes All" cam- paign ahead of this week- end's NCAA Final Four in Indianapolis as lawmak- ers scrambled to quiet the firestorm over a new law that has much of the coun- try portraying Indiana as a state of intolerance. Republican legisla- tive leaders said they are working on adding lan- guage to the religious- objections law to make it clear that the measure does not allow discrimina- tion against gays and les- bians. As signed by Pence last week, the measure pro- hibits state laws that "sub- stantially burden" a per- son's ability to follow his or her religious beliefs. The definition of "person" includes religious institu- tions, businesses and as- sociations. "What we had hoped for with the bill was a message of inclusion, inclusion of all religious beliefs," Republi- can House Speaker Brian Bosma said. "What instead has come out is a message of exclusion, and that was not the intent." The efforts fell flat with Democrats, who called for a repeal, and even some Re- publicans. "They're scrambling to put a good face on a bad issue. What puzzles me is how this effort came to the top of the legislative agenda when clearly the business community doesn't support it," said Bill Oesterle, an aide to Republican former Gov. Mitch Daniels and CEO of consumer reporting agency Angie's List, which canceled expansion plans in Indianapolis because of the law. Indianapolis Mayor Greg Ballard, a Republican, said the law threatens to under- mine the city's economic growth and reputation as a convention and tourism destination and called for lawmakers to add protec- tions for sexual orientation and gender identity to In- diana civil-rights laws. "I call upon Governor Pence and the Indiana Leg- islature to fix this law. Ei- ther repeal it or pass a law that protects all who live, work and visit Indiana. And do so immediately. In- dianapolis will not be de- fined by this," Ballard said. After a two-hour private meeting of House Repub- licans, Bosma said Mon- day that repealing the law isn't "a realistic goal at this point." "I'm looking for a sur- gical solution, and I think the least intrusive surgery is to clarify that (the law) cannot be used to support the denial of goods, fa- cilities or services to any member of the public," he said. Pence, who defended the law during a television ap- pearance Sunday, canceled scheduled appearances Monday night and today, in part because of planned protests. 'RELIGIOUS FREEDOM' Indiana lawmakers try to quiet firestorm By Julie Watson The Associated Press SAN DIEGO The American Pharmacists Association on Monday adopted a policy that discourages its mem- bers from providing death- penalty drugs. The new guidelines could make it tough for death pen- alty states, like Texas, that have been looking at made- to-order execution drugs from compounding phar- macies as the answer to a nationwide shortage of ex- ecution drugs. The association's govern- ing body approved the pol- icy at a meeting in San Di- ego. The group lacks the le- gal authority to bar com- pounding pharmacies from selling execution drugs. But its policies set ethical stan- dards followed by pharma- cists, just as the American Medical Association does for doctors. Prison departments have had to buy made-to-order execution drugs from com- pounding pharmacies in re- cent years because the phar- maceutical companies they used to buy their drugs from now refuse to sell them for use in lethal injections af- ter coming under pressure from death penalty oppo- nents. But now the compounded version is also difficult to come by, with most phar- macists reluctant to expose themselves to possible ha- rassment by death-penalty opponents. Texas' prison agency scrambled this month to find a supplier to replenish its inventory, then found a supply from a compounded pharmacy it won't identify. Also this month, an execu- tion in Georgia was put off when prison authorities questioned the appearance of the compounded pento- barbital they planned to use. After a troubling use of a two-drug method last year, Ohio said it will use compounded versions of either pentobarbital or so- dium thiopental in the fu- ture, though it doesn't have supplies of either drug and hasn't said how it will ob- tain them. DEATH PENALTY Ph ar ma ci st s' g ro up d is co u ra ge s pr ov id in g ex ec ut io n dr ug s CloyStapleton,ReveredCityCollege Professor, Passes Away Dr. Cloy Ray Stapleton, 84, Professor Emeritus at Sacra- mento City College, passed away Wednesday, March 25, 2015, at approximately 6:20 A.M. at Kaiser Hospital on Morse Ave. He suffered a cerebral hemorrhage deep in his brain the previous Saturday afternoon and never re- covered. He died peacefully, without suffering, surround- ed by his loving family. He is survived by his wife Lois (Black) Stapleton, sons Stephen R. Stapleton and Dr. Craig D. Stapleton, and grandchildren Austin LaGrotta and Analyse Stapleton. He is also survived by his stepsons Da- vid Black, Dennis Black, and Nick Trejo; stepdaughters Alysian Grey and Jaene Trejo; and step-grandsons Ray, Jr.; Diego; and Rick Gray. He is preceded in death by his first wife Ruth Stapleton, his second wife Sandy Orosco Sta- pleton, and his stepson Mecki Trejo. Cloy was born at home in Moobidy, Texas, on August 9, 1930, a town so small it doesn't exist any longer, but was near Dumas, TX. In 1936, his father moved the family to Richmond, CA, where both his parents worked in the Kai- ser shipyards, eventually building Liberty ships. With both parents at work, WWII in full swing, and be- cause of the crowded half-day schools, young Cloy took the ferry or tram to SF's Market Street to see movies and earned money selling papers, shining shoes, and odd jobs. Later his family enrolled him in San Rafael Military Academy. When his father died from jaw cancer, Cloy's Uncle Ollie and Aunt Winnie Stapleton moved from Okla- homa to raise him and take over the family business, Sta- pleton plumbing in Willows, CA. Cloy excelled at Willows High becoming student body president, running track, and playing on the football team. After high school, he attended San Jose State under scholarship and then followed his old coach to Yuba Col- lege, where he was inducted into their Athletic Hall of Fame in 2006. He served as a Drill Instructor for the US Marine Corps and later earned his BA in Education at Chico State, where he was inducted into their Athletic Hall of Fame in 2013. Not only was Cloy the first in his family to go to college, he earned his masters at Chico State in 1962 and a doctorate in education at Nova Uni- versity in 1975. Starting in 1958, Cloy taught at Quincy High School for six years and was then hired by Sacramento City College in 1964. Cloy, known as "Doc" around the campus, was the assistant coach for the football team for 28 years. He founded and led the boxing program, taught women's self-defense, and established the first program of physical training for the physically handicapped in Northern Cali- fornia, adaptive PE. His women's self-defense classes were very popular and even attracted heiress Patty Hearst when she was on the run with the Symbionese Liberation Army in 1974. In May of 2007, Cloy married a family friend of many years, Lois Black. They were a loving, wonderful couple of teenagers in senior bodies. They had a friendly compe- tition with the crossword puzzle every morning and never missed an episode of Jeopardy! He was well known for his passionate collecting. He could often be seen working on his collections of 1959 Cadillacs, model trains, coins, stamps, erector sets, or Jim Beam bottles. He was also an active member of the Elk's Club for 40 years. Services will be Friday, April 3, 2015, at the Portola Sta- tion Baptist Church, 171 S. Gulling St, Portola, CA 96122 (530-832-4334), at 1:00 P.M., in the Sanctuary with a re- ception to follow in the Fellowship Hall. Free parking is available on the street and at the Church. The Church La- dies are making snacks and people are also welcome to bring food to share, but nothing is expected. While casual dress is acceptable. We expect to finish by 3:00 and there will be time to share your story about Cloy. In lieu of flowers, the family asks for contributions to the California State Railroad Museum Foundation; the SCC Athletics Department Fund; or the California State Univer- sity, Chico, Athletic Scholarship Fund. Your donations to each of these will help forever, while flowers only last a few days. 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