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Thursday, February 2, 2012 – Daily News 7A Obituaries In Loving Memory of Clinton Roger Howard 10/01/1960 ~ 01/17/2012 ly Father, Tuesday January 17, 2012 in Maui, HI. He was born in Boise, Idaho, on October 1, 1960. He had resided in Red Bluff, CA since 1994. Clint leaves behind his wife Traci and daughter, Lauren Howard (Trevor) Roesbery of West Jordan, Utah and their two children Corbin, 5 and Aubrie, 3. His mother Sharon Howard Gillhouse of Sarato- ga Springs, Utah and his brothers Steve, Brad (Jackie), Doug (ShaDell), David (Pascal), Lance (Dannette). Clint was preceded in death by his father Robert, and sister Trudylee. He will be missed by family and friends from around the world. His interests varied from photography, ornamental metal art, to travel and candy making. He served an honorable mission (San Bernadino, CA) for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. He worked for R.C. Willey, Wal-Mart Distribution and then joined with Traci to run a successful childcare business. Children loved him and responded to his enthusiasm for life. A funeral service will be held on Saturday January 28th, 2012 at 11:00AM at the Salt Lake City 1st Deaf Ward (800 E 700 S Salt Lake City, Utah). A viewing and visitation will be held Friday, January 27, 2012 at Mountain View Me- morial Mortuary, 3115 East 7800 South from 6-8 pm and one hour prior to services at the church on Saturday. In- terment will follow the service at Mountain View Memori- al Cemetery. There will be a Memorial Service in Red Bluff, CA, on February 4th, at The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (545 Berrendos Ave. Red Bluff, CA) at 10:00AM. CAROL HELENE CAIN KNECHT Carol recently celebrated her 102nd birthday at home living with her daughter Carolyn and son-in-law Pete Prader in Ukiah, California. She passed away at Ukiah Valley Medical Center on January 23rd with family at her bedside. She was the second of five children born to Ida and Ralph T. Cain in Pilger, Nebraska. Her childhood was spent growing up in Newman Grove and Fremont, Nebraska. Helping her parents at their family businesses as a young girl kept her busy prior to graduating from Fremont High School. Her working careers began imme- diately teaching eight grades for two years in a one-room schoolhouse heated in the winter with dried corncobs for fuel. She lived with a family in a soddie in the Sand Hills in Tryon, Nebraska while teaching. After teaching she at- tended and graduated from the University of Nebraska, School of Nursing specializing in obstetrics and the care of newborns and premature babies beginning in 1934. The new mothers would keep her updated with pictures of the preemies (as they were affectionately called) until they approached adulthood. She bonded beautifully with babies. Postgraduate courses followed at Philadelphia, Pa. specializing in Nurseries. She continued this career as charge nurse in Abington, Pa., San Rafael, Ca. and Tanner Hospital, Santa Rosa, Ca. until 1942. Paul Knecht was introduced to her by one of her new mothers, Jane Knecht who later became her sister-in-law. Paul's mother, Elise, was also a patient of hers who she served a food tray one day to help out on another ward. Elise later that day told her son Paul of the beautiful brown-eyed nurse that he should meet. Paul and Carol married June 1942 in Santa Rosa, Ca at the Church Built From One Tree that now is at Julliard Park in Santa Rosa. Paul was an orchardist from a young life to the day of his passing in 1995 at age 91. They were married 53 years living in Windsor, Kelseyville, Santa Rosa and Red Bluff, Ca. where they raised their two children David and Caro- lyn. Their spare time was involved with Camp Fire Girls, 4-H, FFA, Farm Bureau and camping as a family. They spent their later years as active members of the Red Bluff Lapidarists for approximately 30 years, making lasting friends and traveling on Rock Hounding adventures. They enjoyed finding, gathering, making, showing and giving as gifts the cabochon jewelry they made together. Throughout her life she enjoyed needlework, crafts, lapi- dary, cooking, canning and caring for little ones. Days preceding her sudden illness she was actively helping with housework, dishes, shredding papers, and stringing beads for craft projects. She would beg for more work, her hands always needing something to do. Predeceased by her siblings Frances Williams, Elizabeth McCardle, Millard Cain and Harlan Cain. Survived by son David and wife Karen of Grass Valley, Ca., daughter Car- olyn and husband Pete Prader of Ukiah, Ca., grandchil- dren Angela Bartholomew, Anthony Knecht, Seann Rowlands and Janet Kennedy. She leaves many great grandchildren, great-great grandchildren, and one great- great-great grandson as well as many step grandchildren and their families. Five generations were in attendance for her 100th birthday. Special thanks to the staff at Ukiah Valley Medical Cen- ter, Dr. Lynne Coen, caregivers Julie, Veronica and Teresa hold a special place in our hearts having blessed the fam- ily with their compassion and care of our mother. Services will be on Saturday February 4, 2012 at the Chapel of the Flowers funeral home, visitation will be from 9am to 12pm and services beginning at 12 noon with the burial immediately following at Oak Hill Ceme- tery, just off Walnut St. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the Hospice or charity of your choice. On line condolences may be left at www.chapeloftheflowers.net. Arrangements under the direction of Hoyt-Cole Chapel of the Flowers, 816 Walnut St. Red Bluff, CA 96080 (530) 527-1174 Death Notices 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 news- paper's website. Paid obituaries may be of any length, may run multiple days and offer wide latitude of content, including photos. Beverly Jean Doney Beverly Jean Doney of Corning died Sunday, Jan. 29, 2012, in Corning. She was 77. Red Bluff Simple Cremations & Burial Service is handling the arrangements. Published Thursday, Feb. 2, 2012, in the Daily News, Red Bluff, Calif. Steven Eric Johnson Steven Eric Johnson died Sunday, Jan. 29, 2012, at his father's residence in Red Bluff. He was 39. Red Bluff Simple Cremations and Burial Service is han- dling the arrangements. Published Friday, Feb. 2, 2012, in the Daily News, Red Bluff, Calif. Clinton Roger Howard returned to live with his Heaven- MINDS Continued from page 1A are looking forward to what the blueberry crop will bring. Earle is teaching stu- dents about plant germina- tion with an indoor terrari- um. "It's all about sustainable education," garden coordi- nator Joni Samay said. "We are teaching students applic- able gardening lessons in collaboration with acade- mics." Landscaping the garden for example, requires stu- dents to measure area. Cooking in the Foodlab requires measurement and reading recipes and science is applied in the study of plant life. Sunflowers are CORNING Continued from page 1A line with Kimbrough only being able to fill his position until the end of February, said Councilwoman Toni Parkins. "It'd be a minimum of four months to six months for recruit- ment to take place," Kimbrough said. "This is all about cutting costs in recession." According to city ordinances, the city manager is selected by the council "solely on the basis of his or her executive and administrative qualifications with special reference to actual experience and knowledge of accepted practice with respect to the duties of the office as set forth in this chapter." The city manager serves directly under the supervision of the council as a whole, while Police Chief Tony Cardenas, who moved to part-time by contract in March 2011, is appointed by the city manager. Because of that difference, the two positions are under a different set of rules, Kimbrough said. "His contract allows him to work indefinitely as long as it's not more SNOW Continued from page 1A since the department began taking measure- ments in 1946. The dry winter stretch- es east to the Rocky Mountains, where the snowpack remains below average in Utah and Col- orado. Experts said the lack of fresh snow made for a hard impact when skier Asha Davenport, 19, fell off a chairlift Sunday and died at Utah's Canyons resort after suf- fering a seizure. ''She probably hit rock- hard snow,'' said Beau Uriona, a federal hydrolo- gist based in Salt Lake City. ''If you land on soft METERS Continued from page 1A wireless devices. Commissioners say they plan to revisit the fees over time to reassess whether ratepayers are paying an appropriate portion of the cost and to consider what opt- out fees could be charged for apart- ment buildings. PG&E began installing the digi- tal meters in 2006, and in the last year about 90,000 of the utility's approximately 5 million customers have asked to be put on a delayed installation schedule. PG&E fore- casts about 150,000 will opt out overall, said Senior Vice President Helen Burt. "We're accepting requests imme- diately because we understand our customers' desire to choose the studied from seed, basil is picked then blended into pesto. "It's fun," Samay said. "It's giving students the opportunity to be a part of growing their own food and enjoying healthy meals." The Garden Club will be hosting another "Fear Fac- tor" smoothie event for Vista students Friday to celebrate the planting of their winter than 960 hours in a year," Kim- brough said. The move has saved the city about $200,000 between the two contracts, about $97,000 of which was Kimbrough's contract, he said. Having a city manager serve as a department head is not unusual, Kimbrough said. "I've always been the finance director and I worked my first 10 years as the planning director," Kimbrough said. "I've saved the city over a million during my 19 years here by not having a finance direc- tor. We do have an outside CPA look at things. We run it like a small busi- ness." If the positions are combined Brewer would get a raise, Kim- brough said. "Our rules state that there is a 5 percent increase whenever a person assumes additional responsibilities," Kimbrough said. "The combination is what we do in a recession. It's all about balancing the budget without layoffs." Brewer said Wednesday he is willing to accept the position if the city offers it to him. "I appreciate their confidence in me," Brewer said. snow, it's certainly going to help you out.'' The region got an encouraging start in Octo- ber, but saw only a handful of storms so far. None have produced the snow- fall that state water man- agers want. Squaw Valley Resort, for example, recorded a cumulative 85 inches of snow so far this year, below its average of 450 inches and nowhere near the 810 inches recorded in last year's bountiful blanketing. ''So far, we just haven't received a decent number of winter storms,'' DWR Director Mark Cowin said in a statement. He was more pessimistic than he had been a month earlier, when he said that ''we still have most of our winter ahead of us.'' This year has water managers recalling the drought years of 2007 to 2010, when as little as 35 percent of the water requested could be deliv- ered. Last year's record snowfall helped fill up the state's reservoirs, which means the 29 agencies dependent on the state water aqueducts are expected to receive 60 per- cent of their contracted amounts this year. Farmers who are con- nected through a federal system of aqueducts are waiting to learn how much water they will be allocat- ed by the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation, which also relies on snowpack for its deliveries. Westlands Water District, with more meters at their homes," Burt said. "We need and want to respect those with concerns." A variety of utilities across the country have torn out analog meters and adopted the new technology in recent years, and some got federal financial support through stimulus grants aimed at building a modern, resilient electrical grid. Some California customers have gone so far as to block installation trucks or remove the devices from their homes. Critics say the meters emit radio-frequency microwave radiation similar to a cellphone that is harmful to people's health. PG&E cites a study showing the radio frequency falls well below the federal threshold. Sudi Scull said she developed painful headaches and ringing in her ears after PG&E installed a Smart- Meter on her house in San Francis- GRANTS PASS, Ore. (AP) — Frustrated that a judge has blocked a state kill order on two members of Oregon's first wolf pack, the Oregon Cattlemen's Asso- ciation is pushing legislation to boost the state's author- ity over the predators. Conservation groups that sued the state to stop the order say the rancher bill is an effort to circumvent their lawsuit and the state Endangered Species Act, which the association's legislative chairman denied. Bill Hoyt, of the Cattlemen Association, said the group would rather the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife, not judges, make decisions about wolves. ''It is intended to make clear what ODFW has the power to do under what has been agreed upon in the Oregon wolf plan,'' said Hoyt, a Cottage Grove cattle rancher and past president of the association. He added that the association wants to get some con- servation groups on board, because without them the bill is unlikely to pass. Noah Greenwald of the Center for Biological Diver- sity said by providing a loophole for killing wolves, the bill would create a precedent for getting around state protection for any species that gets in the way of log- ging, ranching, or development. ''It is designed essentially to nullify our litigation,'' he said. ''The Endangered Species Act prohibits take of an endangered species. That includes the wolf. That's what our lawsuit is based on. ''What if other endangered species become unpopu- lar or difficult to live with? Do you kill them, too?'' Conservation groups sued the state last fall after the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife issued an garden. Using a smoothie bicycle, students will be able to blend their own drinks. Ingredients of fresh garden vegetables will be put into the human-powered blender. Then each student will ride a bike built by California State University, Chico students to make a smoothie. Volunteers are always welcome to contribute to the garden effort. Former City Councilman Ross Turner was the only audience mem- ber to speak prior to the start of the closed session. Turner questioned why, since the legislation passed unanimously in December, the council was not aware of the issue earlier. He also questioned the timing of the special meeting being earlier in the day, "when so few could come," and hiring Kimbrough as a consul- tant. "If the job description of consul- tant is posted, would it be open to all applicants or is it just going to be tailored to satisfy the needs of cer- tain people," Turner asked. The council planned to hold its first budget meeting on Feb. 14, but will postpone until Feb. 28 to allow for adequate discussion, Strack said. The City Council meets the sec- ond and fourth Tuesdays of the month at City Hall, 794 Third St. Meeting minutes and agendas, including special meetings, are available at www.corning.org. ——— Julie Zeeb can be reached at 527-2153, extension 115 or jzeeb@redbluffdailynews.com. than 600,000 acres of farmland dependent upon imported water for toma- toes, lettuce, almonds and citrus, is planning for less than half of what its con- tracts promise. ''We're doing the rain dance as much as we can out here,'' said spokes- woman Gayle Holman. Officials are not hope- ful the region has time to rebound. ''The probability of getting back to average is really low'' this far into the winter, said Randy Julander, the Utah Snow Survey supervisor. ''Janu- ary doubled our snowpack and we loved that, but we're getting back into dry, warm weather.'' co's Bernal Heights neighborhood. The utility ultimately gave back her analog meter, but she said the pain returned when SmartMeters were installed on her neighbors' homes. "My neighbors can ill-afford opt out fees so I can afford to live in my house," Scull testified. "Let PG&E executives and shareholders incur the costs of an opt-out program." PG&E customers who want to opt out of the SmartMeter program can submit requests online at www.pge.com/smartmeteroptout or call 1-866-743-0263. Those who already have digital meters can have them removed, and those who are on the delay list or have yet to receive the new meters will be able to keep their analog meters, PG&E spokesman Paul Moreno said. PG&E estimates about 145,000 customers will choose to opt out. Bill would make it easier to kill Ore. wolves order to kill two members of the Imnaha pack, the orig- inal pack to form in Oregon from wolves moving in from Idaho and the only one blamed for livestock deaths. Though conservation groups have not opposed other wolf kill orders, they sought to block this one because they believed the pack would likely die out with just the alpha female and a pup left. The Oregon Court of Appeals stopped the kill order while it considers the case, a process expected to take six or eight months. A state House committee was scheduled to hold a public hearing Tuesday on a separate bill that would create a tax credit to compensate ranchers for livestock killed by wolves. Meanwhile, the 2-year-old male wolf from the Imanha pack that has trekked more than 1,000 miles looking for a mate remained in northeastern California.