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Wednesday, February 8, 2012 – Daily News 7A Obituaries HAROLD H. HOTCHKIN at his Red Bluff home with family at his side. He was born January 3, 1935 in Portland, Oregon to Harold and Lyda Riley Hotchkin. He joined the U.S. Air Force in 1952 at age 17 and served four years. He met his future wife, Judy, the year he was dis- charged, and they were married October 13, 1957. He at- tended technical school and was hired as a radar techni- cian by the Federal Aviation Administration. They moved to Red Bluff in 1962 where he worked for 32 years. He retired as a supervisory technician in 1990. Through the years, Mr. Hotchkin spent summer vaca- tions and weekends with his family camping and boating at Shasta Lake. After retirement, he and his wife traveled to Vancouver and Victoria, Canada and cross country sev- eral times to Washington, D.C., Louisiana and Florida, and cruised to Hawaii, Mexico and the Caribbean. They cele- brated their 50th anniversary in 2007 with their daughters and families on a cruise and most recently sailed from Long Beach through the Panama Canal to Tampa, FL for another anniversary celebration. A self-taught guitar player, he enjoyed playing his guitar Harold H. Hotchkin, 77, died Sunday, February 5, 2012 Vista Middle School vandalized and burglarized Several windows and trees were broken and a classroom was reported burglarized Monday at Vista Middle School. The school principal reported the incident to Red Bluff Police early Monday morning, logs show. The culprits entered one of the GANG Continued from page 1A The victim, a 32-year- old black man found near McDonalds restaurant, had a stab wound to his arm from the fight, said Sgt. Quintan Ortega. with groups of friends and family members in one garage or another. He liked an afternoon game of chess with his grandson, and penny-ante poker, almost meeting his match against his grandsons who learned the game from him as did his daughters and granddaughter. He became an avid fan of Outlaw Kart racing, learned to like soccer and always enjoyed softball and Little League baseball, sports in which his daughters and grandchildren compete. In addition to his wife, Mr. Hotchkin is survived by daughters and sons-in-law Diane and Aaron Graham of Red Bluff and Stacey and David Robinson of St. Pete Beach, FL; grandchildren Shane and Riley Graham and Davis and Claire Robinson; sister Beverly Easter of Clatskanie, OR; and sisters-in-law Terry Hotchkin and Nikki Hotchkin, both of Portland, OR. He was preceded in death by daughter Vicki; brothers Robert and William; and a nephew Brian Easter. A graveside service will be held 1:00 p.m. Friday, Febru- ary 10, 2012 at Oak Hill Cemetery in Red Bluff. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to St. Eliza- beth Hospice, the American Cancer Society, or a charity of choice. Arrangements are by Hoyt-Cole Chapel of Flowers, Red Bluff. Man threatened with gun Red Bluff Police officers are looking for the woman who threatened a 19-year-old man after putting a gun to his head late Monday. The victim, who is black, said he had been walking at about 9:30 p.m., in the 600 block of David Avenue, when he passed a woman who then turned around and put a handgun to the back of his head, said Sgt. Quin- tan Ortega. The woman told the man to leave certain people alone or bad things would happen to him, Ortega said. She then turned and ran away. Officers are looking for the woman for questioning as the investigation continues. — Andrea Wagner FLY Continued from page 1A Many of the veterans that participate in the pro- gram have non-visible injuries, such as post trau- matic stress disorder or other neurological disor- ders, Brunskill said. Just getting them out- doors in a peaceful envi- ronment helps them to focus and relax, he said. Veterans First Fly Fish- ing started about two years ago, he said. They host fly fishing workshops four times a month at vet- erans hospitals in Menlo Park, Livermore, San Jose and Stockton. The work- shops can include fly tying, working on casting, talking about fly fishing or simply showing a movie. Many of the partici- pants have no experience with the sport, Brunskill said. The workshops lead up to events like the Eagle Canyon Trophy Lakes outing. At another similar out- ing, one woman started the day, just before 9 a.m., not wanting to get off of the bus, Brunskill said. He and others pointed out to her that people were hav- ing a good time. By 11 a.m., she was outside learning to cast, he said. "By noon, she was waist deep in the water, catching fish and grinning from ear to ear," Brunskill said. That was the first time in two years that one of her therapists had seen her smile, he said. Many people suffering from depression, PTSD or similar issues isolate themselves and have trou- ble expressing what is going on inside, he said. Fly fishing is something that can get them to socialize and focus on things outside themselves. It also is easy to learn and succeed at. Four veterans came Saturday with Brunskill, an assistant Gene Kacz- marek and art therapist and volunteer Jeff Stadler. who helps to coordinate events. "We would have done this if there was just one," Brunskill said. "We're here for the veterans, not ourselves." Stadler has seen the results fly fishing can have as well. Most of his therapy work involves outpatient PTSD patients, he said. The fly fishing workshops help them get outside and socialize, Stadler said. Doing things like fly fish- ing, that are fun, meaning- ful and enjoyable enhances the quality of their lives. "People that enjoy it – it has had very profound effects on their lives," he said. Some even come back later and volunteer as helpers to teach others, he said. The Veterans Adminis- tration is supportive of alternative treatments such as this, said Stadler, who also does art with many outpatients in Menlo Park. Often an image or activity can help express memories embed- ded in their brains that they can't express with words. "Words don't do jus- tice," he said. Creating or working through a project like tying a fly helps their moods, he said. The process of going on an outing such as Sat- urday's takes a lot of ini- tiative, but it helps them get back into enjoyable activities they may have given up because of symp- toms like anxiety or depression. "They're taking their lives back in a way," he said. Veterans First Fly Fish- ing is made up of mem- bers of the Northern Cali- fornia Council of the Fed- eration of Fly Fishers. For more information, visit the group Veterans First Fly Fishing on Facebook. ——— Andrea Wagner can be reached at 527-2153, extension 114 or awagner@redbluffdailyne ws.com. Now! Print Daily News subscribers enjoy unlimited FREE website access 24/7! NOW OVER 300,000 PAGE VIEWS PER MONTH! D NEWSAILY RED BLUFF TEHAMACOUNTY www.redbluffdailynews.com EXHIBIT Continued from page 1A take care of things," Growney said. People aren't necessarily willing to give money to the government, but many have pride in this county, he said. He is one of several people who promote Tehama County wher- ever they go. "This is just a part of the ability we have to help the county," Growney said. In addition to money, some have already agreed to donate material and labor to help build the county exhibit. "We want to go further," Durrer said. "We don't want just a grange hall exhibit. We want an award-win- ning exhibit." Adding to the community fervor, BAN Continued from page 1A states. Whether same-sex cou- ples may ever be denied the right to marry ''is an impor- tant and highly controversial question,'' the court said. ''We need not and do not answer the broader question in this case.'' Six states allow gay cou- ples to wed — Connecticut, New Hampshire, Iowa, Massachusetts, New York and Vermont — as well as the District of Columbia. California, as the nation's most populous state and home to more than 98,000 same-sex couples, would be the gay rights movement's biggest prize of them all. The 9th Circuit conclud- ed that a trial court judge had correctly interpreted the Constitution and Supreme Court precedents when he threw out Proposition 8. The measure ''serves no purpose, and has no effect, other than to lessen the sta- tus and human dignity of gays and lesbians in Califor- nia, and to officially reclassi- fy their relationships and families as inferior to those of opposite-sex couples,'' Judge Stephen Reinhardt, one of the court's most liber- al judges, wrote in the 2-1 opinion. Opponents of gay mar- riage planned to ask the Supreme Court to overturn the ruling, which came more than a year after the appeals court panel heard arguments in the case. ''We are not surprised portable classrooms and stole items that belonged to the room's teacher, said Sgt. Quintan Ortega. Items stolen include three pres- idential dolls and an autographed picture of President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden, he said. Damages were estimated at The victim told officers that he had been walking across the Antelope Boulevard bridge with his friends when they were approached by five to seven Hispanic men who started yelling at him, Ortega said. The victim said the men $800, while $665 worth of proper- ty was stolen, Ortega said. Police don't have any suspects yet, but DNA evidence was found at the scene, he said. Anyone with information is asked to contact the Red Bluff Police Department. — Andrea Wagner called him derogatory names because he is black, Ortega said. The assailants had knives in their hands and were asking with what gang the victim was affiliated. A fist fight ensued dur- ing which the victim was stabbed in the arm, Ortega said. The man was treated Heisler announced that Red Bluff Sunrise Rotary wants to adopt the Tehama County display window in the state capitol. At no cost to the county, club members intend to update the dis- play about twice a year, she said. Supervisors said they were excit- ed by the enthusiastic response. Supervisor Bob Williams chimed in, pledging his own contributions to the upkeep of the display window, which has been needing help for years, he said. "Thank you and God bless you," Williams said. Supervisor George Russell, who sits alongside Supervisor Ron Warn- er on the state fair exhibit commit- tee, said this community response was perhaps the most exciting he had seen. "I can't tell you how delighted and pleased I am with the reaction," that this Hollywood-orches- trated attack on marriage — tried in San Francisco — turned out this way. But we are confident that the expressed will of the Ameri- can people in favor of mar- riage will be upheld at the Supreme Court,'' said Brian Raum, senior counsel for the Alliance Defense Fund, a Christian legal aid group based in Arizona that helped defend Proposition 8. Legal analysts ques- tioned whether the Supreme Court would agree to take the case because of the nar- row scope of the ruling. Cal- ifornia is the only state to grant gays the right to marry and rescind it. Douglas NeJaime, an associate professor at Loy- ola Law School in Los Angeles, said the California- specific scope of the 9th Cir- cuit panel's decision means the Supreme Court can uphold it without ruling ''on marriage for same-sex cou- ples on a national scale.'' ''In effect, the 9th Cir- cuit's decision allows the Supreme Court to continue the incremental, case-by- case trajectory of marriage for same-sex couples in the United States,'' NeJaime said in an email. Weddings appeared unlikely to resume anytime soon. The ruling will not take effect until the deadline passes in two weeks for Proposition 8's backers to appeal to a larger panel of the 9th Circuit. Lawyers for the coalition of conservative religious groups that spon- sored the measure said they have not decided if they will seek a 9th Circuit rehearing and released at St. Eliza- beth Community Hospital for a moderate wound. Officers identified Manuel Nunez, 19, of Red Bluff, as a suspect, Ortega said. The case is still under investigation and suspects are sought for questioning. -Andrea Wagner Russell said. He advised the group about the upcoming deadline and the possibil- ities of prize money coming back to the county, should the exhibit win. "If (the exhibit) is done locally, the sky is the limit," Russell said. The board voted to file its appli- cation for the state fair exhibit with the promise that fundraising, sup- port and ideas will continue in the next few months. Some who have agreed to meet Monday to discuss the exhibit include John Neal, Brandon Minch, Brandon Grissom, Melissa Men- donca, Chris Wray and Steve Joiner. Russell asked the group to come back to the board soon to give an update on what they come up with. ——— Andrea Wagner can be reached at 527-2153, extension 114 or awagner@redbluffdailynews.com. or file an appeal directly to the Supreme Court. The panel also said there was no evidence that former Chief U.S. Judge Vaughn Walker was biased and should have disclosed that he was gay and in a long- term relationship with another man. Proposition 8 backers had asked the 9th Circuit to set aside Walker's ruling on constitutional grounds and because of the judge's per- sonal life. It was the first instance of an American jurist's sexual orientation being cited as grounds for overturning a court decision. Walker publicly revealed he was gay after he retired. Supporters of the gay mar- riage ban argued that he had been obliged to previously reveal if he wanted to marry his partner. The 9th Circuit held a hearing on the con- flict-of-interest question in December. In its ruling Tuesday, the panel majority said it was unreasonable to presume a judge cannot apply the law impartially just because he is a member of the minority group at issue in a case. ''To hold otherwise would demonstrate a lack of respect for the integrity of our federal courts,'' the opin- ion said. Reihardt, who was appointed to the appeals court by President Jimmy Carter, was joined in the majority opinion by Judge Michael Hawkins, an appointee of President Bill Clinton. Judge Randy Smith, who was appointed by President George W. Bush, dissented, saying he disagreed that Proposition 8 served no pur- pose other than to treat gays and lesbians as second-class citizens. Smith said Proposition 8 could serve to promote responsible child-rearing among opposite-sex cou- ples, adding that if those beliefs were flawed, they would be enough to make the measure constitutional. THE PASSING PARADE One night, awaking at 3 am, and while looking over his meager leavings of shoes and football, she knew that to keep her sanity, something would have to be done. So she turned to prayer and said, "God, if you will let me see him once more I think I can stand it." Getting back into bed, she immediately went to sleep and dreamed that she was standing at the foot of a steep slippery adobe hill, with dark clouds around the bottom and bright sunshine at the top. And there, on the summit, stood Jimmie. She said, "Jimmie, come down and get me."He came down the slope, took her by the arm, and led her to the top where he kissed her and said, "Do not grieve for me, Mother, just consider that I have gone on to a higher education." When she awoke in the morning, she felt a load of weariness had left her. However, a few months later, her husband suffered a stroke and after lingering, passed away a year after Jimmie. Her son Lowell, a geologist in Bakersfield, began sending her money each month. As she could now get along with less outside work, when WWII began she felt she must do something to help the war effort. Although now 70 years old, she decided she would help the Air Force men stationed at the airport. As there was no taxi service at the time, she remained on call all night and when aviators wanted to come into town, she would pick them up in her old Ford coupe and later return them to the airport. It seemed that fate had finally decided to let her live in peace, but this was not the case. Four years ago Lowell met his death in an auto accident. After the first shock of grief and loss, she wondered how she would now live because he had left no will and the money he had been sending would stop. However, she decided not to worry, that if God had more for her to do on earth, he would take care of her needs. And such was the case for, from an unexpected source*, she received a letter reading, in part, "As long as you live, we will help you." Today, at 85, she is spry, very alert and busy with her flowers. I have never known anyone so unceasingly smiling and cheerful, and have never heard her once complain. I asked her, "Don't you feel that you have had more than your share of grief?" She replied, "Well, you know the bible verse, 'Whom God loveth he chasteneth'? Well, he must love me a lot." The Passing Parade is brought to you by by Minch Property Management, 760 Main Street specializing in commercial leasing and sales. 530 527 5514 (Dave Minch' regarding Mrs. E.W with her lamenting the abrupt passing of her 16 year old son Jimmie.) s column of October 1958 . Saunders, continues Dave Minch 1900-1964 Robert Minch *Although father was noted for anonymous financial donations, he did not disclose the source of Mrs. Saunders largesse in his column.