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Obituaries LEANDRO RENTERIA March 14, 1930- February 5, 2012 Born in El Chante Jalisco, Mexico. Married 61 years to Consuelo Renteria. Survivors include 14 children, 59 grandchildren, 51 great-grandchildren, and 3 great-great- grandchildren. Services will be held in Los Angeles, CA. ROBIN MCDONALD GREER Robin McDonald Greer passed away February 11, 2012 at the age of 51. Robin was born in Fortuna, CA to Robert and Ramona McDonald on February 20, 1961. Robin and her family relocated to Canby, CA at the age of 7, and then moved to Adin with her family. She is a graduate of Big Valley High School, living most of her life in Adin. Robin was proceeded in death by a daughter, Mandy Lynn, her sister Vickie, her mother Ramona, and her hus- band Rick. Robin is survived by her children: Waylon Dowell of Re- no, NV, daughters Candice Wagner, Jenifer Adams of Red Bluff, her father Bob McDonald of Adin, CA, brothers Scott McDonald of Bieber, Ca and Doug McDonald of Susanville, CA. Also survivors include numerous grand- children: Jimmy, Aireona, Paris, Kaylee, Danica, Jeremy, Ava, Avery, and Jaxen, with many nephews and nieces and their children, including loving uncles, aunts and cousins. Services will be held Saturday, February 18th at the Alturas Cementary at 11:00 a.m. BRIDGE Continued from page 1A logical and anthropologi- cal survey turned up human remains and histor- ical artifacts in the pro- posed building area. They are believed to be related to the Nomlaki people who used to live seasonal- ly in the area. After developing a plan with Far Western Anthro- pological Research Group, Inc., approved in 2008, engineering staff were to coordinate with the Paskenta band of the Nomlaki tribe through the research group to preserve the site. Artifacts unearthed would possibly be given HANSEN Continued from page 1A "The board is working very closely with the Tehama County PD Continued from page 1A MERTON RAYMOND ANDERSEN We lost a son, a brother, a husband, a father, a grandfa- ther, a great grandfather, and a friend for life. Merton Raymond Andersen passed away at his home on February 13, 2012, at the age of 98. Merton was born in Nebraska on January 20, 1923 to Chris and Wilma Andersen. When he was four years old the family moved to California, and settled in El Camino. Merton attended Tehama Grammer School and graduated from Red Bluff High School. Merton entered the United States Army in 1943, where 89. he served WWII in the South Pacific during which he earned the Purple Heart from wounds received during battle. He was honorably discharged in 1945 at wars end. A few years later he met Jean Morey, the love of his life and built a home for them in El Camino where they were married in 1949. That's where they started their wonderful family, having two children, Kathleen and Michial Ander- sen. In addition to ranching during his years in El Cami- no, Merton worked for Crane Mills and later Diamond Int'l until he retired in 1985. Merton loved the San Francisco Giants and the 49ers, he followed them faithfully. He was also a member of the Red Bluff Elks for 52 years. Merton along with his wife Jean loved house boating and spent many years on Shasta Lake (aboard the Gypsy A) making many special life long friends. Merton Raymond Andersen was preceded in death by his parents Chris and Wilma Andersen, son Michial Ray- mond Andersen, and grandson Donald Raymond Gray. He leaves behind his wife of 62 years Jean Andersen of Red Bluff, CA., daughter Kathy Kourupes and husband Alex of Adin, CA., granddaughter Kristina Morris and hus- band Zach of Adin, CA., great grandchildren Cheyene and Wade Morris, Donnie and Kloee Gray, and Jarimiah Smith, and his five sisters, Viola Dyson of Red Bluff, Eliza- beth Brunk of Red Bluff, Marie Goodwin and husband Ar- thur of Springfield, OR., Hazel Pluim and husband Jan of Red Bluff, Myrna Whatley and husband Bill of Longview, WA., sister-in-law Linda Hall of Green Valley, AZ, many nieces and nephews. All that new Merton R. Andersen were truly blessed, we will miss his amazing smile and uplifting spirit. Graveside service for Merton will be at Oak Hill Ceme- has not had a single com- plaint against her and has achieved a record of answering 94 percent of 911 calls within 10 sec- onds. Longevity awards were given to Dispatchers Hoover and Kim McIvor, five years; Community Service Officer Clint Weston, 10 years; and Lt. Kyle Sanders, 15 years. The Distinguished Ser- vice Award was given to Dispatchers Hoover and Suzette Erb, Records Manager Debi Tompkins, Officer Mike Brown, Detective Kevin Hale and Lt. Kyle Sanders for their work as members of the K-9 steering committee. Certificates of com- mendation for Good Con- duct, given for three con- secutive years of honor- able and faithful service, for display and study at California State Universi- ty, Chico. Some members of the Wintu tribe, during discus- sion of eminent domain in front of the Board of Supervisors, expressed an interest in participating in the process. It wasn't until February 2011 that the project was regenerated when the county Public Works Department sent a final offer to neighboring land owners to acquire seven acres split between seven parcels. Final judgments and acquisitions for all the properties are now on file, said County Counsel Arthur Wylene. After all those hurdles, the issue of elderberry Friday, February 17, 2012 – Daily News 9A of 1973. plants has crept into the mix. The removal of the seven plants, which repre- sent one-tenth of an acre, must be done by a mitiga- tion bank, approved by the U.S. Army Corps of Engi- neers, the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service and the California Department of Fish and Game. For Tehama County, that means they have to purchase mitigation cred- its from Stillwater Plains Mitigation Bank in Shasta County. Representatives of the mitigation bank will dig up the plants appropriately and move them to the Stillwater area, Antone told the board. The process falls under the Endangered Species Act Department of Education," Hansen said. The outcome of Hosler being placed on leave has been put in the hands of the board, who meet at 4:30 p.m. today in the district were given to Sgt. Kevin Busekist, Sgt. Dan Flow- erdew, Erb, Hale, Reserve Officer Shannah Johnson, Dispatch Supervisor Cindee Spurgeon, Sgt. Quintan Ortega, Sgt. Mike Graham, Detective Brett McAllister, Officer Jeff Wing, Administrative Assistant Farrah Morris and Sanders. A K-9 Officer Ribbon was presented to Brown. He is just finishing his first week of training and has five more weeks to go. Brown and Officers Alan Gilbert and Aaron Murray were given the life saving award for their involvement in a June 9 incident. They were dis- patched to a call for an elderly woman who was- n't breathing and had no pulse. Brown began CPR while Gilbert assisted and Murray helped get the woman a mask to provide oxygen until medical per- sonnel could arrive. tery in Red Bluff, CA. on Saturday, February 18, 2012 at 10:30am. There will be a gathering to follow at the Red Bluff Elks Lodge at 355 Gilmore Road. LONG BEACH (AP) — Two people were fatally shot and one was wounded Thursday at an Immigration and Customs Enforcement office in Long Beach, a law enforcement official told The Associated Press. The Long Beach police official said the shooter killed one person, wounded another with a shot to the stomach, and then was killed. It was not immediately clear if the The board members approved Antone signing the agreement with the Shasta County company, despite objections to the policy. Supervisor Bob Williams, amid the board's discussion on the matter, was disgruntled. "There's not much sup- port for environmental extortion," he said. The project budget will now include $10,000 to pay for relocation of the elderberry plants so the bridge replacement project can continue. ——— Andrea Wagner can be reached at 527-2153, extension 114 or awagner@redbluffdailyne ws.com. office at the school, Hansen said. ——— Julie Zeeb can be reached at 527-2153, extension 115 or jzeeb@redbluffdailynews.com. Follow her on Twitter @DN_Zeeb. A Unit Citation was given to Community Ser- vice Officers Weston and Heidi Thomas and Detec- tives Hale and Brett McAllister for their work in a Dec. 13 incident in which a mother tried to kill her 13-year-old son. Officer Jerry Fernandez was given a Certificate of Commendation for his work in a March burglary in which the investigation of four burglaries led police to additional suspects. Fernandez also was instrumental in the arrest and confession of a prima- ry suspect in a string of graffiti in December. Officer Joe Rossi received a Certificate of Commendation for his involvement in a be-on- the-lookout for a kidnap victim taken from Alaska. His close attention to detail led him to the child, who was found in the Wal- mart parking lot, and the arrest of a suspect. shooter died from a self-inflicted wound. Sgt. Josiah Ferrin, Rossi and Officer Michael Fawnsworth were given the Meritorious Service Award for a Dec. 3 inci- dent dealing with a man who was threatening his wife while taunting police to "come in and play" as he brandished several weapons, including a hatchet, a shotgun and a bowie knife. Other awards included: Field Training Officer Ribbon to Officer Sean Baxter; Sniper Ribbon to Wing; SWAT Ribbon to Fawnsworth; Motor Offi- cer Ribbon to Officer Jerry Fernandez; Honor Guard Ribbon to Brown, Officer Alan Gilbert and Fawnsworth; and School Resource Officer Ribbon to Murray. ——— Julie Zeeb can be reached at 527-2153, extension 115 or jzeeb@redbluffdailynews. com. Follow her on Twitter @DN_Zeeb. 2 dead, 1 hurt in Calif. federal building shooting The official spoke on condition of anonymity because he wasn't authorized to speak publicly about the case. It was not clear what motivated the shooting at the Glenn M. Anderson Federal Building in downtown Long Beach. Video from a KABC-TV news helicopter showed several police officers on motorcycles escorting an ambulance to a nearby hospi- tal. A spokeswoman for Immigra- tion and Customs Enforcement declined to comment and said the agency would release a statement later. In addition to ICE, the federal building also houses the Internal Revenue Service and the U.S. Probation and Parole Office. UC Davis pays $1.35M to settle Title IX case Jan. California home sales SACRAMENTO (AP) — The University of California, Davis has agreed to pay more than $1.3 million to attorneys representing three women who had filed gender discrimination claims because the cam- pus did not offer a women's wrestling team, officials said Thursday. The settlement came after a federal judge in Sacramento ruled on a broader question in August and found that the university had vio- lated Title IX, the feder- al law passed in 1972 that requires equal ath- letic opportunities for men and women. U.S. District Judge Frank Damrell rejected the women's individual discrimination claims but found that the uni- versity had reduced ath- letic opportunities for all women during the time the plaintiffs were enrolled. Lauren Mancuso, Arezou Mansourian and Christine Wing-Si Ng sued in 2003 after the university eliminated more than 60 opportuni- ties for women to partic- ipate in athletics between the 1998-99 and 2004-05 academic years. Most of the missed opportunities were from the loss of junior varsity teams for women's water polo and women's lacrosse. The three women wrestled competitively in high school and enrolled at Davis, which is just west of Sacra- mento, with hopes of making the varsity wrestling squad. But the university said they had to compete against men of the same weight class to make the team. At the time, no four- year California colleges had an all-women's intercollegiate wrestling team, and Damrell noted that the women either declined to try out for the men's squad or could not make the cut. The Title IX violation came in response to the lost opportunities in established women's sports. Even though the judge found the women had not been discrimi- nated against, lawyers representing the plain- tiffs called the settle- ment a victory for women in campus ath- letics. Noreen Farrell of Equal Rights Advo- cates, one of the attor- neys representing the former UC Davis stu- dents, called the settle- ment ''the final chapter in a precedent-setting Title IX case.'' The lawsuit is among many filed nationally since federal law banned sex discrimina- tion in athletic pro- grams. Title IX has led to complaints and law- suits by and against coaches and other uni- versity employees, including four UC Davis employees who were dismissed from the wrestlers' lawsuit. Lawyers representing the three women said the university previous- ly created a fund that has given more than $70,000 in grants to female athletes, and increased the number of women participating in campus athletics. They said the students also won a procedural battle with a ruling by the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals during the course of the lawsuit. The university's attorney, Nancy Shee- han, said none of the settlement money is going to the women because they were not entitled to damages. She said the $70,000 was paid in a different Title IX case, and that the university was increas- ing women's athletic opportunities anyway. ''There is no money being paid to the plain- tiffs at all,'' Sheehan said. ''They are settling for attorneys' fees and going home.'' Jim Sturdevant, another attorney for the three women, criticized the university for spend- ing millions of dollars to fight the lawsuit. Sheehan said the univer- sity is paying less in attorneys' fees than would likely have been required had a judge made the decision. Before the settle- ment, the damages phase of the trial on the Title IX claim was scheduled to start next month. Mansourian said in a statement issued through her attorneys that her nine-year fight to increase women's right to participate in college athletics ''has been worth the battle.'' Red Bluff Simple Cremations & Burial Service You DO have a choice in the Red Bluff area. Caring & Compassionate Service Full traditional burial service or cremation 722 Oak Street, Red Bluff, FD Lic. 1931 527-1732 steady but prices drop LOS ANGELES (AP) — Buyers snapping up cheap homes propped up California home sales last month, tak- ing advantage of foreclosures and slumping prices in a weak market, a real estate tracking firm reported Thurs- day. There were 28,111 new and existing homes sold statewide in January, according to San Diego-based DataQuick. Sales were down 25.5 percent from December — a normal seasonal decline — but up 1.5 percent from January 2011. Sales have increased for the past six months on a year- over-year basis, DataQuick reported. DataQuick said foreclosures and short sales made up more than half the sales of existing homes. The median sales price paid in January was $236,000, down 4.1 percent from December and about half the peak price of $484,000 set in early 2007 before the housing crash. The median sales price has dropped on a year-over-year basis for the last 16 months, DataQuick said. ''The higher-end sales have slowed in recent months as many struggle to qualify for loans and others just sit tight,'' DataQuick President John Walsh said in a statement refer- ring specifically to sales in the San Francisco Bay area. Mortgage payments also continued to plummet. The typical payment last month was $893. Adjusted for infla- tion, that was the lowest rate since at least 1988, DataQuick said. The statewide figures were on a par with regional trends. DataQuick reported earlier that Southern Cali- fornia home sales rose 0.4 percent last month compared with January 2011, while sales in the San Francisco Bay area showed a 10.3 percent year-over-year improve- ment. In both cases, investors snapped up many of the homes.