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Steward:JackLeroy Steward, 81, of Red Bluff died Sunday, Aug. 16. Arrangements are under the direction of Red Bluff Simple Cremations & Burial Service. Published Tuesday, Aug. 18, 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 conversation with friends getting together talking about holding a commu- nity brew festival. With Ferguson working at the Round-Up Saloon. he had several contacts already with local breweries, he said. "The breweries were ex- cited about it, the commu- nity became excited about it and it steam rolled from there," Ferguson said. "We feel that the money should be local and that it should be spread out amongst or- ganizations. We created it as kind of a general fund for Tehama County and we hope to keep it that way." All money raised from the event goes to a differ- ent local organization each year with the Odd Fellows Lodge receiving the first year's donation and the Red Bluff-Tehama County Chamber of Commerce re- ceiving the second year's proceeds. This year's pro- ceeds were going to Sun- rise Rotary. The money will be used for various local projects such as the California Highway Patrol's new Ex- plorer Post, which started earlier this year, member Jessie Woods said. Organizers were expect- ing at least 800-1,000 peo- ple to attend the event, based on the first two years of the event. There were between 30 and 40 local breweries, mostly from Northern California, but as far as Portland, Or- egon and even Washing- ton, Ferguson said. There were also two vineyards, Shasta Daisy from Man- ton and Tuscan Ridge from Red Bluff. Red Bluff resident Rick Barram was attending the event for the first time as a way to celebrate the birth- day of his brother-in-law, Doug Compton, Barram said. "It's very flavorful," Bar- ram said. "There's a lot of variety. There's a lot of beers I've seen at a bar or store and this is a chance to try them out without having to commit to an entire pint." Barram's friend Pat Meehan, who also at- tended, is a connoisseur in craft beers. "I love craft beers," Mee- han said. "It's fun to come try things, run into peo- ple I wouldn't normally meet and it's something to do with my daughter. I'm pleased to see Green Flash here and Lagunitas." Carrie Adams of Red Bluff has been to each year of the event and for the last two has brought her mother along. It's a smart event for the community and a great chance to catch up with people as well as talk to the local businesses and breweries, she said. Demetra Jones of Cot- tonwood came for the first time with her hus- band, J.D. and enjoyed it, she said. She espe- cially liked seeing the park used and people en- joying it as well as talk- ing to vendors and learn- ing about new local vine- yards and wineries, she said. Tap FROM PAGE 1 efit from the twin tunnels. The district serves 17 million people in Southern California as well as large farms and businesses. Brown's administration said re-engineering of the delta — the largest estu- ary on the West Coast — is essential to undoing mis- takes of past water projects and to supplying water to Southern California. Brown has pushed for a massive delta makeover since his first stint as gov- ernor in the 1970s and 1980s. In May, he told crit- ics of the tunnels to "shut up." Opponents say the tun- nels would jeopardize delta farming and destroy vital wildlife habitat. "If these reports are cor- rect, then we have further confirmation that the tun- nels project has been a for- gone conclusion," state Sen. Lois Wolk, D-Davis, who chairs a committee on the delta, said in an email Mon- day. The environmental re- view, "which should be used to choose a project, is simply being used to jus- tify the favored project," she wrote. Through October, the project officially is in a pe- riod of public comment on the environmental impact of the tunnels. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, which opposed an earlier version of the project, also must still weigh in. Restore the Delta, a group of farmers, fishing associations, environmen- tal groups and other oppo- nents, released the prop- erty plan that was ob- tained with a request made under the state open re- cords law. The plan targets public and private land in Sacramento, San Joaquin, Contra Costa and Alameda counties to be acquired for the project. Under the plan, land- owners would have 30 days to consider and negotiate a one-time state offer, while officials simultaneously prepare to take the land by forced sale if owners de- clined to sell. State FROM PAGE 1 which included the barbe- cue area being redone, ir- rigation equipment, re- placement of slides and playground equipment and blinds and a paint job for the community center. Lyle Dawson of Red Bluff served as the auctioneer for the live auction that took place shortly after the silent auction closed. The biggest item of the night was a one-week stay at a Hawaiian vacation home, with a $3,000 value, do- nated by Jim and Su- sie Leaverton. It went for $2,900. Other acts of generos- ity took place through- out the night including one man buying a bucket and custom mohair cinch for $200 and donating the cinch back, which sold for another $120. Representa- tives of Oak Bottom Ma- rina at Whiskeytown Lake, in addition to a prize pack donated, bought a dish- washer donated by Steve's A-Z Appliances for $350. The Party Barge Pack- age donated by the ma- rina was one of the high- est priced items. The pack- age included use of a barge that first went out on the lake Saturday as well as two stand up paddleboards, two kayaks and a Holiday Market gift card. It fetched $925. "Thank you, Cotton- wood," Dawson said at the end of the auction. "You stepped up as usual." For more information on the community center, call 347-1230. Organizers thanked the several sponsors and donors that supported the event. Event FROM PAGE 1 JULIE ZEEB - DAILY NEWS Michelle Hickok, a graphic designer for Rolling Hills Casino, right, pours a taste of Fall River Brewing Company's Kilty Pleasure on Saturday at the Third Annual Tap into Tehama event at Red Bluff River Park. Auctioneer Lyle Dawson auctions off a dishwasher donated by Steve's A-Z Appliances on Saturday at the Back At The Ranch fundraiser for the Cottonwood Community Center and Park at JBL Ranch on Bowman Road. PHOTOS BY JULIE ZEEB — DAILY NEWS Volunteers Katie (Bianchi) Zane and Mandy Bradshaw of Tri Counties Bank show off a quilt donated by Bev Seale to attendees as they browse the various silent auction items Saturday at the Back At The Ranch fundraiser for the Cottonwood Community Center and Park at JBL Ranch on Bowman Road. The Associated Press LAS VEGAS Wet weather in May and June brought good news Monday from federal water managers keeping close tabs on the Colorado River water sup- ply for about 40 million residents in seven South- west U.S. states. The U.S. Bureau of Rec- lamation projected normal water deliveries to resi- dents, farms, tribes and businesses at least through 2016 and possibly through 2017, water agency officials in Arizona, Nevada and California said. "We may have dodged a bullet for the next few years," said William Hasencamp, Colorado River resources chief for the Metropolitan Water District of Southern Cal- ifornia. Chuck Cullom, Colo- rado River programs man- ager for the Central Ari- zona Project in Phoenix, said the report gives mu- nicipal and state water au- thorities in Arizona, Cali- fornia, Colorado, Nevada, New Mexico, Utah and Wy- oming a little more time to address what everyone ac- knowledges is a the long- term gap between supply and demand. Cullom said he was op- timistic. "Water agencies in the lower basin have been working cooperatively to conserve water for the past couple of years," he said. "The result is an improve- ment in the overall water picture." The bureau's 24-month projection came with the West still in the grips of a historic drought, and with Lake Mead just 38 percent full. Upstream, the Lake Powell reservoir behind Glen Canyon Dam has im- proved to 53 percent of capacity, said Rose Da- vis, spokeswoman for the Bureau of Reclamation in Boulder City, Nevada. The projection softened warnings made in May that there was a chance of supply cuts next year amounting to 4.3 percent to Nevada and 11.4 percent to Arizona. "As of May, we were at 50-50 chance of shortage" in 2016, Hasencamp said. "We could have had the first-ever shortage decla- ration today." Instead, Hasencamp said the bureau reported that average precipitation this winter could get the region through 2017. He also noted that cli- matologists are calling for an El Nino weather pat- tern in coming months that could funnel storms from the Pacific Ocean ashore in California, bringing snow to the Si- erra Nevada and Rocky Mountains. A shortage declaration would be indexed to the Lake Mead water level, which fell to a historic low 1,074.71 feet above sea level on June 26. The lake level on Sun- day was a little above 1,078 feet, or 3 feet above the crucial 1,075-foot short- age trigger point. Cullom noted that farmers, more than cit- ies, would feel the brunt of possible cuts in Ari- zona that would compare with the amount of water used by 600,000 homes a year. Nevada's 4.3 percent cut would equate with the amount used annually by about 26,000 homes. Drought-stricken Cali- fornia would continue to be able to draw its 4.4 mil- lion acre-foot allocation of Colorado River water, even if Arizona and Nevada are affected. One acre-foot of water is about enough to serve two average homes for a year. Gary Wockner, a conser- vationist with the Denver- based advocacy group Save the Colorado, noted Mon- day that both the Lake Mead and Lake Powell res- ervoirs remain near their lowest levels in history. Meanwhile, less water comes into the system ev- ery year than the 16.5 mil- lion acre-feet promised an- nually to users in the seven U.S. states and Mexico. LAKE MEAD Officials: Less chance of cuts to Colorado River in 2017 JOHN LOCHER — THE ASSOCIATED PRESS FILE A partially submerged tire sits along the shore of Lake Mead in the Lake Mead National Recreation Area near Boulder City, Nev. RobertBSpears December 13, 1922 ~ August 7, 2015 The Family of Robert B Spears wish to announce his passing on August 7, 2015 at the age of 92. He leaves behind 5 children, Robert, Kathyleen, Martha, Aaron and Rosanne, plus 18 grandchildren, along with 33 great grandchildren and one great great grandchild; but then again who's counting. He joins his bride, June, of 61 + years in a happy reun- ion. Robert joined the Army Air Corps in 1942 and served as a maintenance tech on B-17 & B-29 aircraft. He was a very active member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saint's. Serving in various leadership positions. He retired from Mare Island Naval Ship Yard in 1977, af- ter 35 years of hard work. Services will be held at 6pm, August 19 at 545 Berren- dos Ave., Red Bluff, CA. Internment will be at the Veter- ans Cemetery in Igo, CA. Obituaries We Don'tThink Cremation Should Cost So much. www.affordablemortuary.net•529-3655 FD1538 LocatedinChico,CA R ed Bluff Simple Cremations and Burial Service FD1931 527-1732 Burials - Monuments - Preneed 722 Oak Street, Red Bluff RUNNINGS ROOFING and CONSTRUCTION SheetMetalRoofing ResidentialCommercial • Composition • Shingle • Single Ply Membrane ServingTehamaCounty 530-527-5789 530-209-5367 NoMoney Down! 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