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Saturday, February 18, 2012 – Daily News 9A Obituaries PATRICIA ROSS Patricia Ross passed away on Sunday, February 5th due to a long illness. She is survived by her husband of 31 years, Allen Ross of Vina, CA., her daughter Trece Collins of Sacramento, CA., her sons John Cain of Grange, IA., Rob Cain of Da- venport, IA., her sisters Susie Walls of Selma, CA., Paula Ivy of Elk Grove, CA., Shielah Garner of Live Oak, CA., her brother Mike Bates of Grants Pass, OR., 3 granddaughters Andrea, Lindsay and Caitlyn, 6 grandsons Jeffrey, Elijah, Rider, Gavin, Garin and Brock, her two stepsons John and Jeremy Ross of Redding. She was born in Selma, CA., and moved to Corning with her two sons in 1965, she worked as a waitress and a forklift driver. Sometimes working three jobs to care for her family, she became a beautician in 1967, and worked at the Ingenue Beauty Salon for 25+ years until illness forced her to retire. She loved kids, she had 80+ foster kids, she loved camping, boating, fishing (Eagle Lake and Fort Bragg were her favorite long rides in the mountains), four wheeling, riding four wheelers, she just plain loved life. She was loved, and will be missed by a lot of friends and family. A celebration of her life will be held at the Los Molinos VFW Memorial Hall, on February 25th at 2:00 PM, a BBQ will be provided and side dishes welcomed, if you could, RSVP 530-200-5902 or 916-889-6158. Arrangements are through The Hall Brothers Corning Mortuary. Dead cyclist identified by CHP By JULIE ZEEB DN Staff Writer The California High- way Patrol has released the name of the 81-year- old bicyclist found dead on the side of the road early Wednesday on Highway 36W, east of Vestal Road, as Albert Charles Johnson. An autopsy was per- formed Thursday and the cause of death, which is awaiting official confir- mation, should be avail- able Tuesday, said CHP Officer Phillip Mackin- tosh. Johnson was found at 5:10 a.m. Wednesday by a Caltrans employee who saw the bicycle on the side of the road and stopped to pick it up. Blood drops at the scene were tracked to a site where officers believe the man had an accident, Mackintosh said. According to a CHP A 61-year-old Red Bluff man reportedly attacked his girlfriend with a kitchen knife Thursday evening in the 1300 block of Grant Street. David Winslow Crannell was arrested after his girlfriend turned up at a neighbor's residence, dressed in a bathrobe with blood all down the front, according to a Red Bluff Police press release. The woman had several cuts on SON Continued from page 1A according to a Red Bluff Police press release. The mother, Faylene WILLIAM LEO BUCKLEY William Leo Buckley, 56, died February 12, 2012 in Corning. Leo's interests included family, writing poetry & riding his Harley. Leo is survived by his son Chris Buckley of Anderson, Lynn Squires, 31, was arrested Thursday at the his brothers and sister-n-laws, Lloyd and Mary Buckley of Red Bluff, Robert & Julia Buckley of Klamath Falls, Hu- bert Buckley of Klamath Falls and David and Brenda Buckley of Tulelake, sisters and brother-n-laws Nell & Dennis Miller of Nevada, Bonnie Pasquale of Red Bluff, Bobbie & James Luster of Oklahoma and numerous grandchildren, nieces and nephews. Leo is preceded in death by his father & mother, Lloyd & Emma Buckley and brother John Buckley. Services will be held at a later date at Sunset Hills Ceme- tery in Corning. 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. Mary Lylas Russ Former Corning resident Mary Lylas Russ died Wednesday, Feb. 8, 2012, in Redding. She was 48. Hall Bros. Corning Mortuary is handling the arrangements. Published Saturday, Feb. 18, 2012, in the Daily News, Red Bluff, Calif. Daniel Juan Sandoval Daniel Juan Sandoval of Red Bluff died Friday, Feb. 17, 2012 at St. Elizabeth Community Hospital. He was 57. Arrangements are under the direction of Red Bluff Simple Cremations & Burial Service. Published Saturday, Feb. 18, 2012 in the Daily News, Red Bluff, Calif. DRY Continued from page 1A list shifted to place fish and wildlife equal to irri- gation. Through the Cen- tral Valley Project, the Anadromous Fish Restoration Program began to work with water- shed groups to restore cen- tral valley streams. The goal, which was not met, was to double the number of natural produc- tion for anadromous, or fresh-water born, fish by 2002, she said. The Anadromous Fish Restoration Program 2001 plan was to work toward preventing fish from accessing false habitat, like near Battle Creek where a fish screen was put up to block their entry SACRAMENTO (AP) — Both houses of the Legisla- ture met for less than an hour Friday, offering eulogies to departed constituents, introducing guests and commemo- rating Japanese-Americans who were interned during World War II. While the brief sessions offered little in the way of sub- stance, they did allow lawmakers to continue collecting a perk — their $142-a-day per diem payments that boost their annual salaries by tens of thousands of dollars. Total cost to taxpayers for making the payments over the four days starting Friday: $65,000. ''The whole thing is really done just to line their own pocketbooks,'' said Bob Stern, former president of the Center for Governmental Studies in Los Angeles. He said switching the day of the legislative session ahead of a holiday weekend is a long-standing tradition but also is a questionable one, especially as California continues to deal with ongoing budget shortfalls that have forced billions of dollars in spending cuts. Stern said he supports compensating lawmakers for the time they are in Sacramento, but said ''the whole weekend situation is really kind of absurd. They're not up there dur- ing the weekend.'' The per diem payments are intended to compensate out-of-area lawmakers who must travel to the capital for business and are supposed to reimburse them for daily liv- ing expenses. But they also have been a source of criticism in recent years, especially because lawmakers collect the money even when they are not in Sacramento. When asked whether per diem payments were appro- priate over a weekend when lawmakers don't meet, ROPES Continued from page 1A For many, it is a family tradition. Emily Clendenen, 15, of Cotton- wood and Jesse Stratton, 15, of Palo Cedro, both sophomores, have been competing since sixth grade. Clendenen's favorite event is the team roping, she said. But she com- petes in "pretty much" all events. "It's fun to work with a team," she said. Stratton got into rodeos after see- ing her brother do it, she said. She prefers cutting and pole bending with her horse Greyhound. The girls do rodeos throughout the year. Chelsey Bushnell, 15, a sopho- more at Red Bluff Union High School, goes to about 22 rodeos a year, she said. Rodeo is a family experience for her. "I've been doing it since I was a baby," she said. "I've never not done it." For Grace and Lily Bertelsen of Dairyville, rodeo is a way of life and a source of healthy sibling rivalry. The girls compete at home for fun, they said, timing each other and trying to beat each other's scores. The Bertelsens recently moved here from Hawaii but they have been doing rodeos as far back as into the PG&E Coleman powerhouse. The goal is to keep the young fish in the water and help them safely make their way down river to the bays and eventually the ocean, she said. In 2012, the Anadro- mous Fish Restoration Program began year one of its redd dewatering pro- ject, focusing on keeping the redds water during the release, Johnson was rid- ing a Huffy Thunder Ridge bicycle west on Highway 36W when for unknown reasons he was unable to maintain his balance on the bicycle and fell. Johnson hit his fore- head in the fall, which resulted in swelling on the right side of his head and a laceration on his right hand. He was not wearing a helmet, Mackintosh said. her hands and wrists that she said were from Crannell cutting her with a kitchen knife, the release said. She told officers that Crannell had pinned her on the couch and held a knife to her throat, the release said. He then threatened to kill her before cutting her hands and wrists with the knife. Crannell, who had been intoxi- cated, got tired and the victim was able to escape, the release said. Brickyard Creek Apart- ments, 1275 Walnut St., logs said. During the investiga- tion, Squires initially denied the boy was injured, the release said. Then, she admitted the injury existed. "The mother provided Johnson tried to con- tinue west on 36W for a short distance before dropping his bicycle on the north shoulder, crawl- ing beneath a barb wire fence, possibly in an attempt to access Dibble Creek to flush his wounds, before he laid down and died, Mackin- tosh said. A preliminary estimate for time of death was 12:01 a.m. Wednesday, Mackintosh said. Man arrested for stabbing his girlfriend Medical personnel treated the victim at the scene, the release said. Crannell was booked into Tehama County Jail on charges of threatening a crime with intent to terrorize, inflicting corporal injury on a spouse or cohabitant, force or assault with a deadly weapon and false imprisonment with violence. Bail was set at $145,000. - Andrea Wagner several different explana- tions for the injuries, which did not seem plausi- ble since the injuries were clearly burn marks," said Sgt. Josiah Ferrin in the release. Officers arrested Squires and placed the victim and two of his sib- they can remember and they don't ever want to stop. Lily Bertelsen, 16, wants to rodeo for the rest of her life, she said. Rodeo gives her a way to fit in. All the participants have something in common. The rodeos keep them busy doing something they enjoy, she said. "A lot of kids don't have passion in life," Lily Bertelsen said. "I'm really fortunate to have rodeo." Grace Bertelsen, 19, is in her last year of high school rodeo, but she plans to continue with college rodeo, once she decides where she is going to go to school, she said. Rodeo gives her an opportunity to meet people and go places that she wouldn't get to otherwise, she said. "I like going places with my horses," she said. "The whole gypsy lifestyle is kind of fun." The family travels nearly every month of the year as far as Okla- homa and elsewhere for rodeos. Barrel racing is Grace Bertelsen's favorite, she said. "I have a need for speed," she said. The high school rodeo will con- tinue today and tomorrow with dif- ferent events throughout the day, starting at 8 a.m. A highlight of the day will be the Special Rodeo at noon. critical stage of develop- ment for the fish. For more information on the Central Valley Pro- ject, visit www.usbr.gov/mp/cvo. ——— Julie Zeeb can be reached at 527-2153, extension 115 or jzeeb@redbluffdailynews. com. Follow her on Twitter @DN_Zeeb. lings into protective cus- tody, the release said. Squires, also known as Lynn Faylenne Squires or Squyres, was charged with child cruelty with the pos- sibility of injury or death. Bail was set at $50,000. - Andrea Wagner About 25 children with special needs will get to partner up with high school rodeo competitors and be taken through a series of five rodeo stations, including stick hors- es and rocking bulls, said coordina- tor Paula McCarley. One station, "goat undecorating," will feature live goats with ribbons attached to them that the partici- pants will have to pull off during the timed event, she said. All the children will get prizes and buckles from national corporate sponsors for participating and are treated to lunch. The high school rodeo contes- tants almost get more out of the experience than the special rodeo participants, McCarley said. The rest of the events will be repeated on Saturday and Sunday. Those include barrel racing, bull riding, saddle bronc riding, bare- back riding, goat tying and pole bending inside the Pauline Davis Pavilion, and tie down roping, steer wrestling, breakaway roping and team roping inside the covered arena next to the building. Program handouts will be avail- able at the fairground for more information. ——— Andrea Wagner can be reached at 527-2153, extension 114 or awagner@redbluffdailynews.com. CORNING Continued from page 1A bent upon the district to assist the petitioners. Had it been minor deficiencies it would have been one thing, but it was not minor." The resolution passed by the board cited a lack of the proper number of verifiable signatures, lack of an identified proposed site, an unsound educational pro- gram for pupils and lack of a comprehensive descrip- tion of employee qualifications, admissions criteria or testing standards. Calif. lawmakers switch days to collect payments Assemblyman David Valadao responded, ''There's no way of answering this in a good way.'' Valadao, a Republican from Hanford, 200 miles from Sacramento, declined further comment. California lawmakers already are the nation's highest paid, making $95,290 a year, and receive separate reim- bursements for travel and mileage. The per diem payment gives each lawmaker who collects it about $30,000 more a year; all but six of the Legislature's 120 lawmakers take it. In 2010, per diem payments to lawmakers cost Cali- fornia taxpayers $3.1 million, enough money to educate 437 public school students for a year. Lawmakers in the other three states with full-time leg- islatures — Michigan, New York and Pennsylvania —also are entitled to varying rates of per diem pay. In California, the Assembly and Senate typically meet in full session Mondays and Thursdays but switch the sec- ond floor session to Friday ahead of a holiday weekend. That ensures that lawmakers do not lose out on the per diems, which they are due as long as the Legislature does not take a break of more than three days. 3 month Membership Single $99 Couple $ Must be paid in full • No Refunds New members only 1 month unlimted 25.00 Tanning $ Limit - 2 per person must be 18 years or older no exceptions Tehama Family Fitness Center 2498 South Main St • Red Bluff 528-8656 www.tehamafamilyfitness.com 169