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JULIEZEEB—DAILYNEWS Contestants pose for a picture following the Miss Tehama County and Tehama County Ambassador competition on Thursday. Pictured, from le , are Alaina Gillett, Daisy Alston, Miss Tehama County First Alternate Jena MacDonald, Miss Tehama County Mahlon Owens, Tehama County Ambassador Mitchell Sauve, Miss Tehama County Second Alternate and Miss Congeniality Mallory Rainwater and Shawnee Winterson. Thejourneythatbe- gan when I started writ- ing this column a year ago has been a profound ex- perience for me, not un- like when I joined PETS or started volunteer- ing at the shelter. It has opened my eyes, educated me, pulled on my emo- tions and introduced me to a wide variety peo- ple and views. The writ- ing, in many ways, has proven cathartic. It as- sists in fulfilling my pas- sion to help those in need, the ones without voice. I hope it makes a differ- ence for at least one ani- mal. Who knows, but per- haps there is also a chance that an article will inspire someone to volunteer, fos- ter, transport, donate, or to take an action to help a vulnerable animal in need. It is my hope in the coming year that you, the reader, will continue to share this journey with me, and the many animals that cross our path. As a final note, last year I encouraged input from readers. This year is no different. Let's exchange ideas and discourse. Te- hama County still has its share of animal wel- fare issues and an over- abundance of homeless, abused, and neglected pets. I implore you to ask questions, because by do- ing so we can all learn, and perhaps find other ways to make differences in these animals' lives. Last year was signifi- cant. This one can be too. RonnieCaseyisvice president of PETS — Providing Essentials for Tehama Shelter. She can be reached at rmcredbluff@gmail.com. For more information about PETS, visit petstehama.org. Casey FROMPAGE4 fighting hard enough to strip Planned Parenthood of government funds, even though doing so risked a government shutdown next week. "The first job of any speaker is to protect this in- stitution that we all love," Boehner said in a statement not long after announcing his resignation to his col- leagues. "It is my view, how- ever, that prolonged leader- ship turmoil would do ir- reparable damage to the institution. To that end, I will resign the speakership and my seat in Congress on Oct. 30." "Over the last five years, our majority has advanced conservative reforms that will help our children and their children," Boehner said. "I am proud of what we have accomplished." Some conservatives wel- comed the announcement. Rep. Tim Huelskamp of Kansas said "it's time for new leadership," and Rep. Tom Massie of Kentucky said the speaker "subverted our Republic." "Ithinkitwasinevitable," Massiesaid."Thisisacondi- tionofhisownmakingright here." ButmoremainstreamRe- publicans said it would be a pyrrhic victory for the tea partyers. "The honor of John Boehner this morning stands in stark contrast to the idiocy of those members who seek to continually di- vide us," said Rep. David Jolly of Florida. "Theshutdowncaucusas I call them has a small vic- tory," Jolly said. Although it's not certain who will succeed Boehner, the most obvious candidate would be the No. 2 House Republican, Kevin McCar- thy,agenialCalifornianwho wasfirstelectedtoCongress in 2006. Regardless of what he does, Boehner's depar- ture ensures a major leader- ship race in which tea party conservatives would be ex- pected to field a candidate. Boehner,withhisrelaxed and sociable demeanor, love of golf, and well-known tendency to cry in public, Boehnerwaswidelypopular among House Republicans. Though he is also known as a strong conservative, his tactics were never confron- tational enough to satisfy the most conservative fac- tion in the House. Boehner's decision re- moves the possibility of a damaging vote to strip him of his speakership, a sce- nario that grew more likely amid the clamor over a pos- sible shutdown. Boehner took over the speakershipinJanuary2011. His tenure has been de- fined by his early struggles to reach budget agreements with President Barack Obama and his wrestling with the expectations of tea party conservatives who abhorred his tendencies to- ward deal-making. Two years ago, conser- vatives drove him to re- luctantly embrace a par- tial government shutdown in hopes of delaying imple- mentation of Obama's new health care law. The tactic was unsuccessful. None- theless, tea party lawmak- ers had been pressing him to retry the tactic to try to take away federal funding from Planned Parenthood following the disclosure of controversial videos involv- ing its practices of procur- ing fetal tissue for research purposes. Boehner FROM PAGE 1 STEVE HELBER — THE ASSOCIATED PRESS House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio pauses during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, on Friday. The stars of the parade were 2014-2015 Miss Corn- ing Cheyenne Boles, Home- coming Queen Courtney McCoy escorted by Kobe Kehoe, Junior Princess Eva Islas escorted by Hugo Diaz, Sophomore Princess Charli Maday escorted by Brendon Hoag and Fresh- man Princess Kaylee Hard- wick escorted by Chase Au- labaugh. The Corning High School cheerleaders, band mem- bers, athletes and student came together to celebrate the homecoming of the next school year. Parade FROM PAGE 1 Gibbs: Randy Claude Gibbs, 57, of Red Bluff died Friday, Sept. 25at his home. Arrangements are under the direction of Red Bluff Simple Cremations & Burial Service. Published Saturday, Sept. 26, 2015in the Daily News, Red Bluff, California. 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 newspaper's website. Paid obituaries may be of any length, may run multiple days and offer wide latitude of content, including photos. Death notices leaders to bring the con- versation to a focal point instead of having misun- derstandings brought on sometimes by having mul- tiple reports. His office is working on looking into having the LCAP stand in for other documents, Torlakson said. "The LCAP's for some districts are 140 to 150 pages and it was never in- tended to be that detailed," Torlakson. The key would be to find a balance so that the amount of detail needed is not overwhelming, but still gives the broad account- ability it was created for. Discussion also touched on the Career Techni- cal Education courses at school. It gives hands-on, real- world experience to stu- dents and at the same time goes better with the new state standards, Tor- lakson said. School gradu- ation rates have been going up from 75 to 81 percent, but he would like to see those go to 96 percent, he said. One area that seems to help is where there are vocational education op- tions the graduation rates are at 95-96 percent over- all and 98 percent to 100 percent amongst the voca- tional students themselves, Torlakson said. The experience those classes give are invalu- able, Allen said. Most stu- dents have to work after high school whether they go to college or straight to work and the schools need to make sure they have the skills and are ready to go intotheworkworld,hesaid. Oneofthethingsthatthe statewillbelookingatwhen itcomestofundingforvoca- tional programs is not just the paper application, but howcommittedarethebusi- nesses in the partnership, Torlakson said. With the next level of funding, there will be at least three sepa- rate pools for schools based off the size of the school's population. Torlakson ended his visit with the educational repre- sentatives talking about the importance of Read, Sing, Talk, which is a grassroots movement to emphasize the importance of literacy and parents talking to their children. Part of the cam- paign is to get books into the hands of new parents and to remind them of the importance of literacy, he said. Tehama County has its own grass roots movement on literacy, Tehama Reads, which sees books given out at events like Farmer's Market and also available in Little Libraries through- out the county. Torlakson ended his visit with a trip to the Maker's Space, an area dedicated to sparking creativity in children, and Red Bluff High School to look at Ca- reer Technical Education classes. At Maker's Space Mi- chelle Carlson, one of the founders, talked about the various activities from cod- ing to posters created for the fair to greenrooms for creating public service an- nouncements. One of the Public Service Announce- ments created at the Mak- ers Space, a suicide preven- tionPSAcreatedbythechil- dren at juvenile hall, won a state award, Carlson said. "Chief Richard Muench allowed the kids to come down for the day to create the video," Carlson said. "We didn't help them cre- ate it. We just stood back and watched them be amazing." The Makers Space has a special exhibit in the home arts building near the fair entrance and will also be holding a film festival Oct. 9 at the State Theatre from 6-8 p.m. The deadline for entry is Oct. 1. Visit FROM PAGE 1 Best Friend" while Sauve chose "The Man That Can't Be Moved," by The Script. For the advocacy speech, Sauve talked about donat- ing blood and how one pint can save four lives, while Owens said those who have a house to live in and an ad- equate amount to eat are richer than 75 percent of the rest of the population and talked about the im- portance of agriculture in solving that problem. Owens was asked, as an ambassador of the fair, how she would encourage people to attend the rest of the fair. She named several things from the Little Miss com- petition and tractor pulls Saturday to the destruction derby on Sunday, and all the animal exhibits. Sauve was asked who in- spired him the most and why. He said his sixth grade teacher, Mrs. Finchum, has been a huge support and in- spiration to him. Several performances were given by outgoing 2014 Teen Miss Tehama County Emilia Gray and former Miss Tehama County con- testant Amanda Mandolfo. The event was hosted by 2002 Tehama County Am- bassador Danny Munoz, a former Gerber resident who now lives in Los An- geles and is a professional singer. Munoz will be per- forming at the Tehama Dis- trict Fair at 3 p.m., 6 p.m. and 8:30 p.m. on Sunday. Crowned FROM PAGE 1 The Golden Grads of Corning Union High School, Wilber Greer, Francess Perrine, Urrutia Fiscus, Ruby Swalley Rodger and Elsie Widrig McDonald celebrate with the city in Friday's homecoming parade. PHOTOS BY HEATHER HOELSCHER — DAILY NEWS The Corning Country Cardette Drill Team performs at Friday's homecoming parade. First Alternate Jena MacDonald is crowned Thursday at the Miss Tehama County competition. R ed Bluff Simple Cremations and Burial Service FD1931 527-1732 Burials - Monuments - Preneed 722 Oak Street, Red Bluff SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 26, 2015 REDBLUFFDAILYNEWS.COM |NEWS | 5 A