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Obituaries JAYSON LEE CORBIN (CORKY) Jayson Lee Corbin (Corky) was born March 9, 1948 in Marysville, CA., and died February 15, 2012. He was a master mechanic, and had worked for many companies throughout his travels, he also worked at Red Bluff Ford before closing, after that he worked for J & L Towing in Red Bluff. He loved his job, he made friends easy, and loved riding his Harley on his days off, and going to the Red Bluff Moose Lodge visiting Dave & Marlene Crosby, and his friends. His girlfriend for life was Cheryl Meadows of Red Bluff for a short time of his life. The lord said his time on earth was over and died quick and peaceful, god bless him in loving memory from his family, and loved ones. Survived by (son) Ron Corbin of Sacramento, (sisters) Janice Luttrell of Concord, Martha Juul of Placerville, (brothers) Ken Corbin of Clear Lake, Dick and Dale Corbin of Tacoma, WA., Jerry Corbin of Visalia, CA., Bill Mattson of Georgetown, CA. Rest in peace Jayson, we all love you and will miss you. RELAY Continued from page 1A born and raised in Red Bluff, moving to Corning during her sophomore year of high school. "She loved my enthusiasm so much as a team captain, she ordered me to be on the committee the next year and this summer they asked me to be the first relay chairwoman in Corning." The group has been meeting since December, but is still in need of a few chairmen, including an accounting chairman and team development chair- man. The date was chosen to avoid conflicting with other events already in place such as the April 7 Ride For Life, which STATUS Continued from page 1A A celebration of life will be held at the Red Bluff Moose Lodge, 11745 Hwy 99W, 530-690-3351, on March 10, 2012 at 2:00 pm. POLL Continued from page 1A since he returned to office in January 2011, but dis- approval has grown from 20 percent when he took office to 38 percent in the latest survey. The state Legislature has a 21 per- cent approval rating among likely voters. Budget woes, however, are hurting two high-pro- file infrastructure projects. Just 51 percent of likely voters say they would sup- port an $11 billion water bond on the November ballot and only 43 percent of likely voters still sup- port building a high-speed rail system. Two measures on the June primary ballot — one on term limits and another for a cigarette tax — are enjoying strong majority support in the early stages of the campaign. Proposi- tion 28, which would reduce the overall amount of time state lawmakers can serve from 14 years to 12 years, has 68 percent support among likely vot- ers. And Proposition 29, which would impose a $1 tax on each pack of ciga- rettes to fund cancer research, has 67 percent support among likely vot- ers, PPIC found. ''Although Prop. 29 may appear well inten- tioned, once voters take a closer look, they will see and reject the measure for what it truly is: another fundamentally flawed bal- lot-box boondoggle,'' said Joel Fox, president of the Small Business Action Committee, which is opposing the initiative along with tobacco com- panies. The Public Policy Insti- tute interviewed 859 likely California voters by tele- phone from Feb. 21-28. The poll has a sampling error margin of plus or minus 4.2 percentage points for likely voters. Fish and Game president gets public support RIVERSIDE (AP) — The president of the California Fish and Game Commission received strong support Wednesday to remain on the board after creating a fury by killing a mountain lion out of state. More than 60 people spoke in favor of Dan Richards dur- ing a 2 1/2-hour public comment session at the commis- sion's first public meeting since lawmakers and animal- rights activists called for his resignation. The meeting, held near Richard's home in San Bernardi- no County, was packed with hunters and fishermen. ''The bottom line is that he did nothing illegal,'' said Doug Elliott, who runs the state's largest catfish farm. ''They've chosen this issue to maybe rid the commission of a conservative voice. This has been blown way out of pro- portion.'' Richards, a Republican commercial real estate develop- er, has maintained he will not step down from his appoint- ed position, despite efforts to remove him by 40 members of the state Assembly, the lieutenant governor and animal rights activists. Richards was lambasted by critics over a photo that shows him with a mountain lion he shot during a January visit to Idaho. Hunting mountain lions is legal in Idaho and other states but banned in California. Richards, who declined to comment about the issue dur- ing a break, said he appreciated the turnout that had differ- ing opinions and good dialogue. A few people who spoke out against Richards said he used poor judgment posing for a photo with the dead cougar and did a disservice to Californians who have twice voted down statewide efforts to reinstate mountain lion hunting. ''What he did was legal, but he's supposed to at least look like he supports the will of the people of California,'' said Robin Parks of the Mountain Lion Foundation. ''What he's done is poked his finger in the eyes of Californians.'' Richards also has caught flak for some of the comments he made following the dustup. He noted that he ate what he shot, and during a radio interview on a Los Angeles conser- vative talk show said it tasted more like pork loin than chick- en. The Humane Society of the United States asked sup- porters to not attend the commission meeting, saying it wasn't the forum to debate the issue. The organization has called for lawmakers to remove Richards from his post. ''The doubts about Dan Richards' ability to lead the Fish and Game Commission grow by the day, not only because of his guided mountain lion hunt in Idaho, but also his severe mishandling of the criticism directed his way,'' said the society's senior state director Jennifer Fear- ing. Richards also faces an ethics complaint alleging he ille- gally accepted a $6,800 gift from a ranch on the Idaho trip. Under California law, officials can't accept gifts valued at more than $420 a year. design is the playground and the gazebo, which will be a topic of dis- cussion at 6 p.m. Tuesday, March 6, at the Recreation Commission meet- ing at City Council chambers. The Corning Community Park will sit on an 18.42 acre lot in the southwest part of Corning. • The council voted to approve an began in 2009, she said. The group also wanted Thursday, March 8, 2012 – Daily News 7A Those interested in being to avoid events like the Red Bluff Round-Up, April 20-22, and the Red Bluff Relay For Life, May 19-20. Already, the group has 12 teams signed up and several more signed up at a team captains meeting Tuesday, she said. "It's fun to see the community and how excited people get when they hear about it," Hous- ton said. "It will be nice because it will be our community. Tehama County works well, but I feel for a small town this is something that will help bring the community together." Houston is optimistic. "Right now, we're real- ly pushing the fundrais- ing," Houston said. "I've got a good feeling about this. I think our event's going to turn out wonder- fully." What Houston loves about Relay For life is the party-like atmosphere of the event. "It's like a huge party because we're celebrat- ing the lives who have won over a horrible dis- ease," Houston said. "There's food, fun activi- ties and friends. You can't really beat some- thing like that." Team captain meetings are on the first Tuesday of the month and committee meetings are the fourth Tuesday of the month at New Life Assembly Church, 660 Solano St. Survivors are welcome to join in the first lap of the event, which starts at 9 a.m. April 28. off-sale beer and wine license and on-sale beer and wine license, the latter for allowing tastings, for The Olive Pit, with Councilwoman Toni Parkins recusing herself due to a conflict of interest, as she is employed with Safeway. • The council held a public hear- ing, the first of two required, before it is eligible to apply for a commu- nity development block grant. Corning would like to apply for a $100,000 grant under planning and technical assistance to help update involved can call Houston at 838-5546 or visit www.relayforlife.org/corn- ingca for more information, to join a team or to donate. All money raised stays local. The group has set a goal of $20,000, but is hoping to net $25,000 its first year, she said. "It's for a good cause," Houston said. "If I can do one little thing to make a difference, then I hope this is it. Cancer has touched too many people. I want to make it so that someday it's only looked at as an astrological sign." ——— Julie Zeeb can be reached at 527-2153, extension 115 or jzeeb@redbluffdailynews. com. Follow her on Twitter @DN_Zeeb. its general plan, which is about 20 years old, Stoufer said. The Corning City Council meets the second and fourth Tuesdays of the month at City Hall, 794 Third St. Meeting minutes, agendas and the mid-year review in its entirety are available on the Website: www.corning.org. ——— Julie Zeeb can be reached at 527-2153, extension 115 or jzeeb@redbluffdailynews.com. Follow her on Twitter @DN_Zeeb. Case would let thousands of criminals vote SACRAMENTO (AP) — The nonpartisan League of Women Voters and two prisoners' rights groups sued California elections officials on Wednesday, claiming that tens of thousands of criminals being shifted to county jails and commu- nity supervision should be eligible to vote. The state's agents. Four states pro- hibit voting by ex-felons even after they are off parole, while eight others limit when ex-felons can vote. new realignment law that took effect in October is send- ing lower-level offenders to county jails instead of to state prisons, where they are barred from vot- ing. It also ends parole for many ex-convicts, substituting a similar pro- gram called ''post- release community supervision'' instead. The plaintiffs said more than 85,000 offend- ers who are no longer in state prison or on parole should be allowed to vote in the June primary elec- tion. They are challenging a memo from Secretary of State Debra Bowen's office that said people who are sentenced to county jail or supervision under realignment are ineligible to vote under California law. California is one of 48 states and the District of Columbia that prohibit felons while they are incarcerated. The excep- tions are Maine and Ver- mont. According to The Sen- tencing Project, a Wash- ington, D.C.-based advo- cacy organization, 35 states ban parolees from voting and 30 of the same states bar voting by peo- ple on probation as well. California permits voting by those on probation who are overseen by county probation officers but prohibits it for those on parole who are super- vised by state parole FRESNO (AP) — A man and his puppy sur- vived when their pickup was hit by a California freight train that pushed the wreckage 500 feet down the track in the San Joaquin Valley. The California High- Felons' voting rights are being debated in statehouses across the nation, according to the National Conference of State Legislatures. South Dakota lawmak- ers have sent the gover- nor a bill to block voting by felons on probation or parole. However, legisla- tors in New Jersey and New York are consider- ing bills that would do the opposite by letting parolees and probationers vote. Legislation pending in Tennessee would stop requiring that convicts pay their restitution, court costs and child sup- port before they can vote again. But Washington state legislators are con- sidering a bill that would add the same repayment obligations that Ten- nessee may end. Some felons could vote absentee from their prison cells under bills introduced in Hawaii and Tennessee. A South Car- olina bill would block registered sex offenders from voting at all. Law- makers in New Jersey, New York and Pennsyl- vania could require state officials to help offenders register to vote as they complete their incarcera- tion, probation or parole. The lawsuit challeng- ing California's practice was filed in the 1st Dis- trict Court of Appeal in San Francisco against Bowen and John Arntz, director of elections in San Francisco. It asks the court to order elections officials to let citizens vote even if they are incarcerated or super- vised at the county level. reports it took firefight- ers and officers 45 min- utes to dismantling the pickup to get to the bull mastiff puppy trapped inside. The dog suffered a way Patrol says the Ford F-150 pickup driven by 47-year-old Jose Cazares was hit by the train Tuesday morning east of Fresno. He was crossing the tracks at a well-marked crossing with a clear view of the tracks and was treated for minor injuries. The Fresno Bee (http://bit.ly/ydA16h ) broken leg and injuries to its back left side and The memo written by Bowen's chief legal counsel to county elec- tions officials in Decem- ber said it shouldn't mat- ter that the lower-level offenders ''serve their felony sentences in coun- ty jail instead of state prison or ... their release from prison is labeled something other than 'parole.''' That conflicts with the plain language of the state Constitution and with a 2006 legal deci- sion by the same appeals court, argued the plain- tiffs. The Constitution prohibits voting only by those ''imprisoned or on parole for the conviction of a felony,'' neither of which is the case for lower-level criminals under the new law. Bowen's office said that ''imprisoned'' is a broader term that can mean incarceration in a local jail as well as a state prison. ''These individuals are 'imprisoned for the conviction of a felony,' but they are not 'in prison for the conviction of a felony,' wrote chief counsel Lowell Finley in the 18-page memo. The memo also argued that parole and post- release community supervision ''are func- tionally equivalent'' under the law. There is no evidence that lawmakers intended to let more criminals vote when they approved the realignment law to save the state money and ease crowding in state prisons, Finley wrote. Bowen spokeswoman Shannan Velayas declined comment Wednesday, citing the pending lawsuit. Howev- er, Bowen reviewed the legal arguments before issuing the memo and ''is had to have a digit removed from its back left foot. prepared to litigate them if necessary,'' Deputy Attorney General Seth Goldstein wrote in a let- ter this week to the plain- tiffs' main attorney. As the state's lawyer, the attorney general will defend Bowen's position. The ruling dispropor- tionately affects non- whites because a higher percentage of racial minorities are incarcerat- ed, said Jory Steele of the American Civil Liberties Union of Northern Cali- fornia, one of the attor- neys representing the plaintiffs. The Sentencing Pro- ject, which acts as a nationwide clearing- house on the issue, esti- mates that 5.3 million citizens nationwide have temporarily or per- manently lost their right to vote because of a felony conviction. That number includes 1.4 million black males, or 13 percent of all black men, a rate seven times than the national aver- age. Supporters argued that letting the offenders vote should be part of their rehabilitation. ''It's also about taking responsibility and partic- ipating fully in the com- munity,'' Santa Cruz County's Chief Probation Officer Scott McDonald said in a statement sup- porting the lawsuit. Aside from the league, the other plaintiffs are the nonprofit Legal Ser- vices for Prisoners with Children and an affiliat- ed voter-education pro- gram called All of Us or None, as well as Alisha Coleman. She is described as a 30-year- old woman who is serv- ing time in San Francisco jail for a narcotics con- viction but still wants to vote. Driver and dog survive train crash News tip? Call 527-2151 Information from: The Fresno Bee, http://www.fresnobee.c om Located in Chico, CA Combining Quality and Low Cost is what we do. 529-3655 www.affordablemortuary.net