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Friday, March 9, 2012 – Daily News 9A Obituaries DOLLY EDNA LORRAINE LASHLEY Dolly Edna Lorraine Lashley, 68, of Gerber, CA., passed away on March 6, 2012. Dolly was born on June 14, 1944 in St. Louis, MO. She was a long time resident of Tehama County and she retired from KMart in 2002. Family had always been a priority in her life. It is with great sadness that we must say our farewells at this time, but let it be known, that there is greater com- fort in knowing that Dolly is reunited with the love of her life, Marvin. An only child, Dolly was preceded in death by her pa- rents Lewis and Goldie Mayberry and her loving husband Marvin Lashley. She is survived by her daughters Dawn (Wayne) Grine, Wanda (Brian) Peters of Corning, CA, and her sons Keith Lashley of El Camino, CA, Frank (Debra) Lashley of Belfield, ND. She is survived by her grandchildren Sarah & Tyler Grine, Kevin & Jerry (Addie) Peters of Corning, CA. She is survived by her grandchildren of Belfield, ND., Angel, Eli, Holly, Sabrina, Christopher, Cassandra and Dillenger. She is also survived by her great grand- children of Belfield, ND., Luke, Peyt'n, Logan, Gage and Micha. day, March 9, 2012 at 1pm. She was greatly loved and will be missed always. 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. Jan Marie Breese Jan Marie Breese died Monday, March 5, 2012, at her residence in Red Bluff. She was 57. Red Bluff Sim- ple Cremations and Burial Service is handling the arrangements. Published Friday, March 9, 2012, in the Daily News, Red Bluff, Calif. POT Continued from page 1A was hospitalized and the district did notify parents of the involved children, Reimer said. The boy received a five-day sus- pension, which is in line with the school district's Board Policy, Education Code, she said. "There was no attempt at a cover up," Reimer said. According to the dis- Services will be held at Hall Brothers in Corning on Fri- SEX Continued from page 1A Originally investigated by the Tehama County Sheriff's Department and later the Coos County (Oregon) Sheriff's Depart- ment, the case was later RAMPS Continued from page 1A issue as well, the proposal states. "The annual trek of vis- itors to Lake Red Bluff generated millions of dol- lars to local coffers, included sales tax, bed tax and business taxes to the City of Red Bluff," the proposal states. "The stan- dard of living for its citi- zens has suffered and local government has had to curtail services due to the resulting budget short- falls." The funding for the LION Continued from page 1A Department release. While keeping an eye on the cougar, officers called the California Department of Fish and trict's code, the practice, extending back to the 2003-2004 school year, is to recommend expulsion of a student unless it is the first offense for possession of not more than one ounce of marijuana, other picked up by the Federal Bureau of Investigation, which led to the March 26, 2009 indictment. The one count stems from a fall 1996 trip from Tehama County to New York in which Endicott, then 58, and the victim, then 13, went alone on an eight-day cruise from the boat launch improvements would be coming from the state Harbor and Water- craft Revolving Grant Fund through the Depart- ment of Boating and Waterways. The city plans on fol- lowing up for future grants for a more extensive build- ing of a larger scale ramp later on, in a permanent $1.7 million structure. For now, they want the quickest way to the water. Phase one is about get- ting something done so people don't get stuck in the mud down there, Tim- boe said. "If that's all we ever Game, which sent officers to the scene. Fish and Game officers weighed the options of tranquilizing and shooting the animal, but determined it was not an immediate threat to humans. Fish and Game officers remained on the scene to cannabis. ——— Julie Zeeb can be reached at 527-2153, extension 115 or jzeeb@redbluffdailynews. com. Follow her on Twitter @DN_Zeeb. Biologists project big salmon season SACRAMENTO (AP) — Pacific Coast fishermen can start gearing up for what's expected to be the best salmon fishing season in years. Federal fishery managers are forecasting robust populations of chinook and coho salmon off the Pacific coast and in California and Oregon rivers. The Pacific Fishery Management Council on Wednesday approved several options for managing West Coast salmon fisheries this year. All of them give sport and commercial anglers plenty of time to fish later this spring and summer. The regulatory council plans to hold public hearings in California, Oregon and Washington to get feed- back on the alternative fishing plans over the next few weeks before choosing a final plan when it meets in Seattle in early April. ''It is great to see such a nice rebound for California salmon pop- ulations and the prospect of good fishing in 2012,'' council chairman Dan Wolford, said in a statement. The number of chinook salmon returning to the Sacramento, Kla- math and Rogue Rivers is forecast to be significantly higher than returns in recent years, according to federal biologists. In the Klamath River, which runs through northern California and southern Oregon, fishery managers are projecting 1.6 million adult chi- nook this fall, four times more than last year and 15 times than in 2006. Under the approved options, recreational salmon fishing could begin as early as mid-March in southern Oregon and April in Cali- fornia and run through the fall. Commercial fishing could start as early as April 1 and run through September. Chinook and coho fisheries in northern Oregon and Washington are expected to be similar to last year. Options for fishing in those regions are line with what was allowed last year. In 2008 and 2009, poor salmon returns led to the largest fishery clo- sures on record. Salmon popula- tions rebounded in 2010 and 2011, allowing for limited sport and com- mercial fishing. GRANTS PASS, Ore. (AP) — Rural county offi- cials were happy to see the Senate pass a one-year extension of federal tim- ber payments on Thurs- day, but know full well that they are not out of the woods on closing their budget gaps. The extension is attached to a federal trans- portation bill, and the ulti- mate fate of the full legis- lation is uncertain. Timber payments still leave county budget gaps broadly. insolvency in 10 months,'' he said. Douglas County Com- missioner Doug Robert- son said he hopes there are enough jobs in the trans- portation bill to get the House to pass it. He added that while the money would be welcome, Dou- glas County would still face a gap of $2 million to $3 million if the extension becomes law, forcing them to make more cuts or tap reserve funds. ''Let's get this off our plates so counties can take a deep breath and not face Josephine County Commissioner Simon Hare said his county would also be several mil- lion dollars short funding law enforcement even with the extra federal money. He added that if it passes, many voters are likely to think the county's fiscal crisis is solved, and won't vote in favor of a four-year property tax increase being considered for the May ballot to raise $12 million a year for law enforcement. ''We are still going to need some other kind of funding to maintain cur- rent services,'' Hare said. Both commissioners said they still were hoping Congress would come through with a long-term fix based on increasing logging on national forests, which make up large expanses of rural counties in the West. However, they recog- nized that a bill to do that from Rep. Doc Hasting, R-Wash., faced a tough time in the Democratic- controlled Senate. They held higher hopes for a bill from three members of Oregon's Congression- al delegation to increase logging on the so-called O&C forests in Western Oregon. An amendment spon- sored by Democratic Sen. Max Baucus of Montana would distribute $346 mil- lion nationwide over the next year as an extension of the Secure Rural Schools Act and the Pay- ment In Lieu of Taxes pro- gram. The money goes to about 700 counties in 41 states, with the largest shares going to Oregon, California, Washington state, Idaho and Montana. The money is a mix of funds dedicated to roads and schools, and money counties can use more The payments started in 2000 to make up for cuts in national forest log- ging prompted by protec- tions for fish and wildlife. Counties get a share of revenues collected on fed- eral lands. The amendment cleared the Senate Thurs- day on an 82-16 vote. It's part of a larger transporta- tion bill that is up for a vote next week and still needs approval from the House. Sen. Ron Wyden, D- Ore., had been looking for a five-year extension of the payments, but was happy with the one-year deal. ''I am very pleased that we are finally moving for- ward with an agreement that will keep teachers in classrooms and cops on the beat while we work toward a long-term forest management solution,'' he said in a statement. Calif. gives $602M to help build 11 county jails SACRAMENTO (AP) — Eleven California counties will be getting millions of dollars from the state to help pay for expanding their jail facilities as responsibility for lower-level criminals shifts from state prisons to county lockups. State prison officials say $602 million will be hand- ed out for county jail construction or expansion projects. The awards include $100 million each to Los Ange- les, Riverside and Orange counties. Stanislaus County will be getting $80 million, while Tulare and Santa Barbara counties will be getting $60 million each. Kings and Shasta counties will be receiving $33 mil- lion. Imperial County will be getting nearly $24 million, Sutter County more than $10 million and Madera Coun- ty $3 million. The money was awarded Thursday by the Correc- tions Standards Authority. 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 New York Harbor to the site where the RMS Titan- ic sank. The trip was paid for by Endicott, according to court records. The maximum penalty Endicott could have received was 10 years, also with a three-year term of supervised release, according to court records. get, at least we've got that," he said. Boaters, as well as law enforcement boating units, currently have limited access, Timboe said Tues- day. Some try to get in through the muddy areas and get stuck or near fast moving waters which is unsafe. "This is a major reason we need to do what we can to try to restore this facili- ty," Timboe said. The resolutions passed Tuesday night will give him the "wiggle room" he and the public works department need to get the grant, he said. watch the animal and police officers were cleared, according to the release. Mountain lion sightings in the area are not unusual, the release said. Though the risk to humans is taken seriously, lion attacks on humans are extremely Endicott will be required to register as a sex offender upon his release. ——— Julie Zeeb can be reached at 527-2153, extension 115 or jzeeb@redbluffdailynews. com. Follow her on Twitter @DN_Zeeb. He remains optimistic, he said. The major effort between city departments, the Bureau of Reclama- tion, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and other agencies, has been pro- ductive. Those agencies have been very supportive, Timboe said. The city hopes to hear back from the state within two to three weeks. ——— Andrea Wagner can be reached at 527-2153, extension 114 or awagner@redbluffdailyne ws.com. rare. There have been only 16 verified mountain lion attacks on humans in Cali- fornia dating back to 1890, according to Fish and Game. For more information on mountain lions, visit www.dfg.ca.gov. than concentrated Mystery body from Vallejo home still unidentified VALLEJO (AP) — Authorities are asking the public for help in identifying a man whose body was found in an abandoned Vallejo home about 1 1/2 years ago. The San Francisco Chronicle (http://bit.ly/yid9gs ) says the man apparently was a squatter who died about a year before his skeleton was discovered in August of 2010. Authorities say the man was black, between 30 and 60 years old, and had no teeth. He was about 6 feet tall and was wearing a Raiders baseball cap, two hooded sweatshirts, two pairs of pants, red-and-white Timber- land shoes and a 2-foot-long silver-colored necklace. Anyone with information can call the Solano Coun- ty coroner's office. Yosemite road closed by rockslide set to reopen YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK (AP) — A road on a busy entrance to Yosemite National Park will be reopening ahead of schedule on Saturday after a giant rockslide damaged part of it in January. Big Oak Flat Road is part of Highway 120 linking the park with Groveland. It was pummeled by house- sized boulders during a winter storm. Park road crews cleared the rocks quickly, but the roadbed was in need of repairs. Work began last month, and park officials had expected it might take until Easter. But mild winter weather allowed crews to work around the clock to make the road passable. Minor repairs remain unfinished, but park officials say they likely won't disrupt traffic. The reopening is welcome news for hotels and restaurants near the gate that suffer when traffic is dis- rupted. CalPERS told to cut profit returns by half-percent SACRAMENTO (AP) — The chief actuary of Califor- nia's main pension fund is urging it to lower its assumed rate of return on investments. That likely would force the state and 3,000 local agencies to increase their annual contribu- tions. Actuary Alan Milligan this week recommended that the California Public Employees' Retirement System lower the assumed annual investment return from 7.75 percent to 7.25 percent. The proposed cut will be taken up by a committee Tuesday and the full board on Wednesday. Last year, the board rejected a more modest recommen- dation from Milligan to cut the rate of return rate from 7.75 percent to 7.5 percent. The fund recorded a 20.9 percent increase in the fiscal year that ended June 30, 2011, but just 1.1 percent for the 2011 calendar year. Boaters warned of whales SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — At least one gray whale is still hanging around San Francisco Bay a day after a mother and her calf were first spotted near the Golden Gate Bridge. Federal wildlife officials say whale spray was seen again Thursday morning as boaters were warned to steer clear of the wayward pair if spotted. It wasn't clear if the spray was from one or two whales. Farallones Marine Sanctuary spokeswoman Mary Jane Schramm says witnesses observed a small boat speeding toward the whales, forcing the pair to get out of the way. Schramm says boaters who harass whales could face civil and criminal penalties.