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Saturday, March 10, 2012 – Daily News 9A Obituaries DOROTHY LOUISE TAYLOR Dorothy Louise Taylor, 79, born August 7, 1932 in Hills- boro, Oregon passed away February 29, 2012 after a long battle with dementia. She moved to Tehama County in 1955 with two children and married John E. Taylor on her birthday, August 7, 1955. She was a devoted housewife and mother and worked as a cook and processed fruit and nuts in Butte, Glenn, and Tehama counties. She cared for her grandchil- dren and an elderly aunt, and provided transportation for seniors unable to drive to their appointments. She is preceded in death by her son Stephen Mark Tay- lor in November 2010, and her husband John E. Taylor in July 2011. She is survived by daughters Kathy Anthonisjz and Theresa McFarland, son John I. Taylor, six grandchil- dren, and two great grandchildren. A memorial service will be held for both John E. and Dorothy Taylor at the Northern California Veterans ceme- tery in Igo, CA. In lieu of flowers, contributions can be made to an Alz- heimers foundation of your choice. 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. Charles Fred 'Rusty' Benner Charles Fred "Rusty" Benner, a 1953 graduate of Red Bluff High School, died on Monday, March 5, 2012 in Dade City, Fla. He was 76. Hodges Family Funeral Home in Michigan is handling the arrange- ments. Published Saturday, March 10, 2012, in the Daily News, Red Bluff, Calif. Violet Horrocks Violet Horrocks of Redding died Thursday, March 8, 2012 in Lavender Hills. She was 90. Arrangements are under the direction of Allen & Dahl Funeral Chapel. Published Saturday, March 10, 2012 in the Daily News, Red Bluff, Calif. Belinda Sloan Belinda Sloan, of Rancho Tehama, died Friday, March 9, 2012 in Chico. She was 69. Affordable Mor- tuary of Chico is handling the arrangements. Published Saturday, March 10, 2012 in the Daily News, Red Bluff, Calif. Eloise 'Louise'Wood Eloise "Louise" Wood died Wednesday, March 7, 2012, at Lassen House in Red Bluff. She was 95. Hoyt- Cole Chapel of the Flowers is handling the arrange- ments. Published Saturday, March 10, 2012, in the Daily News, Red Bluff, Calif. Ham Dinner and Auction Richfield School's 55th annual Ham Dinner and Auction is set to take place Saturday in the school's gym, 23875 River Road. Dinner will be served 4-6 p.m. and a live auction will start at 6:30 p.m. Cost for the dinner, which includes a Jello salad, is $8 for adults and $4 for children ages 6-10. Children 5 and younger are free. PIZZA Continued from page 1A E's gives you a home-made style pizza for those without the time or moti- vation to make one ourselves. The glis- tening shine that comes from the blend of cheeses forces your mouth to salivate. A thin crust, ample toppings and slight saltiness make E's a winner. The taste lives up to the other senses and sends E's to the properly alliterated Elite 8. Best kept secret Tucked up on the northern edge of Tehama County is the community of Lake California, which has around 2,000 residents and one pizzeria — Lakeside Pizza and Grill. Lakeside faced off against national giant Domino's in the first round of Munch Madness Pizza Edition this week and walked away with the victory thanks to its fresh, chewy crust, lightly spicy sauce and no shortage of quality cheese and toppings. Domino's wins the prize for conve- nience and price, able to turn out a good pizza in short order and even bring it to your door at a bargain. You can order by phone or online and there are often coupons and specials to make Domino's even more affordable. But the amount of cheese and top- pings was no match for the hefty Lake- side pie. You won't stumble across Lakeside by accident, as it's tucked behind a manned gate about a mile from the entrance to Lake California. Just tell the guard you're there for a Lakeside Pizza and he GUN Continued from page 1A detained TJ Michael Williams and Richard Allyn Denny. Officers learned Denny, 26, was on parole out of Tehama County and searched the vehicle, where they found a loaded .32 caliber revolver under WATER Continued from page 1A Y Ranch before returning to the Hampton Inn for an evening recep- tion. At the Lazy Y Ranch, they were introduced to ranch owner Darrell Wood, Jake Jacobson of the Lassen Foothills Project of The Nature Conservancy's Chico office, Susan Abele and Sheli Wingo of U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service, and Burt Bundy of the Mill Creek Conservancy. Each gave presentations to the group on their specific work on con- servation issues. The group circled the ranch, stopping at a vernal pool where they were shown a sampling of threat- ened fairy shrimp, and pausing near Deer Creek where they discussed restoration issues related to flood damage, erosion and migration of spring-run chinook salmon. The field trip kicked off board discussion relating to the groups next and final round of grants fund- ed through the Safe Water Drinking Act, proposition 84, that will be focused on ranches and agricultural land preservation. The Sierra Nevada Conservancy will award up to $5 million in the 2012/13 grant round, which will be granted March 7, 2013. Right now, the draft grant guide- lines are up for public review through April 6. The full grant application phase will begin Aug. 15. In previous grant years, the Sier- ra Nevada Conservancy focused on forest issues with the "Healthy Forests Grant Program." Many of the grant applications involved the reduction of fuel and fire hazards, forest improvement projects and meadow restoration OIL Continued from page 1A was founded in 2005. The company's Ascolano Extra Virgin Olive Oil is the most awarded of all Lucero oils and the most award- ed of any single oil in California and North America. The company has won three Best of Show awards in the four years of the competition. More than 250 of Cal- ifornia's best olive oil companies compete in will issue you a placard to display during your visit. In addition to fantastic pizza, Lake- side offers burgers and sandwiches and dozens of beers both on tap and in bot- tles. It's out of the way, but well worth the trip when hunger calls. Where's the fire? Papa Murphy's has built a national success story serving up freshly prepared pizzas to order that customers then bake at home — it's simple, inexpensive and guarantees your pie is hot from the oven to the table. Firehouse Pizza on Main Street in downtown Red Bluff offers much the same, but the staff takes the heat so you can stay out of the kitchen. With take out and delivery available, Firehouse has a full dining room and upstairs game room, but the reason you'll go back is the pizza, which is heavy with cheese and toppings. Papa Murphy's is no slouch, with fla- vorful sausage and pepperoni atop a gen- erous portion of cheese, but the crust and sauce are no match for Firehouse. You'll need both hands for a Fire- house pizza, as the perfectly thin crust stands little chance of supporting the sheer weight of cheese and toppings. The meats were just spicy enough, cheese real and sauce that can only be described as awesome. Papa Murphy's is the economical choice, with coupons appearing regularly and a rock bottom base price, but when you're ready for a taste of Italy, Fire- house is hard to beat. The second half of the round of 16 piz- zas will be published in the Saturday, March 17 edition of the Daily News. At redbluffdailynews.com, scroll to the end of any story, click the link and type away. CARE TO COMMENT? the passenger seat where Williams, 27, was seated. Drug paraphernalia was found in the vehicle and both men are convicted felons, a Corning Police Department release said. A witness at the scene identified Williams as the person who had bran- dished the revolver and the two men were arrested and booked into Tehama County Jail. projects. The agency works to draw together environmentalists' con- cerns as well as representatives of the forestry industry, ranchers and agricultural industries to fund pro- jects amenable to the overall ecosys- tem, said Pete Dufour, information officer for the conservancy. "There's so much work we can do that we can all agree on," he said. Since the conservancy started, it has awarded more than $40 million in grant funds. This includes 41 grants in the North Central Subre- gion totaling $11.26 million. A list of all grant funded projects are available on the Sierra Nevada Conservancy website. The board meeting, held Thurs- day at the Red Bluff Community Center, drew only a handful of pub- lic participants. One Tehama County resident, Cal Mahaney, said he was opposed to what the conservancy was dis- cussing about forest industry. A guest presenter, Laurie Way- burn of the Pacific Forest Trust of San Francisco, spoke about issues in the Klamath-Cascade area that encompasses most of Siskiyou County and heads southeast to an area north of Truckee. Part of her agency's goal is to give the area an identity that the government will recognize as Cali- fornia's primary watershed, where 75 percent of agricultural water in the state originates and there are some 600 species of wildlife, including 116 at risk species. She called for "adaptive water- shed management"and indicated that there is enormous opportunity for forest work in the region. Some of that would include smaller plants or sawmills that are closer to home and easier to control, she said. the event each year. The competition has three categories: Small, medi- um and large producers, and Lucero Olive Oil competes in the large cat- egory as it produces over 10,000 gallons of oil per year. The award-winning Ascolano oil stands out for its tropical, fruity fla- vors such as peach, pineapple and apricot. The gold medal-winning Arbequina oil is a milder olive oil with hints of fruit and a buttery finish. Lucero is located in JOBS Continued from page 1A munity center in the modest Los Angeles suburb of Bell, there was more cautious optimism. Jasmine Casan in particu- lar was hoping the news would lead to a job, perhaps at a warehouse in the nearby industrial city of Vernon, which employs some 50,000 mostly blue-collar workers. She was laid off from her position in a medical billing office three years ago and since then Casan, 25, and her 4-year-old son have been surviving on welfare and liv- ing with her mother, in a city where Census figures show one in five people are below the poverty line. ''I've been looking and looking but I either don't have enough experience or enough requirements,'' she said of trying to land another white-collar job like her old one So she waited at the com- munity center, which had about 100 people in line when it opened at 9 a.m., to interview for a job while her mother watched her son. Johnny Alvarez, area manager for Select Staffing, which organized the job fair with Bell city officials, said his company's clients are looking to fill more than 200 positions, everything from forklift driver and machine operator to executive assis- Williams was booked on the charges of assault with a firearm, felon in possession of a firearm, felon in possession of ammunition, addict pos- sessing a firearm and pos- session of a smoking or injecting device. Bail was set at $93,000. Denny was booked on the charges of allowing a passenger to carry a loaded firearm in a vehicle and parole violation. No bail was set. The case is still under investigation and anyone with information is asked to call Corning Police at 824-7000. ——— Julie Zeeb can be reached at 527-2153, extension 115 or jzeeb@redbluffdailynews. com. Follow her on Twitter @DN_Zeeb. Dahle, the Lassen County super- visor, was supportive, yet expressed caution. "Private industry has to be part of the equation to get the job done there," he said. There needs to be cooperation between timber businesses and the public, Dahle said. The public has to be confident in the projects for them to move forward. Longtime local Mahaney didn't like the idea of small "biomass facil- ities scattered around," he said. The board went on to discuss draft grant guidelines and other business. The Sierra Nevada region encom- passes all or part of 22 counties and spans along the eastern side of Cali- fornia's Central Valley from the Oregon border in Modoc County to south of Kern River. Sierra Nevada Conservancy was formed in 2004 through legislation, Assembly Bill 2600, backed by then-governor, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Democrat Assem- blymember John Laird and Republi- can Assemblymember Tim Leslie. Laird was later appointed as Sec- retary for Natural Resources in 2011 and remains a Sierra Nevada Con- servancy board member. The conservancy board is made up of appointees from the governor, state legislature and six county supervisors appointed from the dif- ferent county subregions in the area served. Funding for the agency comes from environmental license plate fees. For more information, visit the Sierra Nevada Conservancy website at www.SierraNevada.ca.gov. ——— Andrea Wagner can be reached at 527-2153, extension 114 or awagner@redbluffdailynews.com. Corning, the "olive capi- tal" of California, two hours north of Sacramen- to on Interstate 5. Owner Dewey Lucero comes from three generations of rural California olive growers and is commit- ted to earth-friendly farming. Lucero offers a full range of mono-varietal extra virgin olive oils and citrus flavored oils made by crushing fresh citrus fruit right along with the olives. Their lineup is complemented by a lively assortment of balsamic tant, manager and supervisor with various companies. Pay, he said, ranges from minimum-wage to as much as $75,000 a year, depend- ing on the job. ''It is good news,'' he said of the most recent jobless figures, adding that for the past three to four months hir- ing among his company's clients has been picking up. That being the case, Dave Theriault, who manages the San Francisco office of recruiting firm Robert Half Technology, said his compa- ny is advising employers to speed up their hiring process or risk losing talented candi- dates to competitors. ''There's a tremendous shortage of talent right now across a lot of sectors,'' he said. For job seekers with the right skills, Theriault said, the search these days won't likely take long. ''If you're a strong pro- grammer, you're not just somebody who's sitting at home waiting for calls,'' he said. ''People will find you.'' vinegars, produced to Lucero's specifications in Italy, as well as a large selection of tapenades, table olives and mus- tards. Tours are offered daily in Corning and Lucero products are available at www.lucerooliveoil.com, as well as from fine spe- cialty retailers across the U.S. and Canada. For more information, follow the company at Twitter.com/luceroo- liveoil or Facebook.com/luceroo- liveoil. In the San Francisco Bay area, the greatest employ- ment gains were recorded in science, technology and related industries. In Santa Clara County, home to major high-tech companies such as Apple Inc., Google Inc. and until recently Facebook Inc., the job category that includes engineers, designers and sci- entists led gains with more than 6,000 positions added. Software and computer sys- tems employment followed close behind with 5,600 new jobs. Overall, the state has gained jobs for seven straight months, despite the downward adjustment in January based on revised December numbers. The state added 322,400 nonfarm jobs since the recovery began in Septem- ber 2009. Job gains for all of 2011 were up 1.7 per- cent, compared to 0.06 per- cent for all of 2010 and a 5.3 percent loss at the height of the recession in 2009.