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Friday, January 8, 2010 – Daily News – 7A Obituaries LORETTA LOU COX Loretta Lou Cox passed away the morning of Janu- ary 4th, 2010, at the age of 74. She passed peacefully in her home surrounded by family. Born in Oklahoma as Loretta Lou Burgett on Au- gust 5th, 1935 to Rellen and Lula Burgett, she was the oldest of five siblings. Short- ly after her birth, her family moved to Kerman, California where she spent her child- hood, except for a short time in Tennessee. Loretta mar- ried Raymond Roy Cox on November 22nd, 1956. Mov- ing to Paskenta in 1961, Loretta quickly made many friends and became an ac- tive member of the commun- ity. A loving wife for more than fifty years, Loretta also played the role of secretary, cook and homemaker. She loved to sing and music brought much joy to her life. Loretta always had at least two dogs and two cats which she loved as children. Loret- ta was a pillar of the Pas- kenta community who spent countless hours working at the Paskenta Hall. Most of all, Loretta loved her family. She was known by many as Grandma or Aunt Loretta because her family was nev- er limited to relatives. She was never happier than a house full of friends and loved ones sitting down to a meal. Loretta is survived by her husband Ray Cox, son Roy (Mikey) Cox of Spring- town, Texas, and daughter Cheri (Patrick) Babin of Phoenix, Arizona. Also sur- viving are all of her siblings, Ruth (Ron) Belfrey of Los Molinos, Patsy (Ray) Boling of Washington, Beverly Evo- la of Kerman, California, and Homer (Sheri Sue) Collins of Tennessee. Surviving grandchildren are grandsons Roy (Emily) Cox, Jr. and Garrett Cox of Corning, Ste- phen Cox of Butte, Montana, and granddaughter Shasta (Dayton) Phillips of Haslet, Texas. She also leaves be- hind eight great grandchil- dren. Friends and loved ones are invited to attend a visitation at Hall Brothers Mortuary, 902 Fifth St., Corning on Tuesday, January 12th from 2:00 pm until 6:00 pm. There will be graveside service Wednesday, Janu- ary 13th at 11:00 am at the Paskenta Cemetery followed by lunch at the Paskenta Community Hall. Loretta's family would like to send their thanks to all her friends and loved ones who supported her in the last few difficult months. The support of the people whose lives she touched was evidence of how much she meant to the community and her friends. CORINNE WILLIAMS Red Bluff Corinne (Phillips) Williams peacefully passed away on Friday, December 18, 2009. Born in Saskatchewan, Can- ada on March 15, 1920. Corinne moved to and spent her childhood in Selah, WA. Corinne married John H. Williams in Yakima on June 25, 1939. They moved to the Tieton/Cowiche area, home to the large and fun-loving Williams family, where John began his life-long career working for the Bureau of Reclamation. John and Cor- inne started their family and lived in the area for eight years, before moving to Out- look, WA in 1947. In 1961 Corinne, John, and their youngest daughter, Doris, moved to Red Bluff, CA where John continued work- ing for the Bureau of Recla- mation in Red Bluff Diver- sion Dam, and Connie worked as a secretary for Affiliated Brokers. Upon her husband's death in 1972, Corinne returned to Yakima, where she worked in the Ya- kima School District for many years before retiring in 1985. Upon her retirement she pursued her lifelong love of travel, visiting places far and wide. Corinne's fo- cus in life was always family first and foremost. She deeply enjoyed family gath- erings and events, rarely missing a ball game, concert or holiday celebration. She could often be found in the front row snapping pictures and cheering. Her lifetime support for her loved ones' endeavors and passions made many things possible for many people. Corinne approached life with zeal, al- ways curious about the next new thing. Many will miss her generous, adventurous, loving, and supportive spirit. Corinne is survived by her three daughters Donna (Marty) Lovins of Yakima, WA, Carol (Brian) Goodell of Kent, WA, and Doris Wil- liams of Redding, CA, as well as five grandchildren; Terri Lovins, Todd Lovins, Mandi (Goodell) Mattson, Kevin Goodell, Brett Lovins, and nine great grandchil- dren. She was preceded in death by husband John Wil- liams, two brothers, and her parents. Her family extends sincere thanks to Yakima Valley Memorial staff on 2 West, Yakima Valley Memo- rial Hospice, Summitview Healthcare Center, and Dr. Bocek for the loving care they gave Corinne in her fi- nal days. A memorial serv- ice is planned for March. In lieu of flowers, the family suggests donations be made in memory of Corinne to Cowiche Canyon Con- servancy or Yakima Valley Memorial Hospice. To share a memory of Cor- inne, please visit: http://web.me.com/ shadomark with an attorney who would answer any further questions. He declined to provide the attorney's name and contact information. John Miller from Wheeler Log- ging confirmed that Cheryl Hold- er worked for the company until April and David Holder worked until June, but would not com- ment specifically on the case, say- ing "I probably said too much already." He said all questions should be directed to Cohen. Cohen said he learned of the embezzlement when contacted by a corporate attorney. Cheryl Holder was arrested Wednesday morning at the Holders' residence on Trinity Avenue and booked into Tehama County Jail. Bail is set at $500,000. She is expected to be in court Tuesday to enter a plea. ——— Tang Lor can be reached at 527- 2153, Ext. 110 or by e-mail at tlor@redbluffdailynews.com. Continued from page 1A WOMAN the Blue Toad, Inc. collec- tive. Fines for the other citations will be suspend- ed as long as the first one is paid, according to court records. The citations were issued on Oct. 22, 26 and 28 by the Red Bluff Police Department. The Blue Toad, which operated out of a building on Hickory Street, opened Oct. 13. The collective closed in November after the city adopted a tempo- rary ordinance against mar- ijuana collectives, coopera- tives and dispensaries. Owners have said they voluntarily closed after the city threatened to issue citations to the landlord. Charges from a fourth citation issued on Nov. 3 are still pending. Aguiar and Arnold appeared in court Nov. 28 and pleaded not guilty to the charges. A trial date has been set for Feb. 3 for the Nov. 3 citation. Continued from page 1A FINED Community Revitalization Grant Program. The money would go toward improvements at Trainer Park, McGlynn Pool and River Park. • The council voted 4-1 to accept staff's recommendation for a favor- able recommendation to ABC for an alcohol license. The license is for the site at 222 S. Main St. Councilman Wayne Brown voted no. He questioned whether the site was too close to other locations that are already selling alcohol. ——— Tang Lor can be reached at 527- 2153, Ext. 110 or by e-mail at tlor@redbluffdailynews.com. Continued from page 1A CHAMBER and at least four public meetings will make the plan available for public review. Tetra Tech has a num- ber of ties to the Federal Emergency Management Agency, with which it reg- ularly contracts. Elsewhere on the Agenda Supervisors also voted to set deposit amounts for candidate statements for the 2010 elections at $750 for English statements, $800 for Spanish state- ments and $800 for candi- dates for Assembly District 2 and Senate District 4. Those deposits may be partially refunded if printing costs turn out to be lower, or may be followed by addition- al charges if printing costs turn out to be higher. ——— Geoff Johnson can be reached at 527-2153, extension 114 or gjohnson@redbluffdailyn ews.com. Continued from page 1A DEAL and conservative groups, joined the case as defendants. Their legal team is being led by Charles Cooper, a veteran trial lawyer who worked for the Reagan-era Justice Department. Cooper is being assisted by a team of lawyers from his own firm, along with a Christian legal group based in Arizona. Presiding over the case is U.S. District Court Chief Judge Vaughn Walker, a Republican named to the bench in 1989 by the first President Bush. Walker, who has a reputation as an independent thinker, was ran- domly assigned the lawsuit, put it on a fast-track to trial and has said he thinks it raises serious civil rights claims. During a pretrial hearing in August, the judge pointedly scolded Schwarzenegger for remaining neu- tral ''on an issue of this magnitude and importance.'' Walker says the case is so impor- tant that the court has taken the rare step of allowing videotaping of the proceedings so the public can watch. The trial, scheduled to start Monday, will air on YouTube every day. To prevail, Olson and Boies will try to prove that denying gays the right to wed serves no legitimate public purpose and that Proposition 8 was motivated by legally irrele- vant religious or moral beliefs or even anti-gay bias. The ballot initia- tive, which passed with 52 percent of the vote, supplanted a California Supreme Court ruling that had legal- ized same-sex marriages. Boies and Olson say the ban is a blatant violation of Constitutional rights to equal protection and due process. Testimony in the trial will explore many of the most con- tentious political arguments sur- rounding the issue. Leaders of the campaign to outlaw gay marriages have been called as witnesses, along with competing academic experts who will be cross-examined on top- ics ranging from how having same- sex parents affects children and if gay unions undermine male-female marriages. Cooper's team plans to argue that same-sex marriage still is a social experiment and that it is therefore prudent for states like California to take a wait-and-see approach. Their witnesses will testify that govern- ments historically have sanctioned traditional marriage as a way to pro- mote responsible child-rearing and that this remains a valid justification for limiting marriage to a man and a woman. ''What sets this case apart is the strategy up until now, in the last 10 or 15 years, has been by the nation- al organizations that support same- sex marriage to attack this on a state-by-state basis,'' said Brian Raum, who is helping to defend Proposition 8. ''The impact of those cases, obviously, was limited to their respective states. But the potential impact in this case goes beyond the state of California.'' Kristin Perry, 45, is the title plaintiff in the case registered on legal dockets as Perry v. Schwarzenegger. She and her les- bian partner of 10 years, Sandra Stier, 47, got married in San Fran- cisco in 2004 when Mayor Gavin Newsom ordered city officials to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples. Six months later, they were among the 4,000 couples who had their unions invalidated by the state Supreme Court. Perry and Steier, who have four sons, agreed to become involved in the challenge because they believe that a judicial approach grounded in constitutional law provides the best chance of success. Still, many gay rights groups objected to the timing of the lawsuit, fearing it was too soon to mount a federal case. ''All the other experiences around this have felt so politicized and in some ways outside of my control,'' Perry said. ''But being in a courtroom where the rules of dis- cussion are so different from a polit- ical discussion, I am feeling like as an American I have a right to ask someone if this is fair, someone whose job it is to do this every day and can make as educated a judg- ment about this as maybe anyone has made.'' The plaintiffs will have plenty of star power with Olson and Boies. Olson helped Bush win the presi- dency in 2000 after the recount bat- tle in Florida, and later served as the president's solicitor general — the lawyer who argues the govern- ment's cases before the Supreme Court. Boies represented Gore in 2000. ''The hope of the people behind this, in recruiting Olson and Boies, was to put a bipartisan face on this issue,'' said Jane Schacter, a consti- tutional law expert at Stanford. ''I do think it's striking that one of the nation's senior conservative litiga- tors is leading the charge, and it does cause some people maybe to take a second look, to see the issue through a different prism.'' Continued from page 1A TRIAL A Corning man has been sentenced to six years in prison for urging a 9-year-old to smoke marijuana. Manuel Paul Padilla, 27, was arrested when an undercover source informed Tehama County drug force officers that Padilla had lifted up a marijuana cigarette up to a boy's mouth and told the boy "hit it harder, I've seen you hit it harder than that." The child admitted to smoking marijuana with Padilla, according to prosecutors. Padilla was convicted of inducing a minor to smoke marijuana and received an enhanced term for prior convic- tions. REDDING (AP) — Law enforcement offi- cials in Shasta County have determined offi- cers were justified when they shot and killed a Los Gatos man they say had just robbed a nearby bank. Authorities say Bran- don Reuter was shot about 14 times in a bar- rage of gunfire when Redding police opened fire after a robbery of the Plumas Bank on Dec. 7. After an independent probe by sheriff 's inves- tigators, Shasta County District Attorney Jerry Benito said Tuesday the officers acted within police guidelines when they shot Reuter. Investigators say the 20-year-old Reuter was hit by gunfire after a police dog pounced on him and he pointed at officers what appeared to be a 9 mm handgun. The weapon turned out to be a BB gun. Authorities say all seven officers who responded to the rob- bery were cleared of wrongdoing. Padilla Man sent to prison for urging child to smoke pot Probe finds shooting justified Have a news tip? Call 527-2151, Ext. 112 SACRAMENTO (AP) — Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's office and leaders of the state Legislature refused Thursday to share the names of lawmakers who lunched with the governor a day earlier after he deliv- ered his State of the State address. Legal experts said the information is central to determining whether state open meeting laws were violated when the pub- lic and reporters were shut out of the pri- vate lunch. Schwarzenegger invited all 120 mem- bers of the Assembly and Senate to the steak-or-salmon lunch at the private Sutter Club near the state Capitol. The governor's senior staff, political consultants and lob- byists also attended. Some lawmakers who attended said the gathering was not subject to open meeting laws because it was a social affair. ''The problem is that it's inconceivable, in a gathering of that size between the Leg- islature and the governor immediately fol- lowing his State of the State address, that official business wasn't being done,'' said Peter Scheer, executive director of the First Amendment Coalition, a San Rafael-based nonprofit that advocates for free speech and eliminating unnecessary government secrecy. ''They didn't only talk about the pre- sents they got at Christmas or the vacation they returned from. You can be absolutely sure of that,'' he said. Under California law, meetings in which ''legislative or other official mat- ters'' of the 80-member Assembly or 40- member Senate are discussed must be pub- lic when a majority of either chamber is present. There is no specific exemption for social functions. The public also must be given notice when those meetings are to be held. Whether a quorum of lawmakers gath- ered at the lunch remains undetermined. Schwarzenegger spokesman Aaron McLear said roughly 70 lawmakers — a majority of the total Assembly and Senate membership — attended, but he said he could not provide their names. Schwarzenegger refuses to disclose lunch guests