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Formoreinformationon the workshop schedule, the California Drought Moni- tor,localgroundwaterlevels, fire updates and other wa- ter related maps, check out the RCD's Storymap at the fourth and final presenta- tion, Drought Signs and Ef- fects and El Nino. The final presentation will be 5:30-7 p.m. Oct. 28 and will focus on what the drought is, how one can see the severity of the crisis and without daily changes from the citizens, what the outcome will be. Guest speakers for the evening include Michelle Dooley with the State De- partment of Water Re- sources, Rob Elvington the KRCR meteorologist and Dave Schlom, a teacher at Corning High School and producer of The Blue Dot Report on North State Pub- lic Radio. Special thanks to the Job Training Center for providing staffing through its Drought Relief intern program and to the city for providing the West- side Room at the Commu- nity Center, and for help- ing share this speaker se- ries with the community. The RCD is a non-regu- latory public agency whose mission is "to assist citi- zens with managing, con- serving, and improving the natural resources of Te- hama County." For more information, visit http://www.tehama- countyrcd.org. To RSVP call 527-3013, ext. 116. Drought FROMPAGE1 agement, emotional intel- ligence and complex social and cultural issues. Seminars are delivered by four partner universi- ties: Cal Poly Pomona, Cal Poly San Luis Obispo, Fresno State and UC Da- vis. Fellows will partici- pate in 56 seminar days, including an eight-day national travel seminar and a 15-day interna- tional travel seminar. The first seminar will be in Fresno today through Friday, with the inaugural dinner on the second day to keep off the program. The dinner will present Davy, Dou- glass and the rest of the class as Class 46 of the program. The idea behind the leadership program is that it's not just a pro- gram to learn about ag- riculture, it's actually a leadership program for agriculture people, Davy said. "We are proud to be seating our 46th consec- utive class of fellows," said Bob Gray, president and CEO of the Califor- nia Agricultural Lead- ership Foundation. "We have very high expecta- tions for this group of in- dividuals who can make a difference and solve im- portant problems facing agriculture and society." The intent for Davy's participation in the pro- gram is to bring those skills back to his career here in Tehama County, Davy said. Leadership and profes- sional development are the keys to the programs goals for participants. Teaching everything from motivation, to prob- lem solving to seeing is- sues in another light will be the focus, Davy said. "They will teach you to look at things out of the box and in different views and in different person- ality styles," Davy said. "The intent of the follow- up seminars and trips are to put those new skills to practice." There will be a three- day seminar once a month through the course of the 17-month program with a trip to Washington D.C. and an international trip in the second year of the fellowship. The location of the international trip has not been revealed but Davy is eager to find out where they will take the fellows. "They've gone all over the world in the past so it's been a pretty neat ex- perience, I'm sure," Davy said. CALF invests about $55,000 per fellow to par- ticipate in the program, which is underwritten by individual and indus- try donations. Ag Leadership is con- sidered to be one of the premier leadership de- velopment programs in the United States. Since it was first delivered in 1970, more than 1,200 men and women have participated in the pro- gram and have become influential leaders and active volunteers in the agriculture industry and other areas. Leadership FROM PAGE 1 Kinser:BettyeJayneKin- ser, 89, of Red Bluff died Monday, Oct. 12, at her home. Arrangements are under the direction of Red Bluff Simple Cremations & Burial Service. Published Wednesday, Oct. 14, 2015 in the Daily News, Red Bluff, California. Ohm: Barbara Ohm, 85, of Red Bluff died Tues- day, Oct. 13at her home. Arrangements are under the direction of Hoyt-Cole Chapel of the Flowers. Published Wednesday, Oct. 14, 2015in the Daily News, Red Bluff, California. Rosenburg: David Leroy Rosenburg, 69, of Red Bluff died Friday, Oct. 9, at his home. Arrangements are under the direction of Hoyt-Cole Chapel of the Flowers. Published Wednesday, Oct. 14, 2015 in the Daily News, Red Bluff, California. Smith: Shirley L. Smith, 59, of Red Bluff died Tues- day, Oct. 13, at St. Eliza- beth Community Hospital. Arrangements are under the direction of Hoyt-Cole Chapel of the Flowers. Published Wednesday, Oct. 14, 2015in the Daily News, Red Bluff, California. Deathnoticesmustbe 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 FIRE Vegetation fire Sunday on I-5 near Wilcox Road PHOTO COURTESY OF ROSS PALUBESKI RedBluffFire,CalFireandTehamaCountyFirerespondedtotworeportedvegetationfiresat2:29p.m.Sunday on Interstate 5 near Wilcox Road in Red Bluff. The first unit arriving at scene reported two fires on southbound I-5 just north of Wilcox on the shoulder. The northern most fire burned about a half acre and the southern fire was about a quarter of an acre. Southbound traffic was backed up to the southbound rest area during the incident. Units responded from Vina Helitack, Red Bluff City, Antelope, Bowman, Baker, Dibble Creek, Ishi, Salt Creek, and Shasta County. A hotshot crew driving through the area, pictured here, stopped to assist. By Juliet Williams The Associated Press SACRAMENTO California ends its legislative season having enacted some of the country's most aggres- sive social policies: Laws requiring student vaccina- tions, granting terminally ill people the right to take life-ending medications, and mandating equal pay for women were among doz- ens approved. The range of sweeping new laws in the most pop- ulous state reflects legisla- tors' desire to set a national trend on progressive social and environmental issues while sidestepping more thorny economic matters. Many interest groups and politicians see Cali- fornia as the brass ring for setting policies — and then testing whether those poli- cies can withstand rigorous challenges. "Both the vaccine bill and the right-to-die legislation will be seriously looked at by other states," said Sherry Bebitch-Jeffe, senior politi- cal science fellow at the University of Southern Cal- ifornia. "If it can pass here and it is perceived to work here, I think the proponents have a big positive jolt out of the victory in California." She believes over the next five to 10 years, the nation will look more like Califor- nia both demographically and politically. Gov. Jerry Brown, a life- long Catholic and former Jesuit seminarian, ended months of speculation when he signed the hotly debated right-to-die law, saying he doesn't want to deprive the terminally ill of that option. Advocates pushed for such laws in at least two dozen states this year fol- lowing the highly publi- cized death of activist Brit- tany Maynard, a California woman with terminal brain cancer who moved to Ore- gon to legally end her life. The legislation faltered elsewhere, but advocates hailed the California win as their most significant. They called it the "biggest victory for the death-with- dignity movement since Oregon passed the nation's first law two decades ago." With the worst of the state's budget crisis behind them, Democratic lawmak- ers who control both houses of the Legislature are free to resume a liberal agenda of extending protections to the most vulnerable. But they lack the critical two- thirds majority required to approve tax increases or fees. Brown won approval for robust climate change leg- islation. But Republicans and moderate Democrats who are a growing force in the state capital success- fully stripped it of a man- date to cut oil use in Califor- nia by half within 15 years, marking a rare defeat for the 77-year-old governor. The new law requires the state to get half its electricity from renewable sources by 2030, continu- ing California's "leadership in terms of social and en- vironmental issues," said Larry Gerston, a professor emeritus at San Jose State University. Similarly, several states already are examining equal pay legislation after its passage in California. "It's the panoply of is- sues that California, if not in a leadership position, is always close to it," Ger- ston said. "The various voices are represented here much more, in more force- ful ways." Despite the Legislature's liberal bent, the year also marked another win for business interests, who de- feated 18 of the 19 bills the Chamber of Commerce dubbed "job killers." Be- sides stripping the climate bill of an oil mandate, they again stymied efforts to tax tobacco and oil, and opted not to alter the state's land- mark property tax limita- tion law. LEGISLATION California's sweeping new social policies could set trend RICH PEDRONCELLI — THE ASSOCIATED PRESS FILE Karman Willmer, le , and Shelby Messenger protest at a Capitol rally in Sacramento against SB277, a measure requiring California schoolchildren to get vaccinated. The state enacted some of the nation's most aggressive social policies this year. CLIVEFRETHEY October 1, 1941 ~ October 7, 2015 Beloved son of the late Bertram Hollard and Maimie Frethey of New Zeland. Beloved brother of Bruce (Trisha), Warwick (Bonnie), Ronald, Robert (Joy), and the late Keith, the late Lance, and the late Beulah, all of New Zeland. Clive was a long term member of Tehama Family Fitness Center and leaves behind many fond friends who miss him dearly. A memorial service will be held at Tehama Family fit- ness Center on Saturday, October 17, at 8:30am-10:30 am. TERRY ALAN COON March 7, 1961~ September 29, 2015 Born in Salem Oregon on March 7, 1961, Terry Alan Coon of Roseville passed away September 29, 2015. Ter- ry, a 1979 graduate of Red Bluff High School, was 54 years old. He is survived by his Mother Judie Dash, Father Ron Coon, Siblings Tim, Jamie and Jodie and three chil- dren Michelle, Sammijo and Ronnie. Terry loved sports, mainly football, baseball and Nascar. He also loved the Andy Griffith show and old westerns. He wasn't happy until everyone in the room was laugh- ing. He worked in construction most of his adult life; he was always working on some sort of motor. He will be greatly missed by all of his family and friends. Obituaries ThePassingParadeisbroughttoyoubyMinchPropertyManagement, 760 Main Street specializing in commercial leasing and sales. 530 527-5514 THE PASSING PARADE (ThisisacontinuanceofanISaycolumnfirst published in October of 1971 about Frank and Delores Rodriques. I paused in the telling of the physically handicapped Frank riding around town in his dog driven wagon and being a favorite of our gang in the 1940's… and of their grocery store, The Neighbor Nook, originally next to the Lincoln Street Elementary school) After my discharge from theArmy in 1953, the missus and I lived in myAunt Grace's house across from their store. We renewed our friendship and I was amazed at how well Frank was getting around on his crutches. When going downtown, he and Delores had electric carts for a while, and then graduated into specially equipped conventional cars. Eventually they moved their store down to the corner of Johnson and Walnut, and have been in operation there ever since. I say "operating" because Frank always had something going on besides the grocery business. He was a tough credit manager, a humorous story teller and a skilled leather worker who turned out belts and purses with intricate designs. I never bought one, but now wish I had, because he's not making them…or anything else, anymore. When we play tennis on the Carl Coleman Courts and stop by their store for a coke, there won't be anyone to kid about the Fighting Irish because Big Frank has died. After sympathy for the family, this is what a person is left with; a small void in one's daily activities that does't get filled. I guess it is a selfish emotion after all…to miss someone for what they did for you, rather than the other way around. R.I.P. Big Frank … Now to October 2015: One of my favorite people passed away recently. Richard Ranberg had been in poor health for a number of years, undergoing dialysis twice a week but still stopping by the office every week or so to shoot the breeze. Years ago he worked evenings at our old meat plant loading trucks for delivery to SF and LA. He was on the crew along with Bud Kyler, Bill Davidson and many others. He said, in those old days, he had need of the extra money when moonlighting from his day job at Diamond National, but mostly appreciated the camaraderie with the crew. Dick was not only a good conversationalist, but a first rate cartoonist, and readers have seen his work in the Daily News under his RER signature. He was a gentle soul, and although I urged him to be more biting and political in his work, it was not in his nature. Dick devotedly looked after his twin brother Bob, who was shy, and who eventually withdrew from society and was living in a care facility. I had seen Bob there when visiting the late Russ Frey for a final time…not realizing Bob would soon to follow. And now, Dick has gone to his reward. R.I.P. kid. WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 14, 2015 REDBLUFFDAILYNEWS.COM |NEWS | 7 A