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Thursday, March 29, 2012 – Daily News 7A Obituaries JOHN E. "JACK" BENTON Jack Benton passed away on Wednesday evening, March 21st, surrounded by his wife and family at All About Seniors care facility in Red Bluff. He was lovingly cared for by his wife and the staff there for 2 ½ years. Jack was born June 1, 1936 in Marysville, CA. He was the son of the late Donald C. and Ann Sperbeck-Benton. Jack attended Notre Dame Grammar School and graduat- ed from Marysville High School in 1954. He attended UC Davis where he was a member of Sigma Nu Fraternity. Jack married his high school sweetheart Glenda "Petie" Cadenhead on February 10, 1957 in Marysville, CA. They were married 40 years prior to her passing. Jack was a resident of Red Bluff for the previous 52 years. He worked in the livestock feed business for Mor- ton Salt and Albers Feeds when he first moved to Red Bluff in 1960. He went to work for Kimberly Clark in 1968 in Anderson, CA, which later became Simpson Pa- per. Jack retired from Simpson Paper in 1999. Jack and Petie opened the Gazebo Floral and Gift Shoppe in No- vember 1983. Jack sold the business in 2000. Jack married Sandi Hale on March 2, 2001 in Red Bluff where they had 11 years together. Jack is survived by his wife Sandi Benton of Red Bluff, son Don (Pat) of Littleton, CO, son Tim (Jan) Benton of Red Bluff, CA and Steve of Seattle, WA, his grandchil- dren, Jacob Benton of Chico, CA, Kayla Benton of Davis CA, and Bryan Benton of Santa Cruz, CA. Nieces Melynda Cadenhead of Lodi, CA and Regina Benton-Oliverez of Red Bluff, CA., his brother Tom (Julie) Benton of Carson City, NV and Tom's six children and their respective fami- lies. He is also survived by many cousins residing in the Mar- ysville, Yuba City and the Sacramento areas. Jack was predeceased by his son John Van Benton in STORM Continued from page 1A nut Street. Police responded to the area between Big 5 Sport- ing Goods and the new Chase Bank on Main Street which had flooded. Officers put up cones and flares. Later that morning, California Highway Patrol CREEK Continued from page 1A prior to the flooding onto the banks there is a sign that says road closure PLAN Continued from page 1A Expanding the jail is not an option, Muench said. May 1965, his first wife Petie in March 1997, and his sister Nancy Benton in 2010. Jack inherited a strong sense of community and firmly believed in giving back. He was a founding board mem- ber of the Red Bluff Junior Round-Up, a 4-H leader in Westside 4-H, past President of Red Bluff Little League as well as a coach. He was a 34 year member of the Red Bluff Elks Lodge and a member of Sacred Heart Church. A Memorial Mass will be celebrated on Friday, March 30th at Sacred Heart Church in Red Bluff, CA at 11:00 AM. The Benton family requests in lieu of flowers, contribu- tions to the Alzheimer's Association at www.actionalz.org or Alzheimer's association, PO Box 96011, Washington DC 20090-6011. 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. Morgana Morales Morgana Morales of Los Molinos died Monday, March 26, 2012, in Chico. She was 57. Affordable Mortuary is handling the arrangements. Published Thursday, March 29, 2012, in the Daily News, Red Bluff, Calif. Jorge P. Sousa Jorge P. Sousa of Los Molinos died Monday, March 26, 2012 at St. Elizabeth Community Hospital in Red Bluff. He was 72. Arrangements are under the direction of Hoyt-Cole Chapel of the Flowers. Published Thursday, March 29, 2012 in the Daily News, Red Bluff, Calif. LOHSE Continued from page 1A Budget Advisory Commit- tee, Pacific Region Repre- sentative to name just a few. Held every March dur- ing Women's History Month, the Woman of the Year ceremony celebrates 80 extraordinary women from California, one from each Assembly district. Started in 1987, the cere- mony has become an annual celebration of com- munity service and out- standing contributions by women in California. Nielsen represents the Second Assembly District. — Gov. Jerry Brown on Wednesday defended his characterization that his tax initiative primarily helps schools, rejecting criticism from the backer of a rival tax proposal who says he is distorting the benefits. Los Angeles attorney Molly Munger told The Associated Press last week that Brown is being untruthful by saying most of the money from his ini- tiative will go to schools. She said she started run- ning TV commercials about her initiative to ''get the truth out.'' As recently as last week, Brown told reporters ''100 percent'' of the taxes he's propos- ing would go to educa- tion. Brown said Wednes- day that he is telling the truth. ''The tax goes to schools. That's what it does,'' Brown told reporters after promoting his initiative to a gather- ing of law enforcement leaders. ''We're dedicat- ing the money to schools, it goes into a special account, and we're going to do everything we can to protect our universi- ties, protect our schools, but also balance the bud- get.'' His funding stream, however, is not as clear cut as Munger's. Brown's proposed ini- tiative would help cover the state's budget deficit, provide money for local law enforcement and pre- vent deeper cuts to educa- tion and other services. His proposal, unlike Munger's, also would dedicate money to help counties deal with lower- level offenders who are now being diverted to jails instead of state pris- ons. His proposed initiative would raise the state's sales tax by a quarter cent for five years and raise income taxes on a sliding scale for seven years on people who make more than $250,000 a year. Under California's voter-approved school funding guarantee, any increase to the state's general fund automatical- ly provides more money for schools. According to the state Department of Finance, Brown's initiative could bring in $9 billion in fis- cal year 2012-2013, while the nonpartisan legisla- tive analyst's office esti- mated that it would bring in about $6.8 billion in its first year. If Brown's tax "If you look at building your way out, there's not enough money," Muench told the board. However, something must be done to relieve the jail from overcrowding. The jail, which has a state-rated capacity of 200 and a locally-rated func- tional capacity of 191, has been maintaining a regular population of 205 to 210 recently, Hencratt said. The increase in inmates has been notable since the new law took effect. Assembly Bill 109, which stresses rethinking incarceration to reduce recurring jail and prison populations, restructured state law to allow low- level offenders to serve time in county jails instead of state prisons. The law, which took effect Oct. 1, 2011, invoked the transfer of would-be parolees with non-violent, non-sexual, non-serious convictions to WATER Continued from page 1A decided not to annex the area. Pilot/Flying J tentatively agreed to a revised version of the city's original plan at a March 7 meeting, but wanted commitment from the council prior to moving forward. The cost will be between $500,000 and $750,000, said City Manager and Public Works Director John Brewer. "The Regional Quality Control Brown defends tax plan, says money to schools SACRAMENTO (AP) officers put out flares and called in Caltrans to put up signs when an area at the end of Monroe Street at Highway 36W flooded, logs said. Several signs were on Paskenta Road about five miles out of Red Bluff, leading up to the road closed sign just before Red Bank Creek where a pickup was overturned and three people became stranded late Tuesday 1,500 feet ahead. "CalFire and Tehama County Fire recommend that you never drive through flooded creeks or moving water if you can't see the ground through it," Colburn said. "Your vehicle could be swept off the county probation instead. A Community Correc- tions Partnership was established through the legislation to facilitate the changes in each county. Tehama's CCP has met 11 times since August 2011 to create the plan that was approved Tuesday. The plan outlines spending allocations for some $1.4 million in AB109 funds from the state in the first fiscal year, and projects possible fund- ing for the next three years. The format presented to the Board of Supervisors was vastly updated from the plan presented to the CCP at large committee in February. It was approved in an committee executive meeting held on March 7. The new plan puts aside more than a dozen propos- als submitted by commu- nity service agencies, the Department of Education and other agencies that were included in earlier drafts and notes that they are a "compendium of proposals" that merely informed the CCP in the development of the plan. The approved plan's evening. The two men and one woman, who were unin- jured, were rescued just before 7 a.m. Wednesday. Flooding was reported at Flores Avenue at Elk Creek, which was closed, according to a notice from Tehama County Public Works. The road was reopened about 2:30 p.m. Wednesday. Scanner reports about 1 p.m. Tuesday also indicat- road." ——— Julie Zeeb can be reached at 527-2153, extension 115 or jzeeb@redbluffdailynews.com. Follow her on Twitter @DN_Zeeb. introduction is altered as well, with many new sec- tions added and others removed. In its totality, the docu- ment presents a phase one plan that summarizes the spending allocations for the first year, the roles of subcommittees of the CCP, and initial recom- mendations of the CCP. It ends with a "Next Steps" narrative that foreshadows phase two for the fiscal year 2012-13. The theme throughout the document remains the same with an emphasis on public safety — keeping the most dangerous crimi- nals locked up — and a commitment to building a work farm and implement- ing programs and services to reduce recidivism. Initial funding was given to the sheriff's department, which oper- ates the county jail, and the probation department to hire several officers. Other immediate needs included funding an office trailer and office assistant for the probation depart- ment. Jail nursing and other health services were also Board would prefer they completely abandon the wells, but it's probably not practical for those who do agri- cultural irrigation," Brewer said. "There will be a physical disconnec- tion between our system and theirs and a backflow prevention in case their system is ever reconnected." The new plan will see roughly 7,300 linear feet of line, 14 valves and eight fire hydrants, which will likely lower the residents' fire insur- ance rates, he said. On Toomes Avenue, 600 feet will be laid, 1,500 feet on South Avenue and half-mile each on Houghton and plan brought in $9 billion in its first year, Califor- nia's public schools would get an additional $2.7 billion next year. Munger's rival initia- tive, also proposed for the November ballot, would dedicate money to public schools by raising income taxes on every California taxpayer earn- ing more than $7,300, though the wealthiest would see the largest increase. Her initiative is estimated to raise $10 billion to $12 billion annually for 12 years, with the money going directly to schools. Brown also defended calling his proposal a ''millionaires tax'' on his initiative campaign web- site, even though the income threshold would be $250,000. ''Anybody who makes $250,000 becomes a mil- lionaire very quickly if you save it. You just need four years,'' Brown said. ''It is a millionaires tax. It taxes millionaires, right? And it's for schools. And it protects public safety. considered in the phase one portion of the plan. The next step involves work in subcommittees of the CCP which will filter through the proposal com- pendium detached from the initial realignment plan. Proposals vary from preventative measures such as funding a school attendance officer for a community day school to crisis or basic need ser- vices such as transitional housing through faith- based community service organizations. The CCP is looking into ways to collect infor- mation about AB109 pop- ulations and programs and ways to analyze the infor- mation to see if the plan is working. Copies of the plan and the compendium of pro- posals are available at the Clerk of the Board office, the county administration office and online at www.co.tehama.ca.us. ——— Andrea Wagner can be reached at 527-2153, extension 114 or awagner@redbluffdailyne ws.com. Loleta avenues, Brewer said. Planning Director John Stoufer reminded the council the Local Agency Formation Commission would have to issue a letter autho- rizing the extension. The Corning City Council meets the second and fourth Tuesdays of the month at City Hall, 794 Third St. Meeting minutes and agendas are available at www.corning.org. Julie Zeeb can be reached at 527-2153, extension 115 or jzeeb@redbluffdailynews.com. Follow her on Twitter @DN_Zeeb. Man injured in altercation By JULIE ZEEB DN Staff Writer One of two Red Bluff men traveling at a high rate of speed Monday evening in the area of South Jackson and Wal- nut streets was injured, but it wasn't the one whose vehicle was report- edly run off the road. At 10:35 p.m., Red Bluff Police received reports of a pickup trav- eling at a high rate of speed and moments later a second call reporting that two pickups were speeding on South Jack- son Street and driving on the wrong side of the road, Sgt. Kevin Busek- ist said. Officer responded to the area and found one of the pickups had hit a stop sign at the intersec- tion of Kimball Road and South Jackson Street. The driver was identified as John Clifton Cramp, 28. Cramp told police he was driving down South Jackson when he was run off the road by another vehicle, whose driver was identified as Corey Piper, 25, Busekist said. Piper, who was at the scene of the collision, reportedly vandalized Cramp's vehicle follow- ing the crash, Busekist said. What was used to damage the vehicle and a damage estimate were unavailable. Piper, who was bleed- ing from his face, told police he had been bat- tered earlier at the Kim- ball Crossing Apart- ments complex, 820 Kimball Road, Busekist said. Piper was taken to St. Elizabeth Community Hospital to be treated for his injuries. This case is still under investigation. ed flooding in the Cotton- wood area on Hooker Creek Road. Rain is likely to return again from late Thursday into Friday, according to the National Weather Ser- vice. ——— Andrea Wagner can be reached at 527-2153, extension 114 or awagner@redbluffdailyne ws.com. 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