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Arthur:VickiA.Arthur, 70, of Gerber died Tues- day, Dec. 1at her home. Arrangements are under the direction of Red Bluff Simple Cremations & Burial Service. Published Wednesday, Dec. 9, 2015in the Daily News, Red Bluff, California. Lobaugh: Billy Lobaugh, 77, of Red Bluff died Monday, Dec. 7at Mercy Medical Center in Redding. Arrangements are under the direction of Blair's Cre- mation & Burial. Published Wednesday, Dec. 9, 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. Deathnotices labor will be twice if we don't do it now ... Espe- cially since the building's from 1931." The money will come from the contingency por- tion of the general fund that is set aside for emer- gencies, Chief Administra- tor Bill Goodwin said. The incident came to light Friday afternoon when a sink was found to be clogged and a pipe failed while it was being snaked with a roto-rooter. The cast iron pipe is origi- nal to the building, Good- win said. Supervisor Burt Bundy asked Purchasing Agent Julie Sisneros, who pre- sented the matter to the board, if there were any initial estimates as to cost. While there was no esti- mate set, one contractor said it would not exceed $10,000, Sisneros said. The cushion was in case there were other problems found while the repair work is be- ing done and the project turns out to be worse than it was anticipated. The pipe is broken in two or three places and Garton said he was con- cerned this would be just a patch job. "We will be looking into it to see if there's any- thing else that looks ready to go," Sisneros said. "I do anticipate it to be less than $10,000, but we will be looking into the length of the pipe to see if there is anything else." Part of the repair will be to remove any of the satu- rated soil and do some san- itation work in the affected area. The sewage spilled has been limited to an area un- der the building and is not in an area open to the pub- lic, Sisneros said. However, the gases have risen to cause an unpleasant smell and there is no use of water or bathrooms. Due to this, the county asked the veter- ans hall to cancel all reser- vations for the remainder of the week. Sewage FROM PAGE 1 abeth Avenue. There was evidence of firearm discharge at the scene and a parked vehi- cle was damaged, the re- lease said. The investigation is on- going and the Corning Po- lice Department is asking for the victims or any ad- ditional witnesses to call the department at 824- 7000. Shooting FROM PAGE 1 PLEASE RECYCLE THIS NEWSPAPER. Thank you! COURTESY PHOTO JoAnn Kremer of Los Molinos, center, was honored Saturday with a certificate of recognition by State Sen. Jim Nielsen on the 40th anniversary of the Christmas at the Old Mansion boutique. RECOGNITION KREMER HONORED FOR 40 YEARS OF CHRISTMAS BOUTIQUE there were other items that had once belonged to the house that found their way back, she said. "Most of the other items that originally came from the house were donated back by the community," Wyman said. "They heard what was happening and brought them to us." There are also items that people in the community have given to the museum because they are items from the same time-period as the house too. The house was built sometime prior to 1881 by Sidney Allen Griggs, an easterner who came west in 1849 after catching gold fever and landed in Tehama County in 1864. It was pur- chased by the Kelly broth- ers in 1931 and eventually inherited by Anne Kelly as the last surviving member of a group of 11 siblings. The tradition of open- ing the house to the public on a weekly basis contin- ues though the number of Kelly Guides who serve as docents continues to dwin- dle. The house is available for tours from 1-3 p.m. on Thursdays and Sundays. Suggested donation is $5 per person. School tours are always welcomed and are available upon request, Past President Sharon Wil- son said. Inquiries regard- ing tours or being a guide can be made by calling 527- 1129. The need for docents is great. Interested persons are encouraged to attend a Victorian Docent Work- shop scheduled for 10 a.m. on Wednesday, Jan. 27. The group is also hosting an appraisal day with John Humphries from 10-4 on Saturday, Feb. 13. The association contin- ues to work toward pre- serving the house includ- ing work on the foundation and exterior. "We have a foundation that is sturdy enough now that we have shifted our fo- cus to the exterior as being the crucial part because the damage to the siding is so bad," Wyman said. "We are a totally community sup- ported association and have raised about $15,000." Estimates received put the cost at about $15,000 for the wood work and $36,000 for the paint job of the en- tire exterior. The south wall of the house is the most cru- cial portion of the foun- dation that remains to be worked on and the cost for the windows, exterior wall and foundation are at least $50,000. The museum will be closed from Dec. 21 through Jan. 17 to give the guides a break for the holidays. To keep up with museum fun- draisers, events and work- days follow the association's Facebook page or check out Twitter @K_Griggs_Mu- seum. Museum FROM PAGE 1 JULIE ZEEB - DAILY NEWS A Christmas tree awaits visitors Saturday at the 50th anniversary Christmas celebration at the Kelly-Griggs Museum, 311Washington St. By Mark Sherman The Associated Press WASHINGTON Practical concerns about forcing states to abandon the way they have drawn electoral districts for more than 50 years seemed to give a key justice pause Tuesday in a Supreme Court case of im- mense importance to the nation's growing Latino population. The court heard argu- ments in a case from Texas on the meaning of the prin- ciple of "one person, one vote," which the court has said requires that political districtsberoughlyequalin population. But it has left open whether states must count all residents, or only eligi- ble voters, in drawing dis- trict lines. InTexas,andotherstates with large immigrant pop- ulations, the difference is morethanacademic.Urban districtsincludemanymore people who are too young, notcitizensorotherwisein- eligible to vote. Two rural Texas voters are challenging the use of total population data in drawing state Senate dis- tricts because they say it inflates the voting power of city dwellers at their ex- pense. T heir arg uments seemed to make some headway Tuesday with Jus- tice Anthony Kennedy, the pivotal vote on so many close high court cases. When some districts of roughly equal population have dramatically differ- ent numbers of eligible voters, shouldn't Texas "at least give some consider- ation to this disparity that you have among voters?" Kennedy asked. Later he wondered whether states could pro- duce districts that were roughly equal in terms of overall population and el- igible voters, saying, "Why is one option exclusive of the other? Why can't they have both?" Texas Solicitor General Scott Keller said such an outcome could only be achieved at the expense of other traditional require- ments about redistricting, including drawing rela- tively compact districts that don't split counties. Kennedy sounded per- suaded. "That sounds highly probable to me," he said. The Texas case was one of three matters before the court on Tuesday that dealt with redistricting. ELECTORAL DISTRICTS High court tackles Texas 'one person, one vote' case JACKALFREDDIETZ May 30,1935 ~ November 28, 2015 Jack Alfred Dietz of Red Bluff, CA passed away 11-28-15 at Shasta Regional Medical Center. He was 80 years old. Jack was born on 5-30-35 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma to Beaulah Lee and Alfred Valentine Deitz, he moved to Cal- ifornia in early adulthood. He worked for Ford Motor Company and enjoyed working on cars as much as sell- ing them. In 1954 he met and married Glenda McElroy, they had a daughter Debbie, his little "Doo-Wah". Jack and Glenda divorced in 1972 and he moved to Canoga Park, CA where he met and married Jane Bernadette Wa- ters. They move to Red Bluff CA in 1974 with friends Mitch and Patty Chamness. They settled in Los Molinos in 1977 where they raised two daughters, Jami Amber Deitz- and Jaki Allana Deitz. Jack was predeceased by his mother Beaulah, father Alfred, stepfather Roy George Branscum, wife Jane Berna- dette Deitz and brothers George and Max Branscum. Jack never remarried after Jane died in 1987. She was his rock and he requested to be cremated so he could be placed at her feet when he passed. Jack is survived by daughters Sherrie, Deborah Hanks, Jami Deitz, Jaki Deitz. Grandchil- dren Daniel Hanks, Sara Hanks and Cameron Krischel. Great-grandson Evan Danger Hogan. Lifelong friends Mitch and Patty Chamness, their son and daughter Mi- chael and Kim. Services will be held on 12-12-15 at noon at Hoyt-Cole Chapel of the Flowers in Red Bluff. GRACE ANDERSON WAHL March 24, 1928 ~ November 29, 2015 Grace Anderson Wahl of Red Bluff passed away peace- fully in Redding on November 29, 2015 at the age of 87. Grace was born Grace Elaine Noble in Sacramento on March 24, 1928. In 1949, she married Ward Anderson with whom she enjoyed traveling the world extensively. Grace and Ward split their time between living in Red Bluff, Palm Springs, and their cabin in Lake Almanor. They toured the United States in a motorhome among other fantastic adventures throughout their lives. Ward passed away in 2003. In 2004, Grace married long-time friend Karl Wahl. Grace and Karl continued traveling and enjoying their lives. She was very active in the fraternal organization, Order of the Eastern Star. She held the statewide offices of grand treasurer as well as grand organist. Grace is survived by her husband Karl Wahl; daughter Nicki Sass and her husband Jerry; her granddaughter Sara Hoff and her husband Dave; step grandson Loren Sass and his husband Jeff Hasbrouck-Carle; step grandson Brian Sass; step granddaughter Stacy Sass; and stepdaughters Margie and Janice. Services for Grace will be held at 10am on Monday De- cember 14, 2015 at the Hoyt Cole Chapel in Red Bluff. Obituaries ThePassingParadeisbroughttoyoubyMinchPropertyManagement, 760 Main Street specializing in commercial leasing and sales. 530 527-5514 THEPASSINGPARADE (FrommyISayofNovember1969) Reading in my father's diary an entry for August 1938, "I have a new bookkeeper from Armour in Sacramen- to who is going to be very good, I think, and relieve me of a lot of detail." That man was Art Gerring. A few weeks earlier father had been given a tip that a very promis- ing bookkeeper in Sacramento was looking for a chance to advance with a smaller company. Although he still had the grocery store on the 600 block of Main Street, father was planning to branch out into the meat business and was going to need a full time book- keeper to handle the expansion. He called Art on the phone and asked him to come to Red Bluff. In those days, mother was doing the books while trying to raise one delinquent son and one Shirley Temple lookalike daughter. Mother was impressed with Art's quick grasp of the situation and he was hired on the spot. His title remained simply "bookkeeper", but as our business grew and became more complicated, he became fully involved in all transactions. At one time he was balancing the books for an alfalfa ranch, hog farm, cattle feedlot, a farm implement store, blacksmith shop, rendering plant and an appliance store…all part of father's expanding reach into the field of commerce. Chain smoking Art was all business during business hours…he didn't even take a lunch break. He was a solid rock of financial integrity and everyone relied heavily on his work. After hours he enjoyed "socializing" with his friends and could often be found holding court at the bar of the Green Barn. Father, a lifelong teeto- taler, apparently looked the other way because his bookkeeper was solidly sober during his days at the office. A pivotal business decision was greatly influenced by Art Gerring. Just as WWII was winding down, father decided to take our family back east to New Jersey to the town where he was born. Looking at the cost of the insurance he was carrying at the plant, he told Art to cancel a costly part of the coverage called "use and occupancy". Art suggested making that decision until after the New Jersey trip. Father agreed, the plant burned to the ground while we were on the trip…and with the extended coverage, he was able to rebuild to a modern plant that endued for another 30 years. After father passed away in 1964, Art stayed on for a couple of years and then announced his retirement. I asked him why and he replied, "Well, your Dad worked himself to death at 64 and I'm now 61. I'm going to get out and travel, see the country and enjo y myself while there's still time to do so." He did just that, right up to the time of his passing this week…at 64. When my father wanted to praise someone, he merely said, "Good man!" That would have applied to Art. Robert Minch 1929- WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 9, 2015 REDBLUFFDAILYNEWS.COM |NEWS | 7 A