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Death Notices 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. Death notices must be provided by mortuaries to the news department, Gary Clinton Cook Gary Clinton Cook died Saturday, April 7, 2012, at his residence in Red Bluff. He was 78. Red Bluff Sim- ple Cremations and Burial Service is handling the arrangements. Published Tuesday, April, 10, 2012, in the Daily News, Red Bluff, Calif. wood Skilled Nursing in Red Bluff. She was 81. Hoyt- Cole Chapel of the Flowers is handling the arrange- ments. Published Tuesday, April 10, 2012, in the Daily News, Red Bluff, Calif. wood Skilled Nursing in Red Bluff. She was 95. Hoyt- Cole Chapel of the Flowers is handling the arrange- ments. Ruth Johnson Ruth Johnson died Saturday, April 7, 2012, at Brent- Published Tuesday, April 10, 2012, in the Daily News, Red Bluff, Calif. Fern Kalar Fern Kalar died Saturday, April 7, 2012, at Lassen House in Red Bluff. She was 96. Hoyt-Cole Chapel of the Flowers is handling the arrangements. Published Tuesday, April 10, 2012, in the Daily News, Red Bluff, Calif. Dean Kingsford Dean Kingsford of Los Molinos died Sunday, April 8, 2012, at Oak River Rehab. He was 92. Hoyt-Cole Chapel of the Flowers is handling the arrangements. Published Tuesday, April 10, 2012, in the Daily News, Red Bluff, Calif. AGENDA Continued from page 1A edgeable about the concerns of city residents, but readily accessible to private citizens, developers and public offi- cials. The city owns two water supply wells, Petro Well A and B in the southwest cor- ner of the Petro Truck Stop property at the southeast cor- ner of South Avenue and Old Highway 99W. water contamination with fuel constituents at adjacent properties led the city to shut down both wells in the late 1990s, according to the staff report. The discovery of ground- The Regional Water Quality Control Board has required monitoring and remediation from the responsible party. Continued monitoring has shown petroleum contamination affecting the site is decreas- ing. Construction of the new well at Clark Park has brought to the city's attention the cost is about $200,000 for a well and $530,000 for a whole new pump station, according to staff reports. Reactivation of an exist- ing well would be cheaper, which led staff to ask Geo- Plus, Inc. of Anderson to run a four-hour test to determine if the pump could be operat- ed without attracting conta- minated groundwater plume to the well. The four-hour test com- pleted Jan. 17 showed there was a 50-foot thick clay layer that appeared to sepa- rate the groundwater from the pumping source waters, however, it was recommend- ed a longer test be done. City staff is recommend- ing Bill Bergmann of Geo- Plus to conduct the two- week test because of what the staff report cites as his RELAY Continued from page 1A diagnosed with ovarian can- cer in December 2010, did her student teaching with Red Bluff Elementary and her mother, Penny Wilson, is a teacher at Bidwell School, Gipson said. bake sale as a fundraiser and will also be doing a flamingo flocking, she said. The staff has been offered "flocking insurance," but anyone wishing to have someone "flocked" can con- tact Gipson or her co-chair, Cathy Johnston, by calling 527-7200. The group has done a Other Relay events include Corning Relay, on April 28 at Corning High unique qualifications and thorough knowledge of the issues, history and other firms involved in monitoring the contaminant. The test will cost $28,000, which is signifi- cantly less than the cost of putting in a new well. The staff report asks council to consider whether Bell Carter Foods has retooled their equipment and will begin recycling retort water sometime during the summer. That would equal a 6.9 percent reduction in the annual total of the water pumped, which was about $720 million gallons in 2011, and a loss of $62,500 in annual water sales, according to the staff report. With the reduction, pumping needs may diminish. Costs for the testing was not anticipated in the 2011- 2012 budget, but there is more than $170,000 avail- able in Water Development Impact fees and capital improvement that could be used for the project. Council is also scheduled to discuss a request for authorization for the city clerk to serve notice to 19 property owners of the city's intent to lien for collection of either delinquent water or sewer accounts or some that are both water and sewer delinquent. The combined amount for all 19 accounts is about $10,260. The Corning City Coun- cil 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@redbluffdai- lynews.com. Follow her on Twitter @DN_Zeeb. School, Red Bluff Relay on May 19-20 at the Vista Mid- dle School track and Ride For Life, which was held Saturday, April 7, at the Tehama District Fairground. The Red Bluff Volunteer Fire Department Boot Drive will be April 20 at the inter- section of South Main Street and Luther Road. Laverne Grilho Laverne Grilho died Friday, April 6, 2012, at Brent- Fed evaluation: Three more pesticides may harm salmon By JEFF BARNARD Associated Press A draft federal evaluation has found that three more common pesticides used on home lawns and agricultural crops jeopardize the survival of West Coast salmon. The evaluation from NOAA Fish- eries Service is the latest one resulting from lawsuits filed by conservation groups and salmon fishermen demand- ing the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency enforce restrictions on pesti- cides around salmon streams. This one looked at the pre-emergent herbicides oryzalin, pendimenthalin and trifluralin. They are used to control weeds in lawns, on road shoulders, in orchards, vineyards, and farm fields growing soybeans, cotton, corn, Christ- mas trees and other crops. Heaviest use is in California. The herbicides are ingredients in more than 100 commer- cial products made by dozens of man- ufacturers. Salazar: Protect planet while using resources COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) — Interior Secretary Ken Salazar says it's important to protect the planet as its resources are used. Salazar spoke Monday night during the State of the Rockies Project confer- ence at Colorado College in Colorado Springs, where students have been BILLS Continued from page 1A examine bills before law- makers vote have failed, but a Republican lawmaker is trying again this year. ''A bill to let sunshine in has been kept in the dark since 2007,'' said Assembly- man Kevin Jeffries, R-Lake Elsinore, who has proposed similar constitutional amend- ments twice previously. ''Whether you agree or not with the policies that are being voted on, it's simply good government to have the opportunity for everybody who's interested to read a bill.'' Assembly and Senate rules already require that bills be read on three differ- ent days before either house can take a final vote. But lawmakers use parliamen- tary maneuvers, including hollowing out existing bills and filling them with new legislation, to get around the requirement. Almost every floor rule can be waived by a simple majority vote, another loop- hole that can be used for developing bills on the fly. The practices in the Leg- islature differ from those required of city councils, county boards of supervisors and local school districts in California. The state's Brown Act requires local governments to post agendas 72 hours before meetings. Elected officials are allowed to add items only if a two-thirds majority approves and the matter is urgent. Environmental Protection Agency that they are likely to jeopardize half the 26 salmon populations on the West Coast protected by the Endangered Species Act, and suggested restrictions like no- spray buffers to keep them out of salmon streams. Trifluralin is the most toxic of the three, and deforms fish backbones even at low concentrations. It is used on soy- beans, cotton, lawns and road shoul- ders. NOAA Fisheries informed the U.S. Tuesday, April 10, 2012 – Daily News 9A Oryzalin is the least toxic, and is harmful to aquatic plants that make up salmon habitat. It is used on shrubs, lawns and golf courses. Pendimenthalin is toxic to aquatic plants and insects that salmon eat. It is used on soybeans, cotton, corn and peanuts. matic than those suggested for other pesticides. However, they were still unnecessary, because the levels found in salmon streams have never reached more than a fraction of the levels con- sidered safe, she said. Any alternative herbicides will cost more, she added. Aimee Code of the Northwest Cen- ter for Alternatives to Pesticides said one delay after another has blocked imposition of restrictions since EPA started putting them forward in 2008. The agency has 11 more pesticides Heather Hansen of Washington Friends of Farms and Forests, which represents commodity growers, said the proposed restrictions were less dra- studying how to preserve the Colorado River basin. Salazar said the Col- to evaluate from the original list of 37, and should be done by the end of June 2013, said Therese Conant, deputy director of NOAA Fisheries for the Endangered Species Act division. The most dangerous chemicals were evalu- ated first. The chemicals remaining pose a lesser risk. The public has until April 30 to comment on the draft evaluation, which is called a biological opinion. It should become final by the end of May. STATE BRIEFING orado River Compact that outlines how seven West- ern states will share the river system's water was created without the best science or knowledge. He says the agreement overestimated the amount of water available by 2 mil- lion acre-feet. The Bureau of Recla- mation, part of Salazar's department, is studying Colorado River basin water supply and demand. Salazar also used his speech to tout President Barack Obama's energy strategy and to criticize Assemblyman Charles Calderon, D-Whittier, said Republicans are stoking the debate over rushed bills to create a smoke screen about the legislative process when what they really oppose are the Democrats' policies. He said Republicans are not thinking of the public in trying to require a 24-hour waiting period. Instead, Calderon said they would only use that time to gin up opposition and punish law- makers who approve good but politically risky policies. ''A 24-hour reading peri- od often gets used for mis- chief,'' said Calderon, the longest-serving lawmaker in the Capitol. ''Democrats are the majority party, and they have the responsibility to vote for things sometimes that are not popular with the public.'' Jeffries' proposal, ACA1, By comparison, the Assembly took its first vote on the 2010-11 budget before the full 800-page bill was posted online or made public at the Assembly clerk's office. Lawmakers rushed through several hastily writ- ten bills last year. Among these were bills that banned You DO have a choice in the Red Bluff area. Caring & Compassionate Service Full traditional burial service or cremation Red Bluff Simple Cremations & Burial Service 722 Oak Street, Red Bluff, FD Lic. 1931 527-1732 529-3655 www.affordablemortuary.net would require lawmakers to give three-days' notice before taking up any legisla- tion and make bills public at least 24 hours before voting. A related measure, ACA2, would ban late-night legisla- tive sessions except in cases of natural disaster. Republican minority leaders in both houses sup- port mandatory considera- future initiatives from being placed on the June primary ballot, accelerated develop- ment plans for an NFL stadi- um in downtown Los Ange- les and protected farmworker unions against election mis- conduct. Many Democrats say last-minute legislation is sometimes necessary to address issues that develop after the February deadline for introducing bills and to pass bills they consider important but politically unpopular. Colorado Rep. Doug Lam- born's push for oil shale development. artwork surge PLACERVILLE (AP) — In Thomas Kinkade's hometown, at the gallery where his art career first took off, an original paint- ing by the self-described ''Painter of Light'' sat unsold for years. Buyers were perhaps deterred by the $110,000 asking price. The painting, ''Sunday Outing,'' was being sold on Sales of Kinkade tion periods. In March, Republicans orchestrated a protest of a parliamentary gimmick that allows law- makers to introduce shell bills that will be used later in the year for budget provi- sions and other matters. Senate President Pro Tem Darrell Steinberg, D-Sacra- mento, defended the practice of developing some budget bills at the last minute. He said lawmakers sometimes need to take quick action to prevent interest groups from mobilizing to defeat legisla- tion they oppose. Democrats also say Republicans are still angry about the passage of Proposi- tion 25 in 2010, which large- ly made them irrelevant to the budget process by reduc- ing the legislative vote requirement for budgets from two-thirds to a simple majority. ''I think they're scram- bling for more leverage,'' Assembly Budget Commit- tee Chairman Bob Blumen- field, D-Sherman Oaks, said of the attempt to prohibit last-minute bills. A few other states have passed constitutionally-man- dated reading periods for all bills, according to the National Conference of State Legislatures. In Hawaii, the Legislature must make bills available in their final form consignment, and when word came Friday night that Kinkade had died, its owner called and asked for the selling price to be raised to $150,000, gal- lerist Nathan Ross said Monday. The painting sold hours later. It wasn't the only one. Barraged with orders from customers in person, on the phone and online, Ross has called in as much extra help as he can find. He said on a typical day he'll sell one to five Kinkade pieces through the gallery's web- site. says he's received about 300 online orders. In the last 48 hours, he for at least 48 hours before voting. Michigan prohibits lawmakers from voting on bills that have not been pub- lic for at least five days. And in Florida, lawmakers must give the public 72 hours to consider all general appro- priation bills. Senate Budget Commit- tee Chairman Mark Leno, D- San Francisco, said he sup- ports the concept of requiring more time for lawmakers to consider bills, saying it would allow for more thoughtful consideration of last-minute amendments. He declined to comment on Jef- fries' bill. government groups have long called for these kinds of transparency measures. Like Jeffries, they argue that bills that cannot withstand a day of debate should not be made law. Policy experts and good ifornia Forward has gathered more than half the signatures it needs to place a 72-hour reading period for bills on the November ballot, said the group's executive director, Jim Mayer. He said lawmak- ers are unlikely to pass such a measure on their own. The bipartisan group Cal- it's good policy, but it would make their lives harder,'' he said. ''Many of them know that Over 50 years of serving Tehama County Located in Chico, CA Independently owned Telephone: (530) 824-3792