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Goforth:GeorgeEdward Goforth, 78, of Red Bluff died Monday, Jan. 18at his home. Arrangements are under the direction of Red Bluff Simple Cremations & Burial Service. Published Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2016 in 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 creasewouldnotbefeltun- til March 2017. In the meantime, the city plans to use reserves from the previous fiscal year's general funds budget. Mayor Gary Strack took the second option, consol- idating police and fire de- partments dispatch, off the table before any dis- cussion was made. Strack said he and another coun- cil member went to other dispatch centers in nearby cities that did consolidate the fire and police dispatch centers and were told that it was not something that worked well. The audience, including many volunteer firefighters and public safety dispatch- ers, immediately cheered when Strack said this. The council voted against the option of re- ductions across all city de- partments. An 11.6 percent reduction among the de- partments would be neces- sary for the amount of sav- ings needed, Miller said. Tax FROM PAGE 1 house with shots, accord- ing to the Cohen's office. Pulizzano pled not guilty on Nov. 10, 2015 to charges of assault with a firearm, criminal threats and attempted murder. He had a pre- liminary hearing Jan. 4 that resulted in the case continuing so the court could obtain more infor- mation. Judge Todd Bottke will meet with Pulizzano and his counsel, attorney Ken Miller, at the hearing to discuss a trail date. Pulizanno remains in custody and his bail was set at $1.05 million. Hearing FROM PAGE 1 service said. "We are in an El Nino pattern that means above average rainfall, which is what we're seeing right now," Anderson said. The heavy rain flooded highways and forced driv- ers to slow down during the morning commute. A Greyhound bus flipped onto its side in San Jose, killing two people and sending at least eight oth- ers to the hospital. The cause of the crash was un- der investigation. On California's Central coast, the search contin- ued Tuesday for two college students in Santa Cruz who were swept off a rock and into the ocean by a wave the previous evening. Meanwhile, parts of the Sierra Nevada saw more than 7 inches of snow. The storm comes dur- ing a wet January that has dumped more than 5 inches of rain on San Fran- cisco — exceeding the av- erage of 4.5 inches for the month, Anderson said. The northern Sierra Nevada has received 63 inches of precipitation since Octo- ber, while the average is 50 inches over that time pe- riod, according to weather service forecaster Jim Mathews. A weekend storm caused rock slides in Northern Cal- ifornia that blocked roads and created pounding surf that destroyed a section of a seawall in a San Fran- cisco Bay Area coastal city. Wet FROM PAGE 1 By David Eggert The Associated Press LANSING, MICH. Only a year ago, Rick Snyder be- gan his second term as Michigan governor promot- ing the same achievements that had propelled him to victory in 2014: The state was at last in the midst of an economic comeback, and Detroit had emerged from bankruptcy. Now the water crisis gripping Flint threatens to overshadow nearly every- thing else Snyder has ac- complished, and the gov- ernor's annual State of the State address has become perhaps the most important speech of his career. The Republican has lit- tle choice but to devote much of Tuesday's address to the emergency, which has put Flint families at risk for lead exposure and en- gulfed his administration with criticism from across the nation. "Right now, it's every- thing," Lansing-based Re- publican consultant Tom Shields said of the Flint di- saster. "People will forget about what he did to bring Detroit out of bankruptcy and change taxes and ev- erything else" if the Flint situation is not handled correctly. The images of an impov- erished city where no one dares to drink the tap wa- ter have put Snyder on the defensive and forced him to step up his efforts to help. The governor, who has apologized for regulatory failures and for an under- whelming initial response, has rejected calls for his resignation. In recent weeks, he de- clared a state of emer- gency, pledged another round of unspecified state funding, activated the Na- tional Guard to help dis- tribute lead tests, filters and bottled water, and suc- cessfully sought federal as- sistance. But to many peo- ple, those steps took way too long. He plans to offer more ideas during his televised speech to the GOP-led Leg- islature, including more money and proposals to provide health services to kids with elevated lead levels and to prevent wa- ter shutoffs if bills go un- paid. He is also considering whether to release emails related to the crisis, which began when Flint, about an hour's drive from Detroit, switched its water source in 2014 to save money. Shields said it is not in Snyder's nature to show emotion publicly. "He doesn't want to feel your pain. He wants to cure it," Shields said. Michigan's top environ- mental regulator has re- signed over the failure to ensure that the Flint River water was properly treated to keep lead from pipes from leaching into the wa- ter. The fiasco has bruised Snyder, a former venture capitalist and computer ex- ecutive who took office in 2011 billing himself as a practical decision-maker and a "tough nerd." When he sought the state's top job, he touted his experience as a turnaround artist com- mitted to making govern- ment work better for peo- ple. He cannot run again un- der term limits and has strayed from conservative orthodoxy on some issues, such as expanding Medic- aid despite his party's stand against the health care overhaul and vetoing anti- abortion and gun-rights legislation. His top achievements in- clude overhauling taxes, signing right-to-work laws in organized labor's back- yard and enacting a road- funding package. Democrats have opposed many of Snyder's most sweeping laws, including a new emergency manager measure under which his administration has made budget decisions for strug- gling cities and school dis- tricts. They say what hap- pened in Flint is an indict- ment of the GOP's promise to run government like a business. "The state of our state is not strong when residents are being poisoned by their tap water," House Minority Leader Tim Greimel said. The U.S. Justice Depart- ment is helping theEnviron- mental Protection Agency investigate, and the state at- torney general has opened his own probe, which could focus on whether environ- mental laws were broken or if there was official mis- conduct. Snyder still has time to make it right, according to Shields. "This administration was slow to act on the informa- tion they had, not realizing exactly what had happened. That is right now one of the larger problems, and they're trying to play catch up," he said. "How this happened to begin with is frankly not important right now. It's how you move forward in getting people's lives back to normal in the city of Flint." FLINT DISASTER Michigan governor expected to devote speech to water crisis JAKE MAY — THE FLINT JOURNAL-MLIVE.COM VIA AP Maintenance technicians Mike Young, front le , and Chris Sprague deliver cases of water to residents Tuesday at River Park Apartments in Flint, Michigan. The Associated Press FORT WORTH, TEXAS At- torneys for a Texas teen- ager known for using an "affluenza" defense said Tuesday that they're in- vestigating whether the 18-year-old fled to Mexico or was taken against his will. Ethan Couch's attor- ney, Scott Brown, said af- ter a hearing in the case that whether his client "was voluntarily or in- voluntarily taken to Mex- ico is something that is still being investigated." Authorities allege that Couch and his mother fled to Mexico as Texas prosecutors investigated whether he may have vi- olated his probation in case stemming from his drunken-driving wreck that killed four people in 2013. Tuesday's juvenile court hearing was scheduled to determine whether Couch, who is being held in Mex- ico, violated his probation and if the case should be transferred to adult court. But the judge delayed the hearing shortly after it started, after Couch's at- torneys said his parents weren't properly notified. Another hearing wasn't immediately scheduled. The drunken-driving case drew widespread deri- sion after an expert called by Couch's lawyers argued he had been coddled into a sense of irresponsibility by his wealthy parents, a con- dition the expert called "af- fluenza." Couch was 16 at the time and driving at three times the legal intoxication limit for adult drivers. Investi- gators said he rammed his pickup truck into a crowd of people trying to help a stranded motorist. A juvenile court judge gave the teen 10 years' pro- bation, outraging prosecu- tors who had called for him to face detention time. Authorities appre- hended Couch and his mother, Tonya Couch, last month in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico. Tonya Couch was quickly deported and has been released on bond in Texas. The 48-year-old is charged with hinder- ing the apprehension of a felon. Ethan Couch remains in a Mexico City detention fa- cility, where he is contest- ing his deportation. 'AFFLUENZA DEFENSE' Lawyer: Teen may be in Mexico against his will By Jake Coyle The Associated Press NEW YORK Amid calls for a boycott of the Academy Awards over its all-white acting nominees and Spike Lee and Jada Pinkett Smith both announcing they would sit out this year's cer- emony, the academy's presi- dent said it was time for ma- jor changes — and soon. Academy of Motion Pic- turesArtsandSciencesPres- identCherylBooneIsaacs is- sued a statement promising more diversity, and quickly, after both Lee and Pinkett spoke out Monday. In a lengthy Instagram post, Lee said he "cannot support" the "lily white" Oscars. Noting that he was writing on Martin Luther King Jr. Day, Lee — who in November was given an honorary Oscar at the Gov- ernors Awards — said he was fed up: "Forty white actors in two years and no flava at all," he wrote. "We can't act?!" In a video message on Facebook, Pinkett Smith also said she wouldn't at- tend or watch the Oscars in February. Pinkett Smith, whose husband Will Smith wasn't nominated for his performance in the NFL head trauma drama "Con- cussion," said it was time for people of color to disre- gard the Academy Awards. "Begging for acknowl- edgement, or even asking, diminishes dignity and di- minishes power," she said. "And we are a dignified peo- ple and we are powerful." She added: "Let's let the academy do them, with all grace and love. And let's do us differently." The video had amassed 4.5 million by mid-Monday afternoon. Last year's all-white act- ingnomineesalsodrewcalls for a boycott, though not from such prominent indi- viduals as Lee and Pinkett Smith. Whether it had any impact or not, the audience for the broadcast, hosted by Neil Patrick Harris, was down 16 percent from the year prior, a six-year low. Isaacs has made a point of presenting a more inclu- sive show this year. The Feb. 28 broadcast will be hosted by Chris Rock and produced by "Django Unchained" pro- ducer Reginald Hudlin and David Hill. On Saturday, Rock, unveiling a new pro- motion for the broadcast, called the ceremony "The White BET Awards." When Oscar nominations were announced Thursday, Isaacs acknowledged she was "disappointed" that all 20 acting nominees were again white and promised to "continue the conversa- tion" on diversity. Isaacs has worked to diversify membership for the acad- emy, which a 2012 study by the Los Angeles Times found is overwhelming white and male. But on Monday, Isaacs was more explicit and promised an examination of the academy and a more intense drive to diversify. "This is a difficult but im- portant conversation, and it's time for big changes," she said in a statement re- leased Monday night. "The Academy is taking dramatic steps to alter the makeup of our membership. In the coming days and weeks we will conduct a review of our membership recruitment in order to bring about much- needed diversity in our 2016 class and beyond." Many awards handicap- pers expected nominations for Idris Elba of "Beasts of No Nation" and Benicio Del Toro for "Sicario." The N.W.A. biopic "Straight Outta Compton" also failed to earn a best picture nom- ination, despite some pre- dictions it would. Ryan Coogler's acclaimed Rocky sequel "Creed" scored a nomination only for Syl- vester Stallone. (Lee's own movie, the Chicago gang violence hip-hop musical "Chi-Raq" — celebrated by some and scorned by oth- ers — also went unnoticed.) 'LILY WHITE' Calls for boycott of Oscars grow over diversity of noms LONNIEDEANCARTER March 23, 1948 ~ January 14, 2016 Lonnie Dean Carter passed away January 14, 2016 at Mercy Medical Center. Lonnie was born March 23, 1948. He is preceded in death by his mother Imogene and fa- ther Paul Cunningham, sister-in-law Mary J. Carter. Lonnie went thru Corning Schools. He was a decorated Vietnam Veteran. Lonnie worked many years for Wheeler Logging. Lonnie is survived by his wife Cathy and brothers Gary of Horseshoe Bend, Idaho and Jerry (Mary) of Paskenta, many nieces and nephews and cousins. Services will be held at a later date. Obituaries ThePassingParadeisbroughttoyoubyMinchPropertyManagement, 760 Main Street specializing in commercial leasing and sales. 530 527-5514 THEPASSINGPARADE (FrommyISaycolumnofFebruary1972) Last week I mentioned a cop named Ralph. I didn't mean Ralph Carey who is with the Highway Patrol. No, I meant an old friend who has since gone to his reward. That would be Ralph Paul. He was a wrestler a city policeman, a truck driver for us at the meat plant and probably best remembered as the number one butcher in the Wentz Market chain of supermar- kets. The Wentz chain* has been the only major business we've gotten back since we re-opened. In the good old days, Walter Wentz had Johnny Picket running the grocery end and Chuck Dietz handling the meat departments. Then, for some reason they had a house cleaning and a new group of meat buyers from Los Angeles took over the Swift Plant in Stockton and became the Wentz chain's principle meat supplier. I felt badly about it at the time. But the new managers made money for Walter with their new marketing meth- ods. It appeared in one fell swoop that Mr. Wentz had severed ties with local producers like Minch Wholesale Meats, his profits had increased… and it was a smart move. However, things changed. Today it has been reported that the ownership of the chain has changed hands and that Swift in Stockton has sold to Allan's Packing Plant in S.F. So, maybe we will get a piec e of the action once again. If Ralph Paul had anything to say about it, I'm sure we would. Ralph exuded confidence reinforced with a ready smile and a joke. When I was a kid and he worked for my dad as a truck driver, I would often ride with him to Redding or Chico to help unload at local markets there. We both liked to eat and would raid cool boxes for wieners, liverwurst, cheese etc. Just a little here and a little there…it was a moveable feast. Ralph Paul will live in my memory for those happy days at the plant. However, his son Bill has not been so fortunate. He was se- riously injured in a traffic accident some time ago and is still recu- perating. Some of the boys are staging a benefit for him tomorrow night…and I think Bill could use some financial help. *The Wentz chain once had 15 or more stores in northern California and we were proud to be their principle supplier. They eventually sold out to the Holiday Market people who ran the chain for a number of years. Of current interest may be the fact that the first Wentz Store, #1, was located on Walnut Street in Red Bluff and when the chain sold and sold again, the building changed hands several times before recently being sold to an investor who is converting the old place to a health care facility of some sort. Robert Minch WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 20, 2016 REDBLUFFDAILYNEWS.COM |NEWS | 7 A