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Jacquelyn graduated from Burbank High School in 1948. She married Van An- glin England in 1950 in Las Vegas, NV. She worked for Lockheed Corp. in Burbank, Ca from 1948-50, Hydraulic Research in Valencia, CA 1978-82 and Bar F Products as a seamstress. Jackie loved her ranch, gardening and spending time with her family. She was a home maker for 60 years. She was a wonderful mother, grand- mother, great-grandmother. Survivors include daughters and son-in-laws Sherry and Bill Chase, Lorry and Eddie Howard, son and daughter- in-law Van James (Jim) and Tiffany England, long time friend Homer Harris, 9 grandchildren Steve, Brad, Jeff, Kurt, Kerri, Kelli, Katie, Kyle, Carter, and 11 great- grandchildren. Preceded in death by her husband of 28 years, Van A. England, her parents Jane Anderson, Joe Myles, grandparents Carl and Ethel Lyons, and broth- er Dickie Inman. Graveside services will be held Thursday, Jan. 28, 2010 at 2:00pm at Oak Hill Cemetery. Memorials may be made to Hospice. SWANHILD (SWANNEE) BOCK Swanhild (Swannee) Bock died Thursday, January 14, 2010 at the age of 95. She was born September 26, 1914 in Wolverton, Minneso- ta to Peter and Charlotte Eide. She was the oldest of four children. She and her late husband, Everett moved to Corning in 1954 from North Dakota. Everett man- aged Corning Lumber Com- pany for 22 years. They moved to Dixon, CA in 1978. They had six children, Bry- an, Joe and Craig of Dixon; Dave of Redding; Les of Boise, ID.; Susan of San Ramon; and an AFS daugh- ter from Chile. Swannee is also survived by eleven grandchildren and eight great grandchildren. Her memorial service was on Thursday, January 21, 2010 at Dixon United Meth- odist Church. Burial will be at 11:00 am at Sunset Hill Cemetery in Corning, CA on January 29th. Contributions may be made to Dixon United Methodist Church, 209 N. Jefferson, Dixon, CA. 95620 NADINE EDNA BENNETT DRENON May 15, 1931 - January 20, 2010 Nadine passed away in Richfield after a brief illness. Nadine was born in Spo- kane, WA. on May 15, 1931. In 1933, Nadine moved to the log cabin her father built on the family homestead outside of Natchez, Wash- ington, living there for the next 5 years. After returning to Spokane, Nadine gradu- ated from Adams Grade School in Spokane, WA. The family later moved to California where Nadine at- tended Corning Union High School. From High School, Nadine in 1949 married the late Lloyd Bennett of Corn- ing and had two boys, Dan- ny Bennett, deceased, and Gary Bennett currently living in Richfield. Although Nadine worked in various local businesses, Nadine's primary focus was the care and guidance of her children, her many grand- children and great-grandchil- dren. She was foremost a mother, grandmother and a great-grandmother, who will- ingly accepted an active role in the lives of all who were in her family or beyond. All will lovingly agree, it was a job well done by Nadine. Nadine and her current hus- band, George (Jack) Drenon were married on September 13, 2001. Jack and Nadine were very active in local mu- sical jam sessions and up until her stroke several years ago, were active dancers and travel compan- ions. Nadine is survived by her loving husband Jack Dre- non, son and daughter-in- law, Gary and Dana Bennett of Richfield, brother, Donald Keehn and wife Brenda of Healdsburg, CA, grandchil- dren, Sarah and Adam Clinger, Michael Bennett, Brian and Dakota Vanover, Tawny Pine, great-grand- children, Austin and Matty Clinger, Nephews, Tim Keehn with wife Aida, Craig Keehn and wife Susan and niece Diane with son Mar- shal, as well and many friends and neighbors who will miss her dearly. Na- dine's death was preceded by her loving brother Ralph Keehn who died in Santa Rosa, CA in 2008. Chapel services will be held at Hall Brothers Mortuary in Corning on Friday, the 29th of January at 12:00pm. Graveside services will be held at the Corning Ceme- tery where Nadine will be laid to rest. A reception will be held at the Corning Se- nior Center immediately fol- lowing the service. Reep tried to blame the collision on another, unnamed driver who he had been drinking with, but officers found only one set of muddy foot- prints leading from the truck, the keys to the truck around Reep's neck and no patrons at the bar Reep said he was drinking at would corroborate his story. After paying bail, he was subject to drug and alcohol testing, but fled to Kansas in the summer of 2008. He was later arrest- ed on an outstanding war- rant and taken back to Cal- ifornia. Reep was put on trial and found guilty in December 2009 of causing injury while driving under the influence, causing bodily injury to more than one victim and causing great bodily injury to two of the victims, according to the release. Reep had previously been convicted of crimes in Shasta County, includ- ing battery with serious bodily injury and possess- ing illegal ammunition. —Staff Report Continued from page 1A DUI city says, 'stop what you are doing,' doesn't mean (dispensary owners) are going to give up easily.'' One possible option for dispen- saries is to seek an injunction to stop the city from enforcing its ordi- nance. The ordinance calls for spreading the 70 clinics evenly throughout the city with a community districting plan. For instance, the Wilshire area west of downtown would have six clinics — the most under the new law — while places such as free- spirited Venice, with 17 currently, would only have one. City officials would require dis- pensaries to be at least 1,000 feet from ''sensitive uses'' such as schools, parks and other gathering sites. Most clinics would have to relocate, presumably to industrial areas, a move criticized by some medical marijuana advocates who say patients will have to travel long distances to get their medicine. The number of clinics has exploded. More than 600 have opened over the past 10 months, despite a 2007 city moratorium pro- hibiting new medical marijuana dis- pensaries. The shop owners took advantage of a loophole known as a hardship exemption that allowed them to open while awaiting city approval. More than 180 clinics qualified to remain open because they were established before the ban was enacted. About 137 of those sites still operate and would be allowed to remain open if they meet other requirements in the new ordinance. City Council members have fum- bled with an ordinance for years, trying to come up with language that jibes with state law. Only four dispensaries were open in 2005, when discussions first began. The outlook for medical marijua- na in Los Angeles remains hazy. Los Angeles County District Attor- ney Steve Cooley has said he will target pot clinics that profit and sell to people who don't qualify for medical marijuana. While the ordinance says no col- lective can operate for profit, cash and in-kind contributions as well as ''reasonable compensation'' would be allowed. The new ordinance follows a recent California Supreme Court decision that struck down a law seeking to impose limits on the amount of marijuana a patient can possess. It also came months before a possible ballot measure seeking the legalization of marijuana in Cal- ifornia. Fourteen states, including Cali- fornia, permit medical marijuana. The drug, however, remains illegal under federal law. Continued from page 1A POT to improve the well-being of gay and lesbian house- holds and their children,'' Blankenhorn said. Earlier in the day, while also facing an exhaustive cross-examination by Boies, a political scientist testifying for the defense said voters' religious views and anti-gay stereotypes played a role in the ballot measure's passage in 2008. Claremont McKenna College Professor Kenneth Miller said he could not say what proportion of voters supported the ban because of bias or theological beliefs, but he acknowl- edged that at least some did. David Thompson, a lawyer for Proposition 8 sponsors, asked Miller if concerns he expressed early in his career about the initiative process being used to deny vulnerable minorities their rights applied to the gay mar- riage controversy. Miller said it did not. ''In my view, taking that decision out of the hands of the people in general is an example of the courts taking too strong a position on this issue, this fundamental issue of social policy in the country,'' Miller said. The exchange prompt- ed Judge Walker to chime in with a question: ''Are you saying it's never appropriate for the judicia- ry to intervene in the ini- tiative process?'' ''My view is it is appro- priate when an initiative, just like any other statute enacted by a legislature, violates, in this case, the federal Constitution,'' Miller answered. Continued from page 1A GAY Report: Calif. immigrant men more likely employed LOS ANGELES (AP) — A report says that Latino and Asian immigrant men in California are more likely to be employed than their U.S.-born counterparts. The study released Tuesday by the California Immigrant Policy Center showed 84 percent of Latino and Asian immigrant men of work- ing age were employed compared with 78 percent of U.S.-born Latino and Asian men. Immigrant women were less likely to be employed than their U.S.-born counterparts. The report also says 12 percent of Latino and Asian immigrants were self-employed versus 8 per- cent of non-immigrant Latinos and Asians. The report was conducted by USC's Program for Environmental and Regional Equity. It used Amer- ican Community Survey data from 2005 to 2007. The data predates the economic slowdown, which some studies say has hit immigrants hard. New storm moving into Southern California LOS ANGELES (AP) — A new Pacific storm has begun moving into Southern California, where the ground is saturated from rain that fell daily through most of last week. The National Weather Service says Tuesday's storm will drop between a quarter-inch and 1 inch of rain, depending on location. Sev- eral inches of snow is expected in the mountains above 6,000 feet. During last week's storms, more than 2,000 homes were ordered evacuated in areas of Los Angeles County along the foothills of the San Gabriel Mountains, where slopes were denuded by a huge wildfire last summer. Even though no major problems occurred, public works officials say that cleaning out flood-control debris basins above the communi- ties and repairing road damage from those storms will cost $20 million. Lake Sonoma at capacity for 1st time in 4 years SANTA ROSA (AP) — Water officials say recent storms have filled up Lake Sonoma for the first time in four years. The lake, which provides water to southern Sonoma and northern Marin counties, reached the flood stage of 245,000 acre-feet Tuesday morning. Before the storms hit, the lake was at 182,000 acre-feet. It's the first time the Sonoma County Water Agency has seen such high levels since the January 2006 storms that caused flooding along the Russian River. Lake Sonoma provides water to about 600,000 customers. Water officials say Lake Mendo- cino is also filling up and is now at 87 percent of its capacity. That lake serves residents and farms in north- ern Sonoma and southern Mendoci- no counties. Agency spokesman Brad Sher- wood says the current levels mean that it likely won't have to impose mandatory conservation orders this year. Official: No plans to ship Calif. inmates to Mexico SACRAMENTO (AP) — Cali- fornia has no plans to ship inmates to prisons in Mexico, despite an off- the-cuff remark this week from Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, a corrections official said Tuesday. Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation spokesman Gordon Hinkle said prison officials have not discussed or studied housing inmates in another country. He said they will consult with the gover- nor's office after Schwarzenegger made the comments Monday before a gathering of the Sacramento Press Club. ''We're going to look into what might be feasible, but there are no current proposals,'' Hinkle said. Schwarzenegger had said the state could save money by working with the Mexican government to build and operate prisons for some California inmates. More than 70 percent of the 19,000 illegal immigrants impris- oned in California are from Mexico. In a money-saving proposal last year, Schwarzenegger considered commuting the sentences of many illegal immigrants so they could be deported. The idea never gained enough support to make it part of the budget deal. The Republican governor also has pressed the federal government to reimburse the state for housing illegal immigrants who commit crimes in California. ''We understand the governor is looking for creative ways to address the budget issues in this state, and that's what it sounds like he was referring to in his Press Club state- ments,'' Hinkle said. SF man pleads guilty to poaching steelhead SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A San Francisco man is facing possi- ble prison time after pleading guilty to federal charges of poaching steelhead trout by blocking a stream. Prosecutors say Luke Brugnara pleaded guilty Tuesday to two counts of violating the Endangered Species Act, as well as two counts of making false statements to game wardens. In pleading guilty, the 46-year- old Brugnara admitted to blocking the stream by closing off a dam on property he owns in Gilroy. Closing the dam trapped steelhead trout returning from the ocean. Steelhead have been listed as a threatened species in the area since 1997. Prosecutors say Brugnara is fac- ing five years in prison and fines for each false statement charge, as well as six months and fines for each count of violating the Endangered Species Act. STATE BRIEFING Child trauma conference California State University, Chico Continuing Educa- tion, in partnership with Butte County Family Court Ser- vices, Superior Court of California, presents Children in Trauma 2010: What's Behind a Child's Rejection of a Par- ent? Is it Abuse, Alienation or Estrangement? The one-day professional development conference will be held Friday, March 12, on the CSU, Chico campus. Established in 1999, In Service to Families, Children and the Courts is a professional development series devel- oped in collaboration with local professionals and Butte County Family Court Services. The 8th Annual Children in Trauma Conference will provide an intensive practicum focusing on children in high-conflict relationships. The presenter will explore the reasons behind a child's rejec- tion of a parent, including abuse, alienation and estrange- ment, and how one or a combination of these may lead to rejection. The conference will feature Leslie M. Drozd, PhD, a well-known expert on family violence, abuse and alien- ation, specializing in high-conflict divorce cases. Participants may earn 7 hours of BBSE (Provider PCE 799), BRN (Provider 00656) and MCEP (Provider CAL123, pending approval). In addition to the featured speaker, exhibitors from public service agencies and other resource providers will be on hand to share a wide array of information and dis- cuss their services. Exhibitor space is available. The early registration fee is $145 per person and includes continental breakfast, lunch and materials. Group rate discounts are available. To enroll or for more information, call 898-6105 or visit http://rce.csuchico.edu/inservice.