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Obituaries Jo Ann Rankin passed into the arms of her savior at her home in Carmichael, California on April 17, 2012, at the age of 76. She died peacefully and surrounded by loved ones after a very brief but brave battle with cancer. Jo Ann Soares was born in St. Elizabeth Hospital in Red JO ANN RANKIN Bluff on June 22, 1935 to Joseph and Verda Soares. Jo Ann grew up in Red Bluff, CA, and graduated from Red Bluff High School in 1953. There she was a longtime member of the Sacred Heart Church. In 1955, Jo Ann married Max Rankin. For years she BUCK man's abusive childhood up through his career as a leader in compassionate treatment of horses, "Buck" portrays a bigger picture of life that could apply to anyone. Even people who are not horse enthusiasts should see this film, said Tina Cornish of Chico. Cornish has worked with Brannaman for more than 20 years after she attended one of his clinics Continued from page 1A Documenting Branna- CRASH Continued from page 1A traveled with her husband throughout the west to his ro- deo competitions while raising their three boys. She and her family eventually settled in Carmichael, CA, where she was a member of St. John the Evangelist Church. Jo Ann worked for Pacific Bell for over thirty years. Dur- ing this time she discovered golf, her true passion. She was a member of the Sunset Whitney Ladies Golf Club in Rocklin, CA where she formed wonderful friendships and sunk three holes-in-one. Jo Ann dearly loved her friends and family and never going onto shoulder and into ditch. The vehicle rolled over a fence and into grass field where it came to DAY met a stranger. In five minutes she would have you laughing or eating, neither almost ever in moderation. Her generosity, love, and sense of humor were powerful forces that all who know her will never forget. She will be sorely missed. Jo Ann is survived by her husband, Max, sister, Dolores cred Heart Catholic Church on Monday, April 30 at 11:00 a.m. In lieu of flowers, the family asks that you please do- Perry of Red Bluff, sons Mark and Randy, granddaughters Holly and Krystal and a great-grandson, She is also sur- vived by her nephew Michael Silva of Fairbanks, AK, nie- ces Michele Silva Lane of Red Bluff and Melinda Silva of Sacramento, several great-nieces and great-nephews and numerous other relatives and close friends. She was pre- ceded in death by her parents and her son Jon Rankin. A memorial service will be held in Red Bluff, CA at Sa- nate to the American Cancer Society or the charity of your choice. 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, Josephine Payson day, Feb. 25, 2012, at Brentwood Skilled Nursing and Rehabilitation. She was 91. Red Bluff Simple Cremations & Burial Service is handling the arrangements. Published Saturday, April 28, 2012, in the Daily News, Red Bluff, Calif. Clements Josephine Payson Clements of Red Bluff died Fri- Willodean Thompson Willodean Thompson of Red Bluff died Thursday, April 26, 2012, at Kaiser Permanente Vallejo Medical Center in Vallejo. She was 83. Hoyt-Cole Chapel of the Flowers is handling the arrangements. Published Saturday, April 28, 2012, in the Daily News, Red Bluff, Calif. Continued from page 1A of Pioneer Day, chosen by three anonymous judges. There will be 50/50 tickets sold throughout the day and a drawing for several large prizes throughout the day. A gate fee is charged at the park entrance of $2 for 18 and older, $1 for 12-17 and younger than 12 are admitted free of charge. Overnight parking is $5 per night payable to the park committee. Minors must have a lia- bility release signed by a Saturday, April 28, 2012 – Daily News 9A when she started training colts, she said. about how to handle hors- es, but what it really did was keep me safe," Cor- nish said. "It changed my ideas Now, Cornish's two children, Noah, 16 and Ali, 17, often ride and train with Brannaman, she said. difference for both of them," she said. "They're both tremendous horse- men." "It's made an enormous this weekend. Participants pay $25 each per day to learn from Brannaman. them how to start with their colts, Cornish said. A second portion is horse- manship. First, he will show More than 35 riders signed up to participate, she said. Many will likely join in the screening Saturday night as well. Cornish is helping manage the Brannaman clinic at the fairground first clinic hosted in Red Bluff, Brannaman has been here riding in events, Cornish said. Some of those events are featured Although this is the rest on its wheels. After Guttridge was taken into custody, she kicked out the window of a patrol car she had been placed into and made several threats to the involved officers, according to the release. She was medically cleared at the in the film. Tickets for An Evening With Buck Brannaman are available at the door, at Wink Fashion Salon or at statetheatreredbluff.com. Adults are $15 and ages 17 and younger are $10. Tehama County Arts Council with $1 per ticket supporting the State The- atre for the Arts. ——— Andrea Wagner can be reached at 527-2153, extension 114 or awagner@redbluffdailyne ws.com. hospital and booked into Tehama County Jail on the charges of DUI alcohol/drugs: resulting in injury, child endangerment: possible injury or death, criminal threats: intent to terrorize and vandalism. Bail was $178,000. parent or guardian in order to participate in events. Following the parade is an afternoon of horseback events. Entry fees are charged for each event as follows — ages 7-12 $3; 13-17 $4; and 18 or older $5. The jackpot hide race, open only to adults, is $10 per team and the ribbon was flown to Mercy Medical Cen- ter in Redding for moderate to major injuries following a crash involving a big rig at 1:28 p.m. Friday on northbound Interstate 5, south of Jellys Ferry Road. Wendy Thomas was driving north on I-5 in the fast lane when SACRAMENTO (AP) — Prosecutors will not file criminal charges after investigating an alleged attack on the wife of the California's treasurer by an ex-boyfriend, the state attorney general's office said Friday. ''The Department of Justice has thoroughly reviewed the matter referred to us by the Alameda County District Attorney's office regarding the Feb. 3 incident at a Newark hotel involving Nadia Lockyer,'' Shum Preston, an attorney gener- al's office spokesman, said a big rig moved into the lane in front of her from the slow lane, said California Highway Patrol Officer Phillip Mackintosh. Thomas swerved to avoid a collision and went into the center divider where her 2007 Ford Mustang rolled over, causing major damage, he said. race is $5 per team, all ages. The Family Group category is free. family fun and a reminder of the pioneer past. Pioneer Day is a day of For more information call Mei Vance at 833- 0183. Woman badly hurt avoiding big rig on I-5 A 27-year-old Corning woman The big rig continued north- bound and it is unknown at this time whether the driver was aware of the collision, Mackin- tosh said. Anyone with information about the crash is asked to call the Red Bluff CHP office at 527-2034. — Julie Zeeb No charges to be filed in Nadia Lockyer case in an e-mail. ''After review- ing the evidence, the department has determined that it will not file charges.'' The odd and very public string of incidents began at a Newark hotel room in February, after the 40-year- old Lockyer claimed she was assaulted by her ex- boyfriend, Steve Chikhani. Lockyer, the wife of She resigned from the board earlier this month, saying she wanted to focus on raising her 8-year-old son, Diego. Chikhani's attorney, Adrienne Dell, applauded the attorney general's deci- sion. ''We're grateful that the state Treasurer Bill Locky- er, has said she met and began an affair with Chikhani at a rehab facility in 2010, within a few weeks of her election to the Alameda County Board of Supervisors. ment on the photographs. More recently, Lockyer sent an email to a newspa- per reporter accusing her husband, the state's former attorney general, of supply- ing her with drugs. Bill Lockyer denied those charges. attorney general's office investigated and came to the right decision,'' she said. After Lockyer claimed Chikhani attacked her, the San Jose Mercury News published photographs of bruises on her forehead and neck. Dell would not com- can't bear this any longer. Goodbye to everyone.'' That prompted the paper to notify police. The email also said: ''I Proceeds benefit the spokesman could not immediately comment on the decision, and Nadia Lockyer could not be reached for comment. Bill Lockyer's Holstein with mad cow disease was lame, lying down FRESNO (AP) — The California dairy cow found to have mad cow disease was very old for a milk pro- ducer and had been eutha- nized after it became lame and started lying down, federal officials revealed in their latest update on the discovery. cow, only the fourth with the sickness ever discov- ered in the United States, was found as part of an Agriculture Department program that tests about 40,000 cows a year for the fatal brain disease. It was unable to stand before it was killed and sent to a ren- dering plant's Hanford, Calif. transfer station. It was one of dozens that underwent random testing at the transfer site, and the positive results have set off a federal investigation into the source of the disease. U.S. health officials say there is no risk to the food supply. The California cow was never destined for the meat market, and it devel- oped ''atypical'' BSE from a random mutation, some- thing that scientists know happens occasionally. Somehow, a protein the The 10-year-old dairy Albertson Training Center Special offer this week only $50 class 530-527-4997 - KIDS SPECIAL - Babysitting Classes Saturday, April 28th Ages: 8 to 12 welcome Call to register 80 Gurnsey Ave. - Red Bluff, CA 96080 (Behind Guy Rents) margescpr@juno.com body normally harbors folds into an abnormal shape called a prion, setting off a chain reaction of mis- folds that eventually kills brain cells. A USDA spokesman says they do not yet know what causes this strain of the disease. Agriculture officials are investigating, among other things, whether feed sources might have played a role in the animal contracting the fatal illness. The strain of bovine spongiform encephalopa- thy that appeared in the UK in the 1990s and set off a worldwide beef scare was a form caused by cattle eat- ing rendered protein sup- plements derived from slaughtered cattle, includ- ing brains and spinal columns, where the disease is harbored. Scientists know less about the ''atyp- ical'' strain. It ''may or may not be related to feed or forage type,'' said Larry Hawkins, spokesman for the USDA's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service in Cali- fornia. The dairy in question is one of 381 in Tulare Coun- James W. Tysinger, Jr. M.D. Eye Physician & Surgeon Fellow American Academy of Ophthalmology We accept Medical, Medicare & most Insurances Office Hours: Tues-Wed-Thurs 8am-4:30pm Mon & Fri 1pm-4:30pm For Emergencies, After Hours, Week-ends, Call 530-567-5001 345 Hickory St. Red Bluff Tel: (530) 529-4733 Fax: (530) 529-1114 ty, the No. 1 dairy county in the nation. Most mega- dairies have computerized records which would allow investigators to easily track any offspring the cow had in order to keep up her milk production. However, spokesman Matt Herrick said investigators are labor- ing through paper records. That fact, combined with the fact that the cow was more than twice as old as most milk cows in the sys- tem, could indicate one of the region's smaller dairies is the target of the probe. The World Organization for Animal Health has established protocol for investigations into cases of bovine spongiform encephalopathy that includes finding other cows that the Holstein in ques- tion was raised with, track- ing down all progeny and determining what she ate. After the UK crisis, fed- USDA eral regulations changed to keep brains and spinal columns in cattle over 30- months from being ren- dered into protein products for human consumption. In addition, bovine protein is not supposed to be fed to other bovines. However, bovine pro- tein is routinely fed to egg- laying chickens, and the ''litter'' from those chick- ens — chicken excrement and the feed that spills onto the floor — is collected and rendered back into cattle feed. Neurodegenerative researchers such as UC San Francisco's Dr. Stanley Prusiner, who received the 1997 Nobel Prize in Medi- cine for discovering prions — the protein associated with BSE — has warned that the US should ban poultry waste in cattle feed. Most dairy cows typi- cally experience declining milk production by age 5 and are sent to slaughter- houses to be ground into hamburger. The FDA tests 40,000 of the nation's 35 million slaughtered dairy and beef cattle annually for BSE, targeting ani- mals older than 30 months, when the disease is more likely to appear. However, there are cases of BSE that have been detected in cattle as young as 20 months. ''We are testing .12 per- cent of the cattle slaugh- tered,'' said Michael Hansen, senior scientist at the Consumers Union and a longtime critic of the US policy regarding mad cow disease. ''In Japan they test all cattle over 20 months, in Europe it's all cattle over 24 or 30 months, depend- ing on the country. They've been able to find sick ani- mals that look healthy but could have ended up in the food supply.'' A move by a Kansas beef packer in 2006 to vol- untarily test all of its beef so it could label the pack- ages ''BSE free,'' was thwarted by the USDA, which argued that it would create instability in the market. Creekstone Farms Premium Beef had chal- lenged the USDA's posi- tion that it held legal authority to control access to the test kits. USDA didn't elaborate on the cow's symptoms other than to say it was ''humanely euthanized after it developed lameness and became recumbent.'' Outward symptoms of the disease can include unsteadiness and incoordi- nation. 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