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Christenson:CathyChris- tenson, 50, of Cottonwood died Sunday, Feb. 21at his residence. Arrangements are under the direction of Blair's Cremation & Burial. Published Tuesday, Feb. 23, 2016in the Daily News, Red Bluff, California. Elston: Timothy Elston, 61, of Red Bluff died Thurs- day, Feb. 18at Red Bluff Health Care. Arrangements are under the direction of Blair's Cremation & Burial. Published Tuesday, Feb. 23, 2016in 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 no one was injuredin the incident. Wilson's vehicle became disabled when ran into a dirt embankment, the re- lease said. He fled the scene on foot but was later appre- hended with the help of the K-9 unit. Wilson was on parole out of Tehama County and had an active felony arrest warrant, the release said. A small amount of methamphetamine was located in Wilson's vehicle. Pursuit FROM PAGE 1 month, co-Chairwoman Jennifer Zirkle said. The next event will be the Red, White and Cork- screw spaghetti dinner and wine pull, set for at 6 p.m. Saturday, March 19. Cost will be $10 pre-sale and $12 at the door. The event will be at the Elks Lodge, 355 Gilmore Road. A wine pull is where a person buys a $20 ticket and then grabs a cork out of a pile with a number on it. That number cor- responds with a bottle of wine that the person gets to have and it can be either a $20 wine or a $200 wine, Co-Chairwoman Jennifer Guarino said. "We really want it to be a community thing and are looking to use Tehama Countywinesforthenight," Zirkle said. "There will also be a silent auction." Any local wineries inter- ested in participating and those interested in donat- ing toward the silent auc- tion can call Zirkle at (541) 778-3275 or write to Te- hamaCountyFireworks@ gmail.com. The group is accept- ing donations through the Elks Lodge, which has allowed it to come under its non-profit umbrella. Checks can be made to Red Bluff Elks Lodge #1250 with Fireworks 2016 writ- ten in the memo line and mailed to P.O. Box 417 Red Bluff, CA 96080. For the latest on the committee's efforts and upcoming events, visit the group's Facebook page at https://www.facebook. com/Tehamafireworks/. Fireworks FROM PAGE 1 fense class for girls, as well as discussions about sexual health and dating violence. The performance, which ran in Redding prior to Sat- urday's show, has already raised about $5,000 with organizers expecting the to- tal to be about $8,000 after the Red Bluff show, O'Rorke said. It costs about $1,500 to run between three and four shows. Girls Inc. has a program at Vista Preparatory Acad- emy and will be starting an- other Project Bold at Red Bluff High School in March. The organization is look- ing to expand its offerings in Tehama County, partic- ularly in the Corning area, O'Rorke said. Amanda Davidson, born and raised in Red Bluff, is a board member of Girls Inc. and an actress in Satur- day's event. This is her sev- enth year performing for the production and it's the only acting experience has, she said. "I came to the show the first year and I loved it," Da- vidson said. "I saw the au- ditions advertised the next year and I joined. It seemed like a fun, really empower- ing show. It wasn't a very Red Bluff show, but it's something that should be. It's something good for Red Bluff and I wanted to be in- volved." Davidson said she likes that the show is women- friendly and makes people think and challenges them. "It's not a topic people like to talk about, but the Vagina Monologues talks about it in a way that is approachable," Davidson said. "It's also extra special for me to be involved as a Girls Inc. of Northern Sac- ramento Valley Board Mem- ber." Director Tina Robert- son directed the show the first year the event came to Red Bluff. At the time, she worked in an office with people from Girls Inc. and Alternatives To Violence and thought it would be a fun way to support their programs. She also likes that it challenges people to think about things in a dif- ferent way. "I'm grateful to the com- munity of Red Bluff who has embraced it as much as they have," Robertson said. "It's a complicated show about a subversive topic. I'm surprised every year by the turnout. It's been amazing." Natalie Peterson of Red Bluff is in her fifth year of the show and came to acting after watching the show. Having worked for Girls Inc. for five years, it is a cause near and dear to her. "I came and watched it and auditioned the next year," Peterson said. "I like to do anything I can to raise awareness for women." The cast included David- son, Robertson, Peterson, Amy Webb, Shanese Young, Laura McHaney, Saralysette Ballard, Mishell Knoess, Ta- lia Shirer, Jessica Mann, Liz Link and Ovie Bartel. For more information on V-Day Tehama/Shasta, visit www.facebook.com/ vday. For information on Girls Inc. of the Northern Sacramento Valley call 527- 7767 or visit www.GirlsIn- cNSV.org. Actresses FROM PAGE 1 from all over, including those who come from out of state, said Elks North Dis- trict State Vice President Jim Alford said. "We'll get about 600 peo- ple in two sets," said Lodge Secretary Lee Shope. "I've been doing this for 48 years and in April it will be 49, but they were doing this be- fore I came." The crab feed, at which Alford first worked un- der Jack Bonham and then Angelo Mendonsa before Shope took over recently, has been going on for about 60 years, Alford said. "It's the biggest event of the year," Alford said. "Probably our most famous. It's the shining star for our lodge and one of the best crab feeds around. We get people from Central Cal- ifornia, the Bay Area and Oregon who come stay at our RV park and make a weekend out of it. It helps the lodge out and the local economy too." The crab is already out of its shell when served and prawns are served alongside the crab, Alford said. "We look forward to it," Alford said. "Every year, we give to charities. There are 47 different charitable organizations in Tehama County that use are facil- ities or we donate to." Proceeds from the night go to the Elks National Foundation, which then goes to various charities the club supports such as children with disabili- ties, physical therapy for those who can't afford it in rural areas such as Te- hama County and reading glasses. The lodge is assisting the Tehama County Fireworks Committee with their ef- forts to raise funds for a fireworks show by allow- ing the committee to oper- ate under the organization's nonprofit umbrella. Crab FROM PAGE 1 PHOTOS BY JULIE ZEEB — DAILY NEWS Attendees sit down to dinner Saturday at the annual Red Bluff Elks Lodge crab feed. JULIE ZEEB — DAILY NEWS Shanese Young, center, runs through "My Short Skirt" during sound check for the production of "The Vagina Monologues" presented Saturday as a benefit for Girls Inc. of the Northern Sacramento Valley and as a conversation starter about topics like violence against women Saturday at the State Theatre. A long line forms for dinner about 5:30 p.m. Saturday for the 6p.m. seating at the annual Red Bluff Elks Lodge crab feed. Some had been in line since 5p.m. By Sudhin Thanawala The Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO A fed- eral appeals court on Monday upheld Califor- nia laws approved by vot- ers that set stricter limits on parole hearings and give the governor author- ity to block parole. The statutes do not vi- olate a constitutional ban against increasing pun- ishments retroactively, a three-judge panel of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals said. At issue in the rul- ing were Proposition 9, which is also known as Marsy's Law, and Propo- sition 89. Marsy's Law — ap- proved by voters in 2008 — extended the amount of time a prisoner must wait for another parole hearing after being de- nied parole. Proposition 89 — passed by voters in 1988 — gives the governor au- thority to reverse parole decisions for inmates convicted of murder. California inmates convicted of murder be- fore the laws took effect sued, saying the changes violated the Constitu- tion by retroactively in- creasing their prison sen- tences. A federal judge in Sac- ramento, Lawrence Karl- ton, agreed with the in- mates in 2014. But the 9th Circuit said Monday that Karlton got it wrong. Monica Knox, an attor- ney for the inmates, said she would appeal the rul- ing to a larger 9th Circuit panel. "There was an entire trial where we put for- ward evidence," she said. "Judge Karlton made findings based on our ev- idence, and they're set- ting them aside." The 9th Circuit put Karlton's ruling on hold pending the appeal, ac- cording to Knox. The three-judge 9th Circuit panel said in Monday's ruling that Proposition 89 merely transfers final decision- making power over pa- role for some inmates from the Board of Parole Hearings to the governor. The court further held that lead plaintiff, in- mate Richard Gilman, had not shown he would have received parole had Proposition 89 not gone into effect. Proposition 9 al- lows the parole board to schedule a hearing as long as 15 years after an inmate's parole is de- nied. Before the passage of Proposition 9, prison- ers sentenced to life with the possibility of parole were entitled to a hear- ing each year. The 9th Circuit said prisoners still had ac- cess to a petition process to reduce the amount of time until their next pa- role hearing. Karlton's determina- tion that the process failed to provide relief from potentially longer prison terms was based on "speculation and in- ference, rather than con- crete evidence," the rul- ing states. This story has been corrected to show the name of the law is "Marsy's Law," not "Marcy's Law." 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