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Obituaries Joseph R. Longo, Sr. of Los Molinos who was born on August 20, 1928 in San Francisco passed away peacefully at home surrounded by family on May 12, 2012. He is survived by Thelma, his wife of 62 years; son Joseph R. Longo, Jr., "Rick" (Kathy), grandchildren Laura Asher (Ryan), Julie Longo, and Mike Longo of Brooklyn, MI; daughter Susan Brower (David), grandchildren Matthew and Eric Brower of Red Bluff, CA; son Robert Longo "Bud" (Helen), grandchildren Scott, Gregory and Brian Longo of Concord, CA; son Vincent Longo (Cathy), grand- children Anthony and Nicholas Longo of Brookings, OR. He was predeceased by his father, mother, and two sis- JOSEPH R. LONGO, SR. ters. Joe grew up in Rodeo, California. He was a veteran of WWII and Korea. He worked for Tehama County Asses- sor's Office for 7 years, and then worked for Cal Trans Construction for 33 years until his retirement. He was a member of SIRS, an avid golfer, and a lifelong fan of the SF Giants and 49ers. He enjoyed traveling across country to visit his kids and grandkids and support their various sports and other interests. At the deceased request, no services will be held. He will be intered at the Northern California Veterans Cemetary in Igo, CA. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made in Joe's name to St. Elizabeth Hospice, 1425 Vista Way, Red Bluff, CA 96080 (http://www.supportmercynorth.org/index.htm) To view and sign guestbook visit: Hoyt-Cole Chapel of the Flowers.net www. 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, Richard R. Fahning Richard R. Fahning died Tuesday, May 15 at his Corning residence. He was 83. Bluff, Calif. Published May 16, 2012 in the Daily News, Red Continued from page 1A the tax is fair given that California's economy is nearly $2 trillion and the measure would mostly impact the wealthy. When he released his $91 billion revised spending plan Monday, he did so with a plea, asking voters to ''please increase taxes temporarily.'' Under Brown's tax plan, California would temporarily raise the state's sales tax by a quar- ter-cent to 7.5 percent for four years and increase the income tax for seven years on individuals who make more than $250,000 and joint filers who make more than $500,000. Brown revised the amount his tax initiative will raise from $9 billion to roughly $8.5 billion through mid-2013. Of that, $5.6 billion will ben- efit the general fund. An earlier review by the nonpartisan analyst's office estimated lower rev- enues of $6.8 billion. Supporters of the ''Schools and Local Pub- lic Safety Protection Act of 2012'' say the addition- al revenue would help maintain current funding levels for public schools and colleges and pay for programs that benefit seniors and low-income families. local governments with a constitutional guarantee of funding to comply with a new state law that shifts lower-level offenders from state prisons to county jails. It also would provide Anti-tax groups and Republicans say voters are in no mood for taxes and note that the last seven tax increase proposals have been turned down. That includes a temporary sales and vehicle tax extension in May 2009 by a margin of nearly two-thirds. ''The voters aren't buy- ing Jerry Brown's tax pro- posal, because they under- stand that increasing the already-high state tax bur- den is not the answer to our problems — problems that are created by Sacra- mento,'' said Jon Coupal, president of the Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Associa- tion. The Public Policy Insti- tute of California found in April that 65 percent of likely California voters support taxing the rich, but a 52 percent oppose raising the state sales and 57 percent oppose raising personal income taxes. the government and assume that the state could maintain public services by cutting wasteful spend- ing, said Bruce Cain, a political science professor at University of Califor- nia, Berkeley. Voters tend to mistrust a very drastic budget bring home to people the need for additional revenue?'' Cain said. ''The question is: Does on Tuesday participated in a rally at the Capitol protesting the governor's proposed cuts to health care and welfare pro- grams, which they said would disproportionately impact the state's most vulnerable residents. it's the same elderly, it's the same disabled,'' said Assemblyman Warren Furutani, D-Lakewood. ''They're being cut over and over.'' ''It's the same families, Facebook IPO could mean up to $2.1B for Calif. offering this week is projected to generate between $1.6 bil- lion and $2.1 billion through mid-2013 for California's bud- get as shareholders cash in their shares. The nonpartisan Legislative Analyst's Office on Tuesday increased the state's revenue projection after the online social network raised the upper range of its initial stock price from $35 per share to $38. The higher state revenue projection assumes voter SACRAMENTO (AP) — Facebook's public stock Democratic lawmakers SPECIAL Continued from page 1A and his teacher Sherry Drake. Grand Marshals of the parade were Tiffiny Langley, Carlene Roach and Kathy Tiss. JC Dun- ham of Evergreen led the athlete's pledge. "It's quite an honor for him," said Teresa DeGraw, Andrew's mother. "He gets excited about the Spe- cial Olympics. He's been participating since he was at Evergreen. He loves the races." Wednesday, May 16, 2012 – Daily News 7A cousins, all of whom have autism, get to participate together. well organized this year and filled with community volunteers that represent the truly passionate mem- bers of Tehama County," said Assistant Superinten- dent of Special Schools and Programs Heidi Schueller. "We also had amazing weather, espe- cially with the daunting skies last night, but we woke up to a beautiful, perfect day for Special Olympics." "The event has been Aidan Recendiz, a first- grader at West Street School in Corning, was a first-time participant and loved it, his mother Dulce Recendiz said. He and his HONOR Continued from page 1A recognition of his death as a line-of- duty death. Sheriff's Office in Virginia City, Nev., will be present in dress uniform to light a candle in honor of his father. His son, from the Storey County fito will pay tribute to Mobilio and Tehama County Sheriff Dave Hen- cratt will pay tribute to Search and Rescue Capt. Greg Gormley. Gormley, who died in December after a long battle with cancer, was search and rescue captain for more than 30 years right up until his death. His son Gavin Gormley is now the captain. The annual event, which cele- brates its 18th anniversary, will honor LAYOFFS Arrangements are under the direction of Hoyt-Cole Chapel of the Flowers. BROWN Continued from page 1A ing center. "These children will be lost in the system without the learning center," Shep- herd said. "It's been proven at Bidwell that it's working. I don't see the justification of closing something successful so why are you deleting it? You can justify it any way you want, but only time will see how it affects things." Library Technician Catherine Hirsch said the elimination of the posi- tions, especially those relating to the library, will lead to further problems with students, many of whom are having behavior issues because of their frustration caused by poor reading skills. "This makes me Red Bluff Police Chief Paul Nan- Tehama County since at least 1974, but it wasn't until about 1995 that it was revamped to include school age children, Track The event has been in and Field Coordinator Jody Johnson said. The event was originally for adults and high schoolers. The program has not changed much in recent years except this year peers weren't just seniors and athletes and participants get a memorabilia passport given previously just to athletes, Johnson said. Red Bluff High peers, 50 from Glenn County and another 20 from Ever- green, she said. Those stu- dents did everything from escort peers to events to helping with the Olympic Village. There were about 225 anyone who was interest- ed in helping and had them fill out an applica- "We opened it up to the 10 California law enforcement officers who died in the line of duty in 2011. "It used to be held at the court- house steps and it was just Judge Murray reading the names," Sheriff's Lt. Dave Greer said. "What really brought this home was Dave Mobilio's death. We in the law enforcement community want to ensure that Officer Mobilio's extreme sacrifice and service to his communi- ty are not forgotten." After Mobilio was killed while on duty on Nov. 19, 2002, Senior Chap- lain Ron Fortenberry started a memo- rial ceremony, Greer said. The 2012 event includes an honor guard made up of Tehama County Sheriff's and Red Bluff Police Departments with the 21 gun salute and taps played on bag pipes. Red Bluff Fire will display a flag from its ladder truck. will also be no where to send them for a cooling off period." Jan Beck, a behavior management specialist at Vista Middle School, said she hears the board say 'no child left behind,' but that's not what she sees the board support. "They don't have the tools at home to deal with their frustration," Beck said. "They're begging you to listen to them and that's what I do. That's what paraprofessionals do. We help deal with frustra- tion in a healthy, produc- tive way." Another woman in the audience said the cuts have been tried before and failed. extremely frustrated," Hirsch said. "The library is there to promote literacy and enlightenment. With last year's reduced hours, they're rushed through and don't have time to enjoy it, including the reading time. This will increase the number of students who feel like a failure because they can't learn to read on grade level. There Man pleads guilty in fatal beating of 4- year-old EUREKA (AP) — A martial arts fighter accused of fatally beating his girl- friend's 4-year-old grandson has pleaded guilty to volun- tary manslaughter and felony child abuse. The Eureka Times-Stan- dard reports 27-year-old Leon Bigleggins of Arcata entered the guilty plea Mon- day as part of an agreement that will see him sentenced to 18 years and four months in state prison. Bigleggins is scheduled to be sentenced next month. He will have to serve at least 85 percent of his sentence. Attorney David Lee says his client accepted the deal to avoid a murder trial and a possible life sentence. Bigleggins was arrested a day after 4-year-old Dylan Blount-Chambers died on July 24, 2010. Testimony indicated Big- approval of Gov. Jerry Brown's tax-hike initiative in November. leggins would discipline the boy by whipping and kick- ing him. A doctor testified he found abrasions all over the boy's body. "You say these are tough decisions, but you should have made tough decisions all along," Beck said. "You regret this part, but you should have said no a long time ago. I tion to make sure we had students who truly wanted to participate with the ath- letes," Area Director Deb- bie Hess said. "This is a huge highlight for our ath- letes and they look for- ward to it every year. I bet 90 percent of them were up and ready to be here at 5 or 6 a.m. We're blessed the high school allows us the facility to do it and most everything here is all donated." handed out, Hess said. ——— Julie Zeeb can be reached at 527-2153, extension 115 or jzeeb@redbluffdailynews. com. Follow her on Twitter @DN_Zeeb. Rotary provided a hot dog lunch with about 550 lunches expected to be "This is definitely a law enforce- ment community event," Greer said. "Everyone donates their time to it, which is really cool." Lt. Todd Garr will give the welcome address and proclamations from Red Bluff, Corning, Tehama and the Board of Supervisors will be read. CHP Red Bluff Area Commander the keynote speaker and Stacy Stone will sing the National Anthem. The musical group Heartsong will per- form. Judge Jonathan Skillman will be ceremony and reception. ——— Julie Zeeb can be reached at 527-2153, extension 115 or jzeeb@redbluffdailynews.com. Follow her on Twitter @DN_Zeeb. understand this is a crisis, but why is classified the only one to carry the bur- den?" Board President Sonny Ferreira said the cuts were made to help the district remain fundamentally sound and the board mem- bers are very aware of the pain and suffering the cuts will bring. close down the learning centers," Ferreira said. "Just looking at what it's done for the schools is an awesome reward." "It breaks my heart to laid off while working at a school in Montana, Denise Derk said she feels the pain of those being let go. As someone who got want to lay anyone off," Derk said. "Don't think we don't care. We still hope to miraculously find the money over the sum- mer and be able to hire everyone back." "I honest to God don't THE PASSING PARADE We wrote of the late Jack Pine several months ago at the time of his demise. He was in his early 80's and suffering from Parkinson's disease which must have enraged this exceptionally active man when in his prime. But it wasn't until we attended a celebration of his life last weekend, that we realized in what high esteem he was held by family and friends. In addition to his wife JoAnn, their 3 sons and 2 daughters were in attendance, all giving testimony to the man. During his lifetime, I was not aware of his middle name. It was Dempsey! Jack Dempsey Pine! What a title to hang on a kid! Did he have to live up to his namesake at every turn of the road? Fortunately he grew up to be a tall strapping fellow whose physical stature alone might quell any doubts as to whether he could handle himself. Whereas he indeed was a bouncer at a watering hole in Redding when he first hit town, his later demeanor as the head of his very successful First Federal Saving and Loan company belied his earlier take- care- not- to- question- my attitude. Not that Jack, even in later life, ever backed down from a confrontation. Jim, one of his sons-in-law, told of inviting Jack and JoAnn to a highway construction completion project dinner in Oregon in which Jim had participated. During the evening, while many drinks were being served, a local citizen appointed himself spokesman for a group that did not approve of the project, and continued to belittle anyone connected to it. Jack and the jerk engaged in a discussion that wound up with the former punching out the latter. A resolve that one seldom encounters these days. It would seem to the casual observer that Jack was a man to be feared and kept at arm's length, but nothing could be further from the truth. He merely had the courage of his convictions. He was a loyal and dedicated family man who expanded the confines of his family to include others such as ours. This connection continues to this day, long after his passing and was obvious when our kids got together with his, although none being kids any longer. Despite the camaraderie, you could see his boys sizing up ours, and his girls checking out our girls and vice versa. This friendship was the result, in part, to numerous ski trips to Mt. Shasta Ski Bowl and numerous resorts all over the west which featured many contests and many laughs. What a time our families had culminating last weekend in story and anecdote. This then is how best to remember and recall the deeds and daring of those who once made such impressions on those about them. One could tally it up with the familiar "rest in peace old fellow" ending …but knowing Jack Dempsey Pine, it is doubtful he would take the advice. Robert Minch The Passing Parade is brought to you by by Minch Property Management, 760 Main Street specializing in commercial leasing and sales. 530 527 5514 Derk said she is sorry about the cuts and espe- cially ticked at the cuts to the library that she fought to bring back last year. "We encourage every- one to get out and vote," McCoy said. "If Novem- ber doesn't pass, this is just the beginning." ——— Julie Zeeb can be reached at 527-2153, extension 115 or jzeeb@redbluffdailynews. com. Follow her on Twitter @DN_Zeeb. Honoring Outstanding Tehama County Students created in cooperation with the Tehama County Department of Education. Selections of students featured will be made by schools and Teachers. "Students of Distinction" from middle and high schools across the county. This project has been supplement of photos and write-ups on 84 The Daily News will feature a special www.redbluffdailynews.com through May of 2013; The supplement will be published as a special section of the newspaper and as a digital page-turn online edition on the front page of To sponsor a student's photo and accomplishments is just $59 for 1 sponsorship and $55 each for multiples. Local businesses, professionals, educators, local citizens: All are welcome to support Tehama County's most accomplished students, and demonstrate your support of local education in the process. Thursday, May 17 Deadline: Sponsors will be identified in a 3" tall by 1 column wide space at the bottom of each student salute. This special will appear in the full run of the Daily News on Thursday, May 31, 2012 representatatives can help you decide what to say. Limited opportunity to support students from individual schools. For further information, contact your Daily News advertising representative or Nadine Souza at Daily News advertising (530) 527-2151 advertise@ redbluffdailynews.com Following the ceremony, a recep- tion, sponsored by the Sheriff's Chaplain Team, will be held. The community is invited to attend the