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Cummings:JohnLewis Cummings, 69, of Red Bluff died Monday, April 11at Brentwood Skilled Nursing and Rehabilitation. Published Thursday, April 14, 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 other tips and programs about parenting. Mayor Clay Parker pro- claimed April as National Child Abuse and Neglect Prevention Month during the April 5 City Council meeting and the Corning City Council approved a similar proclamation at its March 22 council meeting. Child abuse and ne- glect is a serious problem affecting every segment of the community and find- ing solutions requires in- put and action from ev- eryone in the community, according to the procla- mation. In all 50 states, Puerto Rico and District of Co- lumbia it was reported that in 2014 there were 702,000 victims of child abuse or neglect and 1,580 were fatalities, according to the proclamation. "Our children are our most valuable resources and will shape the future of the county of Tehama," Robertson said of the proc- lamation. The city urges all res- idents to recognize the month by dedicating themselves to the task of improving the quality of life for all children and families. Abuse FROM PAGE 1 spirit amongst neighbor- ing ranches, Lemmons said. Students first watched videos of performances from three roughstock events — bareback riding, saddle bronc riding and bull riding. Lemmons ex- plained some of the ways animals and riders score points and then let the students guess how many points a ride was going to be scored. Both bareback and sad- dle bronc riding are de- termined equally by the animal and rider with 50 points coming from each. In bareback, riders are scored by whether or not they mark out, which means their feet are at the animals shoulder during the first jump out of the chute. If they don't mark out, the rider is disquali- fied. During the eight-second ride, the cowboy is scored on how well he can con- trol his body and keep it straight, not leaning to the side, as well as keeping his hands free. The animal is scored by things such as how high it kicks. Saddle bronc riding is similarly scored on mark- ing out and the rider's abil- ity to control the move- ment of his body. Rider's want to be in rhythm with the horse. While a bull rider does get scored on his abil- ity to control the move- ment of his body, he does not have to mark the an- imal out. A bull's score is based on how high and of- ten he kicks, but includes whether he spins to try and throw the rider off balance or just hops off, Lemmons said. The rider can get a no score if he touches the bull with his free hand. Four students were pulled out of the audience and given a different style of hat with the audience asked to name what they were. After identifying them as cowgirl, frontier- man, baseball player and a construction worker, Lem- mons said that was only looking at the outside, but what really mattered was who a person was on the inside. The assembly ended with a Jeopardy-style game in which students were asked to look at various scenarios, such as seeing a best friend start a fight, and deciding whether to go with their story, make up their own or tell the truth. After three differ- ent scenarios, they were asked to name what char- acter trait that might be. The traits identified were trustworthy, respectful, responsibility and having a good attitude. "Having a good attitude is 80 percent of what you do," Lemmons said. "It's all about what's inside that matters the most." Lemmons likened it to a campfire. A little piece of paper, symbolizing be- ing trustworthy, was not enough to keep it going. Instead, it took all of the traits together to keep the fire going. While some people might be like wa- ter, which can put the fire out, it is up to the students to decide who to surround themselves with and how to react to situations. All attendees were given a free rodeo ticket as well as a book about rodeo and the cowboy's Code of the West. Cowboys FROM PAGE 1 the past. "I've known Jim since I moved to the North State in 2000," Goodwin said. "He's a professional and I've always appreciated his thought process to his work and his knowledge of planning issues.... He showed leadership in man- aging many of the staff that were in the planning department while he was there." Wildauer was a senior planner for a larger depart- ment and there are many similarities in the issues needing to be dealt with, Goodwin said. While there are some differences, such as the Williamson Act, Wildauer will have the lo- cal knowledge and exper- tise of Scot Timboe to as- sist him. Goodwin said he wanted to make sure it was clear to staff that Wildauer is re- tired and does not have any interest in turning the posi- tion into a permanent one. Supervisor Candy Carl- son asked whether the part-time position meant staff would fill in the rest of the time. Many of the special proj- ects in queue will be placed on hold until a perma- nent planning director is hired, Goodwin said. How- ever, the part-time position should allow the really im- portant items, such as a re- zone, to keep moving for- ward. "We made some great progress under Sean (Moore) and there was a whole list of things accom- plished," Goodwin said. "We're just putting some things on hold." Supervisor Steve Chamb- lin asked whether Wildauer would be available should the need arise for him to stay longer than the end of contract. "I'd definitely be willing to consider more time," Wildauer said. Moving forward, the board agreed to seek bids from several professional recruitment firms, which the staff report lists as be- ing about $20,000 with suf- ficient funds already bud- geted. Candidates will first go before a technical panel with a group of commu- nity members, including at least one planning commis- sioner. They will then be in- terviewed by the Board of Supervisors. Director FROM PAGE 1 portunity a few times a year. Any person who dances Zumba can partic- ipate, but there is a limited amount of space. After securing the space, Andrews wrote a grant to Rolling Hills to help pay for the fees and transportation to and from Sacramento. The deadline for signing up was in Jan- uary, but Zenny Cusick, the Zumba instructor in charge of the event, was able to work out arrange- ments for payments. "We practiced for weeks to learn the rou- tine," Andrews said. "We began practicing at the end of February, once or twice a week and then at- tended a two-hour man- datory practice at the Kings stadium on April 3 in which we were as- signed our places and practiced entering the arena, dancing and ex- iting. We actually also practiced the day of the event in the parking lot." Students FROM PAGE 1 The Associated Press The government says more flights are arriving on time, airlines are can- celingfewerflights,butpas- sengers'complaintsarestill rising. The Department of Transportation said Wednesday that 83.6 per- cent of flights on the lead- ing airlines arrived on time in February. That's up from 81.3 percent in January and 72.8 percent the previous February. Hawaiian Airlines and Alaska Airlines were most likely to be on time. South- west had the best on-time mark among the biggest four carriers, followed by Delta, United and Ameri- can. Spirit Airlines and Jet- BlueAirwayswerelatemost often, with more than 30 percent of their flights run- ning behind schedule. The federal government counts a flight as on time if it arrives within 14 minutes of schedule. The leading 12 airlines canceled1.6percentoftheir Februaryflights,downfrom 2.6 percent in January and 4.8 percent last February, the government reported. Spirit had the highest cancellation rate, 3.9 per- cent. Hawaiian, which operates mostly in fair- weather locations, can- celed only three flights all month. Complaints against U.S. airlines, however, ticked up to 1,113 from 1,039 a year earlier. That's still a tiny fraction of the more than 50 million passen- gers who flew during Feb- ruary. Many more peo- ple complain directly to the airlines without going through the government. TRAVEL Airlines boost on- time performance, cancel fewer flights The Associated Press SOLVANG First, rescuers realized the emaciated coy- ote they pulled from the bottom of an empty reser- voir in Southern California was blind from being shot between the eyes. Then, X-rays showed the near- death animal was preg- nant. After a monthlong regi- men of care, including in- travenous fluids and vita- mins, the coyote gave birth at an animal hospital to a litter of five healthy pup- pies. Julia Di Sieno of the Animal Rescue Team in Solvang found the coyote in the reservoir after a call came into her hotline Feb. 11. The coyote was bleeding and having trouble breath- ing. Di Sieno climbed down 30 feet into the stone-and- mortar reservoir and loaded the wounded animal onto a gurney. She named it Angel. Examinations revealed Angel had been shot be- tween the eyes, and the bul- let blinded her. The coyote then likely wandered the Santa Ynez Valley north of Santa Barbara for days or weeks until she tumbled into the reservoir, Di Sieno said. "What this animal en- dured is beyond compre- hension," Di Sieno told the Los Angeles Times for a story Wednesday (http://lat. ms/1Vpce3Y). "When she had puppies, I didn't know whether to cry in sadness or for joy." She plans to care for the puppies until they are ma- ture enough to be released in the surrounding moun- tains. Di Sieno hopes to keep Angel as a surrogate mother for young coyotes that her nonprofit rescues. But first she has to per- suade the state Department of Fish and Wildlife not to euthanize it. In California, possession of a coyote is il- legal unless permitted by the state. Fish and Wildlife spokes- man Andrew Hughan told the Times the agency is looking for a reasonable solution. "The department appre- ciates Julia and the res- cue team's efforts to save this coyote and other wild- life," he said. "We've worked closely with her over the years and appreciate her passion for rescuing imper- iled wildlife." Coyote found shot, starving delivers healthy pups WILDLIFE Five pups that the coyote known as Angel, recently gave birth to sleep in an enclosure at a wildlife rehabilitation center in Solvang. Julia Di Sieno, the executive director and co-founder of the wildlife rehabilitation center, "Animal Rescue Team," in Solvang feeds a baby squirrel that was brought to her center a er someone in the area found it. PHOTOS BY KATIE FALKENBERG — LOS ANGELES TIMES A female coyote known as Angel rests in an enclosure at a wildlife rehabilitation center in Solvang. DAVIDJEFFREYDEORNELLAS David Jeffrey De Ornellas ("Jeff") died suddenly on Sunday, April 10, 2016. He was 54 years old. Jeff was born in Cherry Point, North Carolina to parents Clifton De Ornellas and Susie Pickett. He worked as a bookkeeper and also developed need assessments for nursing home construction. Jeff loved music and played drums in the high school band. He also loved lis- tening to music, especially rock from the 70's and 80's. Jeff also enjoyed working on cars, collecting antiques and tinkering with electronics. He was very nostalgic and loved to tell stories and you could be sure 100% of every story was funny and true. His heroes were John Wayne and Harrison Ford and he loved watching action movies. In June, 2007 he married his high school sweetheart, Janet Ellen Marschalk. Janet brought out the best in Jeff and they were really happy together. In 2012, the couple relocated to Red Bluff, California from Springfield, Il- linois to live closer to family. He left behind his wife Janet, mother Susie Pickett and her husband Michael Pickett, father Lt. Col. Clifton DeOrnellas, retired and his wife Susan DeOrnellas, brother Jason Pickett and his wife Melissa Pickett, sister Dr. Kimberli Frantz and her husband Dr. Timothy Frantz, aunt Janet DeOrnellas and her husband Don J. DeOrnellas, aunt Alberta Kolbialka, cousins Joy DeOrnellas, Karen Kobialka-White, Bob Kobialka, Bill Kobialka, many nieces, nephews and two great- nephews. Private family services will be held graveside in Red Bluff on Friday, April 15, 2016. Obituaries Combining Quality and Low Cost is what we do. www.affordablemortuary.net•529-3655 FD1538 LocatedinChico,CA R ed Bluff Simple Cremations and Burial Service FD1931 527-1732 Now open longer hours 722 Oak Street, Red Bluff THURSDAY, APRIL 14, 2016 REDBLUFFDAILYNEWS.COM |NEWS | 7 A