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Kloose-McKray:Anna Louellen Kloose-McKray, 93, of Redding died Sunday, May 8in Redding. Arrangements are under the direction of Lawncrest Chapel. Published Wednesday, May 18, 2016 in 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 RED BLUFF The Tehama County Department of Ed- ucation is scheduled to hold a public hearing about the Local Control Accountabil- ity Plan and the coming year's budget at 4 p.m. to- day. The meeting is set to be hosted at the department, 1135 Lincoln St. in Red Bluff and is open to all. For more information, call 528-7323. SCHOOLS Department of education to hold hearing today The balloons, released about 1 p.m., had messages written on them by partic- ipants that stated things that they wanted to get rid of and what they wanted to replace them with and were meant to be a part of a healing process. Statisti- cally, one in four people is affected by mental health issues, Keith said. "This is the first time I've attended the event and it's great," said Tehama To- gether President Noel Book- out. "I'd like to see more agencies represented, but the people that have shown up have really appreciated it." Prior to the public event, Tehama County Mental Health had taken brave bags, which are bags full of mental health wellness tool kits, to students at SERRF after school sites, includ- ing Jackson Heights, West Street, Rancho Tehama and Gerber schools. Presenters then used the movie Lion King as a tool to open a discussion on how students can handle issues and feel better when they become mad, sad or angry, Keith said. For those who missed the extravaganza, there is another event, the Hope Forum, planned for 5-8:30 p.m. Tuesday, May 24, at the State Theatre, 333 Oak St. It will include informa- tional booths and anxiety and depression screenings along with the showing of Family Journey, a documen- tary that talks with families affected by suicide or peo- ple who have attempted sui- cide. This will be followed by a discussion forum with a five-member panel and a question and answer pe- riod. "It's an opportunity for the community to ask ques- tions," Keith said. "Mental Health is such a big deal." Tehama County Mental Health is working toward putting together a speak- ers bureau, similar to one called brave faces held in Shasta County, as an op- portunity for individuals to share their story of lived ex- periences and recovery. The event will be sometime in June. For more information on any of the Tehama County Mental Health Awareness Month events contact Keith at 527-8491, ext. 3713 or write to kelly.keith@tchsa. net. Mental FROM PAGE 1 Just south of the CHP Cottonwood inspection fa- cility Ayaz attempted to pass a vehicle that was in the left lane. Ayaz drove in the center going upwards of 120 mph and hit the side of the vehicle. Stephen Chisholm, 65, of Fairfield had minor left side damage to his 2003 Toyota sedan. Chisholm was not re- ported to be injured from the incident. According to the Te- hama County Sheriff's Of- fice, which assisted in the pursuit, Ayaz was reaching speeds up to 130 mph at one point in the pursuit. Ayaz stopped at the inter- section of Balls Ferry Road near Anderson and was then taken into custody. Ayaz was arrested on fel- ony charges of evading an police officer with disregard for safety, having three prior convictions in the last 10 years, assault with a deadly weaponotherthanafirearm to cause great bodily injury and driving under the influ- ence with prior convictions. Bail was set at $95,000. Pursuit FROM PAGE 1 Nichols said he had a heart attack and had flat- lined before he was brought back by doctors. "She would lecture me about the smoking and not taking care of myself," Nich- ols added. Northam asked Nichols if he thought there were other suspects in the case. "I suspected anybody and everybody," Nichols said. "I had just lost my 14-year-old daughter. I was running on pure emotion." Officer Matt Coker took the stand as the second wit- ness for the defense. Coker was called into the Red Bluff Police Depart- ment March 2 when Bealer was interviewed by police. Northam has previously said Bealer was "high" from some type of narcotic dur- ing that interview. Coker told the jury he was trained in a drug detec- tion method in which a se- ries of tests are performed on the person suspected to be under the influence of some type of drug. According to Coker, the results of some of the tests he performed on Bealer in- dicated he was, in fact, un- der the influence. He was arrested for being under the influence of some sort of stimulant. Coker said Bealer had told him he had taken heroin and methamphet- amines March 1. Bealer arrived at the po- lice department around 5:30 a.m. and met with Coker sometime after 10:48 a.m. Northam asked Coker if there was some sort of sig- nificance that Bealer was still under the influence af- ter being in the presence of police for more than 7 hours. "I'm not sure I can an- swer that," Coker said. "I am not a medical doctor. All I can tell you is that he was impaired when I talked to him." Both Nichols and Coker were called as defense wit- nesses, even though the prosecution still had wit- nesses to call due to a scheduling conflict. Judge Delbert Oros pre- sented a stipulation in the case, explaining to the jury this meant that both the prosecution and defense agreed on what the testi- mony of a witness would be without the witness ac- tually testifying. The testimony was that of Bealer's mother, Debra Bealer. According to the stipula- tion, Quentin lived with his parents on Central Avenue in Gerber. "His father drove him to the court house in Red Bluff before 1:30 p.m. Feb. 25," Oros said, reading her testimony. According to the stipu- lation, Debra picked Quen- tin up on March 1 in Red Bluff and never again saw the red shorts he was wear- ing when his father brought him to Red Bluff on March 1. The prosecution called Sgt. Scott Curtis once again. Curtis had previously testi- fied during the trial. During Curtis' testimony, the jury was shown a video of the March 2 interview he had with Bealer at the Red Bluff Police Department. Curtis also confirmed he searched Bealer's room at his parent's house in Ger- ber and did not find the red shorts. According to Curtis, they have yet to be found. During the March 2 in- terview Bealer agreed to give a DNA sample. Bealer said he was par- tying with a friend and had court the next day so he stayed in town. He ex- plained that he walked through the creek area to the Circle K but said he didn't see anyone on the way. During the interview Bealer was asked if he had seen Marysa. "I never saw that girl," he said. "I never met her. I didn't touch her." Bealer told police that he was coming down from nar- cotics he took the day be- fore the interview. Two investigators also testified Monday. Investigator Brett McAl- lister was asked about his responsibilities on the day Nichols' body was found. "I worked on the collec- tion of evidence," McAllis- ter said. McAllister was responsi- ble for taking evidence from the area the body was found to the Red Bluff Police De- partment. He was also pres- ent March 2, 2013 during Nichols' autopsy. Daly asked McAllister to detail what he saw during the autopsy. McAllister said he was there when the yellow tank top was removed from around Nichols' neck. Daly asked McAllister about a spiral notebook found about 50 yards from the body. She specifically asked if it could have been dropped there on the way to the Juvenille Justice Cen- ter, where Bealer was seen walking on surveillance video. McAllister suggested that it could have been, but Northam noted that the person who dropped it there would have had to turn around and where it was dropped was not on the direct path to the JJC. Northam said he will call McAllister as a witness for the defense at a later time. Chief Investigator Eric Clay of the Tehama County District Attorney's office was called to the stand Monday. Clay said he interviewed Bealer March 2, 2013. He was asked several questions regarding that interview. When Northam asked Clay if Bealer was under the influence during that inter- view he said he remembers him grinding his teeth, but his purpose during the in- terview was not to find out if Bealer was on drugs. Daly asked Clay if he re- membered Bealer telling him he was "high." "He may have said he was coming down," Clay told the jury. "What I saw would be consistent with that." Northam asked Clay if a person could be trusted when under the influence of narcotics. "It depends on the per- son," Clay said. "I've found out later that some people were truthful and some were not." Bealer's trial will con- tinue Wednesday in Depart- ment 27. Bealer FROM PAGE 1 CONTRIBUTED PHOTO Green balloons that are biodegradable were released Friday a ernoon at the Mental Health Extravaganza at River Park, which kicked off celebrations of Tehama County Mental Health Awareness Month. MICHAELA.HOGAN March 3, 1941 ~ May 5, 2016 MICHAEL A. HOGAN, 75 passed away at home on May 5, 2016. Mike was born March 3, 1941 at Red Bluff, CA, the son of Charles and Mary Hogan. He attended Red Bluff schools and worked at a local grocery store until taking a job for Wonder Bread and moving to Oroville, CA. He remained there and was known as the "Twinkie Man" as he ran his cake route over 39 years for Wonder Bread. Mike enjoyed many in- terests over the years; photography, stamp collecting, cars, gold panning, a love of local history, and travel. In retirement Mike spent many hours on his Apple computer and active in computer club. Survivors include; his moth- er Mary Hogan, 94 of Golden, CO, wife Sunny and daughter Betsy of Oroville, CA, and son Jeff of Oakley. CA, and grandchildren Erica, Garrett and Paisley, his brother Edward Hogan of Red Bluff, sisters Patricia Free- man of Antelope, CA, Kalhleen Solomon of Golden, CO, and many nieces and nephews. The family thanks Dr. Sam Mazj of Paradise, who Mike met as a patient at Stan- ford Cancer Center, and the Hospice staff who gave com- fort in final days. A celebration of Life occasion was held for Mike in Oroville. Memorial donations may be made to Paradise Hospice, 1289 Bille Road, Paradise, CA 95969- 9978. Tony Nanfito April 5, 1924 – May 8, 2016 Tony passed peacefully from this life the afternoon of May 8, 2016 after a gradual decline in health. His chil- dren were with him and had been taking care of him dur- ing these past few years. Tony was born in Omaha, Nebraska on April 5, 1924 and lived to the ripe old age of 92. At the age of 17, just weeks after the attack on Pearl Harbor he joined the Unit- ed States Navy where served from December 1941 to De- cember 1945. Like many World War II veterans he was quiet about his war time service. However, he was very proud to have served aboard the USS Enterprise CV-6 and the USS Hector AR-7. After the war he found himself in Long Beach, CA where he met his wife of more than six decades, Marjorie. They traveled throughout many states before settling in San Jose around 1956. They moved to Gerber, CA in 1976 where they bought and 18 acre farm, later moving to Red Bluff in 2006 to enjoy a more relaxed lifestyle. He was a talented tradesman and took up a trade in the Sheet Metal Industry before retiring to Tehama County. He was a talented craftsman who was able to build, con- struct and repair most anything. Growing up in the Great Depression, and his wartime service, taught him many of life's valuable lessons. He firmly believed that a person should adopt a philosophy where one never says," I can- 't", Never Quits and adopts the motto "where there's a will there is a way". Tony is preceded in death by his son Tony Nanfito Jr. and his wife Marjorie Nanfito. He is survived by his daughter Carmella St. Martin, Mike Nanfito and his wife Dawn, of Tacoma WA, Ross Nanfito of Red Bluff CA, his son Paul Nanfito and his wife Connie of Red Bluff CA and his grandchildren, Alyssa Jason, Justin, Anthony, Lexi, Ni- na and Brandon. Services are being held Monday May 23, 2016 at the Northern California Veterans Cemetery 11800 Gas Point Road Igo, CA. JOHN HENRY VANORNUM, JR. April 15, 1936 ~ May 15, 2016 John Henry VanOrnum, Jr. was born April 15, 1936 and peacefully passed away at home on May 15, 2016. John married Patricia Detrick in 1954 and for the next 40 years they grew their lives surrounded by loving family members and friends until her death in 1994. John married long-time family friend, Diane Domenickine, in 2000 and they continued their lives to- gether until his death. He and Diane often traveled to their cabin in Idaho where they would take long walks and visit with their friends in that area. John was proud of his 30+ years at Diamond/Tenneco where he met and kept many friendships while serving the employees' union, organizing company picnics, and actively playing on the softball team. A seasoned hunter and fisherman, John's annual hunting trek to Idaho with friends for 20+ years gave him so many memorable adventures he loved to share. Later a new-found passion of golf gave him more new friends and many more stories. Most important to him was his love of family. A favorite past-time was annual trips to Dad's Camp with his girls and often their friends. One of 9 children, this made for very large, festive gath- erings that he looked forward to over the years. John is survived by his wife, Diane, daughters Becky (Ron), Cristi, Cindi (Tim), and Kelli (Steve), and step-children Larry (David) and Lori (Brian). Sisters Darlene, Irene (Wayne), Sally (Calvin), Lynda (Junior) and brothers Jim (Ella), Dan, and Leroy (Pam), and 9 grandchildren, 10 great-grandchildren, 2 step-grandchildren, and 1 step- great-grandchild. He is preceded in death by his parents, John and Stella, sister Mary, son-in-law Steve, and wife Patricia. The family wishes to thank the staff at Brookdale and to Tom from Hospice and his helpful, kind-hearted home care staff for the recent support given to our husband and father, and to us. Please join us for a celebration of his life on Saturday, May 21st, from 2:00 - 5:00 at the Red Bluff Elk Lodge. Obituaries Toplaceanobituary in the Red Bluff Daily News please call (530) 737-5046 ThePassingParadeisbroughttoyoubyMinchPropertyManagement, 760 Main Street specializing in commercial leasing and sales. 530 527-5514 THEPASSINGPARADE (FrommyISayofFebruary1966) (Note: The late George Froome was a big man. Even in Lincoln Street Elementary he was big. He towered over his classmates of which I was one. I've reprinted this sketch of George several times over the years, but it bears repeating for those who did not have the privilege of meeting the big gregarious fellow as a teacher at Bidwell, a sports announcer for KBLF, or a mainstay around the Red Bluff Roundup headquarters on Antelope. I believe his definitive book on the Roundup is still available for purchase.) The Daily News carried a photo of sportscaster George Froome awhile back. I've known George almost as long as I've known members of my own family. We Iived at 635 Rio and George, his mother, father, brothers and sister lived in a grand two story house at 917 Washington St. The house is still there today. It has a front door that allowed the owner to open the top half when confronting visitors. It was called a Dutch door… and the Froome's, as I recall, were of Dutch extraction. George and I wrestled around from kindergarten on until he started growing at an alarming rate. By the2nd or3rd grade, the only way to subdue him on the playground at noon recess was by combined force. At recess, the boys would meet at the big Oak tree on the north playground. We would form a large circle around Geo rge. Then, after a few feints and jabs, Norman Fisher, the shortest kid in class at the time, would leap on George's back and rest of us would climb on until our combined weight sent him, like a giant redwood, crashing to the ground. Once he was down, there was nothing left to be gained, so we all got up and played a more conventional game. However, perhaps we should have stayed with the "circling the giant" game, for some time later, in the 3rd grade, George lost an eye. As I remember it, we were playing softball. George was at bat and I was catching. But one time, as I was throwing the ball back to the pitcher, George turned to look back at me and the ball hit him right in the eye. Although it did not seem to have done any serious damage at the time, his eye remained swollen and inflamed until an examination revealed a tumor behind the eye…and his eye had to be removed. However, it never seemed to have slowed George down. Like Jack Winter, who lost a hand while in school, they both carried on and won over adversity. Jack was a star basketball player and George was an outstanding footballplayer…and I wasn'tworth a damn at either sport. *George and I remained good friends over the years. At a 50th class reunion, George and I shared master of ceremonies duties, and sitting in audience was Norman Fisher nodding in approval as we related our fun and games of yesteryear. WEDNESDAY, MAY 18, 2016 REDBLUFFDAILYNEWS.COM |NEWS | 7 A