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With sincere apologies to the many folks I am undoubtedly for- getting to list, as well as to our current 285 State Theatre mem- bers, I would like to thank the following capital and restora- tion campaign contributors for their assistance in making the State Theatre the crown jewel of historic downtown Red Bluff. ••• M/M Mike Adair, Mary Lou Adams, Joan Allen, Gary All- wardt, Alsco, Inc., M/M Tom Amundson, M/M Mike Ampi, Carolee Anderson, Diane Angel- ich, Elliot Atkins, Eugenia At- kins, Tom Atwood, Gregg Avilla. Banner Bank, Carolyn Bar- ber, Bear Creek Construction, Bell-Carter, Bengard Ranch, Dana Bettman, M/M Gus Bet- tman, David Biggs, Beth Birk, Francis Blackwood, M/M Don Blunkall, Mike Bullert, M/M Robert Bonham, Book Barn, M/M Bill Borror, M/M Kevin Borror, M/M Louis Bosetti, M/M Todd Bottke, M/M Robert Brainerd,,M/M James Collins, M/M Larry Brown, M/M Ken Brown, M/M Ron Brown, Linda Bullock, M/M Charles Burch, Holly Burns. California Guest Services, F&J Carlson, M/M George Car- roll, Central Tehama Kiwanis, M/M Larry Champion, M/M Roy Christ, M/M Tyler Chris- tensen, M/M Ron Clark, M/M Matt Clark, Sandra Clarkson, M/M Clarence Coates, M/M James Collins, Melanie Combes, M/M Wes Combes, Comfort Inn, Rodney Corneliuson, M/M Bill Cornelius, The Copy Center, Cornerstone Bank, Rose Crain, Bob and Karen Crockett, Ger- trude Crossman. Dale's Carpet, M/M Dan Da- vidson, Amanda Davidson, Sa- mantha Davidson. M/M Wil- liam Davidson, Elaine Decker, Nelva Lea Denbo, M/M David Derk, Dignity Health, M/M Tod Dolling, M/M Travis Dolling, M/M Joe Dominick, M/M Justin Dooley, Robert Douglas Const., M/M Robert Douglas, Dudley Excavating, M/M Harry Dudley, Linda Durrer. Jim Edwards, M/M Fred Eh- rensvard, M/M W.E. Elliot, Bill Ellison, Jill Etzler, M/M Ron Et- zler, Jacqueline Ferreira, M/M Garry Fish, Ruth Flory, Jane Flynn, Foothill Ready-Mix, Cheryl Forbes, Berenice For- ward, Christy Forward, Kelly Forward, M/M Richard For- ward, Debbie Franseth, Eric Frey, Gregg Frey, Furnature De- pot, Karen Fyfe. Fran Galantine, Bill Gal- braith, Velma Galbraith, Mark Garstang, George Growney Mo- tors, Peggy Gerick, Jerry Ger- mann, Gale Gilbert, M/M Bill Goodwin, Gordon Griffin Me- morial, M/M Herman Gray, Katherine Gleason, Maureen Greer, Kate Grissom, Brandon Grissom, Carmel Growney, John Growney, M/M Mike Growney, M/M John Gumm. M/M Don Hake, Haleakala Ranch, Tom Hanks and Rita Wilson, Hampton Inn, M/M Ivan Hanson, Amanda Harter, Austin Harter, M/M Joe Har- rop, M/M Carl Havener, M/M Dave Hencratt, Ken Hill, House of Design, M/M Ben Hughes, Rob Huhn, M/M Julian Isen, M/M Robert Isola, M/M K.C. Iverson, M/M Bill Jacobs, Ellen Jaffe, Pat Jenkins, Peggy Jessop, John Wheeler Logging, Johnson Family Foundation, Una Jordan, Judson Engineering. Tony Kelly, Jolene Kemen, Denise Kenyon-Gamboa, Sha- ron Kessey, Kiwanis Club of Red Bluff, Kelsey King, Betty Kinner, M/M Richard Kirchner, Jan- ice Knight, Kathleen Kosarek, KRCR Channel 7 & Mike Man- gus, M/M Brian Lehaney, John Lalaguna, Lassen Medical Group, M/M Ken Lindauer, Lin- ton and Murline, Arla Linton, M/M Marvin Locke, Dudley Long family, M/M Chris Lou- isell, M/M Fred Lourence, M/M John Luzzadder, Madera Fram- ing, M/M Louis Mauro, Charles Martin, Ginger Mattos, Rock McClellan, Mollie McDonald, Vern McHaney, Medical Home Care Providers, Opal Menden- hall, Merry- Standish, M/M Dan Micke, Mill Creek Ranch, Ken Miller Law, John Miller, M/M Robert Minch, McCarthy and Rubright, M/M Paul Mohler, Moore and Pascarella, Stan Morgan, Jean Moran, Moule's Glass, Hayley Mortensen, M/M Richard Muench, M/M Dennis Murray, The McConnell Fund of the Shasta Regional Community Foundation.. M/M Gary Napier, Lois Neely, Marilyn Niopoth, Judith Nor- berg, North Valley Services, M/M Mel Oldham, Jennifer Ow- ens, Thelma Owens, M/M Rol- land Papendick, Mary Peach- man. M/M Bailey Peyton, Pam Koeberer Pitts, P.J. Helicop- ters, Prescott Ballroom, Physical Therapy & Wellness Center, Ven- ita Philbrick, M/M Danny Rab- alais, M/M Gary Ramsey, Ray- mond Jole, M/M Charles Ray- mond, City of Red Bluff, Red Bluff Rotary Foundation, Red Bluff Fence, Red Bluff Round- Up Assoc., Red Bluff Volun- teer Fire Dept., RBUHS Class of 1961, RBUHS Class of 1963, RBUHS Class of 1964, RBUHS Class of 1966. M/M John Read, M/M Charles Richardson, Nora Rick, Robert Minch Family, Q 97 Radio, M/M Ken Robison, Roll- ing Hills Casino, M/M Jim Ross, M/M Gene Russell, M/M George Russell. Ben Sale, Bruce Sale, M/M Doug Sale, Latane Sale, M/M Ryan Sale, Thomas Sale, Kathy Sarmiento, M/M Richard Scheuler, M/M Andre Schuetz, Mardith Schuetz-Millar, Mary B Schwab, Joanna Scott, M/M Ralph Scott, Red Bluff Sears Store, Jennifer Skinner, Eugene Serr, Gretchen Sherman, Sierra Pacific Foundation, Andy & Syl- via Skonberg, Patricia Slobod- nick, Linda Small, Janet Smith, Lizann Smith, Todd Smith, Scott Soder, M/M David Span- felner, M/M Frank Spanfel- ner, St. Elizabeth Community Hospital, JB Stacy, M/M Cur- tiss Stanley, Stephen Stapleton, Dixie Stevenson, James Stew- art, SERA Architects, Robert Stoufer, Ed Stroman, STUDIO 530. State Theatre Volunteers, State Theatre Technical Crew. M/M Gary Taylor, M/M Tom Tranbarger, Tehama Concert Series, Tehama County AB 109 program, Tedon Specialties, Te- hama Angus Ranch, Tehama County Department of Educa- tion, Tehama County Arts Coun- cil, Tehama County Association of Realtors, Tehama County His- torical Society, Tehama County Reading Council, Tehama Tire, Tehama Country Visitor Center, Tehama County Sheriff STARS program, M/M Art Tilles, Transfer Flow, Velma Trujillo, Tullis Inc., M/M Frank Turco, US Bancorp, M/M Mike Vasey, Delores VanVeghel, Dareld Vestal, M/M Joe Vine, M/M Donald Waits, Judith Walker, M/M Harlan Warwick, Mary Jane Watkins, Nancy We- ber, M/M George Wilson, M/M Allen Wing, M/M Dan Wittorf, Ruth Wittorf, Jessie Woods, Chris and Beth Wray, Tom Wul- fert, Beverly Zumalt. Thank you one and all. ••• If you would like to honor that special someone, check out the State Theatre's exciting new seat replacement sponsor- ship program at www.stateth- eatreredbluff.com or by calling 529-2787. ••• Happy 5th birthday to the cutest and smartest and best- est little red head in the en- tire world, Alix Rose Cornelius. Grandma and grandpa love you more than you will ever know. BillCorneliusisalifelong resident of Red Bluff, a retired Chief Probation Officer, a champion of the State Theatre and an exceptional athlete. He can be reached at bill. cornelius@sbcglobal.net. William Tells Thankstoallthose who give to the State Cartoonist's take With Halloween so close to the November election, we may as well bring up the obvious link between ghouls and political hacks: Dead peo- ple are voting. Reports are popping up around the coun- try about deceased people who con- tinue to vote, as recently reported by a Den- ver television station. That re- port prompted the Chicago Tri- bune's editorial board to publish a tongue-in-cheek editorial in which the editors admitted that dead people have influenced the outcome of Chicago elections for many years. That reminded me of an odd experience I had in Chicago just before election time a decade or so ago. I was in town on business for six or seven weeks and spent many spare hours tour- ing the blues joints and restau- rants that are legendary there. And then one night, after enjoy- ing a wee few adult beverages, I swear I saw dead people march- ing up and down Michigan Ave- nue, stuffing their pockets with voter registrations and absentee ballots. They looked liked extras in a George Romero flick. I vaguely recall striking up a conversation with one of them. He said he was a member of the American Association of Dead People and that if any Republi- can tried to suppress his vote, the American Civil Liberties Union would be crawling over the suppressor faster than you could say "Jesse Jackson." Then he said Herbert Hoover didn't have a chance of beating FDR. In no time, ghosts and goblins of every kind began oozing out of the city's underbelly. I passed an Internet cafe further up Michi- gan and saw a group of ghostly Internet nerds using their mas- tery over the web to spread lies about the candidate they loathed. Annoyed by their antics, I walked down to the Billy Goat Tavern, for years a favorite wa- tering hole for the city's old- school journalists. I sensed the presence of columnist Mike Royko there, and God knows we need more journalists like of him now. Royko always called it like he saw it. His purpose was to shed light on the truth, even if the truth hurt. He knew that a great country like ours had its share of corruption, but in the end it was saved time and again by the fairness, the good-heartedness and the logical reasoning of the American people — not to men- tion journalists who were in the business of speaking truth to power, rather than pushing one candidate over another. In any event, all joking aside, dead voters are registering and voting and the Chicago Tribune editorial board admits that the city has a "long and extensive history of turning out the grave- yard vote." The board shared some exam- ples. One fellow, Raymond Hicks, was a Chicago Democrat pre- cinct captain in the 27th Ward. He was legendary for his elec- tion-fraud activities. During a 1983 corruption trial, the Tribune reported that Hicks "told of visiting every ho- tel and flophouse in the West Side ward to pay for votes and lists of people who had died or moved and would not be vot- ing." Such methods were often effective. Richard Milhous Nixon knows about it all too well. In 1960, John F. Kennedy's father allegedly was very successful paying for such tactics to put Il- linois in the win column for JFK and help him take the presidency from Nixon. The Times cites a report by Earl Mazo, a reporter for the New York Herald Tribune, who was shocked to learn that dead people really did vote in the 1960 election. He found a ceme- tery in which "the names on the tombstones were registered and voted" for JFK. In any event, dead people will be voting in this year's election, which probably makes sense. If this nutty election is any indica- tion, and it is, the country is fast heading to an early grave. Tom Purcell, author of "Misadventures of a 1970s Childhood" and "Wicked Is the Whiskey," a Sean McClanahan mystery novel, both available at Amazon.com, is a Pittsburgh Tribune-Review humor columnist. Send comments to Tom@TomPurcell.com. Tom Purcell Dead people are voting Bill Cornelius Tom Purcell During the 2008 economic cri- sis, Iceland's government froze offshore accounts held by for- eign investors in that country's currency, the krona. Recently, the government of Iceland an- nounced it would unfreeze the accounts if the account holders paid a voluntary "departure tax," which could be as high as 58 per- cent. Investors who choose not to pay the departure tax would have their investment "segre- gated" into special funds that only invest in CDs issued by Ice- land's central bank. These CDs are expected to only provide a rate of return of at most 0.5 per- cent a year. So investors in off- shore accounts can thus choose between having their money di- rectly seized via the departure tax or indirectly seized via the in- flation tax. Iceland's freezing of offshore krona accounts was part of a "stabilization and recovery" pro- gram implemented under the guidance of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), which also provided Iceland with a $1 billion loan. So U.S. taxpayers not only helped the IMF bail out Iceland's government, they may have helped the IMF advise Ice- land on how best to steal prop- erty from American investors! The IMF's role in Iceland's sei- zure of the property of foreign in- vestors shows the hypocrisy of IMF officials, who recently ex- pressed concerns about the in- creasing support for protection- ism supposedly exemplified by the Brexit vote. However, freezing of assets held by foreign investors is a particularly harmful form of protectionism, while Brexit was more about rejecting the Euro- pean Union's bureaucracy than rejecting free trade. Perhaps what the IMF and its supporters are really worried about is los- ing their power to use taxpayers' money to force other countries to adopt IMF bureaucrats' favored economic policies. Iceland is not the only govern- ment to turn to a departure tax to raise revenue. Just last year, in order to raise revenue for federal transportation programs, Con- gress gave the IRS the power to revoke the passport of any Amer- ican accused of owing more than $50,000 in back taxes. As an increasingly desperate Congress looks for new ways to squeeze money out of the Amer- ican people to fund the welfare- warfare state, it is likely that more Americans will have their liberties limited because the IRS accuses them of not paying their fair share of taxes. It also is likely that the Federal Reserve will fol- low the example of its counter- part in Iceland and devalue the holdings of anyone who dares to resist the IRS's demands. Those hoping that the presi- dential election will result in real changes are bound to be disap- pointed. While Donald Trump seems to appreciate how current Fed policies help the incumbent administration while harming the people, he does not appear to understand that the problem is not with certain Fed policies, but with the Fed's very existence. While Mr. Trump does support tax cuts, he also supports increas- ing government spending on in- frastructure at home, militarism abroad, protectionism, and an economic cold war with China. Hillary Clinton has actually said it is inappropriate for can- didates to criticize the Fed. Sec- tary Clinton has also called for massive increases in government spending and taxes. Ron Paul is a former Congressman and Presidential candidate. He can be reached at the RonPaulInstitute.org. RON PAUL Iceland today, the US tomorrow? OPINION » redbluffdailynews.com Wednesday, October 19, 2016 » MORE AT FACEBOOK.COM/RBDAILYNEWS AND TWITTER.COM/REDBLUFFNEWS A4