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Obituaries RECYCLING Continued from page 1A latest statistics. Each jurisdiction must annually report the progress it achieves in implementing a recycling program including education, outreach, iden- TAX Continued from page 1A 2012 with his wife of 63 years Patricia and his daughter Susan by his side. April 7, 1919 - July 9, 2012, Herb was 93 years old. He was born in Seattle, Washington to Lawrence May- nard and Mariea Lucille Nelson. Herbert is survived by his wife of 63 years, Patricia Nel- Herbert E. Nelson, passed away on Monday, July 9, HERBERT E. NELSON lishments, but has battled for years over whether lan- guage in a 1965 ordinance included recreational vehi- cle parks and camp- grounds. son, his Brother, Robert Nelson 97 years of age (wife Caryl) of Luecadia, California, and one Sister, Elizabeth (Betty) Rueter 94 years of age (husband, John) (deceased) of Tigard, Oregon. Herb is also survived by his three children, Tom (Tere- RAPE Continued from page 1A sa) Nelson of Shingletown Ca, Jon Nelson of Oroville Ca, and his Daughter Susan (Bob) Utecht of Red Bluff . Herb and Pat have 10 grandchildren: Keri Jimenez of Corning, Kelly Nelson of Redding, Kristopher Nelson of Red Bluff, Miranda Nugent of Redding, Michelle Patience of Shingletown, Blayne Gipson of Ogden,Utah, Jared Gipson of Red Bluff, Malcolm Utecht of Red Bluff, Eliza- beth Utecht of Red Bluff and Kenny Utecht of Red Bluff. Herb and Pat have 8 Great-Grandchildren. He has 7 Nephews and 7 Nieces. Herb was raised on Rose Hill in Kirkland Washington where he was a Boy Scout and graduated High School and was a participant in other local organizations and ac- tivities. He graduated Whitman College with a Degree in Politi- County District Attorney's office claimed it was unable to fully pros- CSU Continued from page 1A cal Science. His graduate studies in Public Administration were interrupted by a World War II obligation to the U.S. Marine Corps. Capt. Herbert Nelson served in the South Pacific, he saw the heaviest action on Guadalcanal, Tarawa and Saipan. He was seriously injured in Saipan shortly after hitting the beach. A mortar shell broke both of his legs and sustained other injuries. A Wind Talker got to him and took him back to the landing craft. He spent more than two years in hospitals recovering from his inju- ries. Under that proposal, enrollment would be decreased by 6,000 full- time students, or about 1.5 percent. In addition, 750 jobs would be lost due to the loss of students, and salaries and benefits would be cut by 5.25 per- cent. Herb was the first City Manager of Red Bluff and had many highlights of his career here, some of which are: Red Bluff Sewage Water System, the building of the cur- rent City Hall Complex, Airport Industrial Park, Airport Runway Extension. Some of the more aesthetic contribu- tions of the City include the planters and trees along Main Street, the white lights that are put up yearly for the Holi- day season. He was a member and past President of the Red Bluff Rotary Club, a long time member of the Elks Lodge and Wilcox Oaks Golf Course. Herb and Pat loved to travel, golf and visiting and trav- eling with family. Services will be held at a later date. LAWRENCE "LARRY" HALE to be with the Lord on July 4, 2012. He passed away of cancer at the age of 71 in Los Angeles, Calif. and was laid to rest in Greenville, Ohio. Lawrence "Larry" Hale was born May 28, 1941 and went Larry attended school in Tehama and Los Molinos. Larry was preceded in death by his mother, father, two sisters ,and a son. He is survived by his wife of 53 years, Marlena, four children; Richard, Kim, Julie and Pam, four brothers; Howard, Bill, David, and Alan, four sisters; Shirley, Jua- nita, Sharon, & Ramona, 19 grandchildren and Two great grandchildren. Richard (Rick) Allen Myers, of Walnut Ridge, was born October 14, 1961 in Pomona, CA to W. L. "Bud" and Ruby Myers. He departed this life July 14, 2012 at Lawrence Memorial Hospital. Rick was a Wal Mart truck driver for 18 years and a member of the Mt. Zion Baptist Church. His hobbies included gardening, farming, and drag racing. He was also a pilot and especially loved children. Mr. Myers was preceded in death by his father, W.L. "Bud" Myers. Rick is survived by his wife, Sarah Myers; and mother, A Memorial will be held at a later date. RICHARD (RICK) ALLEN MYERS Ruby Myers, son, Michael Yingling; daughters, Jeannie (Fernando) Sanchez, Brea Myers, Danika Myers, Madison Yingling, and Kahlan Yingling; brothers, Bill (Sarah) Ernst of Cotter, AR, Mike Ernst of Flippin, AR, Steve (Nan) Ernst of Reston, VA, and Don (Patti) Ernst of Little Rock, AR; sister, Mary Ann (Carlos) Eason of Lorado, AR. Mr. Myers' Funeral Services will be 12:00 p.m. Wednes- Jeff Freeman, Jim Eason, Danny Andrews, and David Klingensmith. Don Nutt, Rex Woodhouse, Donnie Dunn, and Billy Joe Foster will serve as Honorary Pallbearers. Online Register: www.phillipsfuneral.org Pallbearers will include Barry Williams, Jimmy Bales, 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, Gary Dyke Gary Dyke of Corning died Friday, July 13, 2012, in Chico. He was 61. Affordable Mortuary is handling the arrangements. Published Tuesday, July 17, 2012, in the Daily News, Red Bluff, Calif. James Anthony Rotter James Anthony Rotter, of Los Molinos, died Friday in Red Bluff. He was 81. Red Bluff Simple Cremations & Burial Service is handling the arrangements. Published Tuesday, July 17, 2012, in the Daily News, Red Bluff, Calif. Paul Simon Paul Simon, of Red Bluff, died Monday at St. Eliza- beth Community Hospital. He was 93. Hoyt-Cole Chapel of the Flowers is handling the arrangements. Published Tuesday, July 17, 2012, in the Daily News, Red Bluff, Calif. Liminio Francis Valdes Jr. Liminio Francis Valdes Jr., of Red Bluff, died Friday at his residence. He was 66. Allen & Dahl Funeral Chapel in Anderson is handling the arrangements. Published Tuesday, July 17, 2012, in the Daily News, Red Bluff, Calif. The measures would be implemented in January, but Turnage noted that any pay cut would require an agreement with labor unions, which may take longer to hammer out. tification and monitoring enforce- ment efforts. Tuesday, July 17, 2012 – Daily News 7A However, Miller said most peo- In a letter to the Tehama County Board of Supervisors and Red Bluff, Corning and Tehama city councils, Miller wrote if the Smart Business Alliance is not successful in getting a large number of commercial enti- ties to recycle, an alternative approach will have to be pursued. In September 2011, the council amended its ordi- nance to specifically list RV parks and camp- grounds. staff report, the city is being questioned over the historical definition of "hotel" used in the ordi- nance. Still, according to a ple want to recycle. do it," she said. "It's just teaching them what is recyclable and making it easy enough for them to do it." That and the garbage. "Rather than entering into a potentially protract- ed and expensive legal battle over these issues, staff recommends that the City Council submit the issue to the voters for res- olution," the staff report said. The proposed ballot measure would be limited ecute Benson because of a perceived "loophole" in the existing Penal Code. ernor's signature of AB 2078, we will now have the law apply to all, regardless of the color of their The university is also mulling ways to meet the state's ''tuition buyout'' proposal in which the state university systems would agree to forego tuition increases for this fall, in return receiving $125 mil- lion in extra funding for the fall of 2013. That plan would leave CSU with a $132 million deficit for the 2012-13 year because a 9 percent tuition increase for this fall has already gone into effect, Turnage said. However, Turnage said "I am pleased that with the gov- to occupancies that last for fewer than 30 days. Voters turned down a 2004 ballot measure that would have increased the transient occupancy tax from 10 to 12 percent. The tax started at 4 per- cent when it was imple- mented in 1965. authority," Nielsen said in a press release. "This law was a necessary step in providing justice in our com- munity and in preventing outra- geous situations such as in the Ben- son case from taking place in the future." tinuing education funds. The rest would be made up by cuts on local cam- puses. final decisions on financial issues in September, he said. The board will make the university could offset that gap if the state Legis- lature allows it to use about $75 million in con- CORNING Continued from page 1A Whiting has been a business manager at Pierce Joint Unified School District and Reeds Creek nation's largest public pension fund collected a dismal 1 percent annual return on its investments, a figure far short of projections that will likely bring pressure on California's state and local governments to con- tribute more money, officials said Monday. At its meeting this week, the board is also scheduled to vote on the salaries for four new cam- pus presidents. Two presi- dents are slated to receive 10 percent raises over their predecessors, while a third will earn 9 percent more. A fourth president will earn 3 percent less. es adopted by the board earlier this year after the board came under heavy fire from state legislators, students and employees for raising executive pay at a time when the univer- sity is hiking tuition and failing to pay contracted raises to faculty. The new policy stipu- lates that the amount of presidential raises must be paid for by private fundraising and campus foundations. The increases are in line with a 10 percent cap on presidential salary rais- Elementary School District. She has a Bachelors in Liberal Arts, a school business management certificate from the University of Southern California and has attended the Association of California School Administrator's Chief Business local government workers. The preliminary returns reported Monday were even lower than the state's pension fund for teachers, which earned just 1.8 percent from investments over the past year. Dear said the CalPERS returns money or state money is being used for that differ- ence,'' Turnage said. ''Not a dollar of student Officials Academy and Personnel Institute. ——— Julie Zeeb can be reached at 527-2153, extension 115 or jzeeb@redbluffdailynews.com. Follow her on Twitter @DN_Zeeb. Largest public pension fund earns dismal 1 percent SACRAMENTO (AP) — The ern California city of nearly 300,000 people became the largest American city ever to declare bank- ruptcy. Its unfunded liability for those benefits is $417 million. day, July 18, 2012 at Phillips Funeral Home, with Marion and Nathan Gramling officiating. Visitation will be 10:00 a.m. until service time. Burial will follow at Lorado Baptist Cemetery. The return reported by the Cali- fornia Public Employees' Retire- ment System was well below its projected return of 7.5 percent for the fiscal year that ended June 30. The investment returns are criti- cal because taxpayers are on the hook for the difference if the pen- sion funds fail to meet their perfor- mance targets. ''The last 12 months were a chal- lenging period for all investors as the ongoing European debt crisis and slowing global economic growth increased market volatility and reduced equity returns,'' said chief investment officer Joe Dear. ''It's a clear reminder that we must remain focused on performance, risk and internal controls in today's financial environment.'' The fund was most impacted by a minus-7 percent return on global equities. Half the pension's assets are in equities, Dear said. The fund, known as CalPERS, runs a $234 billion pension system for more than 1.6 million state employees, school employees and Produce program is spared budget ax SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The Agriculture Department is extending the life of the nation's main pro- duce-safety testing pro- gram, just as the initiative was slated to be shut down. The tiny Microbiological Data Program extensively screens high-risk fresh fruits and vegetables every year for bacteria including sal- monella, E. coli and listeria. It risked being scrapped after President Obama's proposed budget cut the effort's funding, but USDA spokesman Justin DeJong now says the program will continue operating through would result in increased contribu- tions from the state, school districts and municipalities, most of which are already financially stressed. He said the fund's long-term 7.5 percent target remains realistic but noted that recent returns have been the lowest in a generation. For the past five years, CalPERS earned just 0.1 percent. Over 20 years, it collected 7.73 percent. ''It does imply that we're going to have to employ new strategies in terms of where we invest and how we manage risk if we were to retain that 7.5 return target,'' Dear said. California taxpayers are already on the hook for billions of dollars in pension and health care benefits promised to public workers when they retire. The state said pension contributions accounted for 2.4 per- cent of state spending in 2006. It's expected to reach 3.9 percent of this year's $91.3 billion budget. Local governments have seen pension burdens increase even faster. San Bernardino, a city of 210,000 people some 60 miles east of Los Angeles, is also contemplat- ing bankruptcy in the face of a $45 million budget shortfall. While city officials blame weak tax revenues and a loss of redevelopment funds, they also cite escalating pension costs as a contributing factor. So far, Gov. Jerry Brown and Democratic lawmakers have not been able to strike a deal on statewide pension reform. Talks will continue after lawmakers return from a monthlong recess next month. Brown, a Democrat, issued a comprehensive proposal last fall that focused on raising the retire- ment age to match Social Security and moving new workers to a hybrid system in which defined benefits are combined with a 401(k)-style plan widely used in the private sector. Lawmakers said they want to The problem been evident in Stockton, which filed for Chapter 9 protection on June 28. The North- December. allow workers to retire before age 67 with reduced benefits. They are refusing the governor's call for a defined contribution plan that places some of the risk on employ- ees. STATE BRIEFING Treasurer Public health officials and food safety advocates have said getting rid of the program would leave the country without a crucial tool used to investigate deadly foodborne illness outbreaks. If samples test positive for bacteria, they can trigger nationwide recalls and keep tainted produce from reach- ing consumers or grocery store shelves. seeks divorce SACRAMENTO (AP) — State Treasurer Bill Lockyer has filed for divorce from his wife, who resigned her seat on the Alameda County Board of Supervisors earlier this year after her problems with sub- stance abuse and marital troubles played out publicly. The 71-year-old treasur- You DO have a choice in the Red Bluff area. Caring & Compassionate Service Full traditional burial service or cremation Red Bluff Simple Cremations & Burial Service 722 Oak Street, Red Bluff, FD Lic. 1931 527-1732 er filed Friday in Alameda County Superior Court, cit- ing irreconcilable differ- ences with Nadia Lockyer, his spokesman, Tom Dress- lar, said Monday. Bill Lockyer is seeking joint custody of his son. "The majority of people want to Miller said the key is removing those barriers.