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Obituaries Raymond Randall passed away in Corning on July 12, 2012. He was born September 8, 1952 in Redding, CA. to his parents, Chester E. Randall Jr. and DJ Sackett. Raymond enjoyed spending his time rocking out on his guitars and riding his Harley. He is survived by his wife of 40 years, Diane Randall RAYMOND R. RANDALL "FLIPPO" and brothers, Chester E. Randall III and John (Phyllis) Rollston. Raymond was the father of five children; Ryan, Evan (Dottie), Morgan (Nicole), Dru, and Emma. He also was a proud grandfather of thirteen grandchil- dren; Emily, Ashley, Shawn, Jordyn, Paige, Issabel, Car- son, Brek, Pennylane, Paige, Seth, Kara, Kylie, and ex- pecting one more! He will be missed by all of us. A celebration of life pot- Agriculture is bright spot in California economy FRESNO (AP) — There is a bright spot in the economy of California and elsewhere in the nation, and it is agri- culture. begin releasing annual reports on crop revenues, they show prices earned for many commodities are setting records, and not just by a little. As counties across the Golden State almonds in a region that produces 80 percent of the world's supply, and table grapes, which were competed for by both raisin packers and wineries that suffered weather-related shortages in 2011. luck BBQ will be held at Cone Grove Park (located in Red Bluff) on September 8, 2012, at 12pm, everyone is welcome to attend (BYOB). For more information contact Diane at (530)824-4848. Across Central California's San Joaquin Valley, the region with the highest farm revenues in the nation, gross crop values showed overall income increases of about 15 percent, a figure tempered as farmers struggle with higher fuel and feed costs. ''The American brand of agricul- ture is surging in popularity world- wide,'' said U.S. Secretary of Agricul- ture Tom Vilsack, adding that net farm income nationwide reached an all-time high of more than $98 billion behind U.S. farm exports totaling $137.4 bil- lion. Vilsack said that the current drought is hurting growers across the Midwest, and many have predicted that short- ages of feed corn will drive up the cost of everything from chickens to milk. Still, demand for U.S. agricultural products worldwide is strong, and fig- ures from the USDA show that the value of California's agricultural exports grew to $21.1 billion in 2011, up from $18.2 billion in 2010. Prices reflect a growing demand for WATER (Continued from page 1A) day, July 21, 2012. She was 86 years old, born January 12, 1926 to Robert and Clara Langford. Norma was a long time resident of Elk Creek, California where she raised her children and worked for the Stony Creek Unified School District as a Teacher's Aide. Norma loved her family and enjoyed spending time with them and having Sunday dinners together. She also loved her church and fellow parishioners. Norma was preceded in death by her parents, Robert Norma passed away at her home in Red Bluff on Satur- NORMA LEE KELLY and Clara Langford, husband of over 60 years, William Dale Kelly, Sr., son Robert Matthew Kelly and son William Dale Kelly, Jr., sisters Evelyn Olivera, Doris Anderson, and Ruth Hayward. Brothers Jack Langford and Wayne Langford. Norma is survived by her son Bryan Patrick Kelly of So- right amount of water to be pumped, when it can be taken and how. Heck, we're going to build this and whatever we ruin, we'll figure out how to fix later.'' Officials said an environmental impact report on the proposal would begin in the fall. And scientific studies will accompany construction over the next 10-15 years. Construction costs would be covered by nora, CA., daughter and son-in-law Roger and Bronwyn Meyer of Red Bluff, CA., granddaughter and grandson-in- law Denton and Sarah Dodson of Red Bluff, CA and grandson, Anthony Romano of Orland, CA, granddaugh - ter Wendy of Phoenix, Arizona. Norma had four great grandchildren, Trevor, Ryan, Jacey and Darik, two sisters, Verna Forbes of Oroville, CA and Velma Holland of Orland, CA. Services for Norma will be held August 4, 2012 at the Elk Creek Community Christian Church in Elk Creek, CA at 11:00 AM with a luncheon to follow at the Grange Hall. 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, John Bali John Bali died Tuesday, July 24, 2012, at his resi- dence in Gerber. He was 75. Hall Brothers Corning Mortuary is handling the arrangements. Published Thursday, July 26, 2012, in the Daily News, Red Bluff, Calif. Zina Mae Powers Zina Mae Powers of Corning died Monday, July 23, 2012, in Red Bluff. She was 82. Hall Brothers Corning Mortuary is handling the arrangements. Published Thursday, July 26, 2012, in the Daily News, Red Bluff, Calif. Secret witness reward Tehama County Secret Witness is seeking the pub- lic's assistance and is offering a reward up to $2,500 for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the person, or persons responsible for burglary to a resi- dence located at Gary's Auto Body and Towing on Antelope Boulevard, in Red Bluff. Between Dec. 20, 2011 and Jan. 4, 2012, deputies from the Tehama County Sheriffs Office responded to a reported burglary in the 22000 block of Antelope Blvd., Red Bluff. The victim Gary Lee Murray reported unknown sus- pects entered his secured residence by unknown means and stole a safe with $40,000 in U.S. currency and misc. legal documents. Despite all investigative effort, this crime has not been solved. If you have any information in regards to this incident you are encouraged to contact the Tehama County Sheriff's Office at 529-7900 or Tehama County Secret Witness at 529-1268. Dinner moved The Widowed Persons of California, Inc. Chapter 4 dinner normally held every Thursday is can- celed for July 26. It will hold a Friday Night Out dinner at 6 p.m. Friday, July 27, at 2 Bud's BBQ, 22825 Antelope Blvd., instead. For more infor- mation call 384-2471. water users, and taxpayers would bear an additional $10 billion cost of habitat restora- tion that involves creating 100,000 acres in floodplains and making other improvements. A water bond that could provide some money for restoration is set to appear on the November 2014 ballot. Officials said they will continue to weigh farmers expand almond and citrus pro- duction to meet export demands gener- ated, in part, from key new trade agree- ments. ''Our agricultural economy is con- nected to the rest of the planet,'' said Dan Sumner, an agriculture economist at the University of California-Davis. ''Poorer countries around the world are turning into middle-income countries and they want fruits and vegetables, which we do well here.'' Even with a 38 percent drop in rev- enues from avocados, which produce every other year, the value of crops in coastal Ventura County decreased only 1 percent behind strong sales of straw- berries, up 15 percent, and raspberries, up 11 percent from 2010. In Tulare County, with more than 800 dairies, milk helped revenues rise 16 percent to $5.6 billion, its 2011 crop report says. Madera, San Joaquin and Kings counties also set records. Fres- no County has not yet completed its 2011 crop report, but officials in the agricultural commissioner's office are expecting to continue the upward trend. The higher revenues are coming as Thursday, July 26, 2012 – Daily News 7A nation's agricultural output comes from California, and most of that comes from the long and narrow San Joaquin Valley that stretches across the middle of the state. Table grapes, bulk wine grapes, raisins, dairies, almonds, pistachios, citrus and canning tomatoes dominate the landscape. And in the specialty crop realm, Stockton pro- duces most the nation's domestic asparagus. Yet in spite of its agricultural pro- More than 12 percent of the ductivity, the valley has a growing hunger and poverty rate. As agriculture revenues have risen, the fortunes of those who work the fields have not. Recent reports show the poverty rate in Fresno County, which produces more than $5.6 billion in agricultural prod- ucts, is at more than 25 percent, the second highest in the nation. Four out of the 10 top metropolitan regions with the highest poverty rates are in the areas that last year set records for agriculture income. ''During this recession, and even before this recession, there has been a disconnect between the wealth of agri- culture versus the poverty of the people who work in agriculture,'' said Caroli- na Farrell, executive director of the Center on Race, Poverty & the Envi- ronment. ''This has been a persistent trend highlighted by this increasing inequality.'' branding it a water grab by Southern Cali- fornia cities. larger than 33 feet in diameter — would have the capacity to divert about 67,500 gallons of water a second, a pace that would fill six Olympic-sized swimming pools every minute. The current proposal — two tunnels, each larger to help water move by force of gravi- ty, reducing energy use. They did not say how much water will be diverted through the tunnels each year. Officials said they want to build it even water diversion from the south end of the delta to the north end below Freeport. Salazar expects that to lessen the impact of giant pumps now blamed for killing massive numbers of salmon, sturgeon and other species. The tunnels would change the point of different alternatives and project sizes. Per- mits are expected to be issued next year and construction could start in two to three years. The delta, an inland estuary where hun- dreds of species live, is the hub of Califor- nia's water delivery system. The Sacramento and San Joaquin rivers drain into the delta, and the state and federal governments run massive pumps that siphon drinking and irri- gation water for use by more than 25 million Californians and farms in the Central Valley that produce half the nation's fruits and veg- etables. of providing all the water needed by cities and farms. Supply was tightened even more a decade ago when major declines in the once-abundant fish populations spurred reg- ulations that curtailed delta pumping and water deliveries. Farmers and urban water users have long called for a new water system, but Brown faced stiff opposition in 1982 when he pro- posed a peripheral canal during his previous time as governor that would carry water around the delta. Voters rejected that plan, STREET on it," Stoufer said. The current distribution system falls short Tracy, it would be ferried through existing canals to farms in the Central Valley and cities such as San Diego and Los Angeles. Once water reaches a pumping station in Still, officials couldn't guarantee that they could fully balance the needs of water users against those of the ailing ecosystem. ''We have so much more science. We're a lot more sensitive to the species,'' Brown said. ''We're going to do as much as we can ... to protect these environmental interests. Is there absolute certitude? No.'' Precisely how much water is diverted will depend on the health of fish species, the offi- cials said. Rep. John Garamendi, D-Walnut Grove, said the tunnel proposal put ''plumbing before policy'' and would devastate the delta to get water to Southern California farmers and cities. lon of new water, but it delivers precious water that the fish need to the tunnel so it can go south,'' he told the crowd at the Capitol. ''It is the pumping from the Delta that has largely destroyed the Delta,'' he added later. (Continued from page 1A) "We have been working There has been some talk with one developer of look- ing at USDA funding, but much of the funding avail- able to developers for low- income housing has dried up with the economy, Stoufer said. The council authorized the purchase of a new patrol vehicle and a new half-ton pickup for Corning Police Department, which was a part of the 2012-2013 Police Department Budget. Works vehicles to be sold through BidCal, Inc, an online auction, was also approved. Brewer announced the temporary closure of a por- tion of Marguerite Avenue The sale of three Public today for oil treatments as a part of the Marguerite Avenue Reconstruction Pro- ject, a joint venture with the county. The problem with yard sale signs was brought up again at Tuesday's city coun- cil meeting. Brewer showed off a box of about 30 signs that were illegally hung over a two-day period between Friday and Sunday. The street will be closed again on Aug. 2 for the chip seal to be put on. More infor- mation on the project is available by calling Public Works at 824-7029. City Clerk Lisa Linnet reminded the public that per- mits are free and can be hung for free on the kiosk at the park and ride across from City Hall. The Corning City Coun- cil meets the second and fourth Tuesdays of the month at City Hall, 794 Third St. Meeting minutes and agendas are available at ''This proposal does not develop one gal- Wolf returns to Butte Co. BUTTE MEADOWS — After a sojourn in Tehama County, California's lone wolf has wandered back into northeastern Butte County, according to the Department of Fish and Game. DFG's Gray Wolf OR7 blog reported Tuesday that the wolf was back in the county for the first time in a week. The wolf moved from Plumas County through Butte on July 17 and 18, and then back into Plumas. After a couple of days without readings, it was detected Monday in Tehama County. The wolf, that broke away from an Oregon pack, entered California last Dec. 28. It has traveled more than 2,500 air miles thus far. Brown breaks — Gov. Jerry Brown has broken his silence on the dis- covery of hidden money at California's silence SACRAMENTO (AP) cash-strapped state parks department. supposedly nor downplayed the scandal Wednesday, saying it is the first time he's seen govern- ment get in trouble for hav- ing saved money. The Democratic gover- www.corning.org. ——— Julie Zeeb can be reached at 527-2153, extension 115 or jzeeb@redbluffdailynews.co m. Follow her on Twitter @DN_Zeeb. Over 50 years of serving Tehama County Independently owned Telephone: (530) 824-3792