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Obituaries Born in New Prague, Minnesota, after high school Roger joined the U. S. Marine Corps serving two combat tours in Vietnam as a decorated Infantry Riflemen where he was wounded in action, and received the Purple Heart on April 10, 1967, he was honorably discharged. He moved to Red Bluff in 1981. Roger was in the truck- ROGER F. BRINKHAUS, SR. 1946 ~ 2012 ing industry, and worked the last 31 years as the opera- tions manager for Aggressive Transport, LTD. Roger is survived by his wife Sharon, and children Rog- er F. Brinkhaus, Jr. of Red Bluff, Richard A. Brinkhaus of Reno, NV, Jared Utley of Red Bluff, and Peggy Carter of Arizona, 15 grandchildren, and 2 great grandchildren. Roger enjoyed spending time outdoors hunting, fishing and camping. Upon Roger's request, there will be no services. in Sebastopol, CA. She was born April 5, 1926 in Chico, the youngest daughter of the twelve children born to prominent cattle rancher Roy and Josephine Owens. She was raised on the family cattle ranch and this experience became some of her fondest memories. After graduation from Red Bluff High School, she attend- ed California College of the Arts. Yvonne purchased Wuerth Letter Shop in Oakland. After many years in Oakland, she returned in 1982 and at that time moved to Sebastopol, CA. Yvonne enjoyed playing her Steinway Piano, traveling the world, and hiking the Sonoma County with the Wed- nesday Hiker. She is survived by her sister Katherine Cassel of Red Bluff, numerous nieces and nephews and many long time friends. She was preceded in death by sister's Lavern Owens, and Bernadine Van Loan, brother's Bob, Carroll, Hap, Bill, Jimmy, Ralph, Jack, and Craig Owens. At her request, no services will be held. 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, Lorraine Johnson Lorraine Johnson died Monday, Aug. 13, 2012, at her residence in Red Bluff. She was 85. Hoyt-Cole Chapel of the Flowers is handling the arrangements. Published Tuesday, Aug. 14, 2012, in the Daily News, Red Bluff, Calif. HELD Continued from page 1A throat and placed her over his shoulder carrying her in the direction of Red Bluff Union High School. The woman was able to free herself and run to a nearby home for help. She sustained minor injuries to her neck and right arm. St. John had fled the area before officers arrived. walking on South Jackson Street near Luther Road. They later found him and charged with assault with a deadly weapon, kidnapping and domestic battery. His bail was $85,000. St. John was arrested SACRAMENTO (AP) — The Assembly on Monday approved a bill that would help middle class Califor- nians cope with soaring college costs by closing a corporate tax loophole and using the expected windfall to reduce tuition. AB1500 would eliminate a $1 bil- lion tax break for out-of-state corpo- rations. The Legislature approved it in 2009 as a way to get a handful of Republican lawmakers to vote for the state budget. Republicans objected to what they framed as an attempt by Democrats to undo a previous budget deal. ''This wasn't a loophole, it was a product of careful, extensive negotia- tions and promises,'' said Assembly- man Don Wagner, R-Irvine. ''Promis- es made by one side of the aisle to The bill is the second component of Assembly Speaker John Perez's ''Middle Class Scholarship Act.'' The Assembly previously approved the other part, which would reduce tuition by more than half for families whose annual household income exceeds the cap for getting a free ride at California's public universities ($70,000 a year for the California State University system and $80,000 for University of California system) but is less than $150,000. SACRAMENTO (AP) — Calling it a mistake, the leader of the state Senate apologized Monday for his office's last-minute deci- sion not to televise a leg- islative hearing that includ- ed testimony about Gov. Jerry Brown's tax initiative on the November ballot. Senate President Pro Tem Darrell Steinberg, D- Sacramento, took respon- sibility for last week's TV blackout. The lawmaker said he did not want footage from the hearing to be used by tax opponents in campaign ads. ''The rational was that (I) didn't want the hearing to become political fodder because it involves the ini- tiatives. It was a screw up,'' Steinberg told Yvonne Owens Kirchenbauer 86, died August 11, 2012 YVONNE OWENS KIRCHENBAUER April 5, 2926 - August 11, 2012 Fire continues to grow in Lassen Park The Reading Fire in Lassen Vol- canic National Park grew to more than 20,000 acres over the weekend and is estimated to have already cost $9 million to fight. worked to contain the fire that spread from the park to Lassen National Forest. Sunday night burning operations were deemed to be successful as 1.8 miles from West Prospect Peak to Red Rock and 3.2 miles uphill to Rail Canyon were burnt out. An additional 1.4-mile stretch from the More than 1,200 people have RACES Continued from page 1A School District, Flournoy School Dis- trict, Gerber School Dis- trict, Kirkwood School District, Los Molinos Unified School District – (Vina Trustee Area), Plum Valley School Dis- trict, Red Bluff Union School District, Reeds Creek School District, Richfield School District and City Councilmem- ber in the city of Red Bluff and city of Corn- ing position is still open for filing. 20 road to the 12 road around Bad- ger Mountain were prepared. Burning done along the fireline in the Devastated Area did not carry through the fuels. Firefighters expect the head of the fire to continue to spread north- west toward West Prospect and Prospect Peak and north toward Badger Mountain down the Hat Creek drainage. expected to continue burning around the western and slope of Raker Peak The eastern flank is burning ups- surer: Donna Jean Gordy (i) Tony Cardenas, John H. Leach (i), "Willie" Wil- lette Smith Corning City Council: Corning City Clerk: Lisa M. Linnet (i) Corning City Treasur- er: Pala Cantrell (i) Corning Mayor: Gary Strack (i) Tehama City Council: Billy Himes (i), Carol Unsworth (i) Tehama City Clerk: Carolyn Steffan (i) Glenn County Board of Education, Trustee Area E: Judith Holzapfel (i) Los Molinos Commu- nity Services District, El Camino Irrigation Dis- trict and Corning Healthcare District also still have positions that are open for filing. All interested parties are urged to call the Tehama County Elec- tions Department to obtain further informa- tion on the positions available, filing costs and appropriate forms. Call the Tehama County Elections Department at (530) 527-8190 or toll free (866) 289-5307. qualified for the ballot. (i) - incumbent. Red Bluff City Coun- cil: Clay Parker, Robert Sheppard Red Bluff City Clerk: Jo Anna Lopez (i) Red Bluff City Trea- Candidates already secure the votes that they needed from the other side of the aisle. Promises that have now been com- pletely undone.'' Tehama County Board of Education, Corning Trustee Area: Betty Brown (i) trict: J.F. Hickok (i) Capay Joint Union School District: Jennifer S.N. Boone (i), Nancy Osborne, Lorinda Kay Strieby (i) Antelope School Dis- Corning Union Ele- mentary School District: Lizett Arriaga, Martin H. (Marty) Mathisen (i), Jesus Rosas trict: Mavis J. Hanks (i) Elkins School District Elkins School Dis- — Short Term: Nadine R. Burgard (i) Evergreen School District: Bradley Con- stant (i), James Tomasini (i), Tayna R. King Flournoy School Dis- Gerber School Dis- The western flank of the fire is Tuesday, August 14, 2012 – Daily News 7A lope towards Fairfield Park and the Fantastic Lava Beds. On Monday firefighters had planned to continue firing operation preparations in the north and patrol and mop up duty toward the south of the fire. Trails and roads, including a por- tion of Lassen National Park High- way remained closed Interagency Incident Manage- ment Team 3 will take control of the fire at 6 a.m. today. The fire started with a lightning strike July 23. trict: Kristin Kirby, Cherrie Kennedy (i) Kirkwood School District: Bob Varner (i), Cynthina Callahan (i) Kirkwood School District — Short Term: R Jack Safford (i) Lassen View School District: Tim Drury (i), Kathryn Kvarda-Garcia (i) Los Molinos Unified School District, Los Molinos Trustee Area: Jill Botts (i) District — Short Term: Howard G. Parks (i) Richfield School Dis- trict: James D. Long (i), Adrienne L G Frost (i), Jeremy E. Ross (i) Corning Union High School District: Kenneth J. Vaughan (i) Los Molinos Unified School District, Tehama Trustee Area: Barbara Morgan (i) Red Bluff Joint Union High School District: Lida Sharon Chase, Roger Cox, Rhonda Johnson (i), Jack D. Hansen, Rod Moore (i) Los Molinos Unified School District, Vina Trustee Area: Patrick Knudt Andersen Los Molinos Unified School District, Live Oak Trustee Area: Roger A. Mesecher (i) Gerber-Las Flores Community Services District: Tommie Ray Humphreys (i), Shan Patterson (i), Carol A. Johnston (i) Manton Joint Union School District: Bret Richards (i), Phyllis J. Penticoff (i) Mineral Elementary School District — Short Term: Asya Lesly (i) Plum Valley School District: Patricia D. Spangle (i) Red Bluff Union School District: Michelle L. Kinner, Steve Mineral Elementary School District: Pamela M. Begrin (i) trict: Tyler Felt (i), Andrew Joseph Meredith (i) Bill to close corporate tax loophole moves forward support in the Senate. there was no use in preserving a sta- tus quo where ''you are getting kicked in the head by other states.'' ''This will help California busi- nesses remain competitive while ensuring that California's middle- class families have the same opportu- nities to succeed as our generation had,'' he said. Perez, D-Los Angeles, argued that allowed companies operating in mul- tiple states to choose the cheaper of two formulas for calculating their tax liability in California. They can use an option that considers sales, proper- ty and payroll. Perez's bill would force corpora- tions to use only the single sales fac- tor, a change the nonpartisan Legisla- tive Analyst's Office has endorsed. At least 11 other states, including The 2009 tax loophole deal AB1500 bill passed 54-25. Assemblyman Brian Nestande was the lone Republican supporter, while Assemblyman Nathan Fletcher, an independent, also voted yes. The bill now moves to the Senate. The bill still faces several obsta- cles. Several out-of-state corporations are lobbying against it, and Republi- can lawmakers are promising to block Democrats from reaching the two-thirds majority vote they need in the Senate. An initiative on the November bal- Texas and New York, require that cor- porations calculate their tax obliga- tions this way, according to the Fed- eration of Tax Administrators. Last year, Gov. Jerry Brown, a Democrat, passed a single-sales requirement through the Assembly, but his measure failed to get GOP reporters before Monday's floor session. lot provides another wrinkle. Proposi- tion 39 would close the loophole and dedicate a portion of the additional revenue to clean-energy projects. Pro- ponents of the ballot initiative have promised to stop campaigning if Perez's package is signed into law, but if voters approved the measure anyway, it could lead to a court battle. The act is expected to benefit about 200,000 college students and could take effect as soon as this fall if it passes the Legislature and is signed by the governor Tuition for the University of Cali- fornia and California State University systems is three times what it was a decade ago. State Senate leader apologizes for TV blackout The decision drew pub- lic criticism and rebuke from the committee chair- woman, a fellow Democ- rat. Steinberg said he real- ized it was the wrong deci- sion not to air the hearing on public-access televi- sion. ''I value my relation- ship with members of the media and with the public and have always carried myself in an open and transparent manner,'' Steinberg said. ''This was inconsistent with that. It was a mistake.'' He pledged that it will not happen again on his watch. The hearing was held last Wednesday and focused on tax-related ini- tiatives on the November ballot, including the tax increase championed by Brown and Democratic lawmakers. Brown's initia- tive would temporarily raise the state sales tax by a half cent for five years and increase income taxes for people who make more than $250,000 a year for seven years to help balance the state budget. Just a few weeks ago, legislative employees while lawmakers were making deep budget cuts. But he said he recognized they could hurt Democ- rats' effort to pass a tax increase. Opponents have used the pay raises as ammuni- tion against the tax propos- al. Reeds Creek School District: Jennifer Penner (i), Trisha Blair, Rhonda Kay Roach (i) Koeberer Reeds Creek School Piffero, Carey Corning Healthcare District: Patricia R. Ras- mussen (i), Ross Turner El Camino Irrigation District — Division 1: Michael W. Gividen El Camino Irrigation District — Division 5: No candidates Los Molinos Commu- nity Services District: Jerry T. Short (i), Loren J. Gehrun (i) Los Molinos Commu- nity Services District — Short Term: Jeanine M. Hart (i) UC argues in favor of race- conscious admissions SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — University of Cal- ifornia leaders weighed in on the U.S. Supreme Court case over the use of affir- mative action in college admissions Monday, argu- ing that it's necessary to consider race to ensure student diversity on selec- tive campuses. Yudof and 10 campus chancellors filed a ''friend of the court'' brief to the Supreme Court, which is scheduled to hear a chal- lenge to the University of Texas' consideration of race in undergraduate admissions. The university leaders point to UC's struggles to create diverse student bod- ies in the 16 years since California voters banned affirmative action in public hiring, contracting and university admissions. After the passage of Proposition 209 in November 1996, the pro- portion of underrepresent- ed minorities declined sig- nificantly at the system's most competitive campus- es, particularly UC Berke- ley and UCLA, as well as its elite graduate schools, according to the brief. ''In a highly selective institution, implementing race-neutral policies leads to a substantial decline in the proportion of entering students who are African American, American Indi- UC President Mark Steinberg said he had ''a few sleepless nights'' dur- ing lawmakers' summer break worrying that pay raises given to legislative staffers could undermine support for the governor's tax initiative. Steinberg defended the raises to more than 1,000 You DO have a choice in the Red Bluff area. 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