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Johnson:JefferyAlan Johnson, 63, of Red Bluff died Tuesday, April 4, at St. Elizabeth Community Hospital. Arrangements are under the direction of Red Bluff Simple Crema- tions and Burials. Published Saturday, April 8, 2017in the Daily News, Red Bluff, California. Petty: Helen M. Petty, 103, of Corning died Thursday, April 6in Chico. Arrange- ments are under the direc- tion of Affordable Mortuary. Published Saturday, April 8, 2017in 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 PHOTOS BY JULIE ZEEB — DAILY NEWS Tehama County Supervisor Dennis Garton signs a statement of support for national guard and reserve members employed by Tehama County at the March 21meeting. Also pictured is retired Brigadier General Michael LePeilbet. letterwasjustaformalrec- ognition of what the county already does. "We have 860 employees and we do have several staff who are active or former reserve." The letter signed states that the organization rec- ognizes that the National Guard and Reserve are es- sential to the strength of the nation and well-being of the community and that the employer will work with employees. Letters had previously been given to and signed by Tehama County Sheriff Dave Hencratt, Red Bluff California Highway Patrol Area Commander Lt. Lou Aviles and Corning Mayor Doug Hatley. Support FROM PAGE 1 Red Bluff California Highway Patrol Area Commander Lt. Lou Aviles recently signed a statement of support for national guard and reserve members employed with CHP. Also pictured receiving the statement is retired Brigadier General Michael LePeilbet, third from le . Tehama County Sheriff Dave Hencratt recently signed a statement of support for national guard and reserve members employed by the sheriff's department. Also pictured is retired Brigadier General Michael LePeilbet. event help students excel in school, community and a future career. Congratu- lations to Rhylee Garrison and Daniel Crispino who competed in the Prepared speaking. Rhylee Garrison placed 1st and will be com- peting at the Regional Con- test. The last competition is Job Interview. Miranda Iverson and Reed Pritchard participated in a formal in- terview for a career in the agriculture industry. They had to submit a resume and complete a job applica- tion. Iverson placed 3rd and willbecompetingintheRe- gional Competition. TheSuperiorRegionCon- test was scheduled to take place at the end of March at Chico High. Contest FROM PAGE 3 Island is an original adap- tation of Robert Louis Ste- venson's epic novel. Young Jim Hawkins, a mischievous lad, lives with his mother and six sisters in a seaside village on the coast of Maine, ac- cording to a synopsis of the play. The year is 1782 and the American War for Revolution is in its last days. Longing for adventure, Jim comes under the hyp- notic spell of the legend- ary pirate, Long John Sil- ver. While waiting tables in the family inn, Jim finds a treasure map and, with the villainous Silver as his seeming mentor, sails uncharted seas with only the ragged map and a flock of gulls as guides. Always up for adven- ture, Jim's ruffian friends say farewell to their vil- lage parents and serve as cabin boys for Silver and his band of hilarious, al- though unsavory, pirate types. Once on the island, nights are sleepless as true colors are revealed in the hero's quest for the proverbial happy ending. At last, the treasure is found and hand in hand the cast is homeward bound. Theater FROM PAGE 1 The deal negotiated by Gov. Jerry Brown and legislative leaders passed without a vote to spare and will raise gas taxes by 43 percent, or 12 cents a gal- lon, while also increasing diesel taxes. The hikes take effect Nov. 1. The plan aims to raise $54.2 billion for road and bridge repairs, mass tran- sit and other projects over 10 years. Assembly Minority Leader Chad Mayes, R- Yucca Valley, called it "a deal so bad they needed $1 billion in pork to buy the votes to pass it." Republi- cans argued it puts an un- needed burden on over- taxed Californians. Cannella, 48, has a his- tory of working with the Democratic majority, a rar- ity among legislative Re- publicans. He does so out of political necessity — he represents a sprawling ag- ricultural district where Republicans are outnum- bered 46 percent to 29 per- cent by Democrats. Nearly two-thirds of his constitu- ents are Latinos. The son of Sal Cannella, a former Democratic state assemblyman in the 1990s, he will be term-limited out of office after next year. Although he's brought ire from fellow Republi- cans, he may have broad- ened his appeal if he chooses to run for another office, said Mark Keppler, a public affairs professor and director of the Maddy Institute at California State University, Fresno. "He's positioned him- self as a moderate Republi- can, frankly similar to that group of moderate Demo- crats that are substantial both in the Legislature and the population generally," Keppler said. "He could po- tentially attract those in- dependent voters, moder- ate Democrats and moder- ate Republicans." Cannella narrowly won his open Senate seat in 2010 with help from about $1.4 million in spending by an independent expen- diture committee funded by the California Cham- ber of Commerce, which supported the gas tax and vehicle fee hikes. Road FROM PAGE 1 give warning," said Thomas. Several reports came in between Thursday and Fri- day morning of power lines or phone lines down on Dale Avenue in Red Bluff, Rackley Court in the Bow- man area and another lo- cation in Lake California where a tree was down into a power line. According to the Califor- nia Highway Patrol web- site, a tree was down par- tially blocking the road in the area of Johnson and Reeds Creek roads about 1 p.m. Friday. Tehama County Sheriff's logs show a report of a tree falling on a vehicle Thurs- day evening at the River Inn Mobile Home Park on Te- hama Vina Road in Los Mo- linos. High winds caused the National Weather Ser- vice to issue a high wind warning, which was down- graded about 3:30 a.m. Fri- day to a wind advisory ef- fective through 5 p.m. Fri- day for Red Bluff and the Sacramento Valley area. South winds were ex- pected to be between 15 to 30 mph with gusts of 40 mph that could cause diffi- cult driving conditions, tree damage and power outages. A wind advisory is issued when winds of 40 mph or higher are expected, ac- cording to the National Weather Service website. Extra caution should be taken in small cars and high profile vehicles. Tree FROM PAGE 1 By Michael Virtanen The Associated Press WELCH, W.VA. In this once prosperous West Virginia coal town of 1,900 people, residents say it's not just the decades-long demise of mining that hurt the com- munity — it's the scourge of drug use that came with it. Here, almost everyone knows someone who be- came addicted. And the Ap- palachian town is fighting back by suing some of the biggest U.S. drug distribu- tors, hoping to make them pay for the damage done by addiction. Lawyers say growing pushback by com- munities, many in West Vir- ginia, could ultimately ri- val the scope of litigation against tobacco companies over smoking. As coal workers lost jobs and faced few employment options, opioid addiction rose. In 2015, federal figures show, West Virginia had the nation's highest rate of over- dose deaths from opioids, a class of narcotics that in- cludes heroin but also pain relievers such as oxycodone legally available by pre- scription. In 2015 and 2016, the state had 1,500 drug overdoses — at least 32 of them in McDowell County, whose seat is Welch. "We just feel now is maybe the time to attack these drug companies to make them responsible for what they're sending out," said Welch Mayor Reba Honacker, who had retired from her career as a florist before her election. In February, she sued five of the nation's largest pre- scription drug distributors on behalf of her city, argu- ing their opioids saturated the community at a heavy price in added emergency, rehabilitation, police, court and jail services. "Opioids, once a niche drug, are now the most prescribed class of drugs — more than blood pres- sure, cholesterol or anxiety drugs," the lawsuit says, noting drug companies' bil- lions in annual revenue. Honacker's attorney Harry Bell said a Charles- ton Gazette-Mail investiga- tion (http://bit.ly/2hfEa9l) last year shows that opioid shipments to West Virginia clearly have exceeded need — more than 400 pills for each of the 1.8 million peo- ple in the state over a six- year period. "I suspect there are nu- merous communities which have drug problems in this country with opioids," Bell said. "But how many of those communities are ... victims of a true massive dumping of prescription opioids in numbers that have no relation to reality?" Since that report, 11 West Virginia municipali- ties — including the city of Huntington and Kanawha County, where the capi- tal, Charleston, is located — have filed or announced lawsuits. McDowell County Sheriff Martin West said the attor- ney general's office advised criminal charges weren't possible. The county sued in federal court instead. In a similar case, Everett, Washington, sued Purdue Pharma in January, say- ing the maker of OxyCon- tin knew some of the pain medication was being fun- neled by the black market into the city but did noth- ing to stop that. Purdue ar- gued for dismissal, saying there was no basis in law for a municipality to sue a drug manufacturer. Fulton County, Georgia, filed a similar suit against three distributors in state court in 2015, but dropped it after being briefed on measures to prevent il- licit diversion, said Ellen Barry, a spokeswoman for drug distributor Cardinal Health. Bell said he was unaware of other states with similar suits. LAWSUIT Small-town mayor takes on pill distributors S.M. CHRISTMAN — THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Mayor Reba Honacker filed a lawsuit here in February, at the McDowell County Courthouse. CHRISYOSHIMIUCHIBORI June 3, 1946 ~ April 1, 2017 Chris was born in Honolulu, HI and raised in the Kailua, HI. He received a BA in music from Pasadena Nazarene College (Point Loma). Chris and Vicky married in 1969. He joined the Army and served in Seoul, Korea with the Army Band from 1971-1972. Chris worked in music education for 45 years in Pacific Grove, CA, Amarillo, TX, Red Bluff, CA, and Redding, CA. He most recently taught ukulele classes at Cottonwood Charter School and instructed the Performance Jazz class at Shasta College, Redding, CA. He also spent many hours teaching private lessons at his home and the Brass Reed Music Store in Redding, CA. Chris received numerous awards throughout his career including 5 teacher of the year awards. He performed with various music groups, jazz bands, and community orchestras, as well as churches nearly every Sunday. Chris also directed music camps and judged jazz festivals and marching band competitions throughout the North State. His dedication to teaching was evident not only by the numerous trophies and awards the groups achieved, but in the lives of the students he taught. When he was not performing or teaching Chris also loved spending time fishing, wood working, cooking, eat- ing, telling corny jokes, riding his stationary bike, and connecting with all those he loved. Chris is preceded in death by his mother Yaeko (Violet) Uchibori, his brother Roger, and his father Mitsuo Uchibori. He is survived by his wife Vicky, daughters Kim Uchibori, and Rose McKee (Kevin), two grand-twins Rory and Emily McKee, sisters Rochelle Uchibori and Naomi Uchibori-Grossman, and numerous aunts, uncles, cousins, nieces and nephews. Chris will be remembered as a loving and generous son, husband, father, grandfather, brother, uncle, nephew, teacher, and friend. He loved God and he loved his neighbor. His contagious laugh will forever be missed. Chris is having a memorial service at Little Country Church, Sat April 8 at 11am. He will be laid to rest at a private ceremony at the Northern California Veterans Cemetery in Igo, CA. Please consider donations to your local art and veterans programs in lieu of flowers. Obituaries R ed Bluff Simple Cremations and Burial Service FD1931 527-1732 Now open longer hours 722 Oak Street, Red Bluff SATURDAY, APRIL 8, 2017 REDBLUFFDAILYNEWS.COM | NEWS | 9 A