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Tuesday, March 30, 2010 – Daily News – 7A Obituaries ROBERT M. ALMOND Bob Almond died suddenly and peacefully in his Ander- son home with his beloved wife Ruby by his side on Fri- day, March 26th. Bob was born Robert Martin Almond on July 25th, 1926 in Shaw, Mississippi. At age 20 he moved to Tor- rance, California to work in his brother John's Dept Store. He remained in the retail profession all of his life working 40 years as a Shoe Salesman. He took pride in his work and his ability to "fit" a shoe correctly. In 1973 he and his first wife Lois Almond relocated to Red Bluff where he worked as the store manager at Ry- del's Shoes and the Shoe Palace. Bob was known for his gre- garious nature and sense of humor. Many in Red Bluff might remember seeing him on Main Street sweeping the walk in front of the store with a crazy hat on. This habit earned him the nickname "Crazy Bob" around town. Bob was a family man and in his 83 years he had 3 families whose lives he touched, whose hearts he nurtured and whose funny bones he constantly tickled. His first family with his wife Lois brought him 3 children that adored him: Danny, Da- vid and Laurie. Bob and Lois enjoyed 40 years of mar- riage full of joy and laughter with their children and grandchildren. The Loss of Lois in 1989 was difficult for all but, brought new bless- ings and a new family when Bob married his beloved 2nd wife Ruby Day Almond in August of 1990. Bob loved her children Michael, Debbie and Pam as his own and they and their children brought him great joy! His 3rd and equally cherish- ed family was the congrega- tion of Grace Fellowship Church (formerly Cotton- wood Foursquare) Bob and Lois became members in 1974. Ruby and Bob shared the Love of the Lord and this congregation also. He was a deacon there and dedicated his time and heart to the church and his church fami- ly. Pastor Paul Shrum and his wife Connie along with the entire church family were a cornerstone of his life and he loved and en- joyed each and every one of them. He was known as Hal- lelujah Bob because of his attitude of praise for the God he so loves and is now with. We, his family and friends will miss his smile, his gen- erous nature, his inspiration- al faith, his hand on our shoulder and his wonderful, loving hugs. Please join us in celebrating his passing to the home he awaited. A memorial service will be held on Wednesday March 31st at 11 am at Grace Fellowship Church on Rhonda Road in Cotton- wood. In lieu of flowers donations can be made to the church. You are welcome to bring a photo or fond remembrance If you can not attend, honor Bob by hugging someone, He would like that. CHARLES SAMUAL BLACKBURN Charles Samual Blackburn was born June 30, 1923 in Red Bluff, CA and passed away March 24, 2010 in Chico, CA. Sam was a life- long rancher and farmer in the Corning area. Sam is survived by his wife Susan of 41 years. Sam al- so leaves his daughter Ruth Myhre and three step chil- dren Ginny Weil, Hewlett Todd and Joyce Todd. He also leaves his adopted son Seth Blackburn and three grandchildren, Chase and Brook Myhre and Adam Todd. Sam received the Purple Heart Medal for his service in the Second World War as a machine gunner in Pat- ton’s Army. Sam was also a Master of the Corning Ma- sons. He was a member of the Corning Baptist Church where services will be held at 11:00 a.m., March 30th Tuesday, A CELEBRATION of Life Memorial service will be held at: Cone Community Methodist Church near Dairyville for Zesta Belle Butler on April 6, 2010 beginning at 11:00 A.M. Death Notices Donald Lee Jackson Donald Lee Jackson, a long-time Tehama County resident, died Saturday, March 27, 2010, at Enloe Medical Center in Chico. He was 76. Graveside services will be held at noon on Satur- day, April 3, 2010, at the Kirkwood Cemetery. Hall Bros. Corning Mortuary is handling the arrange- ments. Published Tuesday, March 30, 2010, in the Daily News, Red Bluff, Calif. John Joseph Maxwell John Joseph Maxwell of Corning died Saturday, March 27, 2010, in Red Bluff. He was 82. Affordable Mortuary is handling the arrange- ments. Published Tuesday, March 30, 2010, in the Daily News, Red Bluff, Calif. Have a news tip? Call 527-2151, Ext. 112 California to get another round of wintry weather LOS ANGELES (AP) — California’s fling with a sum- merlike spring is coming to an end with a series of wintry storms. Los Angeles hit 80 degrees Monday after an equally warm weekend that filled beaches, but the National Weath- er Service says that by Thursday highs will have dropped 20 to 30 degrees in Southern California. The service is forecasting winter storm conditions in the Sierra Nevada, rain, gusty winds and hazardous sea and surf conditions along much of the northern and central coast. And forecasters say a southward drift in the jet stream will drive an unseasonably cold low-pressure system through Southern California before the end of the week, lowering snow levels to 3,000 feet. MOVE Continued from page 1A many years,” said former president Marlene Mason. The planning for the RIDE Continued from page 1A The ride gets under way with opening ceremonies at 9 a.m., fol- lowed by the opening lap and sur- vivors lap. Kelli Rodriguez will entertain starting at 10 a.m. and a barbecued tri tip lunch will be offered 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. A dummy roping competition will begin at 12:30 p.m. and games in the arena for children 13 and younger at 1:30 p.m. will be fol- lowed by an Easter egg hunt. CUTS Continued from page 1A haul away, hire someone to haul the mess away or haul it away themselves, Brewer said. Bulky appliances should be disposed of through the quarterly curbside collection events. The council asked Brewer to put a public notice of policy revisions to be reviewed at the April 13 meeting. Preliminary policies are listed in the March 23 agenda, which can be found at www.corning.org. Several residents CART Continued from page 1A are way better,” said Tehama Dis- trict Fair CEO Mark Eidman, who said he has already visited the stand a few times. “Thumbs up from me,” said Shannon Hunt of Red Bluff who came back to compliment Tannehill on his cooking. Tannehill said he estimates he has between 30 and 40 visitors a day with people arriving as early as 7:30 a.m. the first day he set up his stand. Many of them have become repeat customers. MAN Continued from page 1A vice rangers on snowmo- biles saw footprints and found Thomas at about 4 p.m. Monday. He had frostbite on one finger but declined medical attention. SACRAMENTO (AP) — A state lawmaker on Monday asked a California State University foundation to provide the details of a compensation package promised to former vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin, the scheduled guest of honor at a univer- sity gala in June. Sen. Leland Yee, D-San Francisco, requested that the California State Uni- versity Stanislaus Founda- tion disclose the amount and nature of any compen- sation being awarded to Palin, the former Alaska governor who commands speaking fees as high as $100,000. Last week, the nonprofit foundation announced that Palin would be the featured speaker at CSU Stanislaus’ 50th anniversary celebra- tion on June 25. Tickets to the black-tie fundraiser, which the foundation is hosting, cost $500. Matt Swanson, presi- dent of the foundation’s board of directors, said the foundation’s contract with Palin prevented him from revealing any compensa- tion details. ‘‘I’m aware of it,’’ he said of Yee’s request. ‘‘But there’s not going to be any information we can send him. We’re bound by the contract we’re in.’’ A spokesman for Palin did not immediately respond to phone calls or e- mails from The Associated Press on Monday. Yee said contracts between private entities and state or local agencies center began in 2005, right before the market took a slide, Rasmussen said. Clint Spivey, from Municipal Services Group, did not give up until he found funding for the project. “It has been a long process so we are happy to be moving forward,” Rasmussen said. The district hopes to rent the existing facility to a health related service, Fay said. Chad Bushnell will entertain starting at 2:15 p.m. and all money must be turned in by 2:30 p.m. The final lap is scheduled for 3:30 p.m. with everyone riding lead- ing up to the closing ceremonies at 4 p.m., including bestowing of awards. A raffle will be offered through- out the day and snacks, soda and water will be available for sale in the registration area. A number of raffle items, silent auction items and a quilt raffle have been donated to the event organiz- ers, including an autographed cook- protested the proposed changes with one woman worried about elderly resi- dents on fixed incomes while another worried about drainage problems and the city “looking like a dump,” she said. Others protested budget cuts from previous council meetings, which included Recreation Supervisor Kimberly Beck’s hours and Corning Fire dispatch. “On behalf of the board of directors and members of the Skate and Bike Association we are writing you in support of Recre- ation Supervisor Kim Beck and in opposition to any reduction of her hours Ken Robison of ReMax Reality will be handling the negotiations for the 3,200-square-foot proper- ty on Solano Street. For more information, call the district at 824- 5451. book and apron from Guy Feiri from The Food Network show Din- ers, Drive-ins and Dives. For more information, call Jessi- ca Macdonald at 529-9679 or Bailey Brownfield at 527-6290 during the late afternoon, as both of the event chairwomen are high school stu- dents. Macdonald and Brownfield start- ed the event in 2009 as a communi- ty service project and it was the sec- ond of its kind in the nation. Since it has become a multi-county event there is a committee that facilitates Ride For Life in the north state. or, God forbid, her termi- nation,” John Richards said. Bucky Bowen and Dean Cofer suggested canceling the 25-year air- port lease agreement and sending it out for competi- tive bids and keeping the city pool open. An informational pre- sentation was made on the cost of maintaining the city pool and the amount of revenue it brings in. Cost-saving sugges- tions included reducing the number of lifeguards by one, not giving a 25- cent an hour raise to returning life guards and raising gate fees. “People say $4 for a hot dog is pricey, but once they try it they keep coming back,” Tannehill said. Tannehill runs the business Mon- day through Friday with his wife Dotty coming to help out for lunch. “Sometimes it gets nuts at lunch, but I love this job,” Tannehill said. “You get to meet all kinds of people and everyone’s been really nice so far.” In addition to hot dogs, Tannehill sells sodas, water and a bag of chips. A former tree surgeon for 25 years in the Bay Area before com- ing to Red Bluff seven years ago, Tannehill said he loves the area. Tannehill started his business, Thomas, who has climbed Mt. Shasta sever- al times, walked down to about 3,500 feet, getting within two miles of the rescue operations camp. Gravenkamp said it was the first time Thomas had climbed the steeper and more challenging northern are part of the public record, and no contract stipulation can override that. A 2001 state appeals court ruling could give the foundation grounds for dis- puting its obligations under the California Public Records Act. The court ruled that auxiliary associa- tions acting on behalf of public bodies are not sub- ject to public records requests. To address that loop- hole, Yee is sponsoring a state bill that would require campus foundations and auxiliary organizations to adhere to public records requirements. The measure passed the Senate in Janu- ary and is awaiting a hear- ing in the Assembly. Yee said the CSU Stanislaus community — still reeling from a wave of state budget cuts and stu- dent fee increases — deserves to know what the foundation is spending on speaker fees. ‘‘At a time when stu- dents are struggling to afford an education at CSU, I would hope that spending potentially hun- dreds of thousands of dol- lars on a guest speaker for a black-tie gala would be low on the priority list,’’ he said in a statement. Over the past five years, state budget cuts have caused student fees to rise by 68 percent across CSU’s 23 campuses, to $4,900 per year. Swanson stressed that all the money to fund the June event would come Nothing was decided and Brewer said he would bring more information to the April 13 meeting. The June 8 council meeting was rescheduled for Monday, June 14, due to June 8 being an election day. The City Council meets the second and fourth Tuesdays of the month at City Hall, 794 Third St. Meeting minutes and agendas are available at www.corning.org. ——— Julie Zeeb can be reached at 527-2153, extension 115 or jzeeb@redbluffdailynews. com. which has been at several local events, including the Red Bluff Bull & Gelding Sale, because he couldn’t find work. “I’d been out of work for a year and a half,” Tannehill said. “The unemployment was running out and I said I’m going to create a job so I created this job for myself.” The cart is just outside the Post Office on Walnut Street and is open 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tannehill caters for parties and special events and can be reached at 529-3848. ——— Julie Zeeb can be reached at 527-2153, extension 115 or jzeeb@redbluffdailynews.com. side of the mountain. She did not know Bennett’s climbing experience, although both climbers belong to an outdoors club in the San Francisco Bay area. The pair failed to fill out a $25 climbing report, making it tough for from private donations, adding: ‘‘We don’t use uni- versity money or public money for anything, not just this event.’’ Palin stepped down as governor in July, and since resigning has enjoyed colossal success with her best-selling memoir ‘‘Going Rogue.’’ She was the featured speaker at a tea party rally this weekend in Searchlight, Nev. After Congress passed health care reform this month, Palin was criticized for inflammatory state- ments that included a map on her Facebook page with circles and crosshairs over 20 Democratic congres- sional districts and a Twit- ter posting that read, ‘‘Don’t Retreat, Instead — RELOAD!’’ Swanson said the choice of such a high-profile — and controversial — public figure to appear at the anniversary gala was strate- gic and one that would ben- efit the university in the long run. ‘‘Gov. Palin is someone who has a lot of celebrity, and she draws a lot of attention, which is the goal of a fundraiser,’’ he said. Swanson estimated the event could generate $100,000 to $200,000 of net proceeds, all of which would go to benefit the uni- versity. He said the founda- tion had not yet decided how exactly to spend the money. The event will take place at the university’s campus in the Central Val- ley farming town of Tur- rangers to pinpoint where they had planned to head up the mountain, Gravenkamp said. ‘‘The whole point of checking in is for their safety so we know when they left and where they are going,’’ she said. ‘‘They didn’t do that.’’ Lawmaker seeks amount paid for Palin speech lock, about 90 miles south of Sacramento. Palin last visited Cali- fornia in February, when she spoke at two sold-out events hosted by the Sierra- Cascade Logging Confer- ence in Redding.