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Obituaries er, Mike Wigley, passed away on October 3, 2012. He was 74. His love of hunting and fishing took him to many places around the country before settling in Red Bluff. He was born Timothy Michael Wigley, in Los Angeles, California, where he spent his youth. He had a tremen- dous love for animals and had always wanted to be a vet- erinarian, but life had other plans. He married, for the first time, in 1954 and his two eldest sons were both born in Los Angeles. In 1958, he moved his family to Montana where they lived until 1964. It was there that his love of hunting and fishing blossomed and his excellent marks- man skills were realized. His eldest daughter was also born during this time. After working briefly, in Wyoming, he and the family returned to Southern California where he lived until moving to Red Bluff in 1974. After being of- fered a position with the former Minch's Meat Packing plant, Mike moved the family to Red Bluff where he re- kindled his love of hunting and fishing. He also dabbled in cattle ranching for a short time. In 1975, the closure of Minch's opened the door for an opportunity to open a welding and fabricating shop. Initially called "Wiggley & Sons Welding" the name was later changed to "Wiggley's Welding" after his two eldest sons moved on to other ca- reer opportunities. Eventually, he discontinued all of the specialized welding and fabricating and focused mainly on drive lines. Mike married, for the second time, in 1986. His youngest daughter and son were both born in Red Bluff. Mike con- tinued with the drive line business while being actively involved in his children's lives. He still managed to find some time for hunting. In the past few years, his health began to decline and he retired. He spent the last few months in a skilled nursing facility until his passing. He is survived by his five children: Michael, Jim, Jennett Swan, Michelle Hickok (Casey), and Bryan; four grand- children and two great-grandsons. Hoyt-Cole Chapel of the Flowers is handling the arrangements, in which a pri- vate memorial will be held, followed by cremation. In lieu of flowers, the family requests that donations be made to Cal Farley's Boys Ranch in his name. Donations can be mailed to Cal Farley's Boys Ranch, P.O. Box 1890, Amarillo, TX 79174 or online at www.calfarley.org. Any other charitable organization which assists youth, or your favorite charitable organization is also appreciated Long-time Red Bluff resident and retired business own- Mike Wigley the community, the Red Bluff- Tehama County Chamber of Com- merce will be hosting a City Coun- cil Candidates Forum 7-9 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 9 at the Red Bluff Veterans Memorial Hall on the cor- ner of Oak and Jackson streets. MATH Continued from page 1A mism about education. If we were in a better finan- cial situation I'd probably be ecstatic." Foster first talked about Silicon Valley Mathemat- ics Initiative, which was a result of a foundation that supports education run by the family of Robert Noyce. Noyce, who died in City Council candidates forum set for Tuesday As a service to its members and The opening will be conducted by Lisa Hansen, chairwoman of the Red Bluff-Tehama County Cham- ber of Commerce Board. Acting as moderator will be Greg Stevens, publisher of the Daily News. After introductions, each candi- date will be given two minutes to Saturday, October 6, 2012 – Daily News 11A make his or her opening remarks. Following the opening remarks, pre-screened, written questions will be taken from the floor and directed to all candidates All three candidates are expected to participate — Lisha Goings, Clay Parker and Robert Sheppard Jr. 1990, was the inventor of the Intel chip that was responsible for launching Silicon Valley, Foster said. Foster's talk touched on No Child Left behind, which was supposed to close the achievement gap between white and minor- ity students, but in reality did not close the gap, he said. "California's at the bot- tom and has been drop- ping for a couple of decades," Foster said. Because the gap is not closing, California adopt- ed in 2010 the Common Corps standards, which 46 states in all have adopted, he said. MABEL DEPUY passed away peacefully in her home Sept. 15, 2012. Her services were held first in Red Bluff at the Assembly of God Church, then she was laid to rest in Chico next to her beloved husband, Gordon , who pre- ceded her in 2001. They were married for 66 years. Mabel was born in Dover, Colorado in 1918 and moved to Cali- fornia in 1926. She is survived by her daughters; Sandy Feeney of Lake Almanor and Chico, Dottie Christensen of Red Bluff; grandchildren; Brad, Tammy and Greg Felder and Kori Ebenhack Bieber; great grandchildren, Barrett and Beau Felder, Addisen and Cade Bieber, Brytanny and Jace Brown, Annabella, Gabriella, and Scarlett Felder. Mabel was an avid world traveler, enjoyed playing cards MABEL DEPUY 1918-2012 in the new standards is to do three things: make sure all California students are college and career ready by junior year of high school, have international- ly benchmarked standards and have fewer, but clearer and higher, California standards, Foster said. "At the heart are eight standards of mathematical practice," Foster said. Those eight standards are that students should be able to: The goal of the authors with her church friends, gardening, and watching sports. She also gave many hours toward her Beta Lambda chap- ter especially in the area of reading equivalency, but her true love was her family and she put them first. Mabel was a great advocate for education and after helping her husband, and two daughters through college she decided to go herself. She graduated from Chico State with honors and received her Masters of Arts in Speech with distinction, at the age of 50. She had a private speech pathology practice helping stroke patients and worked in the Colusa schools as a speech therapist for over 20 years. Her awards included the National Service Registry and Teacher of the Year but she thought her best award was how much her family loved her.. Each year her Beta Lambda chapter gives two scholar- ships to students in the Northern California area. If inter- ested in honoring her, please send to: Beta Lambda Chap- ter Scholarship Fund, PO Box 1252 Corning, CA., 96021. 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, MURDER Red Bluff. She was 79. Red Bluff Simple Cremations and Burial Service is handling the arrangements. Published Saturday, Oct. 6, 2012, in the Daily News, Sabra A. Emerson Sabra A. Emerson died Tuesday, Oct. 2, 2012, in Red Bluff, Calif. Spencer Damon Ryals Spencer Damon Ryals died Wednesday, Oct. 3, 2012, in Red Bluff. He was 54. Red Bluff Simple Cre- mations and Burial Service is handling the arrange- ments. Red Bluff, Calif. Published Saturday, Oct. 6, 2012, in the Daily News, Charles Skaggs Charles Skaggs died Thursday, Oct. 4, 2012, at St. Elizabeth Community Hospital in Red Bluff. He was 81. Hoyt-Cole Chapel of the Flowers is handling the arrangements. Published Saturday, Oct. 6, 2012, in the Daily News, Red Bluff, Calif. RAIL Continued from page 1A point of the proposed idea as it connects both with the national rail system and Interstate 5 and has available land to create a multi-modal terminal. Tehama County could benefit through job cre- ation and the creation of international routes for olives, fruits and nuts exports. Williams said he hoped the study would examine whether the Humboldt Bay port could feasibly use the bigger ships now being used for imports and exports. Supervisor Bob CARE TO COMMENT? At redbluffdailynews.com, scroll to the end of any story, click the link and type away. 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 Continued from page 1A DNA, which the Department of Justice aided Shasta Vehicle strikes man in taken to St. Elizabeth Commu- nity Hospital after a collision with a 2002 Toyota sedan at 5:56 p.m. Thursday in the area of South Main Street and Brearcliffe. crosswalk A 30-year-old man was • Make sense of non- routine problems and per- severe in solving them • Reason abstractly and quantitatively 4-H Continued from page 1A hands-on activities for youth and adults to do. Some of the projects and activities that will be fea- tured at the 4-H Open House include cake deco- rating, woodworking, robotics and pack goats. • Construct viable argu- Daily News photo by Julie Zeeb David Foster of Silicon Valley Mathematics Initiative talks to Tehama County math educators at the Mathematics Learning Communities event held Thursday at Rolling Hills Casino. ments and critique reason- ing of others • Model with math meaning the ability to use real situations such as graphs to attack the prob- lem • Use appropriate math- ematical tools strategically • Attend to precision of augmentation and argu- ments • Look for and make use of structure • Look for and express regularity in repeated rea- soning The California Com- mon Core Standards will not be fully implemented until 2014, said Tehama County Department of Education Director of Math and Science Lisa Tufts University's 4-H Study of Positive Youth Development indicate that young people in 4-H are three times more likely to contribute to their com- munities than youth not participating in 4-H. Notably, the Tufts research discovered that the structured learning, encouragement and adult Recent findings from Sandberg. Part of the Common Core Standards is that there is a focus on opera- tions and algebraic think- ing for kindergarten through fifth grade and numbers and operations in base 10 from sixth through eighth grade and into high school, Foster said. California added extra standards of algebra in eighth grade, which other participating states do not have. That could be a huge challenge, but there's been some rethinking on it, he said. Thursday's event, host- ed by the department of education along with Expect More Tehama, was a kick-off to celebrate receiving a grant for bringing together math educators, Sandberg said. "It's a great partner- ship," Sandberg said. "Because of the presence of Expect More Tehama, it raised the level of expecta- tions." The grant was from the California Math Science SB 1200 would estab- lish an 11-member stan- dards review committee to modify the current adopt- ed standard, Foster said. mentoring that 4-H'ers receive play a vital role in helping them actively con- tribute to their communi- ties. In Tehama County, there are 383 4-H mem- bers and 148 volunteers. 4-H youth are a living breathing, culture-chang- ing revolution for doing the right thing, breaking through obstacles and Partnership, she said. ——— Julie Zeeb can be reached at 527-2153, extension 115 or jzeeb@redbluffdailynews. com. Follow her on Twitter @DN_Zeeb. pushing the country for- ward by making a measur- able difference right where they live. the Revolution of Respon- sibility at http://www.4- h.org/about/revolution/, or contact the Tehama Coun- ty 4-H Office at 530-527- 3101 or visit http://cete- hama.ucdavis.edu/. Learn how you can Join County by processing, the release said. After analyzing all evidence and conducting many interviews, the Shasta County Sheriff's Office deter- mined that Mark Duenas murdered his wife, the release said. —Staff report Short supplies keep gas prices rising LOS ANGELES (AP) — California gas prices continued surging Friday, adding another 17 cents per gallon on average, and the increases are expected to continue for at least several more days, ensuring long lines and short tempers at pumps around the state. The man had been walking east within a marked cross- walk when he was hit by an 87-year-old man who was turning south onto South Main Street from Brearcliffe Drive, Sgt. Quintan Ortega said. The victim was treated and released for moderate injuries at St. Elizabeth, Ortega said. The Toyota sustained minor damage to its wind- shield. A week of soaring costs has led some stations to close and others to charge record prices — in some places $5 or more — as California leapfrogged Hawaii as the state with the most expensive fuel. The average price for a gallon of regular unleaded across California was nearly $4.49 on Friday, 32 cents more than a week ago and the highest statewide aver- age in the nation, according to AAA's Daily Fuel Gauge report. The national average is about $3.79 a gallon, the highest ever for this time of year. However, gas prices in many other states have started decreasing, which is typical for October. Rebecca Olson, 43, of Irvine, drove to The part-time preschool teacher said her husband already spends $500 a month on gas, in part because he commutes near- ly 100 miles a day to a new sales job after being unemployed for a year. ''All of this is killing us, just because a Costco in Tustin hoping to find lower prices than the $4.65 in her neighborhood, but the pumps were closed. we've got big cars,'' she said. They've already parked their GMC Yukon SUV indefinitely. If gas prices keep rising, Olson said they'll sell her husband's Infiniti G35 that requires pre- mium fuel and buy a more efficient car, while making their children ride their bikes to their activities. ''Just last night, we were looking at economical cars, we were car shopping,'' she said. The average price for regular gasoline in California hit an all-time high of $4.61 per gallon in June 2008. That could be eclipsed this weekend.