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Hoyt-Cole Chapel of The Flowers are entrusted with the arrangements. Obituaries Death Notices Will be at 10am on Friday, October 12th at The First Church of God, Memorial Service for Allie Jane Dodd corner of S. Jackson St. & Luther Rd. Allie passed away October 5, 2012 in Red Bluff, CA. 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, Allie Jane Dodd Allie Jane Dodd died Friday at her Red Bluff resi- dence. She was 25. Hoyt-Cole Chapel of the Flowers is handling the arrangements. Published Tuesday, Oct. 9, 2012 in the Daily News, Red Bluff, Calif. Caron M. Bryson Caron M. Bryson of Rancho Tehama died Sunday, Oct. 7, 2012, at Mercy Medical Center in Redding. She was 71. Hoyt-Cole Chapel of the Flowers is handling the arrangements. Published Tuesday, Oct. 9, 2012, in the Daily News, Red Bluff, Calif. Edna Danielson Edna Danielson died Sunday, Oct. 7, 2012, at St. Elizabeth Community Hospital in Red Bluff. She was 82. Hoyt-Cole Chapel of the Flowers is handling the arrangements. Published Tuesday, Oct. 9, 2012, in the Daily News, Red Bluff, Calif. Crystal C. Hopper Crystal C. Hopper died Sunday, Oct. 7, 2012, at St. Elizabeth Community Hospital in Red Bluff. She was 57. Hoyt-Cole Chapel of the Flowers is handling the arrangements. Published Tuesday, Oct. 9, 2012, in the Daily News, Red Bluff, Calif. KNIFE (Continued from page 1A) year-old approached the other boy, the 15-year-old pulled out a knife and, keeping it close to him, told the victim to stay away from him, Atkins said. The 15-year-old was contacted by the School Resources Officer at First GAS (Continued from page 1A) ter-gas blends. Officials said it could take days before prices fall, depending on how quickly refineries can get the winter-blend fuel to market. ''The gasoline market moves on news, and this is clearly good news in terms of supply, because it should be able to increase supply immediately,'' said Alison apRoberts, a spokeswoman with the California Energy Com- mission. Baptist Church where he was found to have blood on his ear and told the officer he could not hear out of that ear. The boy's mother was called and she requested he be taken to St. Eliza- beth Community Hospital for treatment. A report was taken and an investi- gation is being conducted, Atkins said. — Julie Zeeb said, state data shows gas production last week was ''almost as high as a year ago, and stockpiles of gasoline and blending components combined were equal to this time last year,'' she said. The third day of record- setting prices at the pump has also prompted calls for a federal investigation. Sen. Barbara Boxer, D- Calif., on Monday asked the Department of Jus- tice's oil and gas price fraud working group to look into whether mainte- nance issues at refineries were being used as an excuse to drive up energy prices. Boxer's request came a day after Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., called on the Federal Trade Commission to investi- gate, saying residents need to be protected from ''malicious trading schemes.'' Leibowitz said the agency does not confirm investi- gations ''but we do have enormous respect for Sen. Feinstein.'' FTC Chairman Jon In some locations, fum- ing motorists paid $5 or more per gallon while sta- tion owners had to shut down pumps in others. A station in Long Beach south of Los Ange- les had California's prici- est gas at $6.65 for a gal- lon of regular, according to GasBuddy.com. Mean- while, customers at an outlet in San Pablo north of Oakland paid just $3.49, the lowest. Winter-blend gas typi- cally isn't sold until November, when cooler temperatures allow for its use while maintaining fed- eral and state air quality standards. Few refineries outside the state are cur- rently making summer- blend gas, putting the pressure on already-taxed California manufacturers. Still, the air board said Feinstein has asked the FTC to determine if the price spike was caused by illegal manipulation of the market and to start moni- toring the market for fraud, manipulation, or other malicious trading practices. ''Publically available data appears to confirm that market fundamentals are not to blame for rising gas prices in California,'' she wrote. Despite a pipeline and refinery shut down, she it believed that changing over a few weeks earlier than normal would not push California's air pol- lution beyond normal lev- els for this time of year. David Pettit, an air quality attorney for Natur- al Resources Defense Council, said concerns over air pollution from the winter gas could arise if California experiences an October heat wave. ''But right now, I don't have any great concerns about it, based on average temperatures in the past in October,'' he said. ——— Jason Dearen can be reached at http://www.twitter.com/J HDearen . Associated Press writers Christopher Weber in Los Angeles and Juliet Williams in Sacra- mento, and Business Writer Marcy Gordon in Washington contributed to this report. Belle Mill homes, businesses lose water By RICH GREENE DN Staff Writer three businesses in the Belle Mill area had their water supply dis- rupted over the weekend when a pump went down. The users have received their A group of 57 residences and Mutual Water Company to take over. water through Howell's Lakeside Water, but collection issues have led them to explore setting up a An interim board was put into place in August. The company's main well was already offline and the backup well failed Friday and had to be repaired Saturday. E's Locker Room owner Babs Fries, who has helped spearhead the formation of the Mutual Water Company, said the users Tuesday, October 9, 2012 – Daily News 9A have been in constant contact with both county and state health officials. pump failing over the weekend was it helped alert officials to what a dire situation the resi- dents are in, she said. The one positive from the Water Company has been formed, it can then look for loan options to repair the main well. Candidates forum scheduled for tonight As a service to its members and the commu- nity, the Red Bluff- Tehama County Chamber of Commerce will be hosting a City Council 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. The opening will be conducted by Lisa Hansen, chairwoman of the Red Bluff-Tehama County Chamber of Com- merce Board. Acting as moderator will be Greg Stevens, publisher of the Daily News. After introductions, each candidate will be given two minutes to make his or her opening remarks. Following the opening remarks, pre- screened, written ques- tions will be taken from the floor and directed to all candidates are expected to participate — Lisha Goings, Clay Parker and Robert Shep- pard Jr. All three candidates Corning council to mull loan repayment LOGUE (Continued from page 1A) By JULIE ZEEB DN Staff Writer CORNING — The City Council will dis- cuss refinancing of the PERS Side Fund obliga- tions following a pre- sentation by Jeffrey Land of Brandis-Tall- man of San Francisco at tonight's meeting. In 2003, California Works Director John Brewer said in the staff report. Brandis-Tallman has presented to cities across the North State, several of whom have chosen to refinance with them including Red Bluff, Anderson and Orland, Brewer said. legislation mandated all CalPERS members with less than 100 employees join a risk-sharing pool, known as a side fund and pay the difference between the city's plan and the funded status of the risk pool, according to the staff report. The liability was treated by CalPERS as a loan and for Corning the amount was $2.59 million to be paid off by June 30, 2023, City Manager and Public there are several options for the city to choose from including a public offering method of sale or a private placement method of sale includ- ing a direct loan from a bank. While there is some uncertainty as to how Gov. Jerry Brown's signing of AB 340, a pension reform act, the refinancing of the loan could save the city quite a bit of money. Corning could save up to $374,000 over the next 11 years and he feels the city should look into the refinanc- ing opportunity, Brewer said. If a new loan is the option selected, the first 10 years would be a fixed rate, however, the remaining half of a year the city would have left would be based off the one-year treasury rate, which is about 0.17 per- cent. Fries said once a Mutual my doctor's orders," Logue said in a press release. In the release, Logue said he has his doctor's full support to campaign in the smaller 3rd Assembly District, which includes Tehama County. The savings for the last half of a year is expected to be $17,939, the powerpoint in the staff report said. According to the Brandis-Tallman power- point in the staff report, The timetable for the loan, if the city should choose the private placement method would be about 16 weeks, according to the powerpoint. leaves four candidates in the special election to the 4th Senate seat. The seat opened in August when congressional can- didate Doug LaMalfa resigned so he could concentrate on the November election. Logue's withdrawal Assemblyman Jim Nielsen, former Chico Unified School Board trustee Jann Reed, Chico rancher Dan Levine and Democrat Mickey Har- rington are the remain- ing candidates. SACRAMENTO (AP) — Cali- fornia officials have reached a $25 million settlement with a company that sells end-of-life policies through funeral planners, state Controller John Chiang announced Monday. California settles over end-of-life policies the statement said. The settlement with Fore- thought Group Inc., a Texas- based company that, according to its website, offers planning for retirement and end-of-life needs, comes after a 2008 audit found what Chiang termed an ''indus- try-wide practice'' of companies failing to pay death benefits even though the companies had access to federal records indicating pol- icyholders had died. ''Those who purchased poli- cies from Forethought wanted peace of mind that their spouses, children and loved ones would not be burdened with the expens- es and inconvenience associated with paying and planning for a funeral,'' Chiang said in a state- ment. ''It's a shameful betrayal of trust when this insurance com- pany -either through wanton greed or careless neglect - did not honor their obligation to pay,'' Forethought Group will pay near- ly $25 million to California ben- eficiaries, Chiang said. The com- pany has also agreed to adopt reforms to make sure benefits are paid promptly in the future. The state had previously reached similar agreements with three other insurance companies, Chiang said. As part of the settlement, Forethought Group on Monday evening was not immediately returned. (AP) — A judge on Monday temporarily suspended public hear- ings into possible penal- ties to be levied after a deadly natural gas pipeline explosion in a Northern California neighborhood. Judge suspends hearings into pipeline blast SAN FRANCISCO San Bruno. On Friday, the com- The California Public Utilities Commission has been holding public hearings over the Sept. 9, 2010, blast that killed eight people, injured others and destroyed dozens of homes in the bedroom community of APPLES (Continued from page 1A) the downtown area and destroyed about 34 homes, said Mike Stiener, pastor of Manton Community Church. The church, like in 2005, has become a focal point for aid in the community, dis- tributing food, clothing, water and spiritual help to fire victims in the area. "It takes about six months to really help people out," Stiener said, adding, the church has taken in more than $10,000 to be distrib- uted only to fire victims. "We promised people that they would strictly be 100 percent — noting was put out anywhere else," he said. mission's Consumer Protection and Safety Division filed a motion seeking a monthlong suspension of the hear- ings to determine penal- ties against the pipeline's owner, Pacif- ic Gas & Electric Co. The commission said the suspension would help the parties reach a settlement in the case. CPUC Administra- tive Law Judge Mark Wetzell decided to put the hearings on hold The money comes from donors, Stiener said, and from all over. "We had a Russian church out of San Francisco send us $2,000," he said, adding, "because they heard of the need." Stiener, who has been with the church for 13 years, said he does it for the "love of God." until Oct. 15 so he could consider the request for the longer suspension. Democratic Assem- blyman Jerry Hill of San Mateo and San Bruno Mayor Jim Ruane urged the judge to continue open hearings. ''We want a transpar- ent, open discovery of evidence so that in the future public policy can be determined to pre- vent this from happen- ing, and that can't be done behind closed doors,'' Hill said. The commission has vant, not only of Him, but to be a servant of people," he said. "And, you know, it's the Manton Community Church and it's a very small church of 35 people at the most. And that's what we're com- manded to do. We're com- manded to go out. I don't care who it is, if somebody calls for help, we help them." "God tells us to be a ser- 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 A request for comment from Terrie Prosper said the requested suspension would ''give the parties an opportunity to focus their time and attention on negotiations toward a stipulated outcome.'' PG&E spokesman said in the past that any settlement with PG&E will require a vote of the five-member panel. CPUC spokeswoman Todd Burke said compa- ny officials hope to reach a settlement that ''will allow everyone involved to continue the healing process.''