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Thursday, April 8, 2010 – Daily News – 7A Obituaries BARTON CANTY Barton Canty, 58, died Sun- day April 4, 2010 at Mercy Medical Center in Redding. He is survived by seven chil- dren, five grandchildren, his life companion (Shannon), five brothers, four sisters, and numerous other family and friends. Bart’s crew: Kit, Rocky, Jim and Dave. MANNIE SPIKER Mannie Spiker Elliott passed away in his home on March 30th. Mannie grew up and graduated high school in Red Bluff. Mannie enjoyed socializing with family and friends, shopping and listen- ing to music. Mannie is sur- vived by his brother Matt Spiker and his wife Sandie Spiker and Mike Spiker and his wife Sheila Spiker. Mannie also enjoyed his nie- ces and nephews; Jennifer, Jason, Elizabeth, Amanda and Michael. Services will be held at the St. Peter's Episcopal Church in Red Bluff on April 10th at 2 pm. WOODROW ENGLAND “WOODY” Woodrow England “Woody”, 91. a resident of Tehama County took his final steps into eternity on April 5, 2010 at 9am. Born in Monroe County, Kentucky on July 14, 1918. He is survived by his loving wife of 67 years, Alice Eng- land of Los Molinos, children Linda Rook of Arizona, Douglas England of Weaverville, CA, also seven grandchildren, and four great grandchildren, and many nieces and nephews. Services will be Monday, April 12, 2010 at 10:00 am at the Chapel of the Flowers, Walnut Street, Red Bluff. Burial at VA Cemetery. Death Notices Betty B. Anderson Betty B. Anderson, a 51-year Tehama County resident, died Wednesday, April 7, 2010, at her home in Corning. She was 86. Private family services will be held. Hoyt-Cole Chapel of the Flowers is handling the arrange- ments. Published Thursday, April 8, 2010, in the Daily News, Red Bluff, Calif. Ramona ‘Mona’ Bagshaw Ramona ‘Mona’ Bagshaw, a 52-year- Tehama County resident, died Tuesday, April 6, 2010, at her home in Red Bluff. She was 81. Per Mona’s request, no services will be held. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions can be made in Mona’s name to St. Elizabeth Hospice, 1425 Vista Way, Red Bluff; 529-7187. Hoyt-Cole Chapel of the Flowers is handling the arrange- ments. Published Thursday, April 8, 2010, in the Daily News, Red Bluff, Calif. Woodrow Wilson England Woodrow Wilson Eng- land died Monday, April 5, 2010, in Los Molinos. He was 91. Visitation will be 1 to 4 p.m., Sunday, April 11, at Hoyt-Cole Chapel of the Flowers. A funeral service will be 10 a.m., Monday, April 12, at Hoyt-Cole Chapel of the Flowers. Burial will be 12:45 p.m., Monday, April 12 at Northern California Vet- eran’s Cemetery in Igo. Hoyt-Cole Chapel of the Flowers is handling the arrangements. Published Thursday, April 8, 2010, in the Daily News, Red Bluff, Calif. Senator questions Palin visit to Stanislaus SACRAMENTO (AP) — A California law- maker said Wednesday that a state university is breaking the law by failing to disclose corre- spondence about an upcoming fundraiser appearance by Sarah Palin. Sen. Leland Yee, D-San Francisco, filed a public records request with California State Uni- versity, Stanislaus last week, requesting any doc- uments related to the former Alaska governor’s scheduled June 25 speech to mark the school’s 50th anniversary. The university’s compliance officer, Gina Leguria, responded to Yee on Tuesday, saying there were no such documents. Yee said he has evidence to the contrary. On Wednesday, he circulated a March 29 e-mail sent from a top university administrator to facul- ty and staff that he said should have been dis- closed. In the e-mail, Susana Gajic-Bruyea, vice president for university advancement, justifies the choice of Palin, who commands speaking fees as high as $100,000. Gajic-Bruyea said the high-profile — and controversial — public figure would attract sig- nificant interest and boost attendance at the black-tie gala, whose tickets cost $500 each. She stressed that private donations would fund the event hosted by the nonprofit CSU Stanislaus Foundation. ‘‘Not a cent of state funds will be used for this event,’’ she wrote. Yee said Gajic-Bruyea’s e-mail is the sort of document that should have been provided in response to his public records request. He has asked the state attorney general to investigate the matter. ‘‘What other documents and correspondence are they hiding?’’ Yee said. Evan Westrup, an attorney general’s office spokesman, said the office had received Yee’s request and would review it. University spokeswoman Eve Hightower said that the fundraiser is a foundation event and that all public records requests are being referred to foundation board president Matt Swanson. She did not respond to Yee’s accusations related to Gajic-Bruyea’s e-mail. The Associated Press and other organization have sought details of the compensation package provided to Palin in exchange for her appear- ance. The foundation has said its contract with Palin prevents it from revealing that information, and on Wednesday it rejected the AP’s public records request, citing the non-disclosure clause. Yee said no contract stipulation can override the California Public Records Act, but a 2001 state appeals court ruling could give the founda- tion grounds for disputing its public records obligations. The court ruled that auxiliary asso- ciations acting on behalf of public bodies are not subject to public records requests. To address that loophole, 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 January and awaits an Assembly hear- ing. Yee said Wednesday that there is significant overlap between CSU Stanislaus and its founda- tion arm. He notes all but one member of the foundation’s staff and several officers from its board are university employees, and the founda- tion conducts its board meetings and day-to-day operations on the main university campus. ‘‘There is not a fine line or even a blurry line between the foundation and the public universi- ty; there is absolutely no line,’’ Yee said. Abuse scandal means tough checks for future pope VATICAN CITY (AP) — The sex abuse crisis engulfing the Catholic Church will mean more vigorous background checks when it comes to appointing cardinals, and future popes. Among the requirements: no taint of scandal and the ability to speak comfortably to the world and the media. While leading Catholic conserv- atives have vigorously defended Benedict XVI from accusations that he was complicit in covering up sex abusers, they have also pointed to management failures. As a model for the future pope, the church will need to consider someone ‘‘able to talk to the world and the media, not be destroyed by it,’’ said the Rev. Thomas Reese, a Jesuit priest and senior fellow at the Woodstock Theological Center at Georgetown University. Even as the clerical sex abuse crisis has swept across Europe in recent months — touching even Benedict — the Vatican has responded with the disarray and media ineptitude that’s been symp- tomatic of the German-born pope’s five-year papacy. The church was rocked by scan- dal again Wednesday, when Norwe- gian officials revealed that a 58- year-old Catholic bishop who resigned last year did so after admit- ting he molested a child two decades earlier. As churchmen have closed ranks to defend Benedict, even some of his biggest supporters have pointed to the need for change. Leading Catholic conservatives such as George Weigel in the Unit- FUNDS Continued from page 1A side investment managers to pay those agents con- tingency fees for winning business with the funds. Placement agents typical- ly earn 1 percent of the total investment they win for their clients, which can mean millions of dol- lars for landing a deal. Instead, those agents would be paid a flat fee. Investment firms are lining up against the pro- posal. Lawmakers said the intent is to ensure that fund managers are mak- ing sound investment decisions, rather than handing out money to dubious firms recom- mended by friends and insiders. ‘‘Continuing revela- tions have underscored the need for full disclo- sure of the finances and other activities of place- ment agents,’’ said Assemblyman Ed Her- nandez, a Democrat from Baldwin Park who spon- sored the bill. In New York, a pay-to- play scandal involving PAST Continued from page 1A Humane Borders, has given Trout a stronger feeling on the issue that he never could have learned in a classroom, he said. Though Trout has friends that are involved with Humane Borders and other similar groups, he said he has not become involved and still remains undecided on the issue of illegal immigration. New experiences Whether it is working ed States and Vittorio Messori in Italy have vigorously defended Benedict from accusations he was involved in covering up sex abusers while serving as archbishop of Munich and later as a Vatican offi- cial. But they have both underlined management shortcomings in the papacy, with the Italian noting a ‘‘certain naivete.’’ One test will come when the pope names new cardinals, with Vatican insiders suggesting this will happen in November. The Holy See will need to carry out a vigorous vetting process to try to ensure that none of the new car- dinals are tainted by the sex abuse scandal — a potentially monumen- tal task considering the scope of the crisis. The number of cardinals under the age of 80 and therefore eligible to vote in a conclave for a new pope — a cardinal’s principal responsi- bility — now stands at 108 and will dip to 101 by November from a possible total of 120. Such traditional cardinal seats as New York, Washington, Florence and Prague will be in line for new red hats. It is up to the pope to decide exactly how many new car- dinals are named. One archdiocese to watch is Dublin, where Archbishop Diar- muid Martin has won praise for seeking to root out those responsi- ble for decades of child abuse in Ire- land. In 2007, he was passed over for cardinal in favor of Sean Brady in the northern seat of Armagh. Brady, though, has recently faced calls for state pension fund man- agers has led to six peo- ple pleading guilty and an inquiry from the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. California’s pension funds are also being investigated by the SEC. New York has since banned investment firms from hiring placement agents to do business with its public pension funds. ‘‘This has risen to such a level that we have the SEC looking at a total ban of placement agents,’’ said State Con- troller John Chiang, a member of the CalPERS board. CalPERS hired a law firm to conduct its own internal investigation into how the agency has used placement agents in the past 15 years. Results from that inquiry are expected within the next two months. ‘‘It truly is a cash cow for the placement agent industry,’’ Chiang said. ‘‘And so that’s what were trying to stop.’’ Not everyone on the committee was convinced that ramping up controls with the Native Americans or seeing the plight of illegal immigrants, being in Ari- zona is making Trout aware of cultural differences he has not experienced before. The wildlife in the area is very different from Northern California. The animals and the land are more exotic than what Trout is used to. He said he is lucky to have been given this oppor- tunity, especially because he applied for the internship on a whim. “The experiences that led up to my archeology intern- his resignation following revela- tions that he participated in inter- views with two victims of a pedophile priest but did not notify police. After Pope John Paul II’s 27- year papacy, Benedict was elected for what was widely considered a ‘‘transition’’ papacy. He was con- sidered a known quantity who on sex abuse had just condemned ‘‘filth’’ in the church, had cracked down on abusive priests — and was therefore considered to have an exemplary record. Now questions have been raised about his handling of abusive priests while he was archbishop of Munich and head of the Vatican’s Congrega- tion for the Doctrine of the Faith. His supporters say he did nothing wrong. Authoritative accounts from the secret conclave indicated there was opposition to Benedict, although in the current crisis no cardinal has stepped forth and expressed regrets over the choice. When the search begins for a successor to Benedict, Vatican experts say the need for someone with no skeletons in the closet on abuse might give advantage to car- dinals who didn’t head a diocese. In choosing top officials, the church may give preference to a younger generation of conservative clergy, looking beyond the current church leadership that has been so sullied by the scandal. Just this week, Benedict tapped a 58-year- old Mexican-born prelate, Jose Gomez, as the next archbishop of Los Angeles, a post that traditional- on placement agents would solve the problems that may be facing them. ‘‘I think we’re trying to solve a problem that may not be at the crux of it,’’ said Assemblywoman Diane Harkey, who voted against the measure. ‘‘I think we’ve got some people doing some illegal activities, making profits where they should not be,’’ the Republican from Laguna Niguel said, asking what financial exchanges pension board members were required to report. CalPERS board mem- bers and some senior investment officials report their investment holdings and gifts received each year. Harkey said con- straints on placement agents would limit com- petition for investments and give an advantage to larger firms, a concern echoed by the investment community. The Blackstone Group LP, one of the nation’s largest private equity firms, opposed the bill. Terry McGann, a lob- byist for Blackstone, said the company would sup- ship with the Student Con- servation Association were serendipity, and now I’m learning how diverse living in the US can really be,” Trout said. During his last semester in college, Trout was unsure of what he would do with his archeology degree. An asso- ciation representative made a presentation about the orga- nization in one of his classes. He decided to apply for an internship thinking he could do trail maintenance in Alaska or something similar. Instead he got an internship ly gets a red hat. As a priest, Gomez was a mem- ber of the conservative Opus Dei movement favored by the Vatican. He takes over in February from cur- rent archbishop Cardinal Roger Mahony, who was dogged by the abuse scandal, agreeing in 2007 to a record-setting $660 million settle- ment with more than 500 alleged victims. Gomez himself was criticized Tuesday by victim support groups who accuse him of being unrespon- sive to their concerns about several clergy abuse cases. Church officials have said appropriate actions were taken against the priests. Lost in the drumbeat of accusa- tions and the Vatican’s counterat- tack have been indications that change is indeed being placed on the agenda for a future pope. Last month, L’Osservatore Romano, the Vatican’s daily news- paper, gave space to an Italian woman, historian Lucetta Scaraffia, who argued that a greater feminine presence in the church ‘‘would have been able to rip the veil off the code of silence’’ on clerical sex abuse. An influential European cardi- nal, Christoph Schoenborn of Vien- na, recently said there is need for ‘‘dialogue’’ about priestly celibacy, but stopped short of saying it should be lifted and did not make a direct link to sex abuse, which the Vatican rejects. The idea that Benedict might step down over the crisis has been roundly dismissed as speculation raised only by those bent on destroying his papacy. port the bill if the ban on contingency fees was removed. ‘‘AB 1743 has the potential to directly harm ... the integrity and suc- cess of emerging place- ment agents or firms that are often owned and man- aged by women and eth- nic minorities,’’ McGann said. CalPERS Chief Invest- ment Officer Joe Dear countered that CalPERS does its own outreach to attract minority-owned firms, and that 80 percent of the private investment managers hired by CalPERS have disclosed that they do not hire placement agents. CalPERS supports the bill. ‘‘The history of cor- ruption is so severe that it seems to me the impact on the small firms to make the change is mod- est, compared to the need to reform,’’ said State Treasurer Bill Lockyer, who is also on the CalPERS board. After the meeting, Hernandez said he would not remove the ban on contingency fees from the bill. doing real archeology work at the wildlife refuge. “Living and working on the Buenos Aires refuge has given me a diverse experi- ence that I would never have had if it were not for the Stu- dent Conservation Associa- tion,” he said. “I have made new friends and contacts, built up my resume and real- ly lived, by living and experi- encing something new.” ——— Tang Lor can be reached at 527-2153, Ext. 110 or by e- mail at tlor@redbluffdai- lynews.com. SUN Continued from page 1A been clear well in advance. He cautioned supervisors to postpone a vote until Lippe’s arguments had been considered in full. Supervisors unanimously took his advice and post- poned the meeting until April 27. If approved in its current form, the agreement would have also transferred lawsuit liability costs to landowners Nine Mile Hill Investment Company, Inc. and NOBY Venture, LLC. 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