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Obituaries day, October 17, 2012 at the age of 85. Pauline was pre- ceded in death by her parents, Charlie and Mae Martin, and brother, David Martin. She is survived by her hus- band of 64 years, Warren Myers, currently in Anderson, her eldest son, Charles (Mary) Myers, her daughter, Gloria (Brian) Schooling and her youngest son, Bradley (Shelly) Myers; and siblings Ora Hess, Priscilla (Gerry) Markgraf, Joanna (Mac ) McGarry, John (Joanne) Martin, and Grace Malpass. She has nine grandchildren and 5 great- grandchildren. Pauline was born in Red Bluff, CA, and was raised in Gerber with her parents and her six siblings. They lived in the parsonage at Gerber Bible Fel- lowship where her dad, Charlie was a minister. She mar- ried Warren Myers, August 1, 1948. They made their home in the El Camino area of Gerber where they lived for many years. Their life was not easy. Having been married just ten months, while eight months pregnant with their first child, she had a cerebral hemorrhage caus- ing her to lose use of her right side, her speech and her ability to read and write. Both she and the child survived. With the help of family, and the church family she was Pauline Mae (Martin) Myers died peacefully, Wednes- PAULINE MAE (MARTIN) MYERS Woman arrested in hit-and-run DUI woman was arrested Wednesday after she reportedly drove drunk with her 11-year-old son as a pas- senger into several parked vehi- cles and then drove away from the scene. Officers responded to the 400 block of Main Street around 5 p.m. for a report of an SUV that had crashed into several parked vehi- A 38-year-old Red Bluff SHOTS Continued from page 1A able to regain most of the use of her hand, she learned to walk and talk, read and write. She learned to drive again, taking care of her home, and also raised two more chil- dren. Having only one hand that worked fully, we have all marveled that she could pin a diaper on a wiggling in- fant without pinning it to them. Pauline made great cinna- mon rolls and cooked a tender roast. Tradition was to have the family to their home on Sunday afternoons to enjoy her roast dinners. She enjoyed entertaining guests. Prior to the hemorrhage, she played piano beautifully as well as gave lessons. She also did art work with pen and ink. She loved to draw trees and barns, and had a beauti- ful alto voice. A couple of her favorite hymns were Ten Thousand Angels and How Great Thou Art. Pauline was a talented lady. She and Warren moved to the town of Gerber in 1988 putting them just across the street from the church. They made their home there until 2007, when they moved to Anderson's Oak River Rehab. This was due to the increased need of care. This was not an easy move for them, or for the family, but they did so graciously. Pauline received the care she needed there and she and Warren were able to be together. He still re- sides at Oak River Rehab. Pauline was peaceful and quiet as she passed from here to eternity with Christ. Her daughter in law was with her through the night and was singing, "When the Roll is Called Up Yonder" when Pau- line drew her last breath the next morning. We like to think of her using that beautiful voice to finish the song when she was before the presence of her LORD. She is freed from the prison of her body here and is rejoicing and praising God along with those who have gone before her. The Bible says for those who believe in Christ as Savior, "to be absent from the body is to be present with the LORD." This is our assurance that we will see her again and will once again sing with her praises for our LORD. There will be a memorial November 24, 2012 at Gerber Bible Fellowship. 3p.m. located on the corner of Samson and Ventura in Gerber. In lieu of flowers dona- tions can be made to:Gerber Bible Fellowship. PO Box 7, Gerber CA. 96035 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, Dorothy Mae Kirton Dorothy Mae Kirton died Wednesday, Oct. 24, 2012, at Brentwood Skilled Nursing, in Red Bluff. She was 91. Hoyt-Cole Chapel of the Flowers is handling the arrangements. Published Friday, Oct. 26, 2012, in the Daily News, Red Bluff, Calif. DOG Continued from page 1A er dog that it should have been on a leash. The owner of the large dog then approached the victim and punched him in the face and shoved him down. Officers found the vic- tim had minor injuries, which supported his state- ment. The suspect was described as a large- statured white man in his 40s or 50s. The suspect left the area prior to officers arriv- ing and his identity is unknown. According to the department, the case is still under investigation to determine the man's iden- tity. Agency sues to reveal donors SACRAMENTO (AP) — California's campaign watch- dog agency has filed a lawsuit seeking to force an Arizona nonprofit to reveal the source of the group's $11 million contribution to a political action committee that is active in the November election. The lawsuit filed Thursday in Sacramento County Supe- rior Court says Phoenix-based Americans for Responsible Leadership has refused to comply with an audit request by the California Fair Political Practices Commission. The Small Business Action Committee PAC received the $11 million contribution last week. The group is campaign- ing against Gov. Jerry Brown's tax initiative and in favor of a separate initiative that would erode union political power in California. The agency is asking a judge to compel the Arizona group to answer audit questions immediately or be held in contempt of court. ''Fore!'' at a Southern California golf course when a 2-foot- long shark dropped out of the sky and flopped around on the 12th tee. Shark falls onto golf course SAN JUAN CAPISTRANO (AP) — Nobody yelled The 2-pound leopard shark was apparently plucked from the ocean by a bird then dropped on San Juan Hills Golf Club, Melissa McCormack, director of club operations, said Thursday. No one was teeing up when the shark fell Monday after- noon, although some golfers had just left the area, she said. A course marshal, who makes sure players maintain an appropriate pace, saw something moving around on the tee and went to investigate. He found the shark bleeding with puncture wounds, where it seems the bird had held it in its grasp. dence in the early morning to collect payment for help she had provided him in the processing of marijua- na from his garden. Hardy said she brought Michael Allen Johnson, 42, Clearlake with her to help collect the money. Johnson was later identi- fied as the bald white man wearing a black hoodie. Hardy said a disturbance ensued and Bruce bran- dished a firearm and shot FARM Continued from page 1A make it does allow them to make the tortillas using the best ingredients they can buy, Gracey said. Just up the road, Julia's Fruit Stand, named for the first born of long-time Dairyville residents James and Kathy Brandt, was the second stop. The Brandts grow tomatoes, peach- es and other fruits and vegetables, including about 35 varieties of pump- kins and gourds, James said. They also have prunes and walnuts, Kathy said. "We come from farming families," Kathy, whose mother Marilyn Long farms a short distance from her place, said. "James' family has been farming here since 1913 so it's been in our blood for a long time." When the couple first started the cles. then drove away from the collisions and was located on Elm Street near Rio Street. The driver, Angela Kay Fife, Fife displayed symptoms of intoxication when she was contact- ed by officers. An investigation revealed Fife had been driving with a blood alco- hol level three times the legal limit her vehicle's tires. Hardy was not in the vehicle at the time and, as the shots were fired, Johnson immediately fled the area on foot. Around 7 a.m. an Ever- green School employee reported seeing a man hid- ing in the bushes near the entrance on Learning Way. The elementary and middle schools were put on lockdown as a search of the wooded area north of the school was conducted. Deputies eventually approached Johnson, who ran away toward the creek on Evergreen Road. Friday, October 26, 2012 – Daily News 9A of 0.08. Fife's son was a passenger at the time of the collisions with three parked vehicles. injured. Fife was arrested for felony child endangerment and misdemeanors of driving under the influence and hit and run. Bail was $56,140. Neither Fife or her son were He was eventually detained in the creek. not know what roll Mr. Johnson played in the reported incident and his fleeing the deputies was very suspicious," a press release said. and it was determined he had not committed any crime. Johnson was not armed Deputies eventually returned to Bruce's resi- dence. During a search they found he was in pos- session of more than 120 pounds of process mari- smaller business, she said. They do try to keep the people they purchase from local, including Ditner's Melons in Gerber and through that and the addition of pumpkins six years ago are able to keep the fruit stand open longer, Kathy said. The stand, which used to be open Memorial Day to Labor Day, which is about 90 days, is now open about 160 a year, she said. They also try to employ local peo- ple and currently have 13 teenagers who work for them, Kathy said. Left- over produce is given to a church group, an organization that feeds the homeless and meals on wheels with any remaining leftovers going to feed cattle, she said. Bianchi Orchards, owned by Ray and Annie Bianchi, started out as a hobby for her parents, who were both teachers, about 37 years ago, Katie Bianchi said. business, it was going to be a big gar- den and they would sell the excess pro- duce for a college fund for their daugh- ter Julia, who was then 18 months old, she said. "It's not a fancy fruit stand, but it has character," Kathy said. To this day, all the signs are hand- made by Kathy and they stick to the tradition of giving out free water to anyone who stops, something they've done since the beginning to help get people to stop, she said. "The whole fruit stand experience has been a journey," Kathy said. "We're fortunate that we can borrow workers from James' dad for time sen- sitive produce." "Initially, deputies did juana, 29 growing mari- juana plants, 10 grams of methamphetamine and several firearms. gency Drug Enforcement Task Force was called in to continue the investiga- tion. The Tehama Intera- Bruce's assets were seized and he was arrested for shooting at an unoccu- pied vehicle. Bail was $15,000. Further charges are anticipated in connection with the methampheta- mine, marijuana cultiva- tion and possession. Tehama County Black Tail Deer herd and salmon runs in tact, he said. The operation is supported primari- ly by cattle grazing agreements and a hunting group who organizes hunts of pigs, deer, quail, duck, turkey and for two days out of the year doves. Mill Race Dryer Manager Tyler Christensen, whose uncle Jim owns the operation, talked about prunes, walnuts and almonds in Tehama County. Mark Gilles of Sunsweet assisted Chris- tensen in talking about the bigger pic- ture of the industry. Prune season, a three week ordeal, is the end of August and first two weeks in September, Christensen said. His operation does about 20 truck- loads a day, which is about 500 tons of fruit, he said. The couples daughters Becky, who designed the logo, and Katie run the store while their three siblings each help out. Fruit is unloaded into a machine that gets rid of the leaves and bad fruit and from there is loaded onto trays to go into a tunnel where it takes about 18 hours to dry it out, turning it from plum to prune. Prunes and Chandler walnuts are among the items produced by their orchard that is sold in the tasting room, which are accompanied by local arti- sans and food including Antelope Creek Farms fruit vinegars, Larsen Honey, Lucero Olive Oil and Pacific Sun Olive Oil. The family, which has been running the store for about 12 years, is in the process of fixing to add a storefront right on Highway 99 that it hopes to open this winter, Ray said. They are also looking into planting One of the many lessons, which came from having all the road con- struction in 2011, was to be grateful for each customer that stopped, she said. "The road construction just about put us under," Kathy said. "At one point we were down 40 percent of our earnings. If you're not a gambler a fruit stand probably wouldn't be for you (for businesses to start)." One area they have been fortunate in is finding people to network with who can help supply produce they can't with the limitations from being a BALKS Continued from page 1A for. Some pretty sad out- comes come otherwise." Talking to this newspa- per, LaMalfa described himself as "pro-life, firmly so." And he said he thought it was important that "a woman contem- plating abortion" is informed of all the poten- tial risks by "a real doc- tor." Continued from page 1A GROUPS itself,'' he said. a few acres of grapes to turn it into Bianchi Winery of Los Molinos, Annie said. At Dye Creek Preserve Jackson Shedd, preserve associate for the Nature Conservancy, talked about the 37,000 acre area helps oversee. The state owned land is under a 25- year lease, that is up the end of this year, by the nature conservancy, which is an international non-profit. The Lassen Foothills Project, of which the Dye Creek Preserve is a part of, is focused in north-eastern Tehama County, partially to keep open land for contiguous blue oak woodland and the But LaMalfa would not respond — even when pressed — on where he stood on abortion in rela- tion to incest, rape and protecting a woman's life. A rice farmer who resigned from the state Senate to run for Con- gress, LaMalfa has made some waves over abortion during the campaign. A comment at a tea party-sponsored debate in Redding in early Septem- ber sparked controversy. The temperature in the dryer is about 185 degrees, he said. One thing that affects how the fruit dries is the sugar content, which is typ- ically 25 percent, Christensen said. The more sugar content, the better, he said. This year about 130,000 tons of prunes were harvested statewide, Gilles said. While that is up from the last few years, it is still below the 200,000 tons that was usual about 10 years ago, he said. One of the hard parts is there is now competition for California, especially places in South America like Chile, and there is a stereotype that prunes are for old people, Gilles said. Christensen finished up by talking about walnuts and almonds. California has 25 varieties of almonds and 30 kinds of walnuts with Chandler Wal- nuts being 30 percent of the state's crop, he said. Howard and Chandler walnuts are the two biggest crops in Tehama Coun- ty, Christensen said. ——— Julie Zeeb can be reached at 527- 2153, extension 115 or jzeeb@redbluffdailynews.com. Follow her on Twitter @DN_Zeeb. LaMalfa said there was a link between abortion and breast cancer. After he was asked for proof, his campaign stated that he had been misin- formed and retracted the comment. view, said his own posi- tion was that "a woman should have a right to con- trol her own health care without interference by the government." Reed, in a phone inter- LaMalfa is ranked as being strongly pro-life by the Life Priority Network. asked legislators what it considered to be three telling questions on abor- tion, including whether they supported legal pro- tection of the rights of "unborn children" to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. The pro-life group LaMalfa answered yes to all three in 2011, 2007, 2005 and 2004, the web- site stated. The marshal put the shark in his golf cart and drove it back to the clubhouse. ''He went above and beyond,'' McCormack said. The marshal, McCormack and employee Bryan Stizer altered votes after the fact at least once and some changed more than 200 times. Advocates say the practice, which cannot affect a bill's outcome, makes it harder for them to do their jobs. When lawmakers can alter their voting record for politi- cal reasons, ''it makes it difficult to understand what you need to do in order to get your lawmaker to 'yes,'' said Rajdeep Singh, director of law and policy for the New York- based Sikh Coalition. ''Our experience is that this institution is unlikely to fix The AP analysis found that all Assembly members wanted to help the small shark, so they stuck it in a bucket of water. Then somebody remembered it wasn't a fresh water animal, so they stirred up some ''homemade sea water'' using sea salt from the kitchen, she said. ''We knew we had to get it to the ocean as fast as possi- ble,'' McCormack said. The coalition sponsored a bill last session to guarantee that Californians who wear religious dress have equal pro- tection in the workplace. After it passed, eight Assembly members added a combination of ''yes'' and ''no'' votes, while one — Republican Beth Gaines of Rocklin— stripped her ''yes'' vote from the record to indicate she had not voted. Vote-changing also can make it more difficult for advo- cates to win approval for their bills in the Senate, said Kathy Kneer, president of Planned Parenthood Affiliates of Cali- fornia. ''The annoying part is when people are like, 'You didn't need my vote, so it didn't matter,''' Kneer said. ''From an advocate's point of view, I don't want to win with 41 votes (a bare majority). I want to with 48.'' In a statement, Assembly Speaker John Perez defended vote-changing as a way to fix mistakes. He cited a case in which an assemblyman spoke against this year's budget but then accidentally voted for it.