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Obituaries at his home in Gerber, Ca. He was born September 17, 1929, in Delight, Arkansas. He was a member of Piledrivers Local 34 for 49 years. He served in the Korean War. He is survived by his wife of 61 years Lorena Hook- er., two sons; Cameron Hooker, Dexter Hooker and wife Becki. Brother; Albert Hooker of Herlong, Ca. Five grand- children; Christy Lashley, Dannette Resendez, Angela Makaratad, Shawn Hooker and Samantha Hooker. Great- granddaughters; Athena King, Aurora King, and Aidan Resendez. Great grandson Kyler Silva. Graveside services will be held Monday, November 5th, 2012 at 2:00 p.m. at Oak Hill Cemetery. Hall Brothers Mortuary are handling the arrangements. PAIR Continued from page 1A for storage. As deputies were speaking to the owner, noises were heard from one of the structures. When the deputies went to investigate, two men suddenly ran from BID Continued from page 1A helps," Dickinson said. Donations can be made at any of the jars that have been set out in the com- munity, including Clark's Drug Store, Jody's Restaurant and Hometown Cafe. the area. Deputies gave chase through an olive orchard, but the suspects got away. The owner reported 250 feet of cooper wire, 35 pounds of powdered copper, a 1972 Vespa motor scooter and a weld- ing kit had been stolen. The loss was valued at $1,400. munity Development Block Grant Program to help update the general plan, which has not been updated since 1994, Plan- ning Consultant John Stoufer said. Groups are welcome to rent out space on the mar- quee, she said. To rent the marquee, call Valanne Cardenas at the Corning Chamber of Commerce at 824-5550. Also during the council meeting the Planning Commission was assigned the task of updating the general plan. for two years, however, the city should be finished by June 2013, Stoufer said. There will be a series of public meetings held throughout the process. The funds are available Harold Julian Hooker passed away on October 26, 2012 HAROLD JULIAN HOOKER September 17, 1929 - October 26, 2012 SENATE Continued from page 1A with low-level drug offenders, which prompt- ed one woman in the audi- ence to say "we should shoot them." Nielsen said metham- phetamine, which he referred to as "the mean drug," was an underlying problem behind crime. He said methamphetamine users often start by using marijuana. He was asked about the recent reports of vote changing in the Assembly and said it was one of the reasons he wanted to move to the Senate, because that practice is not allowed. He said he would be happy to get rid of vote changing in the Assembly, if he had the power to do so. said he was pro-life except in cases where the moth- er's life was in danger. "There's some things On abortion, Nielsen we can't give up on," he said. Nielsen ended his time by answering questions regarding the budget. He said California legislators need to stop passing bud- gets on presumptions. "You can not be betting on the come," he said. Levine Levine gave his person- al story of growing up in New Jersey before gradu- ating Rutgers University with a political science degree and then moving to California to pursue his Masters Degree in the same field. Levine said he was inspired to run when he saw the difficulties of gridlock in the political and private sectors. "I've had enough, but I'm not quite ready to go The Corning 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. ——— Corning received a $100,000 Planning/Tech- nical Assistance Alloca- tion from the state Com- Julie Zeeb can be reached at 527-2153, extension 115 or jzeeb@redbluffdailynews. com. Follow her on Twitter @DN_Zeeb. Treat Street Downtown RB PATH Continued from page 1A joint venture with Siemens, a drug-testing company headquartered in Delaware, that will hope- fully further increase its ability to fund itself, she said. profit agency do the pro- gram in each county and they don't have one in Tehama County yet so we're in talks with them," Dering said. "The beauty of their program is it gets the results back the same day within about 20 min- utes whereas other pro- grams take two to three days or even up to a week." "They only let one non- pick up a musket," he said. Levine said he was a strong supporter of 2nd Amendment rights and later suggested a new armed revolution may have to happen. He said he was against the death penalty and at one point linked it to his pro-life stance on abor- tion. the ever-growing power of corporations. Asked where he would draw the line on how successful a company could get, Levine cited Theodore Roosevelt's antitrust bat- tles. He spoke mainly about night Levine said he was jailed twice in the past year for not signing his name on the back of a seatbelt citation, which he said violated his individ- ual liberties. He said dur- ing one of the stints he was locked in solitary con- finement for three days. Levine said he did not At one point in the Thursday, November 1, 2012 – Daily News 7A "One person isn't going Reed said the remain- ing 2-year term would be a good experiment for vot- ers since it was less of a commitment than a full term. "Try me out to see if someone who didn't belong to a party could work out," she said. Reed later said the 2- year term would also allow her to determine whether things could even be changed in Sacramen- to. to make the difference in Sacramento, but one per- son can start the change," Reed said. Reed said she spent the past eight years on the Chico Unified School Board, but has realized she needed to be in Sacramen- to where the decisions are made that affect localities. She described herself as a moderate, centrist who is a solution-based thinker who would make decisions outside of the status quo of retaining a political seat. believe global warming was man-made, but said he did believe big business had the capabilities to manipulate the weather in order to inflate oil prices. He suggested this tech- nology could have been used by the "people in charge" to create Hurri- cane Sandy in an effort to keep Obama in office. Reed She said she opposed Proposition 30, because the real problem was the structural funding of edu- cation and not Band-Aid solutions. exchanges with those in attendance. On illegal immigrants taking agricultural jobs, Reed argued they were jobs Californians did not want, but crucial to the state's economy. Reed got into several Reed said she was against the death penalty, saying it gave a false sense it was beneficial and did- n't deter crimes. "If someone's going to "The younger people of California are not interest- ed in working in the fields," she said. revolve around education. Reed said California need- ed to reexamine the idea that 4-year universities based in academics was the right fit for all stu- dents. She said there need- ed to be more invested in 2-year and vocational pro- grams since students now have less of a commitment to traditional learning experiences. Her top priority would do something horrid, they're not thinking of the consequences," she said. exchange with some men in attendance on the issue of abortion, which she called a social tragedy. Reed got into a testy it doesn't stop them from happening," she said. of the evening came when Reed was asked whether she would make votes in line with the opinion of the majority of her con- stituents The loudest exchanges Levine to interject his opinion over shouting that caused a handful of those in attendance to leave the meeting altogether out of frustration. The argument led Reed had responded to the question by saying if the majority of her con- stituents had come to a different conclusion than she did, she would work to find out what they knew that she didn't and vice versa. She said her experience on the school board had shown her elected officials sometimes have facts the voters don't. One man commented that if the majority believed a certain way, a representative should trust them. looked at all the facts," Reed answered. "I can't trust you've Eventually another man yelled that it sounded as though Reed thought she was smarter than everyone else in the room and it was an elected official's duty to vote for a majority's beliefs. face and someone who hasn't formed every opin- ion before being elected. Reed said she was fresh "If abortions are illegal Courtesy photo to have the operation in place by January, she said. While it is unknown how much it will make, a simi- lar organization in the Woodland area told her its their best fundraiser, Der- ing said. The organization hopes The group is in the process of looking for reasonably priced office space to be used for the LIFT Continued from page 1A Daily News photo by Julie Zeeb Ayla Swan, 2, of Red Bluff visits Ehorn's Antiques, where Joanne Ehorn gives her a piece of candy, for the Downtown Red Bluff Business Association's Treat Street. Ehorn no longer has children at home and has no grandchildren, so she thinks of her visitors as "my own kids," she said. ness in this county in the next 10 years," Owensby said. "We believe that by consolidating our resources and services with other like-minded agencies and organiza- tions, both secular and faith-based, this commu- nity will benefit as we aspire to do a better job offering hope and ending homelessness in our area." The Sacred Heart Women's Guild donation is one of several helping PATH remain open for at least a portion of the rotating shelter's regular season. Pictured are: Fleicia Vedsegaard, Beverly Crivelli, Nancy Garcia, Mary Bill, Women's Guild President Beverly McGuigan, Path President E.C. Ross, Anna Tabb, Sharon Wichenheiser, Chris Shults and Allene Dering. program and for its board president to have a space. call PATH President E. C. Ross at 527-5448. Interested parties can Volunteers are also needed to help with the store and the shelter. Inter- ested parties can call 527- 3073. ——— LIFT Tehama schedule 9 a.m.-1 p.m. Project Homeless Connect 10 a.m.-3 p.m. Health and Medical Services Noon-1 p.m. Break for lunch 2-7 p.m. Recycle The Warmth 4-5 p.m. Light meal The free event, which will take place rain or shine, is getting help from TRAX, which will offer free transportation during this event to anyone wish- ing to attend, she said. SACRAMENTO (AP) — A California judge signaled that she planned to approve a request Wednesday from the state's polit- ical watchdog agency to investi- gate the donors behind an $11 million campaign contribution from an Arizona nonprofit. Sacramento County Superior Court Judge Shelleyanne Chang said in a tentative ruling that vot- ers would suffer if the California Fair Political Practices Commis- sion is not allowed to investigate the group, Americans for Responsible Leadership. Chang did not immediately appeals and legal procedures are sure to follow. approve the request after hearing arguments in court Wednesday and did not set a timetable for issuing a final decision. Even if she does side with the California campaign agency, it seems unlikely that voters will know the source of the money before Elec- tion Day because a series of gave the $11 million earlier this month to the Small Business Action Committee PAC, which opposes Gov. Jerry Brown's November tax initiative and sup- ports a separate initiative that would greatly restrict unions' ability to raise money for political purposes. The Phoenix-based group The judge's tentative ruling, The event kicks off with Project Homeless Connect at 9 a.m. offering health and medical services beginning at 10 a.m., which is fol- lowed by lunch. Recycle The Warmth starts at 2 p.m., issued Tuesday, said the Fair Political Practices Commission has the authority to audit the group's records before the Nov. 6 election to determine whether any California election laws apply. The commission argues that as a major donor giving more than $10,000, the Arizona nonprofit is required to file a pre-election statement at least 12 days before an election and notify any recipi- Julie Zeeb can be reached at 527-2153, extension 115 or jzeeb@redbluffdai- lynews.com. Follow her on Twitter @DN_Zeeb. during which a light meal will be offered, and the day's activities will end at 7 p.m. For more information, call (530) 527-6159 or visit http://recyclethe- warmth.weebly.com/ or http://www.tehamacoun- tycaa.org/index.php/pro- gramsservices/lift-tehama. ——— Julie Zeeb can be reached at 527-2153, extension 115 or jzeeb@redbluffdailynews. com. Follow her on Twitter @DN_Zeeb. California judge expected to OK look at Arizona donation ents if the money was earmarked for a specific political committee. If any of the money was ear- marked, the Small Business Action Committee PAC would be required to disclose the donors, commission attorneys said. Chang wrote in her tentative order that ''irreparable injury to the people of the state of Califor- nia will flow from a refusal to grant the preliminary injunction requested.''