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Obituaries DELORES BROWNFIELD HOUSEHOLDER Delores Brownfield House- holder passed away peace- fully April 12, 2010 sur- rounded by loved ones. Delores was born November 5, 1929 to Everett and Fran- ces Brownfield. She lived in Tehama County most of her life. RICHARD ELMER WALTON, SR Services for Richard Elmer Walton, Sr., 86, of Red Bluff, California will be held on Monday, April 19, 2010 at 11:00 am at First Southern Baptist Church, 585 Kimball Road in Red Bluff. Burial will follow at the Northern California Veterans Cemetery in Igo. Richard passed away on April 9, 2010 at home with his loved ones. He was born May 31, 1923 in Ohio to William and So- phie Walton. Richard served in the U.S. Army during WWII. He was a truck driver, delivering freight for seventy years; he owned and operated his company Walton Trucking until his retirement. Survivors include his wife Lottie, daughters Joyce, Cathy, and Debbie, son Ri- chard II, grandchildren Ste- ven, Allen, Leslie, Richard III, Natalie, Tiffany, Tony, Robert II, Alexis, Jessica and Shawna, and 23 great grandchildren. Richard was preceded in death by his late wife Ruth Jean Walton, and by his grandson Shannon. Richard was a loving hus- band to both his wives, and a loving father and grandfa- ther to his four children, grandchildren and great grandchildren. He was a simple, strong and unique man who loved his family and taught us all so much. He will be missed more than words can say.. He’s in God’s hands Arrangements are under the direction of Affordable Mortuary of Chico send condolences online at: www.affordablemortuary.net She is survived by brothers Buck (Betsy), Paul (Debby) and Carroll (Birdie) Brown- field, 7 nieces and 4 neph- ews, and several great-nie- ces and nephews, including her great-niece Kristy Bish- op who lived with her and was her caregiver for the last nine years. Delores was preceded in death by her parents, Ever- ett and Frances and great- niece Breyann Brownfield. Services will be held at Hoyt-Cole Chapel of the Flowers on Friday, April 16, 2010 at 2:00 pm. Death Notice Veria Ione Wright Veria Ione Wright passed away Tuesday, April 13, 2010 in Red- ding. She was 94. Graveside services will be held Monday, April 19 at 11 a.m. at the Manton Cemetery in Manton. Visitiation will be from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. at the Hoyt- Cole Chapel of the Flow- ers. Published Thursday, April 15, 2010, in the Daily News, Red Bluff, Calif. STUDIO Continued from page 1A increased in intensity or size,” a let- ter to Moyer from the city said. “TAC determined that the studio apartment unit in the rear of the main building/business is a legal noncon- forming use as a dwelling unit.” A review of building permits for the property at 445 Main St. found that the building has a permit from the 1990s for use as a dwelling or living space, Planning Director Scot Timboe said. In the early 2000s, the permit was reinstated for the previ- CUTS Continued from page 1A Other cuts to police include eliminating equip- ment replacement funding, the take home vehicle pro- gram and the chief’s car allowance and cutting safety items, such as vests, to a minimum. The K-9 vehicle would be the exception to the take home eliminations. A savings of $30,800 would be made by having community service officers take over water meter read- ing duties. The officers would be under a part-time contract with the water department, freeing a main- tenance worker to be full- time with public works. Total police department savings, including that saved from the chief moving to part-time would be $241,700. In public works, the elim- ination of library painting and repairs, parks weed con- trol and fertilizer and equip- ment replacement would save about $51,000. Suggestions were made by the public on cutting hours for the public works director and assistant public works director, but the posi- tions are paid for by water and sewer revenue not the general fund, which is where the shortfall is, Kim- brough said. General services cuts were suggested in training, meetings and planning annexation fees, with two council members taking a 10 percent cut. Those cuts would save $175,800 for a total of $753,600 in savings that could be implemented for the next year. Actions would be taken within 30 days of council approval. HEMP Continued from page 1A have focused on the desig- nation of 17,600 acres over- seen by the Bureau of Land Management as National Recreation Area, an idea that has proven even more controversial than medical marijuana ordinances. Will sees real potential for bringing in tourist rev- enues to the county. One of the biggest hemp events, the Seattle Hempfest, attracts as many as 150,000 to 200,000 people a day, she said. Other first-time events, like the THC Expo 2009 in Los Angeles, attracted around 35,000 people a day, she said. Will’s own event has attracted the attention of the magazine High Times, which lent the “WHEE” title. But she expects atten- dance to be manageable for Red Bluff, because notice has been short about the event. Just in case, Will said she has added a gravel lot to accommodate hundreds of cars and is inviting people to camp over the course of the three-day event. Will said she is withhold- ing the names of certain musicians because announcing them would attract too large a crowd. Announced attendees include the Normal Bean Band of Eugene, Ore., and the Jim Miller Band. Manufacturers of smok- ing products are invited, and smoking will be per- mitted. “We’re all adults,” Will said. “I don’t go down to the bar and ask people what they’re doing, and I don’t go down to the fairgrounds and harass people who are drinking.” Thursday, April 15, 2010 – Daily News – 7A WHAT: World Hemp Expo Extravaganja WHEN: May 28-30 WHERE: 22116 Riverside Ave. INFORMATION: whee2010.com Alcohol will be prohibit- ed on site during the event, she said. High Times Creative Director Steve Hager, who began the World Hemp Extra Extravaganja, said he tried the event in the late ‘90s. After several years, it was clear it was not catching on. “There was just so much antagonism toward us,” he said. “I don’t know why.” Hager said the event would emphasize the spiri- tual aspect of cannabis, and would be peaceful. “We’re not trying to dis- rupt anybody or cause any problems,” he said. “We just want to show people that we’re responsible, and that this is a legitimate culture.” Key to the event is a prayer to end the war on drugs, Hager said. The war on drugs has been responsible for sepa- rating families and paring drug offenders with “violent psychopaths for 10 to 15 years” at a time, Will said. “This didn’t have to hap- pen,” he said. “We didn’t have to destroy people’s lives just because they want to use this plant.” County catch Before anyone pitches a tent on Will’s property, there is a catch. County heads and hands have been working for ous owner of the property. The rear unit has been used for residential use since then. The city did not enact zoning codes prohibiting living in commer- cial districts until after those permits were issued, which allows the apart- ment to be granfathered in, and resi- dential use to be considered a legal nonconforming use, Timboe said. Moyer and a business partner bought the property in 2005. The front part of the building serves as a real estate office. The office and the apartment are two units with sepa- rate entrances, but they share a com- mon wall. offered to the council in three options, with reducing recreation to half-time sav- ing $27,600, eliminating the program for a savings of $65,200 and running the program at three-quarters, meaning it would be full- time in the summer and half- time the rest of the year. For the fire department, the reorganization of dis- patchers with one retained and three offered jobs as maintenance workers with public works would save $192,600. Cuts to funds to buy small tools, communication, natural gas and safety items could save just under $6,000. Several members of the Orland Fire Department, which has a contract, showed up to support the Corning dispatchers, includ- ing Jerry Kramer. Kramer said he was con- cerned with having dispatch duties given to someone else. “It’s not a criticism, but it’s a natural reaction of a law enforcement dispatcher to favor law enforcement,” Kramer said. Several residents, includ- ing Theresa Smith who lives just outside city limits on Toomes Avenue, said she feared response time would be affected. “(If you go forward with cuts) you’ll stir up a hornets nest in the city because of all the volunteers have given and continue to give,” Smith said. All cuts proposed Tues- day will be discussed at the April 27 meeting, which will focus solely on the bud- get. Cuts to recreation were WORDS Continued from page 1A O’Connor, also a bull rider turned bull fighter, hails from Springville, near Fresno. He said he got into bull fighting because of an uncle he watched while he was growing up. Cooper, a native of Saskatchewan, Canada, spent 10 years as a bullfighter before switch- ing to barrel man. He was doing rodeos in Canada when he met an American announcer who intro- duced him to a few people and the rest was history. “Luckily, they took a chance on MIXER Continued from page 1A live music. The event is co-hosted by Reynold’s Ranch and Farm Supply owners Paul and Kit Reynolds, the Tehama County Cattlemen and the Red Bluff-Tehama County Chamber of Commerce. It gets under way at 5:30 p.m. GIRLS Continued from page 1A It’s a unique concept that teaches young people about their own character, Western heritage, cowboy traditions as well as valu- able life-lessons of hard work, discipline, pride and respect from the back of a horse. To date, 3,500 stu- dents have been through the program, which focus- es on physical fitness strength building, rick rid- ing and competition Vault- ing, trick roping and stage presence. The group’s trick roping and riding feats have been the subject of documen- taries, featured on many TV shows and in magazines. Respect, history, self- confidence and showman- ship have carried these girls and many others to places like Israel, Spain, Japan and China. For their international travels, they have been named official Goodwill Ambassadors by the United States govern- ment. Riata was created in weeks on revising Chapter 13.12 of the county code, a policy last updated in 1970 regulating festivals. “This is an urgency ordi- nance they’re going to be bringing forward,” Planner II Bob Halpin said. “Because our current ordi- nance that regulates festi- vals, may not be totally con- stitutional.” Supervisor Ron Warner said the ordinance was drafted in response to Woodstock, and has not been updated since. Similar ordinances have since been declared uncon- stitutional elsewhere in the state, but with most festi- vals held at the Tehama County Fairgrounds, no one has needed to enforce the ordinance in decades, he said. County Counsel Arthur Wylene neither confirmed nor denied the existing ordi- nance’s constitutionality. Wylene said the new ordinance is likely to go before the Board of Super- visors April 27. A copy was not available to the Daily News Tuesday, but Wylene described the ordinance as “content-neutral.” In its current draft, it would kick in when crowds of 500 people or more are expected, Wylene said. “The goal is to avoid sub- jectivity,” Wylene said. “We Moyer moved into the apartment in 2009, after the zoning code had been enacted. Code enforcement does not look at when the person moved in, but what the original use of the building was, so Moyer did not violate zon- ing codes, Timboe said. Moyer is satisfied with the out- come of the investigation, saying the city handled the situation appropri- ately. “The outcome is what it should be,” Moyer said. “I attested all along that I didn’t do anything wrong. They investigated, made their find- ing and decided, so I’m happy.” me and it snowballed from there,” Cooper said. “Now I only do a few (rodeos) a year in Canada.” In addition to fighting bulls, Cooper is an artist. Some of his work will be on display this week at the Red Bluff Round-Up Museum next to the Tehama District Fair- ground, or visit www.crashcooper.com. While both bull fighters and bar- rel men are in the ring they have slightly different jobs. “A bull fighter’s the one that saves the cowboys and I’m there to help entertain the crowd,” Cooper said. For O’Connor, the scariest thing about the job is having to jump in don’t want anybody to think we’re judging events based on what the nature of the event is.” But the final say on what events would be accepted, including the expo, would be up to the Planning Department. Planning Director George Robson could not be reached Tuesday or Wednesday. One of the ordinance’s requirements would be for some measure of security, Wylene said. An event like Will’s could either contract with private security or with local law enforce- ment. Events like the Round- Up choose the latter option and pay for law enforce- ment overtime, Parker said. If the Sheriff’s Depart- ment was chosen to serve as security for the event, Park- er said deputies would have no problem issuing citations to visitors using marijuana without a Prop. 215 recom- mendation. “We would enforce all California laws,” he said. Supervisor Bob Williams has said he authored the county’s med- ical marijuana restrictions in the hopes of protecting neighboring citizens from crimes stemming from mar- ijuana theft. Asked about the event, Williams said he was less concerned about crime, and more about the traffic impacts the event would create. But he questioned the choice to set the event in the county. “Personally, I don’t think Tehama County is the place for this,” he said. ——— Geoff Johnson can be reached at 527-2153, extension 114 or gjohnson@redbluffdailyne ws.com. The city investigated Moyer’s liv- ing situation after receiving an e- mail complaint from an anonymous source. A request by Building Director JD Ellison asking the individual to come into the office to file a formal complaint was ignored, Timboe said. There is no formal complaint form on file aside from the initial e- mail and a follow-up e-mail asking the city if it had done anything about the situation. ——— Tang Lor can be reached at 527- 2153, Ext. 110 or by e-mail at tlor@redbluffdailynews.com. front of the Mexican Fighting Bulls, especially the time he tore his ACL while he was in the ring, he said. “I remember trying to plant my leg and trying to get up and then it would collapse,” O’Connor said. “That’s the most scared I’ve ever been (in the ring).” Layton and Cooper said facing a situation in which a bull rider’s been knocked unconscious is most difficult. “It’s the mental pressure,” Coop- er said. “ You always know what to do, but mentally there’s a lot of pressure on you to do it.” ——— Julie Zeeb can be reached at 527-2153, extension 115 or jzeeb@redbluffdailynews.com. Vic Woolery, owner of Vic’s Branding Iron, will be cater- ing the dinner with the Tehama County CattleWomen serv- ing it up. Drinks will be served by the Cattlemen and cham- ber volunteers. A portion of the Cattlemen’s proceeds will go to support the Tough Enough to Wear Pink campaign to raise aware- ness and prevention of breast cancer, Marenco said. Tickets for the event, which is for ages 21 and older, are available at Reynold’s Ranch and Farm Supply. For more information, call 527-1622. 1957 by late founder Tommy Maier. Today Riata Ranch International is under the direction of Jennifer Welch Nicholson who has been associated with Riata Ranch for more than 33 years, starting as a young student and then becoming one of the four original trick riding per- formers in the late 1970s. Corning Calif. 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