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Obituaries THUMB Continued from page 1A attacked Miller. SALMON Continued from page 1A said. "The federal government must restore California's iconic salmon runs to health: that's the law." Miller was the U.S. House of Ernestine Ross, 92, died Friday, November 9, at Lassen House surrounded by her loving family. She was born October 6, 1920 to Harvey and Delia Voss at Leola, Ar- kansas. She was the oldest of seven children. She married Leonard Ross in 1940 and shared 68 years of marriage un- til his passing in 2008. She relished her role as a home- maker always busy creating, crocheting, sewing and mak- ing quilts. She was an amazing cook, baker, canner and gardener. For many years she sang in the church choir at the First Southern Baptist Church where she and her hus- band were two of the charter members. She also volun- teered at the Tehama County Gleaners. She is survived by her four sons; Bill of Weed, E.C. (Paula), Jim (Terry), Randy (Debbie) all of Red Bluff, 10 grandchildren, 15 great grandchildren, and 3 great great grandchildren, also her brother Jack (Ellen) of Leola, Ar- kansas and numerous nieces and nephews. A graveside service will be held November 19, 2012, at 11:00 A.M. at Oak Hill Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the First Southern Baptist Church in Ernestine's honor. Reception to follow at the First Southern Baptist Church on Kimball Road. ERNESTINE ROSS October 6, 1920 - November 9, 2012 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, Nov. 12, 2012, at Enloe Medical Center in Chico. He was 88. Hall Brothers Corning Mortuary is handling the arrangements. Robert E. Hawkins Robert E. Hawkins of Los Molinos died Monday, Published Thursday, Nov. 15, 2012, in the Daily News, Red Bluff, Calif. Sandra S. Whitlock Sandra S. Whitlock of Flournoy died Saturday, Nov. 10, 2012, at Mercy Medical Center in Redding. She was 65. Hall Brothers Corning Mortuary is handling the arrangements. TINY Continued from page 1A cials arranged for her to be sent to the Lake Tahoe Wildlife Care Center. Although Hair said he has not recently called to check on the young bob- cat, he said he is glad to hear she is doing well and hopes to take his children down to visit the cat once she is settled into her new Placerville home. served as Chips' primary caretaker when she was first brought to the Lake Tahoe center, said that while she and her husband will be sad to see the bob- cat leave, with tempera- tures dropping in Tahoe, both young bobcats will be transferred to the Sierra Wildlife Rescue Center in Placerville sometime next week. The two bobcats Cheryl Millham, who will be more comfortable there and able to continue playing outside, she said. Barbara Barker, a vol- unteer coordinator at the Placerville rescue center said her organization is excited to receive the two young bobcats and happy to help out. Barker said the pair will spend the winter under the care of a volun- teer who specializes in rehabilitating foxes, coy- otes and bobcats. She expects both young bob- cats will be ready to be released back into the wild by spring. "We can't wait to get them," Barker said. "We are all trying to do as much as we can to help out. There is just such a need to help these ani- mals." Kaci Poor writes for the Eureka Times-Standard. Father pleads not guilty BURNEY (AP) — A 29-year-old Northern California man has pleaded not guilty to charges in connection with an accidental shooting at his home that left his two young chil- dren hospitalized with serious injuries. old Kevin Venia entered his plea to felony child abuse and illegally possessing guns and ammunition during his arraignment in Shasta County Superior Court on Wednes- day. The Redding Record-Searchlight reports that 29-year- FUEL Continued from page 1A 2012-2013 budget year, Brewer said. "We just received a let- ter from the state Board of Equalization that (Butte) has 30 days to appeal and in all likelihood they will appeal," Brewer said. The city has a contract with Hinderliter deLamas (HdL), a tax consultant that has been assisting the city with presenting its claim to the State Board of Equalization. Traditionally, the com- pany receives a 15 percent cut of the money found and may be expecting the 15 percent despite the fact that it was former City Manager Steve Kim- brough who found the error, Brewer said. Miller suffered a minor cut on his left thumb and a severe lacer- ation on his right hand. It appeared the laceration nearly severed Miller's Thursday, November 15, 2012 – Daily News 7A thumb. County Jail. Miller was transported to St. Elizabeth Commu- nity Hospital for treat- ment, while McDonald was taken to Tehama Representatives author of the Improvement Act. In 2008 a lawsuit brought on by NRDC and other organizations led to stronger federal court-ordered protections for salmon, including what would eventually lead to the permanent closing of the Red Bluff $210,000 misallocated, he said. "I don't think this is time to overreact, but I wanted council to be aware of the combination of all these things," Brew- er said. "We should be able to proceed with the plan to end furloughs (in December), but I don't think we should commit ourselves further." The council passed a resolution correcting two errors found in the 2012- 2013 budget. The numbers were correct in the budget, however, they had been put in incorrectly in the resolution passing the budget, Brewer said. If that were the case, Corning, which has not received any of the money back to date, would only receive $179,000 of the DEBUT Continued from page 1A Published Thursday, Nov. 15, 2012, in the Daily News, Red Bluff, Calif. percent of a company's mandated emissions reductions Some businesses targeted by the program have argued the increased costs will drive jobs out of Califor- nia. Executives also argue it could result in increased emissions by businesses in neighboring states that boost production to grab business. ''Raising costs in California will The first error was a transfer of $56,787 from the general fund to the fire replacement fund, which should have been $78,787, according to the staff report. The second was a trans- fer of $80,000 from the water enterprise fund to the water capital replace- charged with assault with a deadly weapon. Bail was $30,000. McDonald was Diversion Dam. With a 3-year life cycle, environ- mentalists believed they would see the affects in the 2011 numbers. Although only at 13 percent of the goal, the 2011 salmon numbers were higher than the previous two years. ment fund, which should have been a $107,000 transfer. the Tehama County Miti- gation Plan. This allows the city to be eligible for federal funding in case of emergencies and to get money to fix hazardous problems if there is money available. Other agenda items: • The council adopted A plan is being worked on to identify potential hazards within city limits and is expected to come before council at a later date, said Corning Fire Chief Martin Spannaus, who represented the city in the taskforce working on the county's mitigation plan. • The council adopted a resolution setting industri- al disability retirement for Corning Police Officer Armando Mendoza effec- tive Dec. 9. With his retirement, the police department will have one empty position, which will passed through to consumers.'' The California Chamber of Com- merce has filed a lawsuit challeng- ing the air board's authority to sell the allowances to generate revenue for the state. It claims the sale of allowances is an illegal tax because taxes need a two-thirds vote by the Legislature. Stanley Young, a board allow out-of-state firms to lower prices and take market share,'' said Shelly Sullivan of the AB32 Imple- mentation Group, a business coali- tion that supports greenhouse gas reductions but opposes the auction- ing of allowances. ''As it stands now the auction equates to a tax for these businesses to continue to operate in the state,'' Sullivan said. ''Those costs will be spokesman, said cap-and-trade will withstand legal scrutiny. ''This market-based approach to cutting greenhouse emissions gives businesses the flexibility to best decide how to reduce their emis- sions,'' Young said. The board estimates that about $1 billion could be raised from the sale of allowances in fiscal year 2012- 13. About 23 million allowances will be sold for 2013 emissions, and 39.5 million allowances were being pre-sold Wednesday for 2015 emis- sions. There is some uncertainty about SACRAMENTO (AP) — California's nonparti- san budget analyst says the state now faces a much smaller deficit of $1.9 bil- lion through the end of the next fiscal year and could even see surpluses after that. lyst's Office released a positive but cautious fore- cast Wednesday in the state's first budget assess- ment since Californians last week approved Gov. Jerry Brown's sales and income tax initiative, Proposition 30. ''The state's economic The Legislative Ana- istration's work these past two years to reduce spend- ing, streamline depart- ments and make govern- ment more efficient. ''We've had cuts. be filled sometime in the near future, Corning Police Chief Don Atkins said. The department is hoping to fill the detective position left open by the retirement of Mel Allison during the next budget year. • The council took time to honor two persons for their service including Library Commissioner Marilyn Bright, five years and five months, and Air- port Commissioner Ed Pit- man, two years and six months. The Corning City Council meets the second and fourth Tuesdays of the month at City Hall, 794 Third Street. Meeting minutes and agendas are available at www.corn- ing.org. ——— Julie Zeeb can be reached at 527-2153, extension 115 or jzeeb@redbluffdailynews. com. Follow her on Twitter @DN_Zeeb. how the money will be used. Cali- fornia law dictates only that it go into a special greenhouse gas reduc- tion account, and any programs that use the funds be consistent with the goals of AB32. California officials hope a suc- cessful rollout of the cap-and-trade system will embolden other states to follow suit and spur economic growth by strengthening the clean technology business sector. Not all businesses are opposed to the plan. Mike Mielke of the Silicon Valley Leadership Group — which has 375 members, including tech titans IBM, Apple, and Cisco — said lots of technology firms see opportunity in the new carbon mar- ket. ''Cap-and-trade sends a clear market signal with a price on car- bon,'' Mielke said. ''A growing por- tion of our membership is clean technology, and that's a growing sector because of AB32.'' Calif. budget deficit shrinks to $1.9B with taxes We've had a lot of cuts. And with Proposition 30 we have some revenue. ... Together it puts the state in a very solid position for a sustainable balanced bud- get for years to come,'' Brown told reporters at appearance at a UC Board of Regents meeting. The governor said he year-old daughter remained in serious condition after being hit by a blast from a sawed-off shotgun at the family home in Burney on Monday. Sheriff's officials say Venia wasn't home at the time, but had placed the loaded gun on an ottoman while his three kids played nearby. Detectives believe a third child in the home, a five-year- Authorities say Venia's two-year-old son and his four- old boy, was playing with the gun when he accidentally shot his younger brother and sister. Venia was being held on $500,000 bail. Airman sentenced MARYSVILLE (AP) — A former U.S. Air Force airman has been sentenced to 20 years to life in prison in the shooting death of a Northern California man, allegedly over a rumored sex tape. A Yuba County judge issued the sentence against 22-year-old William Silliman Jr. on Tuesday. Accord- ing to the Marysville Appeal-Democrat, Silliman acknowledged providing the shotgun that another man used to gun down 38-year-old Steven Moore in Marysville on Dec. 31. Silliman was convicted of second-degree murder last month. The shooter, 33-year-old Marcus Hume, pleaded guilty to second degree murder in September and was later sentenced to 55 years to life in prison. recovery, prior budget cuts, and the additional, temporary taxes provided by Proposition 30 have combined to bring Califor- nia to a promising moment: the possible end of a decade of acute state budget challenges,'' wrote analyst Mac Taylor. Taylor projected a much smaller deficit of $1.9 billion through the end of the 2013 fiscal year in July 2013, compared with the $15.7 billion deficit lawmakers faced earlier this year. He said state expendi- tures will be $2.7 billion greater than forecast in the 2012-13 budget, partly because of overly opti- mistic projections for how much the state would get from the dissolution of local redevelopment agen- cies that Brown initiated. Taylor said the state will see about $1.8 billion less than expected. On Wednesday, the governor said the analyst's report validated his admin- tax by a quarter cent and boosts income taxes on the wealthy to help solve the state's ongoing deficit. Voters, particularly minorities and those between the ages of 18 and 29, agreed. would like to see the state exercise fiscal discipline, pay down our debts and build a rainy day fund. ''We're not out of the woods yet,'' he said. The analyst's report projects a surplus starting in 2014, thanks partly to Brown's tax initiative, the state's economic recovery and previous budget cuts, but he cautioned that the forecast is dependent upon a continuing steady eco- nomic recovery and strict spending controls by the governor and Legislature. Brown, a Democrat, bet big this November by ask- ing voters to approve Proposition 30, which raises the statewide sales expected to provide an additional $6 billion a year for the state and deliver on a campaign promise Brown made two years ago to fix the state's per- petual budget deficits and to raise taxes only if voters approved. The tax hikes are the statewide sales tax to 7.5 percent for four years and income taxes rates to between 10.3 and 12.3 percent for seven years on income over $250,000 a year. The credit rating agencies Standard & Poor's and Moody's sig- naled their approval of the state's financial picture after it passed. Voters also approved Proposition 30 raises more taxes under Proposi- tion 39, which closes a corporate tax loophole and is projected to raise about $1 billion a year. get lawmakers approved last summer called for The $91.3 billion bud- about $6 billion in auto- matic cuts to K-12 schools and universities if the ini- tiative failed. finance department, tax revenues have largely been on pace with the state's budget projections. Over- all, revenues are $176 mil- lion below forecast, but October revenues came in $208 million above the month's forecast. The finance department reported that the state brought in an additional $1.4 billion from income and corporate taxes that it had attributed to past years. But Taylor warned that such practice could be problematic and he urged the Legislature to direct the administration to use a simpler accounting method. According to the state