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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. 15, 2012 at St. Elizabeth Community Hospital. He was 69. Hoyt-Cole Chapel of the Flowers is handling the arrangements. Published Friday, Nov. 16, 2012 in the Daily News, Michael G. McGrath Michael G. McGrath of Red Bluff died Thursday, Red Bluff, Calif. Thomas H. Roblson Thomas H. Roblson died Wednesday, Nov. 14, 2012, at his residence in Red Bluff. He was 69. Hoyt-Cole Chapel of the Flowers is handling the arrangements. Published Friday, Nov. 16, 2012, in the Daily News, Red Bluff, Calif. LosMo 4-H project needs help ing "Tree of Life" quilt. Help decorate the tree by donating $2.50 for 1 leaf, or 5 for $10. You can personalize your leaf by writing a message or name and dates of your loved ones, friends, or family members in remembrance or for prayers in their fight with cancer. After the leaves are signed we will sew them onto the Special to the DN Los Molinos 4-H Sewing project is creating a wall hang- "Tree of Life" quilt and it will be donated to a Relay for Life team. The team will then raffle off the wall hanging quilt at the Red Bluff Relay for Life in May. Help us in finding a cure for cancer. For more info to pur- chase leaves please contact Kathe Teem at 530-384-1519 or email her at kathe.teem@hotmail.com. VOTE (Continued from page 1A) have to be checked by hand. Vise said the elections department hoped to have a final tally by the middle of next week. The earliest the county could certify the election is Dec. 4. Parker (1,993 votes) and Robert Sheppard, Jr. (1,817) still held a com- manding lead over Lisha Goings (1,456) for a pair of 4-year terms on the Red Bluff City Council. In other races Clay were losing. Challengers Lida Sharon Chase (5,388) and Jack D. Hansen (5,234) led Rod Moore (4,346) and Rhon- da Johnson (4,012). Roger Cox had 3,703 votes. 4,195 votes to lead the Red Bluff Union School District race. A second seat was also up for grabs with Carey Koeberer lead- ing Steve Piffero 2,605 to 2,532. Michelle L. Kinner had Red Bluff's Measure A, which would grant voter approval to charge RV parks Transient Occu- pancy Tax, was failing with 60 percent opposing. Both incumbents in the race for two Red Bluff Joint Union High School District boardmembers SEEDS (Continued from page 1A) ists to participate in the first ever press conference with female reporters. Women were not allowed at the President's press conferences. Eleanor Roo- sevelt also planted the first Victory Garden during World War II and really started the White House and school garden pro- grams. interview the White House gardener, examine the vegetable beds in the fall garden, gaze at the bee hive and talk with Haney Samay was able to GREEK (Continued from page 1A) potential new members, which violates the rules; allegations of hazing; assaults; sexual assaults and "three hazing inci- dents within the last 30 days." many Greek organizations are "exemplars" of what Greek life is supposed to be. He said he knew that "I also know that these kinds of behaviors in one fell swoop can wipe out all the positive side of the ledger," he said. While the fraternities CHURCH (Continued from page 1A) of $40 each or $75 a pair. Purchase event tickets and additional raffle tick- ets at $5 each at the Parish Hall 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. weekdays or after Masses Saturday evening and Sunday morning. Raffle items include a grand prize wine tasting and tour of the Abbey of New Two seats were also being contested for the Corning Union High School District with incumbent Martin H. "Marty" Mathisen (2,140) and Lizett S. Arriaga (1,880) leading Jesus A. Rosas (702). Tomasini (2,101) and Bradley Constant (1,931) led Tayna R. King (1,130) for two spots on the Ever- green School District Governing Board. Incumbents James who has worked on the grounds of the White House since 1972. have been able to attend the White House Fall Gar- den Social with the help of Walmart Distribution Cen- ter's facility giving pro- gram," Samay said. "I am inspired to share what I learned with the students at Vista and continue to promote gardening here on campus. We are now preparing to plant our winter garden here at Vista, offer Food Labs (garden to table instruc- tion) with the after school program and continue to offer academic gardening here at Vista." "I feel very fortunate to and sororities are on sus- pension, they will have to cover up or remove the Greek letters from their houses, he said. Many of the students seemed shocked by the decision to suspend their activities. Some women cried. "I don't think it's fair to generalize us all into the negative group," Courtney Wessel, a member of the sorority Sigma Omega Phi, told an Enterprise- Record reporter. Other students the reporter asked to comment on Zingg's decision said they didn't want to talk about it. Clairvaux's Sacred Stones; a 1st prize $100 Green Barn certificate and a 2nd prize basket of assorted fine wines. Sacred Heart Parish is proud to announce its fea- tured artist Sr. Gloria Heese R.S.M. who created an art piece specifically for the silent auction titled "Mystical Body." One lucky bidder will have the privilege to personally dis- play this exclusive art- work. Supermajority holds promise, but peril for Democrats With supermajorities in both houses of the state Legislature, Democrats have a historic opportunity to push their agen- da on issues such as tax reform, work- ers' rights and changing the initiative process. They could reach too far, though, if SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — they can't restrain the impulses of their most liberal members, leading to actions that will turn off middle-of-the- road voters. One of the key political dramas of the coming year will be how legislative leaders and Democratic Gov. Jerry Brown walk that line. "We all recognize that we have to use this new power wisely, and we can't overplay it," Senate President Pro Tem Darrell Steinberg said in an interview Thursday. "On the other hand ... we also don't want to underutilize the chance we have to continue to help California grow and thrive." Many Democrats are anticipating what the party can do now that they no longer need Republican votes. Steinberg suggested changing the state's tax structure, restoring money to social services and modifying the bal- lot initiative process by requiring pro- ponents to work with legislators to fine-tune their proposals and ensuring that initiatives expire after a certain number of years. their two-thirds majorities to place a measure on the ballot seeking to legal- ize same-sex marriage by overturning Proposition 8 if the U.S. Supreme Court eventually upholds California's constitutional ban. Steinberg cited as an example of potential over-reaching Democratic state Sen. Ted Lieu's support for an effort to triple the state's vehicle license fee. He also said Democrats could use "I think some of these folks are genetically incapable of fiscal pru- dence. The spending will outgrow whatever surpluses we have," said Nielsen, who has been the Assembly Republicans' point person on the bud- get. ber, said he does not trust Democrats to keep themselves in check. The legislative supermajority will let Democrats unilaterally raise taxes, if they choose, for the first time since Cal- ifornia voters passed Proposition 13 in 1978. The landmark initiative increased the legislative vote threshold to pass tax increases to two-thirds. The central provision of Proposition 13, which rolled back property taxes and strictly limited their annual increases, also could come under review by Democrats. Some Democ- rats say they favor placing a measure on the ballot that would ask voters if they want to raise the limit on annual property tax increases for corporations, while leaving the limit in place for Assemblyman Jim Nielsen, R-Ger- At a glance tive supermajority: — Democrats will have 54 seats in the Assembly when the Legislature convenes in December, just reaching the two-thirds threshold in the 80- member chamber. By The Associated Press Some facts about a legisla- — Democrats last held simultaneous supermajorities in both chambers in 1883. — The last Assembly supermajority was in 1978, when it was held by Democ- rats. — Democrats needed 27 seats in the 40-member Senate for a supermajority, but won at least 28 with the Central Val- ley's 5th Senate District still undecided. — A supermajority allows the ruling party to approve tax increases, pass emergency leg- islation, override gubernatori- al vetoes and change house rules without votes from the other party. — The last Senate super- majority was in 1965, when it was held by Democrats. — Republicans have not held an Assembly supermajor- ity since 1933. — Republicans last held a Senate supermajority in 1953, according to the secretary of the Senate. — This marks the first time either party has gained a supermajority in either cham- ber since California voters passed Proposition 13 in 1978. The initiative raised the leg- islative vote threshold to pass tax increases to two-thirds. — A single party last held supermajorities in both cham- bers in 1933, when Republi- cans did it. homeowners. Assemblyman Tom Ammiano, D- San Francisco, said the supermajority breathes new life into his proposal to tweak Proposition 13 to prevent corpo- rations from avoiding tax increases when properties change hands. The two-thirds majorities also give Democrats the ability to override gubernatorial vetoes, such as the one earlier this year on an Ammiano bill that would have provided overtime pay, meal breaks and other labor protections to caregivers, nannies and house clean- ers. Yet there have been no overrides since 1979, during Brown's first tenure as governor, and lawmakers risk under- mining a governor of their own party if they use it. nor's veto was overridden was in 1979, while Jerry Brown was serving his first two terms as governor. Two-thirds of lawmakers voted to override two bills, one relating to state employees and the other to insurance. Lawmakers also overrode eight items in the budget bill in 1979. — Previously, there had been only two vetoes overrid- den since 1973. ——— — The last time a gover- Source: Office of the Chief Clerk of the Assembly. has, and we need to be thoughtful about making decisions that create the opportunities to grow jobs and get peo- ple back to work in the state," Perez said Thursday in a telephone interview. There is no interest in raising taxes Friday, November 16, 2012 – Daily News 9A beyond those just approved by voters, he said. Voters passed Brown's Proposition 30, which increases the state sales tax for four years and income taxes on those making more than $250,000 a year for seven years. Voters also approved a separate initiative that will send $1 billion more per year to the general fund by closing a corporate tax loophole. "It's kind of like Christmas," Ammi- ano said of the supermajority. "The gifts under the tree look really nice and you're happy. But when you open up the gifts, you have to be pretty judi- cious." the governor's guidance and not go too far, said Speaker John Perez, D-Los Angeles. "We need to be very responsible with the limited resources that the state The Assembly will need to follow Perez also noted that Democrats will lack their two-thirds majorities for much of the next year as two incum- bent senators leave for Congress and Assembly members run for their vacant seats and for the Los Angeles city council. Even if Democrats want to restrain themselves, they will face pressure from public employee unions. Union may seek to roll back some of the recently enacted pension changes and get cost-of-living increases for employ- ees who have gone without raises dur- ing the state's budget crisis. California toxic landfill cited for spills KETTLEMAN CITY (AP) — A Central California hazardous waste dump that has been targeted by fines and claims by nearby residents involving birth defects has another headache: The state has issued 72 violations alleging small spills went unreported during the past four years. Chemical Waste Management operates the largest hazardous waste landfill west of the Mississippi River at a remote site near Kettleman City, a farmworker community midway between San Francisco and Los Angeles. State officials said the spills were relatively small, posed no health threats to the public, and were con- tained on the property, but the com- pany's operating permit requires it to notify the California Department of Toxic Substances Control each time such spills occur. The company disputes that the spills amounted to violations, and said it's working with state regulators CASE (Continued from page 1A) children." The Tehama County Sheriff's Department and the District Attorney's Office are working on a joint investigation, which to this point has led them to about 50 children or their parents whom they have talked with, Cohen said. ation," Cohen said. "Next week there may be addi- tional charges, but the investigation phase is still continuing. We ask that anyone with information about the case contact Investigator Dave Baker. They've done an excellent "This is a difficult situ- to resolve the disagreement. The state toxics department ''has itself confirmed that all the spills were small in volume and did not result in impacts to surrounding com- munities, and that there never was any danger to workers at the facility or the environment,'' Jennifer Andrews, a waste management spokeswoman, said in a statement. The state said the 72 spills occurred between 2008 and 2012 in loading and sampling areas. During that time, the 1,600-acre landfill was under scrutiny by environmental organizations and residents opposing its application to expand. The company accepts toxic waste not allowed into most landfills, including carcinogenic PCBs, herbi- cides and other chemicals, and lead- contaminated soil from cleanup sites. Last year, the federal Environmen- tal Protection Agency and the state toxics department levied $1 million in fines against the firm for having job to date, but often day- cares do not list everyone with the state. That's where we're asking for the public's help." Anyone with informa- tion can contact Baker at 529-3590 or Tehama County Sheriff's Depart- ment Detective Chad Dada at 529-7920. The investigation to date has uncovered the conduct has been going on for about three years, Cohen said. "More reports are com- ing and there's a strong possibility of more," Cohen said. "As a father of a 14-year-old and 11-year- old, you treasure this time when they are young. Despicable is not a strong enough word for this. It's a improperly calibrated lab equipment that thwarted efforts to accurately analyze chemical concentrations in waste. The EPA found the same prob- lem with equipment five years earlier and said officials failed to fix it. In May 2011 the state levied $46,000 in fines against the company for failing to report two spills. Brian Johnson of the state toxics department said he expects the newest violations to possibly result in larger fines. The company could face up to a $25,000 fine for each viola- tion. The case has been referred to the attorney general's office for a deci- sion. ''It's my opinion that this will be a significant fine that will cause them to sit up and take notice that this is not acceptable behavior,'' Johnson said. State regulations say a company must report spills verbally within 24 hours and follow up within 10 days with a written report. tough situation, but the glimmer of hope is that if they are younger they often are able to cope bet- ter and are more resilient." Tehama County Superior Court on Wednesday for an entry of plea, however, that was delayed due to a conflict with the public defender who had been Martin appeared in appointed the case. The next court appear- ance will be at 8 a.m. on Tuesday, Nov. 20, in Department 3. ——— Julie Zeeb can be reached at 527-2153, extension 115 or jzeeb@redbluffdai- lynews.com. Follow her on Twitter @DN_Zeeb.