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Saturday, December 8, 2012 – Daily News Obituaries 9A Chamber rings in holidays with awards MARY CATHERINE "CATHY" ALCALA Passed away December 1, 2012. She is survived by Henry Pearce, Marri Ann Wessell, Tyrone Thompson, and 11 grandchildren. Graveside services will be held on Tuesday, December 11th at 2pm at the Tehama Cemetery. Daily News photo by Chip Thompson RAYMOND H. BARBER November 2, 1930 - December 1, 2012 Raymond H. Barber, beloved husband, father and brother, passed peacefully into the loving arms of his Heavenly Father on December 1, 2012. He was 82. Ray was born in Los Molinos, California on November 2, 1930 and raised in Red Bluff, graduating from Red Bluff High School in 1949. After serving his country honorably in the Korean conflict, Ray earned a Bachelor's degree from Chico State College in 1959. That same year, he married his wife of 53 years, Louisa and started his career in education as a teacher at Lassen View Elementary School. Ray became principal of the school in 1983 until his retirement in 1992. He had a natural gift for teaching and took pride in the positive rapport he had with his students. For many, Mr. Barber will be remembered as their favorite teacher. Ray was a very devoted husband, father and grandfather and taking care of his family was always his first priority. He survived by his wife, Louisa Barber, son, Ray (Valerie) Barber of Chico, brothers Louis and Hurley Barber and two sisters, Ileen Graham and Lucille Arguello. Ray's two grandchildren, Braden and Bailey, will miss their Papa very much. A Vigil will be held at 7pm on Sunday, December 9th at Hoyt-Cole Chapel of the Flowers in Red Bluff. A Mass of Christian Burial is scheduled at 11am on Monday, December 10 at Sacred Heart Church in Red Bluff. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to Hospice or American Cancer Society. Please share your condolences and memories at www.barbermemorial.com Death Notices Death notices must be provided by mortuaries to the news department, 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 newspaper's website. Paid obituaries may be of any length, may run multiple days and offer wide latitude of content, including photos. Rae M. Diaz Rae M. Diaz of Corning died Wednesday, Dec. 5, 2012, at Brentwood Skilled Nursing in Red Bluff. She was 77. Hall Brothers Corning Mortuary is handling the arrangements. Published Saturday, Dec. 8, 2012, in the Daily News, Red Bluff, Calif. CHASE Continued from page 1A Gonzalez attempted to escape out of the back of the residence, but was chased on foot into Reeds Creek. He was arrested following a short pursuit. In addition to the felony warrants for his arrest, Gonzalez was charged possession of stolen property, resisting a police officer and possession of a switch blade. Stolen items were recovered from the residence and will be returned to their rightful owners. Bail for Gonzalez was set at $426,000. Red Bluff-Tehama County Chamber of Commerce CEO Dave Gowan presents the "Spinning Plates" award to Jessie Woods of the Gold Exchange Thursday evening in recognition of her involvement in so many community projects at the same time. Dozens turned out to celebrate the holidays Thursday at the Palomino Room in downtown Red Bluff during the Red Bluff-Tehama County Chamber of Commerce Holiday Mixer. Awards were also presented to Rich Mehling and Greg Stevens of the chamber board. AGENCY Continued from page 1A invested around $29,000 to train people to run the program. Users of the program received around $81,000 back in tax returns that year. In 2011 the agency's return on investment skyrocketed to new heights. The agency spent $14,735 on its staff and resources, while more than $430,000 was returned to the community in tax returns. "What we've shown in the last three years is we're getting better and better at it," Sharp said. The VITA program isn't the only one seeing a hefty rise in production. Efforts to help families with housing, poverty and nutrition are being boosted by maximizing potential and efficiency. It comes at a time when those programs are needed more than ever. WOLF Continued from page 1A search of a mate. Shortly after he left, the state put a death sentence on two members of his pack for killing cattle, but that has been held up by a lawsuit brought by conservation groups. He has managed to stay out of trouble and nearly out of sight. People have spotted him or his tracks only a few times. Kovacs estimated that OR-7 weighs 100 to 110 Almost 20 percent of Tehama County residents and 28 percent of children were living below the poverty line in 2012. That's about 5and a-half of every 20 children in the county. The county's 17.7 percent unemployment rate is double that of the national average. Another key for the agency has been maximizing its use of partnerships across the North State. In 2008 the agency spent $41,764 to bring in 64,000 pounds of foods for its various giveaways or about 65 cents for every pound of food. This year the agency has spent only $7,560, but brought in 102,500 pounds of food. That's a rate of 7 cents per pound. The agency's mission is to make people more self-sufficient and successful through its use of resources and educational opportunities. It's been following that same philosophy, itself, that's helped the pounds, with paws measuring 5-by-5 inches. ''He is feeding well, he is able to travel well,'' said Kovacs. He has the distinction of being the only known wolf in California in nearly a century. When OR-7 crossed into California a year ago, Oregon had counted 29 wolves within state boundaries. That number has grown to 54 with a count of 25 new pups. While in California, OR-7 switched from his normal prey of elk to deer, which are more available. He has not Fiscal cliff threatens California's recovery, jobs SACRAMENTO (AP) — California's economic recovery could come to a halt if Congress and President Barack Obama are unable to avert the ''fiscal cliff,'' business and government officials warned Friday. Robert Kleinhenz, chief economist at the Los Angeles County Economic Development Corp., said automatic spending cuts would represent a loss of $22.7 billion in gross state product, the annual measure of goods and services produced in the state. It would also mean the loss of 225,000 jobs statewide, he said. Southern California would be especially hard-hit because the region is a large recipient of defense spending, particularly for early-stage military research, Kleinhenz said. Expiring Bush-era tax cuts and the end of a payroll tax holiday will also mean smaller paychecks for workers at a time when the nation is barely recovering from the Great Recession. ''This is a timing problem. If the COMPLETE AUTO REPAIR All makes and models. We perform dealer recommened 30K, 60K, 90K SERVICES AT LOWER PRICES Smog Check $ 2595 certificate starting at +8 $ 25 (MOST CARS & PICK-UPS) 527-9841 • 195 S. Main St. Congress can work out the timing, maybe space out some of these adjustments over the next couple of years, than we would not endanger this recovery,'' Kleinhenz said. Another group that would feel the pinch at the start of 2013 is the unemployed. About 400,000 jobless Californians who have been receiving unemployment benefit extensions will stop receiving checks at the end of the year unless Washington acts, according to Loree Levy, a spokeswoman for the state Employment Development Department. The federal government has paid $40 billion in federal extension benefits in California since July 2008, she said. Levy said the state mailed out roughly 360,000 letters over Thanksgiving week telling people how they can find other forms of assistance, such as food stamps and social services. The average person receives $300 a week in unemployment assis- tance. ''We're making people well aware so they have time to plan accordingly,'' she said Thursday. The nonpartisan Legislative Analyst's Office has already warned that the state could lose as much as $11 billion in tax revenue if the nation fell back into recession. That would wipe out the bulk of tax gains under Proposition 30, a set of temporary sales and income taxes hikes voters approved last month. Reduced federal funding and a lagging economy would send shockwaves throughout a state that was projecting budget surpluses for the first time in a decade. Brown's finance spokesman, H.D. Palmer, said the administration has not conducted its own estimate and suggested that state programs would not feel an immediate impact. But schools, public safety and other services would once again feel budget strains by mid-2013. agency and others around the country. Sharp said the overseeing CalNeva partnership has spent recent years educating how local agencies can do things for themselves rather than doing it for them. That teach them to fish philosophy has led to what Sharp says is one of the most efficient uses of taxrelated money. Across the country community action agencies leverage between $6 and $11 of every dollar they receive through grants. While the agencies make efficient use of their limited funds, they often find themselves among the first on the chopping blocks when state and federal government find themselves in budget dilemmas. "We're always at risk for funding," Sharp said. "(but) it's not because of efficiency." crossed major highways and has turned back several times when he came close to Interstate 5. He swam across the Klamath River several times, Kovacs said. At 3 1/2 years, the wolf is now past the midpoint of a lifetime that normally spans five to seven years in the wild, and there have been no indications he has found that elusive mate. Nick Cady, legal director for Cascadia Wildlands, an Oregon conservation group, said he was optimistic OR-7 would meet a female that had also gone to California. The route OR-7 took is a natural backcountry migration corridor that conservation groups were specifically trying to preserve when they were fighting to add wilderness protections and stop clear-cutting, he said. ''It is promising to see that corridor functioning, and if it functions for one wolf, that means it will function for more wolves,'' he said. The batteries on his GPS collar are expected to run out in a little more than a year. After that, his fate may be unknown. Woman recants story of being held hostage in attic OROVILLE (AP) — Prosecutors in Northern California say they plan to pursue charges against a man accused of holding his ex-wife hostage in his attic — even though the woman has recanted the story. Lawson Rankin, 29, of Oroville was arrested this week after sheriff's deputies discovered his exwife trapped behind a wall in the attic of his house. She told deputies that she had been held captive there for two weeks and was repeatedly beaten and raped by Rankin. Butte County District Attorney Mike Ramsey said the woman, whose identity has not been released, told him Thurs- Red Bluff Simple Cremations & Burial Service You DO have a choice in the Red Bluff area. 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