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Friday, December 14, 2012 ��� Daily News Obituaries ALBERT EDWARD (AL) DONOVAN February 19, 1920 - December 10, 2012 Albert Edward (Al) Donovan was born on February 19, 1920 in Manchester, N.H. and died on December 10, 2012 in Red Bluff, CA. Al graduated from South High School in Worcester, MA., and held various jobs until his appointment to the United States Merchant Marine Academy at Kings Point, N.Y. in 1940, graduating in 1944 and accepting a commission in the US Navy as an engineering officer, assigned to the USS Brule in the Pacific Theater. Al was honorably discharged from the US Navy in 1946. While waiting to enter college again, Al worked for the Moore/McCormack line, sailing to South America and the Baltic���s. Al entered the Massachusetts College of Pharmacy in 1950, graduating in 1954 and worked for a short time in retail pharmacy and also the State of Massachusetts. Al was married to Ella M. Hughes of Price Edward Island, Canada on October 1, 1955 at Our Lady of the Angels Catholic Church in Worcester, Massachusetts. Al worked for the Veteran���s Administration Hospital in Los Angeles, California from 1961 to 1962 and then was transferred to the Veteran���s Hospital in Togus, Maine, beginning work in 1963, where he became Chief of the Pharmacy Service. Al retired from the Federal Government in March of 1983 and moved to Red Bluff. Al was an active member of Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Red Bluff, The Knights of Columbus, and the Retired Federal Employees. Al was pre-deceased by his older brother; Bradley Donovan, sisters; Margaret Roseen and Cornelia Donovan. Al is survived by his wife of 57 years, Ella Hughes Donovan, two sons; Paul Donovan of Nyssa, Oregon, Timothy Donovan of Freeland, Washington, two daughters; Ann Donovan of Freeland, Washington, and Mary Erickson of Parkland, Washington, 5 grandchildren, 6 great-grandchildren, and many nieces and nephews. Al was a kind and loving son, husband, father, grandfather, and friend. Calling hours are Friday, December 14, between 5:00 p.m. and 9:00 p.m. A rosary will take place at 7:00 p.m. at Hoyt-Cole Chapel of the Flowers. Funeral Mass celebrating Al���s life will be at Sacred Heart Church on Saturday, December 15, 2012 at 10:00 a.m. Donations may be sent to the Sacred Heart Parish Fund. Reception at Sacred Heart Parish Hall following the graveside service. 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. Albert Edward Donovan Albert Edward Donovan of Red Bluff died Monday, Dec. 10, 2012, at St. Elizabeth Community Hospital, in Red Bluff. He was 92. Hoyt-Cole Chapel of the Flowers is handling the arrangements. Published Friday, Dec. 14, 2012, in the Daily News, Red Bluff, Calif. Linda E. Elsner Linda E. Elsner of Red Bluff died Wednesday, Dec. 12, 2012, at in Chico. She was 73. Neptune Society FD1440 is handling the arrangements. Published Friday, Dec. 14, 2012, in the Daily News, Red Bluff, Calif. George Harold Eslinger George Harold Eslinger of Red Bluff died Thursday, Dec. 13, 2012, at Brentwood Skilled Nursing, in Red Bluff. He was 74. Red Bluff Simple Cremations and Burial Service is handling the arrangements. Published Friday, Dec. 14, 2012, in the Daily News, Red Bluff, Calif. GROWTH Continued from page 1A ever, state figures show there has been a net loss in migration each year since 2004. The largest drop occurred in 2008-2009, when more than 89,000 people left amid the Great Recession, when the housing market collapsed and unemployment spiked. Chief demographer Bill Schooling noted that many of the people who left in the most recent year had been living in Los Angeles, San Bernardino and San Diego counties. Schooling said immigrants account for a portion of the movement because California has always been an entry point for people from other countries. ������Although they���re immigrants when they come here, once they���re here, if they move across the state border, that���s a domestic migrant,������ he said. The state uses different methodology than the Census Bureau to provide timely information about population changes. In addition to tracking births and deaths, the state monitors driver���s license address changes. Tehama County added 109 people, even though 103 left for elsewhere in the state and nation. Natural increase added 171, with new 41 immigrants in the report. Five counties ��� Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside, San Diego and 11A Santa Clara ��� accounted for more than half of the state���s population growth. Placer, Santa Clara, San Mateo, Riverside and San Benito counties posted the largest percentage increases in population while Lassen, Plumas and Sierra saw the largest percentage decreases. A dozen rural counties ��� Alpine, Amador, Calaveras, Lake, Mariposa, Modoc, Nevada, Plumas, Sierra, Siskiyou, Trinity and Tuolumne ��� saw more deaths than births during the fiscal year. Butte's growth rate was up slightly from 2.4 percent in 2010-11. Glenn grew 0.40 percent that year and Shasta was up 0.22 percent to 178,477. FAIR Continued from page 1A For him, the military was something that he chose because he didn���t know what he wanted to go into and its something he does not regret, Wagner said. ���For me, I needed more time to choose a career path and I have learned so much,��� Wagner said. ���It gave me the foundation for the rest of my life. I don���t regret it one bit. It���s one of the best choices I���ve made.��� One good thing about joining the military after graduation is that if you serve for 20 years you can receive retirement benefits and then return to work for the government as a civilian, often receiving better pay than when enlisted, Wagner said. Another benefit is getting to meet people from all over the world and the friendships formed, he said. One of the hardest things is being away from your family because you only get two weeks for every six month deployment, he said. Serving overseas has taught him to appreciate the United States, Wagner said. ���They don���t have trash services so everything���s thrown to the side of the road and some places have 12 foot-tall trash piles on the roadside,��� Wagner said. ���The sewage flows into the street and you don���t have a clean water source. Being overseas has helped me appreciate the small things here- water fountains, being able to brush your teeth without worrying about get- Daily News photo by Julie Zeeb Army Reserve Specialist Josh Wagner talks to a group of students Wednesday at Maywood Middle School���s Fourth Annual College and Career Fair. friends talked him into going said. ting sick.��� Entry level jobs such as a Butte College Instructor into video games and he Jeff Fennel, who graduated worked for Electronic Arts 3-d modeler run about from Mercy High School, as a temporary artist before $45,000 a year, but can go talked about the variety of leaving to become a free- up to $80-120,000 a year, he career paths his art has taken lance designer, eventually said. A variety of other careers working for Sega. him into. He also worked for were represented from mostHe has done everything from video game design and friends in Red Bluff at 3DO, ly local and neighboring presenters concept art to graphic a video game company that communities design, illustration fine art was a spin-off of Electronic including agriculture and farming, banking, cosmetolsuch as paintings, drawing Arts, Fennel said. Fennel chose to focus on ogy, electronic technician. and digital art work, Fennel Teachers, veterinarians, his fine arts and teaching said. Following high school, because the hours were too firefighting, lawyer, nursing, Fennel started in construc- intense once he started a pilot, police, psychologists and sports medicine were tion, which he liked, but it family. He recommends those also on campus. didn���t pay well, he said. ��������� From there, his wife interested in video game Julie Zeeb can be talked him into going to design get a degree in areas Chico State where he got a like industrial design or reached at 527-2153, 115 or degree in graphic design, video design and to really extension jzeeb@redbluffdailynews.c which is for things like com- make sure to do research on a school���s program before om. Follow her on Twitter pany logos. At one point, some of his committing to it, Fennel @DN_Zeeb. PG&E Continued from page 1A construction yard space for equipment and material storage and waive all permit fees associated with the projects. According to the letter addressed to Johns, the public agencies were not made aware of the agreement until after it was approved by CPUC and therefore were not given any opportunity to provide comments or input. The city of San Jose offered to facilitate a workshop this past summer between public agencies and PG&E, but the city was subsequently notified that the utility company would not participate. PG&E met individually with cities in October, but according to the letter the company advised there would be no other opportunities to comment on the agreement except during CPUC's advice letter hearing process. ���Most projects have come to a standstill because of PG&E���s reluctance to make additional changes to the agreement that are critical to cities,��� the letter states. The letter concludes by requesting a meeting between the public agencies and Johns, before any future action is taken before the CPUC. Keith R. Hendrickson Keith R. Hendrickson of Anderson died Wednesday, Dec. 12, 2012, at Oak River Rehab, in Anderson. He was 64. Hoyt-Cole Chapel of the Flowers is handling the arrangements. Published Friday, Dec. 14, 2012, in the Daily News, Red Bluff, Calif. LOGUE December, and now twice in January. Logue said he was still Continued from page 1A hopeful about the meeting. governor's office, from It is his goal to encourage August to September, to a shift in policy so that after the election, to labor law enforcement would start out education- al ��� ���like a fix-it ticket��� ��� that would allow the business to make changes before imposing a fine. Logue also plans to suggest state-sponsored seminars about labor law for small businesses, which may not be up on ever-changing regulations. Reach Laura Urseny at 896-7756, on Twitter @ L a u r a U r s e ny, or lurseny@chicoer.com. Google Maps return to iPhone with new mobile app Ruling allows state to cut Medi-Cal payments SAN FRANCISCO (AP) ��� Google Maps has found its way back to the iPhone. The world���s most popular online mapping system returned late Wednesday with the release of the Google Maps iPhone app. The release comes nearly three months after Apple Inc. replaced Google Maps as the device���s built-in navigation system and inserted its own map software into the latest version of its mobile operating system. Apple���s maps application proved to be far inferior to Google���s, turning what was supposed to be a setback for Google into a vindication. The product���s shoddiness prompted Apple CEO Tim Cook to issue a rare public apology and recommend that iPhone owners consider using Google maps through a mobile Web browser or seek other alternatives until his company could fix the problems. Cook also replaced Scott Forstall, the executive in charge of Apple���s mobile operating system, after the company���s maps app became the subject of widespread ridicule. Among other things, Apple���s maps misplaced landmarks, overlooked towns and sometimes got people horribly lost. In one example brought to light this week, Australian police derided Apple���s maps as ������life-threatening������ because the system steered people looking for the city of Mildura into a sweltering, remote desert 44 miles from their desired destination. Google Inc., in contrast, is hailing its new iPhone app as a major improvement from the one evicted by Apple. SACRAMENTO (AP) ��� A federal appeals court on Thursday affirmed California���s right to cut payments made to Medi-Cal providers by 10 percent, a victory that Gov. Jerry Brown���s administration says will save the state more than $330 million a year. The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that trial courts cannot block the state from making the cuts that were approved by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Doctors, pharmacists and other health providers who had sued to try to block the cuts immediately urged the state to reconsider reducing the payments made under the insurance program for the poor and disabled. The groups say they are evaluating their legal options for an appeal. State lawmakers authorized cuts last year to save money, but a district court blocked the move. At the time it was passed, AB 97 was projected to save $660 million, with half the savings going to the state���s general fund. Brown���s finance officials say the state could see an additional one-time savings of at least $124 million in the general fund if the cut is applied retroactively to June 2011. ������Today���s decision allows California to continue providing quality care for people on Medi-Cal while saving the state millions of dollars in unnecessary costs,������ said Brown���s spokesman Gareth Lacy. Dr. Paul Phinney, president of the California Medical Association, which represents 35,000 doctors, said the cuts will tragically hurt the access to care for millions of patients. The association says ongoing cuts to Medi-Cal have left doctors with little option but to stop taking qualified patients because the reimbursements do not meet the cost of overhead and supplies to treat them. ������Our hope is that state officials and Gov. Brown can look at the situation and decide not to move forward with these cuts,������ Phinney said in a statement. ������It was a tough budget decision that was made when the state was in a much more dire fiscal situation than it is now.������ Health providers also voiced concern that the cuts will impact roughly 900,000 kids who are being moved next year from the children���s health insurance program known as Healthy Families into Medi-Cal. In addition, millions of new patients are expected to be eligible for Medi-Cal under federal health reform. The program currently serves 7.7 million Californians.