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Sunday, March 6, 2011 The Lompoc Record A3 Local News FIRE: Leah ThompsonStaff Innovative Electric co-owner Luis Oropeza Jr. demonstrates how to install a smoke detector Friday at the Lompoc office. TOWN: Continued from page Al of to offer corned beef dinner The Knights of Columbus will offer a cornedbeef and cabbage dinner from 6 to 7:30 p.m. Saturday at La Purisima Parish Hall, 213 W. Olive Ave.

The cost is $8 for adults and $4 for children under 12 years This event is open to the public. For more information, call Ed at 740-2740. Sansum clinic offering seminar Sansum Clinic, four-week seminar on Stress Management from 6 to 8 p.m. on Wednesdays through March30. Instructor John Hupp will teach about the role that stress plays in everyday life This class is open and free to the public.

Nurses earn eight continuing education contact hours. The fee for the certificate is $20. Space is limited. To register or for more information, call 737-8700. Orchestra concert offered March 20 The Lompoc Community Orchestra and Chorus will perform a concert at 3 p.m.

Sunday, March 20, at the Lompoc Skilled Nursing and Rehab Center, 1428 W. North Ave. Or chestrated parts for all instruments and vocalists willbe provided. This performance is open to the public. Anyone interested in playing in the orchestra or singing in the chorus can call Dick Clark at 733-2077.

Church offers free concert The Lompoc First United Methodist Church, 925 North St will present a free organ concert at 3p.m. Saturday, March 12, in the church sanctuary. The guest organist will be Ekaterina Gotsdiner McMahan from San Luis Obispo. A reception to honor McMahan will follow the concert. Admission is free and open to the pub -He.

For more information, call 736-1271. Group to visit Reagan Library The Prime Timers' Group meets at 11 a.m. on the second Tuesday of each month, at the First Presbyterian Church, 1600 Berke -ley Drive A field trip is planned for Tuesday to the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library in Simi Valley. The group will leave at 9:30 a.m. and return in the afternoon.

To reserve a seat or for more information, call Audrey Kent at 740 0377. By the Record staff was no working smoke detector. "Unfortunately, we had four people die in that one and Anderson. Hart and Anderson emphasized an easily installed, and inexpensive addition to any mobile home to increase its safety the smoke detector. Cheapest insurance policy people can take out on their homes, and their families," said Anderson.

"Early warning is crucial, since the structure might burn down quicker," said Hart. After 1976, all mobile homes in the nation were required to be built with smoke detectors installed. However, the NFPAfound that in upwards of 40 percent of post -1976 homes visitedby firefighters, the detectors were either removed or non-functioning. Bill Culley, a co owner of Innovative Electric Co. in Lompoc, said fire victim "Al-lie" Van Wagenen was a friend, so after her death, he decided he wanted to do something to prevent another tragedy.

"I've worked in mobile homes where fires have startedbehind furniture, luckily gone out and the owners did not even know about it," said Culley. For the past two months, Innovative Electric has been offering free smoke detector checks for all city residents, and installing new smoke de -tectors for the elderly. He said the free inspections and installations wouldbe done again in October and No -vember. "Who knows," said Culley, "we quite likely may have saved a life." Continued from page Al those mobile homes particularly those built prior to the enactment of tougher building regulations in the 1970s are at greater riskfor catastrophic and fatal fires than other types of homes. Lompoc Fire Department Battalion Chief Stan Hart said that is because some mobile homes are what he terms "light construction." Small studs and aluminum.

It burns faster, so the amount of time to get out safely is shorter," saidHart. Accordingto the California Department of Housing and Community Development, division of Codes and Standards, there was a significant increase in the quality of mobile homes built after 1971 in California and nationwide after 1976. The changes made it mandatory for newer mobile homes to be less flammable. "Prior to '71, most of these things were tinderboxes" said Chris Anderson, of the state Division of Codes and Standards. "But today's manufactured homes offer the same, if not abit better, life safety fire protection compared to other residential construction." The national Fire Protec -tion Agency (NFPA) conducted a study in 2005, looking over fire data, and concluded that the post -1976 mobile -home construction standards cut fire deaths in half compared to the older models.

Plenty of the older mobile homes are still in use today, however. According to Raquel Gonzalez, manager of the Del Norte Mobile Estates, BUDGET: Continued from pageAl earmarked to plug the county's $40 million budget gap this fiscal year a savings of about $10 million. "That's goodnews," Stil-well said, "because it will allow those funds to be in re -serve andusednextyear." Additionally, the county Board of Retirement, which oversees the county's retirement system, loweredits assumption rate on interest re -turns. As a result, the county's pension shortfall for the coming fiscal year is $21 million instead of the projected $30 million. Fire Department.

"We had about 45 residents show up, who hopefully left with some good ideas about how to be safer," said Goode. Residents who are hoarders can exacerbate the fire danger by filling up their mo -bile home with collections that block exits In both the 2009 and2011 fatal fires, at least one entry way was blockedby piles of hoarded items. During a recent workshop on community hoarding, Hart said that in the 2011 fire hoarding played a definite role firefighters were unable to reach the two victims in time to save their lives. Anderson said hoarding represents an ongoing fire and health hazard to all types of residences. He said a mobile-home fire inBakers-field in January was a hoarding situation, where there 321 W.

North Ave. roughly 40 percent of the mobile homes were built before the tougher standards. At the 188 space Mountain View Mobile Estates, the site of the fatal January fire roughly half of the homes were alsobuilt pre-1976, according to Goode Since mobile homes count as private residences, park managers do not have the authority to enter them to inspect for potential fire hazards, or working smoke detectors. "In our rules and regulations, we do say it's the resident's responsibility to check smoke detectors," said Gonzalez. "We can only preach fire safety," said Goode.

Following the most recent fire, Goode said the park hosted a fire safety workshop for the residents, put on by the Lompoc And a slight economic upturn in the form of retail sales tax and transient occupancy tax the latter paid by people who stay in the county's hotels and motels and other general fund revenue resulted in an additional $2.5 million. "The important point here is it (the increase in TOT tax) is a trend upward, and that's a leading economic indicator that people are spending their discretionary dollars," Hagen said. On the down side, county departments including the Fire Department and social services such as courts, child support, and public and mental health are hitting MARSHALLIA RANCH GOl.F TOURNAMENTS SPECIAL EVENTS CATERING OPEN TO THE PUBLIC Tue-Sun: 6:00 A.M. to Dusk Mori: Course Closed Located off HWY 1 at San Antonio Creek Rd Between Santa Maria and Vandenberg AFB lar said, is the state budget what services maybe redirected to the county, and where the money to pay for them will come from. "They're talking about funding that (realigned services) with a tax that hasn't even been put on the ballot yet," Wallar said.

"We haven't addressed those issues yet, but we're certainly being mindful of them." At the conclusion of the budget update, the supervisors agreed that employee unions and the board will be apprised of plannedbudget cuts before they appear in the draft budget and that budget hearings will be held June 13, 15 and 17. revenue caps, which means they're running out of money and could see reductions in service. "As you can see overall revenue seems to have a slight uptick for us," Wallar said. "That's certainly a very good thing." But while it's good to see revenue growth, Wallar said the gap is being caused by expenditures. "Salaries, benefits and retirement are the big drivers of our problem," Wallar said.

"I want us to focus on how to close the expenditure gap. That's where we really need to focus our efforts." Another uncertainty, Wal- $30.00 GREEN FEE CART GOOD ON ANY FULL ROUND OF GOLF Register Your Next Golf Tournament With Marshallia Ranch and Set a Free BBQ Lunch With Your Event. Call 606-6262 for Details BRING INTHIS ADTO REDEEM OFFERS EXPIRE 33111 Weh: www.3Gf55.comfscE.html 06ih uanes Bonnie Bodger Saul Tara Joan (Hookland) Knechtle Robert Joe Hadley Tara was born September 30, 1958 in Panama City, FL and died after a lengthy battle with breast cancer on February 12, 2011 in Tucson, AZ surrounded by her family. Tara is survived by her husband, Rene' of 19 years and their daughter, Vanessa; her mother, Helen Hookland of Vail, AZ; siblings: Keith (YongSuk) Hookland of Newport News, VA, Lynda (Anthony) Stevens of Lancaster, CA, Cvnthia Robert Joe Hadley passed away March 1, 2011. at his home in Lompoc.

He was born March 27, 1926, in Tulsa, Oklahoma. He was a longtime Lompoc Resident and affectionately known as "Big Bob" do to his six-feet four-inch stature. He was a local member of the Elks Lodge, the VFW, the Grange, the American Legion and the Teamsters. He was well known as a master barbequer who could barbeque anything, for any occasion, deliver the bees, plant the seeds, harvest the beans, throw Bonnie Bodger Saul, 72, died peacefully February 10, 2011 at Hospice House in Paradise, CA after a three year battle with cancer. Bonnie's positive attitude and ever present smile was an inspiration to everyone.

Bonnie was known throughout the community of Paradise as a wonderful "Mom" to all of the school bus children, retiring from the Paradise Unified School District after 30 years of employment. She was an active member of the CMA church, community, and as a volunteer in Police programs for nine years. Bonnie is survived by her husband David Saul; son John (Patty) Eiseman of Kiowa, CO; daughters Joyce (Phil) Scharrel of Pine, CO, Julie (Ben) Di Duca of Paradise, and Jennifer (Chuck) Wickberg of Columbus, OH; step-children: Robert (Sharry) Fugh, Cathy (Larry) Wann, Marianne (Rod) Underhill, Julie (Mike) Hanson, Dave (Debbie) Saul, JoLynne (Bert) Clement; brothers: Dean (Liz) Morehart of Granbury, TX; sister Beverly (Jim) Preece of Lompoc, CA; 12 grandchildren; 19 greatgrandchildren; and other loving family members. Bonnie was preceded in death by her mother and father, Frances and Charles Bodger and her brother Michael Bodger. A memorial service in her honor will be held March 12, 2011 at at the CMA Church in Paradise, CA.

In lieu of flowers, donations in her honor to the Paradise Alliance Missions or to the Lompoc Valley Historical Society, P.O. Box 88, Lompoc, CA. 93438. Gladys Bauer Ratchford Gladys Bauer Ratchford, 86, peacefully journeyed home on wmr Monday, February 28, 2011. She leaves to cherish her memories: horseshoes with the best of them, and ride in round-up to brand cattle.

He truly was an old time cowboy. Robert retired from Lompoc Trucking 20 years ago. He was a World War II Navy Veteran. Robert is survived by his wife of 57 years Bessie Hadley, his daughter Linda (Russ) Smith of Denver, Colorado, son Larry (Janette) Hadley also of Denver, son Leon (Lynda) Hadley of Port St. Lucie, Florida, daughter Leann (Bob) Nelson of Shasta Lake, daughter Rhonda (Gary) Koskimaki of Aurora, Colorado, daughter Wanda Lee Hadley of Boulder, Colorado, daughter Becky Joeene Dodson of Hagerstown, Maryland and son Bobby (Lorraine) Hadley of Lompoc, 21 grandchildren, numerous great- grandchildren, numerous nieces, nephews and cousins, two sisters Marie Bolinger of Pueblo, Colorado and Sally (Mike) Michaels of Aurora, Colorado.

He was preceded in death by two stepsons John and Bill Panamoroff The graveside funeral service will be on Tuesday, March 8, 2011, 11am in the Lompoc Evergreen Cemetery. All friends of the family are welcome. The funeral arrangements are under the direction of Starbuck-Lind Mortuary. Miguel Murillo Quesada Il4 (Mark) Wilson of Pismo Beach, CA, TS Ronald (Veronica) Hookland II of Tucson, her nieces and nephews: Kristopher and Daniel Hookland, Misia Hookland, Zachary and Taylor Wilson, Ronald Chadet, Keila, Rhiannon, Gypsy and Roan Hookland; Tara's sister at heart and best friend, Edna (Seggie) Connolly; her long time San Diego friends, her friends of Switzerland and her Vail School District co-workers. She is preceded in death by her father, Ronald R.

Hookland on December 14, 2010. Tara was a 1976 Cabrillo H.S. graduate; received her Associates degree from Allan Hancock College; transferred to San Diego State Univ. where she earned her B.A. in English and an M.S.

in Business from the University of San Diego. Tara met her future husband in San Diego and joined him in his native Switzerland where they married in 1991 and gave birth to their daughter, Vanessa a few years later. After spending 14 years in Switzerland, they relocated to Tucson, AZ. Tara was a loving, caring, and supportive daughter, wife, mother, sister, aunt, niece, cousin and friend. She held her hands out to anyone in need of help and never turned anyone away.

Her love was unconditional. Tara loved traveling around the world, attending concerts, camping, reading, knitting, crocheting, sewing, creating beaded jewelry and staying actively involved in all family functions from the West to the East Coast. She always had encouraging words and was an inspiration for all who entered her life and will forever be remembered for her sweet and kind heart as a sign of her love. Tara will be deeply missed but will always be in our hearts Death Notice GILDARDO "CHICO" LOPEZ -SOLORZANO, 49, of Kailua-Kona, Hawaii, died Tuesday, February 22, 2011 at Kona Community Hospital in Kealakekua, Hawaii. No services are planned at this time.

Arrangements by Cremation Services of West Hawaii (808-329-4500) her devoted husband for 68 years, Bill; two sons, Michael Ratchford and David Ratchford; two daughters, Patty Pipping and Terri Jeter-McAvoy; one grandson, Matt Osterburg; one great-grandson, Nicholas; three sisters, Alice Bennett, Betty Foster and Linda Hancock; and two brothers, Richard Bauer and Bill Bauer. Burial ceremony to be held at Houston National Cemetery on April 15, 2011. In lieu of flowers, the family wishes Miguel Murillo Quesada of Lompoc died Wednesday, March 2, 2011, at the age of 38. Miguel was born November 20, 1972, to Miguel and Otilia Murillo in Degollado, Jalisco, Mexico. He came to the United States at the age of 15.

Formerly of Goleta, Miguel has been a resident of Lompoc since 2000. Miguel was in the landscaping industry for the last 15 years. Known to be very friendly, Miguel enjoyed soccer and music. you make memorial contributions to: Houston Area Women's Center, 1010 Waugh Dr, Houston, Tx 77019. For information on placing an obituary, In addition to his parents Miguel is survived by his wife of 17 years, Marta Murillo of Lompoc, his three sons Ricardo, Miguel and Ruben, all of Lompoc, his brothers Javier Murillo of Chicago, II, Jose Luis Murillo of Lompoc, Juan Manuel Murillo of Oxnard, sisters Celina Murillo of Mexico, Marina Murillo of Santa Barbara, Ramona Murillo of Oxnard and Carla Veronica Murillo of North Carolina.

He loved his many nephews and nieces equally. The visitation will be on Monday, March 7, from 3-7 pm with the recitation of the holy rosary at 6pm in the chapel of the Starbuck-Lind Mortuary. The mass of Christian burial will be Tuesday, March 8, at 9 am at La Purisima Catholic Church followed by burial in the Lompoc Evergreen Cemetery. pleads call.