Tulelake Times News

Luke 9:50 (New International Version) " Do not stop him," Jesus said, "for whoever is not against you is for you." Mom was born on February 27, 1924 in St. Paul, Minnesota as EDITH KATHRYN DONALDSON to John Donaldson and Barbara Irene O’Mally. Mom had one full brother Richard Donaldson and two half brothers, Gary Donaldson, Jack Donaldson and one half sister Carolyn Donaldson, all from her father who lived in Seattle, Washington. Mom spent her teen years going to High School as the class of 1943 in the Malin, Oregon and Tulelake, California of Northern California and Southern Oregon. Where my Mom’s brother Dick later retired and moved with his wife Jean to Madras, Oregon with their four children and my cousins Barbs, Cathy, Mickey and Patrick Donaldson. My Moms mother was killed in 1938 in a deer hunting accident on Timber Mountain in Alturas, California in the Modoc National Forest when my Mom was 14 years old and h...

We moved from Tulelake, California to Alturas, California in October of 2005. We moved so I could substitute teach as a way to get a break once in while from taking care of Mom 24/7. They would have to call me the day before so I could make arrangements for a caregiver to watch Mom. Most of the time they called me to substitute at Arlington Elementary School in Canby, California about 20 miles west of Alturas, California. My first time as a substitute teacher was at the Modoc Middle School and before we moved from Tulelake, California to Alturas, California. I was still looking for a place to move to in Alturas, California back in August of 2005. There were three places in total Mom and I looked at in the Alturas, California area when I was trying to find a place for Mom and I to relocate to in Alturas, California so I could substitute teach for Modoc Unified School District. The first place Mom and I drove down to from Tulelake, California to see was behind Cou...

We had been evicted from the Kutras Gardens Senior Apartments in Redding, California. Everything was now in storage and the plan was to rent a motel room until we could find another place to live. Family not wanting to help, in fact, I do not think they were aware at the time as to what happened or what exactly was going on. The only time they came around was when my sister Cher Carder or one of my sister’s daughters, my niece Amber Prevost or my niece Jamie Pokorny would call and mention they were going to come by and pick up my Mom and take her to their house for dinner or whatever little family event of their own they wanted her to be part of doing with them. I tried to get other family members to help me and not one of them would lift a finger. They had no problem picking up Mom and expecting me to get her ready when they wanted to visit with her. They would usually call and give me a two hour or three hours and sometimes only an hour notice that they had plans to pick her...