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TUESDAY APRIL 10, 2012 www.redbluffdailynews.com Breaking news at: Running partners likely Weather forecast 10B Rain 60/47 DAILYNEWS See 6A Vitality RED BLUFF Sports 1B TEHAMACOUNTY DAILY 50¢ T H E V O I C E O F T E H A M A C O U N T Y S I N C E 1 8 8 5 Ride For Life continues to grow Corning council agenda By JULIE ZEEB DN Staff Writer Residency, wells top CORNING — The city council will consider approval of a contract addendum with Geo Plus, Inc. for assessment of Corning's inactive Petro Water Well A and waiving resi- dency requirements for John Brewer for the position of City Manager and Public Works Director at tonight's 7:30 p.m. meeting. Great games According to Corning's municipal code, a city manger must be a Corning resident within 180 days of reporting for work, unless the council approves residency elsewhere. Brewer has worked for the city for a number of years including as planning director and public works director, the later position one which he still retains. While not living in Corning, he is a Tehama County res- ident and has worked for Red Bluff, Tehama County and in private practice with a local planning firm. Staff report asks for a consideration of approval due to the hardship of moving, adding that Brewer is not only knowl- See AGENDA, page 9A Daily News photo by Chip Thompson Participants watch the Survivor Lap, Saturday, at the fourth annual Ride For Life. By CHIP THOMPSON DN Editor Activities got underway at 9 a.m. with the opening ceremonies and lap and teams began turning in money while keeping at least one rider and horse on the track at all times through- out the day around the Tehama District Fairground arena. A survivors lap was held at 11 a.m. with about eight survivors taking place. Teams then paraded through the arena during the judging of the team costume contest. Other events included dummy rop- Some 200 riders representing 25 teams saddled up Saturday for the fourth annual Ride For Life fundraiser to benefit the American Cancer Soci- ety. ing and kids games and entertainers performed throughout the event, which was set to conclude with closing cere- monies at 3:45 p.m. Lead organizers, Jessica Macdon- ald, Laura Schreter, Bailey Brownfield and Taylor Collins, the latter two being Tehama County Beef Ambassadors, said they appreciate all the support they received from the community. The total of money raised through donations, raffles and event fees will be available sometime Monday, as money continued to flow in during the event. The event has grown each year, bring- ing in $28,000 the first year and $32,000 and $36,000 each year since. To date, the event has donated more than $100,000 to the American Cancer Society. Because the event fell on the day before Easter, Macdonald said atten- dance was slightly less than in past years, but she said she was hopeful donations would continue to increase. Despite the dip in riders this year, Macdonald said the number of awards and prizes grew thanks to additional donations from the community and businesses. The list of donors this year contained more than 120 businesses and individuals. dents, have expanded the organizing committee to 14 people in anticipation of their departure from the day-to-day work when they head for college. Planning and promotion take place all year long, but the significant work starts in December, Brownfield said. The four girls, all high school stu- teacher-protection bill are common during budget season and toward the end of the legislative session, forcing law- makers to vote on major issues with little or no time to read the substance of the legislation. Many Democrats, who con- trol both houses of the Legislature, defend the practice as a necessary evil, but others say the process needs to be changed. Several attempts to give the public at least 24 hours to Relay Recess becomes latest Relay For Life event By JULIE ZEEB DN Staff Writer Relay For Life, which raises money for the Ameri- can Cancer Society, added a new chapter April 2, with the first-ever Relay Recess with about 350 student par- ticipants. team captain coordinator Debbie O'Connor. tant, Reginna Torres, spent the afternoon talking to stu- dents at Bidwell about phys- ical activity, sun safety, tobacco prevention and good nutrition. O'Connor and her assis- The after-school event, which took place at Bidwell, Metteer and Jackson Heights, was conducted as a fundraiser for the Red Bluff Union Elementary School District's Relay team, "Coconuts for a Cure", said team captain Deb Gipson. "Relay Recess is about helping the students to be more aware of cancer and how to prevent it," said relay The students then put on a CD and walked around the gym for about five minutes, Gipson said. compromise disclosure SACRAMENTO (AP) — Among the many bills rushed through when lawmakers passed the state budget last year was one protecting teachers if the state had to resort to auto- matic spending cuts in the middle of the school year. The bill prohibited school administrators from furlough- ing teachers unless their union agreed, and banned them from laying off teachers during the fiscal year, making it vir- tually impossible for districts to save significant amounts of money. Although it had the potential for severe conse- quences, the bill was made public just one hour before the vote was taken and passed at 11 p.m. Dead-of-night votes on rushed legislation such as the Lawmakers' rushed bills See BILLS, page 9A Relay is near and dear to those at Bidwell as the 2012 Honorary Survivor Chair for the Red Bluff Relay, which is set for May 19-20 at the Vista Middle School track, is Vanessa Rodrigues. Rodrigues, who was See RELAY, page 9A Daily News photo by Julie Zeeb Reginna Torres and Debbie O'Connor teach Bidwell students about physical fitness Tuesday at the first-ever Relay Recess event in Tehama County. Jackson Heights and Metteer held events at the same time. Daily News photo by Chip Thompson Kinder gar tener s scramble to gather dyed Easter eggs Saturday morning at Jackson Heights School during the Red Bluff Kiwanis annual Easter Egg Hunt. 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