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Staff Reports REDDING A road construction flag man from Red Bluff was hit and injured Monday afternoon on State Route 299 east of Oak Run Road. Jeff Wierzbicki, 54, was per- forming traffic control for a road project around 1:45 p.m. Monday and was holding a stop-slow sign, according to a press release is- sued Monday evening by the Cal- ifornia Highway Patrol. Just be- fore the collision, Wierzbicki had released westbound traffic to pro- ceed through the work zone. Two vehicles passed by Wierz- bicki before a 1994 Honda driven by Jesse Broadway, 25, of Shin- gletown, hit Wierzbicki with the front of his vehicle, the release COLLISION RedBluffflag man struck, injured by car By Heather Hoelscher hhoelscher@redbluffdailynews.com @DN_Heather on Twitter RED BLUFF The City Council adopted a resolution Dec. 20 to move forward with the Gurnsey Avenue Water Project that allows the council to enter into an agree- ment with the state. An application for a grant to continue the project, which con- sist of connecting 14 parcels on Gurnsey Avenue to the city's wa- ter system due to this area being under a do-not-drink order, has been submitted. The Gurnsey Avenue Water Sys- tem consists of one well that was drilled in 1933, according to the agenda report by interim City En- gineer Robin Kampmann. This system serves 14 residences lo- cated outside the city limits. By the Jan. 17, 2017 meeting Kampmann said she hopes to have the application signed to get the project started as soon as possible. The nitrate concentration at the well exceeds the nitrate max- imum containment level allowed by the state for Small Water Sys- tems, according to the report. Due to this violation all resi- dences served by the water sys- tem have been placed on a do-not- drink order until the violation can GURNSEY AVENUE City moves forward with water project Staff Reports RED BLUFF A 79-year-old Nash- ville man was killed early Satur- day morning when he crashed af- ter driving the wrong way on In- terstate 5. The man, whose name was not released pending notification of next of kin, was driving the wrong way in the southbound lanes of I-5 at 4:20 a.m. north of Adobe Road when he collided with the Dibble Creek bridge abutment, according to a press release issued by the California Highway Patrol Satur- day afternoon. The man's 2016 Nissan Juke traveled east and collided with a 2007 Toyota 4Runner driven by Patrick Moran, 59, of Woodland, the release said. The Nissan travelled back west again and collided with a 2002 Ford F-250 driven by Rob- ert Lankford, Jr., 41, of Redding. The Nissan driver suffered fatal injuries at the scene of the colli- sion, the release said. Moran and his passenger Hoa My Moran, 63, were taken to St. Elizabeth Com- munity Hospital for treatment of minor injuries. Landford, who was not injured and did not cause the collision, was arrested for driving under the influence of alcohol, the re- lease said. Weather conditions were cold with light fog. INTERSTATE 5 Wrong-waydriverkilledincrash By Julie Zeeb jzeeb@redbluffdailynews.com @DN_Zeeb on Twitter REDBLUFF Community members may recognize a name if they read the newest book in the Chicken Soup for the Soul series: Curvy and Confident, which features local author and teacher Darbie Andrews. The book aims at sharing sto- ries of women who are curvy and confident and have learned it is okay to wear pretty clothing and swimsuits and do things that skinnier woman do, while living their lives with gusto, according to a press release from Chicken Soup for the Soul. In the book, readers will find A Woman My Size, in which An- drews shares her story about a journey from her first visit to a class to becoming a Zumba in- structor. "Having my story in print is a dream come true," Andrews said. "It makes me feel so happy, espe- cially since it's in a book with such a great message about posi- tive body image." In addition to being a Zumba instructor, Andrews is a passion- ate youth advocate and enthusi- astic blogger who works at Salis- bury High School, where she is a counselor. A graduate of Univer- sity of California, Santa Barbara where she earned her bachelor's degree and California State Uni- versity, San Bernadino where her received a master's degree. "I've been writing for years and first became published in a college magazine at UCSB," An- drews said. "I've written a young adult novel and have submitted it to hundreds of literary agents only to be rejected multiple times. Finally, All Things That Matter Press has offered me a contract to publish my novel titled "¿¡HIM!?" It will be coming out sometime in 2017." In addition to writing her novel, Andrews, the mother of two boys, started a blog a few years ago with the goal of establishing an online presence to have a bet- ter chance at becoming a pub- lished author, she said. Her blog is at www.darbieandrews.com . "I've been researching literary agents and publishers for a few years and just happened to run across Chicken Soup for the Soul," Andrews said. "They have an open submissions policy so anyone can submit without any literary agent, which is nice. It's very difficult to find a literary agent so I ended up submitting one of my blogs about my experience of becom- ing a Zumba instructor." Expressing herself through writing began in early childhood with letters to her grandmother and the two wrote to each other AUTHOR LOCAL TEACHER IN NEWEST CHICKEN SOUP FOR THE SOUL COURTESYPHOTO Salisbury High School teacher leader Darbie Andrews of Cottonwood is an author in the latest "Chicken Soup For The Soul" book subtitled "Curvy and Confident." Salisbury High School teacher leader Darbie Andrews leads Zumba at a fundraiser at the school in March. DAILY NEWS FILE PHOTO Community.....A3 Business .........A4 Lifestyles........A5 Opinion............A6 Sports.............. B1 Weather ..........B8 INDEX Charities reveal that singer was a secret donor who gave much time and money to sup- port cherished causes. PAGEB8 OBITUARY Fansmourndeathof pop icon George Michael Russia observes a day of mourning a er crash of Syria- bound Russian plane, killing all 92people aboard. PAGE B8 RUSSIA Kremlin plays down terror attack possibility Wrenching U.S. politics, for- eign conflicts and shootings took their toll on Americans' psyche in 2016. PAGE B4 NATIONAL MOOD Poll: Americans hopeful for a better 2017 Have a great day Claudia Greening GOOD MORNING! Check out what's going on in your neighborhood and the community. 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