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THURSDAY The Little JANUARY 10, 2013 Kings Leaving? Mermaid Pastimes Breaking news at: www.redbluffdailynews.com See Page 4A SPORTS 1B DAILY NEWS RED BLUFF Partly cloudy 48/32 Weather forecast 8B TEHAMA COUNTY DAILY 50¢ T H E V O I C E O F T E H A M A C O U NTY S I N C E 1 8 8 5 Field fix found Couple missing from Manton The Shasta County Sheriff's Office is seeking help from the public in locating a missing Manton man, Eric James Eide, 54, and his girlfriend, Camille Rae Kober, 52, of Berkeley, who were last seen Friday, Dec. 21. On Monday, Dec. 24, Eide's mother reported Eide and Kober missing. Through the investigation by the Shasta County Sheriff's Office, it was learned that Eide was seen Thursday, Dec. 20, at North State Recycling in a maroon 1992 Toyota truck, California license plate 4N13988. Eide was turning in scrap and told employees he was returning to the Pacific Gas & Electric (PG&E) property in Manton to get more scrap metal. PG&E workers reported finding Eide's truck in front of the gate of the Volta Powerhouse Road on Saturday, Dec. 22, and left a note on it for it to be removed. On Sunday, Dec. 23, PG&E requested assistance from the Shasta County Sheriff's Office in removing the truck. See MANTON, page 7A Nielsen wins Senate seat Daily News photo by Rich Greene Inmate and probation work crews work to rehabilitate Red Bluff Little League's Hobart Field Wednesday under the supervision of law enforcement. By RICH GREENE DN Staff Writer As expected, Red Bluff Little League was flooded by offers to help repair Hobart Field after it was damaged by 4-wheeling vandals over New Year's weekend. But all those volunteers won't have to lift a finger to get the work done after a different type of work crew got the go-ahead to proceed with the repairs. On Wednesday, 10 alternate-custody Tehama County Jail inmates and six community service and AB 109 offenders from the probation department were digging into the turf behind Jackson Heights School to repair the field in time for the first pitch next month. "I read the paper. I saw the picture and went to the sheriff and said 'we have the crews, why don't we see what we can do to help them,'" said Chief Probation Officer Dick Muench. After law enforcement worked out a supervisory detail, they contacted Red Bluff Little League President Korri McMahan with their proposal. McMahan said she was concerned at first, given the field's 'We had a lot of people stepping up, but then you have to coordinate schedules and this is just like, boom, 14 people' — Kerri McMahan, RB Little League proximity to a school, but said she was reassured by those involved that the crew would be made up of light offenders. One step toward the school or talking to the wrong person would send the inmate back to jail. That was enough for her. "I'm actually not worried at all and I have a niece and nephew on that campus," McMahan said. Muench said he personally met with the Jackson Heights staff to assure them they would be contained to the field. At least two law enforcement officers were overseeing the crew Wednesday afternoon. The crew will work to seed the field, place new top soil, dig the trenches for the installation of a sprinkler system and tidy up the area by picking up trash and raking. McMahan said, while the Little League had the bodies to do the work, the man hours saved were in the weeks. "We had a lot of people stepping up, but then you have to coordinate schedules and this is just like, boom, 14 people." Muench said it's this type of community project he hopes to do more of as the Wetter Hall Reporting Center gets running as part of the county's AB 109 realignment efforts. One caveat is that the crews will be limited to work for the public at large or non-profit organization. "I have to be careful that nobody profits out of this work," Muench said, adding that he can't take work See FIELD, page 7A With a two-thirds majority, former Assemblyman Jim Nielsen, R-Gerber, has won the 4th State Senate seat in Tuesday's special election. Nielsen came away with 66.6 percent of the vote over Democrat Michael "Mickey" Harrington with 33.4 percent. The seat was vacated by Rep. Doug LaMalfa, who ran successfully for Congress after the retirement of longtime incumbent former Rep. Wally Herger. Nielsen failed to receive more than 50 percent of the vote in the November General Election, forcing Tuesday's runoff against Harrington. Corning strikes deal to end furloughs By JULIE ZEEB DN Staff Writer CORNING - The City Council ratified the Memoranda of Understanding with all of its bargaining units at Tuesday's meeting. "Basically, it's a 2 percent raise for everyone and that we will abide by what PERS tells us under the AB340 Public Employees Reform Act of 2013," said Mayor Gary Strack. PERS is undergoing reform as to retirement benefits and what a member contribution share of normal costs will be and the council will not know what that is until the legis- lation passes, Strack said. The one-year agreement, which ends Dec. 31, is with the management, public safety and dispatchers bargaining units as well as the unrepresented positions of city manager and city manager's assistant, he said. The City Council announced it was able to end furloughs, which began in 2009, as of Dec. 31, 2012. "It's great to have that behind us with the employees off of furloughs and to get the 2 percent so that we're off and running," Strack said. "Now we have a new pubSee CORNING, page 7A First baby boy of Who you gonna call? 211 soon to launch 2013 born at Red Bluff hospital By CHIP THOMPSON DN editor By JULIE ZEEB DN Staff Writer The First Baby Boy of 2013 for Tehama County, born at St. Elizabeth Community Hospital, arrived significantly early. Born at 26 weeks to Citlali and Alejandro Cuevas, baby Emnanuel arrived at 5:52 p.m. on Thursday, Jan. 3, weighing in at 2 pounds, 6 ounces and 21 inches long. Emnanuel was flown to U.C. Davis Medical Center immediately following his birth. He will be welcomed home by his older sisters, Alybeth, 5, and Andrea, 3. The couple, who met in Mexico, were married 7 5 8 5 5 1 6 9 0 0 1 9 March 6, 2009. Alejandro works for Sierra Pacific. They have lived in Corning for four years. Citlali works at the Red Bluff Headstart Center and is attending Shasta College to attain her teaching credential. As First Boy of Tehama County, the couple will receive gifts donated to the hospital by businesses throughout Tehama County, totaling about $2,000 in value to be split by first boy and the first girl. The First Girl of Tehama County, Everly Virginia Tuttle, was born at 6:08 a.m. Wednesday to Meredith and Topher Tuttle of Red Bluff. ——— Julie Zeeb can be reached at 527-2153, extension 115 or jzeeb@redbluffdailynews .com. Follow her on Twitter @DN_Zeeb. About a dozen supporters gathered Wednesday afternoon at the offices of Tehama Together to celebrate the imminent launch of 2-1-1 Tehama, a central source for information about community services available to those in need. In the works for more than four years, Tehama Together Vice-Chairman Orle Jackson said the 2-11 program is expected to come online by early summer. When launched, anyone seeking information about food, shelter, child care, health care, drug and alcohol intervention, support groups and any number of other services provided by the county, law enforcement and private, charitable entities will be able to receive that information with just one call to 2-1-1. In addition to assistance with basic needs, the service will help out in emergencies by diverting non-life threatening calls, such as those seeking water or emergency shel- Daily News photo by Chip Thompson Tehama Together Vice-Chairman Orle Jackson, in doorway, thanks supporters Wednesday for their help in launching 2-1-1 Tehama. ters, from 9-1-1 dispatchers. Like 9-1-1 for emergency services, the 2-1-1 service will be available around the clock with a live operator answering each call. Operators will work out of a call center in Sacramento, with access to a full database of local services for Tehama County, which can be searched even to a specific area of a city to find the most local service. The group has spent years securing buy-in from local government and law enforcement agencies and local nonprofits and seeking donations to launch the service. Among those agencies lauded during Wednesday's reception are Annie See 211, page 7A