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WEDNESDAY Super Bowl, NOLA Bound Super Snacks JANUARY 30, 2013 County Fare Breaking news at: www.redbluffdailynews.com See Page 5A SPORTS 1B DAILY NEWS RED BLUFF Sunny 64/36 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 Rooting out crime Workers protest required shots By RICH GREENE DN Staff Writer A pair of nurses, including a former U.S. Congressional candidate, told the Tehama County Board of Supervisors Tuesday a county-wide mandate requiring health care workers receive Influenza vaccinations caused them to look for employment elsewhere. Tehama County Health Officer Dr. Richard Wickenheiser issued the order Sept. 10 requiring all health care workers to either receive an annual vaccination or sign a declination statement and wear a mask while working in patient care areas of a health care facility. The state Health and Safety Code authorizes health officers to control contagious, infectious or communicable disease, allowing them to take measures as may See SHOTS, page 7A Rodger���s Theatre work moves ahead By JULIE ZEEB DN Staff Writer Daily News photo by Rich Greene Tehama County Community Service Coordinator Teri Blair stands in front of a cherry tree planted at the Wetter Hall Day Reporting Center garden. County works on risk factors of criminal behavior By RICH GREENE DN Staff Writer Editor���s note: This is the first in a two-part story detailing how the Tehama County Community Corrections Partnership is dealing with the fallout of AB 109. The overall mission has remained the same ��� fewer crimes, fewer victims. The ways that mission is being accomplished have changed drastically since AB 109, California���s prison realignment legislation that went into affect in October 2012, shifting the supervision of thou- sands of criminals from state to local responsibility. Local jurisdictions received an influx of non-serious, non-violent and non-high-risk sex offenders (Non 3s) and were basically told to look after them. They were also given about two-thirds of the money the state was previously using to do so. ���Nobody wanted 109,��� Chief Probation Officer Richard Muench said. Despite that common belief in the law enforcement community, Tehama County officials have handled it differently. Instead of hanging their heads there���s more of a head-on approach to the problem. ���The public doesn���t want to hear us whine about what the state���s handed us,��� Sheriff Dave Hencratt said. ���We get paid to solve prob- lems and in our minds we want to deal with what AB 109 has caused us in the best way we can do it.��� The basis of the model Muench and the Community Corrections Partnership is working from comes from the research of Dr. Edward Latessa. The University of Cincinnati professor has directed more than 150 funded research projects across the country from day reporting center and juvenile justice to drug and supervision programs. The research is rooted in evidence-based knowledge, criminogenic need and moral reconation therapy. Tehama County���s 2011 Public Safety Realignment Implementation Plan explains it more plainly: ���The mere consequence of serving See CRIME, page 7A Construction on the Rodger���s Theatre has moved forward with the selection of Lance Jones Construction for phase two of the Rodger���s Theatre Improvement Project. ���It���s been quite a lengthy process with this,��� City Manger John Brewer said. ���We first went out to bid Aug. 28, 2012, but there were no bids.��� After speaking with City Attorney Michael Fitzpatrick, the city found it had overlooked some of the trade journals it is required to advertise a job in so it was readvertised, he said. ���We sent out Request For Proposals and restaged the bid, but there was no responsive bid during the time frame at which point we can proceed with hiring on our own,��� Brewer said. Both Lance and his father, Rick Jones, are well-known local contractors with a good reputation for quality work, Brewer said. The contract was awarded on Jan. 22 in the amount of $89,500, which will cover solely the base bid, he said. Work was expected to begin sometime during the week of Jan. 28. Corning has about $37,800 in its budget dedicated to the theater project and the Corning Community Foundation has about $59,000 that has been donated to it. In addition, there is about $25,000 in McConnell Foundation funds that must be spent by March 1, bringing the total available to about $121,800, Brewer said. The base bid focuses on refurbishing the men���s and women���s restrooms on the main floor. The reconstructing of the loge seating, which will include the addition of storage areas above the restroom and underneath the loge to make the auditorium floor level and allow it See WORK, page 7A 3 arrested, meth Event to provide free dental care house condemned By JULIE ZEEB DN Staff Writer Tehama Interagency Drug Enforcement (TIDE) Task Force Agents arrested three Red Bluff people at a Hickory Street residence where methamphetamine was found Tuesday. A search warrant was served at a residence in the 900 block of Hickory Street where agents found 0.2 grams of crystal methamphetamine, glass methamphetamine smoking pipes, hypodermic syringes and digital scales, a TIDE release said. Two of the home���s occupants, Erin Bosworth, 24, and Ashley Reynolds, 21, were booked into Tehama County Jail on the charges of possession of methamphetamine, maintaining a residence for the use or sale of controlled substances and possession of drug paraphernalia. The other occupant, Christopher Calvin Fackerell, 30, was booked into jail on the charges of possession of methampheta- 7 5 8 5 5 1 6 9 0 0 1 9 mine and drug paraphernalia and violation of post release community supervision. The residence itself was condemned per Red Bluff code enforcement due to its condition and the drug activity. On Monday, about 5:15 p.m., TIDE agents made a traffic stop on northbound Interstate 5, resulting in the arrest of two Red Bluff residents in possession of methamphetamine. Driver Rebecca Ann Weilmunster, 33, is on searchable probation and during a search of her person was found to have two glass methamphetamine smoking pipes in her possession. Weilmunster, also known as Rebecca Chambers, was booked into jail on the charge of possession of drug paraphernalia. Bail was set at $3,000. The passenger was contacted and identified as Michael Romero Garcia, 39, who was found to have an outstanding arrest warrant for parole violation. During a search of his side of the vehicle, agents found a small, but usable amount of methamphetamine. To celebrate February���s National Children���s Dental Health Month, Tehama County Public Health Advisory Board���s Dental Subcommittee, volunteers of local dental professionals, community members, agencies and organizations will come together to offer free dental exams and treatment, including teeth cleaning, fluoride varnish, dental sealants and dental fillings, for Tehama County children without access to dental treatment and without dental insurance or Medi-Cal at the Northern Valley Indian Health Dental Clinic and the First 5 funded Mobile Dental Clinic in Red Bluff. Families will receive educational information on oral health, nutrition and tobacco, as well as assistance in filling out applications for health coverage programs in both English and Spanish. 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