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WEEKEND FEBRUARY 2-3 2013 Breaking news at: www.redbluffdailynews.com Puppy Classes for Beginners Page 6A DAILY NEWS RED BLUFF Sunny 64/33 TEHAMA COUNTY $1.00 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 Weather forecast 10A Take a peak City's animal costs skyrocket By RICH GREENE DN Staff Writer Red Bluff's payment to Tehama County for the operations of the Animal Care Center has increased by 547 percent since the 2000-01 fiscal year. On Tuesday, Police Chief Paul Nanfito is scheduled to ask the City Council for an additional $17,144 appropriation to cover the city's current fiscal year costs. The city entered into an agreement with the county in October 1989 to fund a portion of the animal shelter's cost after the city's dedicated animal control offiSee COSTS, page 9A Seven new prosecutors to be hired this year Daily News photo by Julie Zeeb Kristen Gray, Visitor Center Manager for the upcoming Northern California Tehama Country Visitors Center, pictured left, talks with visitors at the Red Bluff Bull and Gelding Sale. New center to boost Branding Project message By JULIE ZEEB DN Staff Writer A familiar face will soon be heading up Tehama County's newest outreach to visitors — Northern California's Tehama Country Visitors Center. Operated through North Valley Services, the center will be run by Red Bluff's Kristen Gray, who will serve in the role of Visitor Center Manager. Gray is no stranger to Tehama County having worked for Durango RV Resort for five years prior to a six-month period working in Anderson at the Shasta Cascade Visitors Center. She has also been a part of the Branding Project in Tehama County, in which Roger Brooks of Destination Development presented Tehama Country- Reach Your Peak! as the county's brand. "I'm from Red Bluff so I have a good feel for what we have to offer," Gray said at the Jan. 22 Corning City Council meeting, where she gave a presentation on the new center. "This is taking the branding efforts to the next level." The visitors center, at 250 Antelope Blvd. at the former Golden Corral location, will build off of the Groups trying to protect wolf oppose coyote hunt FRESNO (AP) — A once obscure coyote hunting contest in northernmost California has become anything but, as environmental groups lobby the state to call it off to protect a lone, roaming wolf. The hunt is sponsored by a hunt club and outfitter supply store in Adin in Modoc County, with the team that kills the most coyotes between Feb. 8 and 10 winning a silver belt buckle. Organizers say they're trying to rid the Big Valley cattle ranching community of coyotes, a predator that can harm livestock. The state's lone gray wolf currently is about 100 miles from the hunt, state wildlife officials say. Opponents argue that widespread slaughter of coyotes disrupts the balance of nature and leads to an increase in the number of ground squirrels and other vermin. But the main argument in a letter sent by 20 organizations to the California Department of Fish & Wildlife is about protecting the wolf known as OR7, which became the first in the state in nearly a century when it wandered across Oregon and into California a year ago. They fear others could be in the area. The gray wolf is a federally protected species in California, and wildlife See HUNT, page 9A activity guide put together by the branding group, she said. "Our main focus is Lassen (Volcanic National Park) and the amazing things offered," Gray said. In Corning it's the olive and olive oil industries and of course Manton is known for its wineries, she said. There is also the ag tourism found on the Highway 99 corridor to promote along with the Abbey of New Clairvaux, Gray said. There will be an advisory board with representatives of the different areas of Tehama County to see what might be missing from what is being offered, she said. "It won't just be a wall of See PEAK, page 9A SACRAMENTO — U.S. Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner announced Thursday that his office will be receiving additional funding to hire seven new Assistant U.S. Attorneys. Five of the positions are the result of a reallocation of resources within the U.S. Department of Justice directed by Deputy Attorney General James Cole. Two more will be limited-term Special Assistant U.S. Attorneys funded by the Department of Homeland Security. "The fact that this district is receiving more prosecutors is a recognition of both the acute needs of this district and the outstanding work that is being done by the attorneys in this office," Wagner said. "The Eastern District of California is a vast jurisdiction, covering over half the land mass of the state, with a population of over 7.5 million. A rapidly growing population has left this district with one of the lowest ratios of Assistant U.S. Attorneys per capita in the country." The positions will be used to staff a new office in Bakersfield, to expand prosecutorial units in Fresno, to augment the anti-violent crime efforts in Sacramento and to expand the affirmative civil litigation team. All seven positions are a result of reallocations of existing resources within the Departments of Justice and Homeland Security. No additional taxpayer dollars will be expended. The office will soon begin taking applications for the five positions See HIRED, page 9A Gerber school makes no excuses By JULIE ZEEB DN Staff Writer As part of becoming one of the newest Tehama County schools to join No Excuses University, Gerber Elementary School was flooded with gray and red T-shirts Monday. School pride at Gerber Elementary isn't just about the school they attend now, but one they very well could attend in the future and students wear the shirts every Monday, Assistant Principal Jenny Marr said. "We're real excited with the progress (of Gerber) in becoming a No Excuses School," Marr said. The school started moving toward the system in August when it brought No Excuses founder Damen Lopez in to speak with teachers and staff. It became an official site for the program, which is geared toward creating a culture of universal achievement for all Daily News photo by Julie Zeeb Students from Keri Safford's third grade class show off their No Excuses University Gerber T-shirts on Monday in front of their classroom, where a logo from their adopted school, University of Montana, adorns the door. students, in September. It focuses on one element at a time, including collabo- ration, having a good assessment plan, standards alignment and inter- vention, Marr said. See GERBER, page 9A