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WEEKEND MARCH 16-17 2013 Breaking news at: www.redbluffdailynews.com Spring Beef Promotion Agriculture Page 4A DAILY NEWS RED BLUFF Mostly sunny 76/44 Weather forecast 10B 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 For love of books Group rallies for RB dog park By RICH GREENE DN Staff Writer Nancy Henley remembers packing the City Council Chambers with fourth grade students interested in helping bring a dog park to the city of Red Bluff. That was eight years ago. Those students are now college-aged and the city is still without a dog park. "It's a real hole in our hearts it didn't get passed," Henley told the Red Bluff Parks and Recreation Committee Tuesday night. Henley, her husband, Rich, and a few others are trying once again — they hope for a more receptive City Council. The group certainly had a receptive Public Works Director and Parks Commission, who spent most of the meeting Tuesday planning how to get a park approved and up and running in the city. See PARK, page 9A Corning could face fee hikes By JULIE ZEEB Daily News photo by Julie Zeeb Red Bluff Union High School Library Tech Nischa Gall, left, and teacher and Librarian Kim Clawson pose with a book return box full of books donated by students at the first For the Love of Books Literacy Event. By JULIE ZEEB DN Staff Writer Red Bluff Union High School students turned out recently to support reading in the community at the first ever For the Love of Books Literacy Event. "This is the first time we've done this," teacher and Librarian Kim Clawson said. "It's something we've done in conjunction with Expect More Tehama for a few weeks to promote literacy in Tehama County." As a part of the event, there were lunch time and after school activities ranging from a photo scavenger hunt called Capture the Love to a culinary arts activity called Taste the Love and a Valentine's Day0themed event in which students got to make valentines for their special someone. Under the event Share the Love, students collected books to be put on the community book shelves brought to fruition in 2012 by Expect More Tehama. The Red Bluff High School library will continue to have a box where students can donate to the cause that has already brought in more than 100 books. During the last day of the event, teacher Pat Gleason, who authored the book "The Best of Simply Put" comprised of some of his columns that ran in the Daily News, gave a talk. Marcy Chavez, author of the book "More than Meets the Eye," was another speaker during the event. Wolf OR-7: Adieu Calif. PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — The wandering wolf known as OR-7 has returned to Oregon from California, but he hasn't given an indication that he's planning to settle down. The Oregon Fish and Wildlife Department said the wolf's odyssey brought him into southwest Klamath County on Tuesday evening. In more than three years, the wolf, who first came to California on Dec. 28, 2011, has covered at least 3,000 miles, biologists estimate. The wolf has traveled back and forth across the California-Oregon border at least four times, roaming more than 2,500 air miles since leaving his Oregon pack with 1,500 of those in California. Air miles, what the California Department of Fish and Wildlife, formerly the Department of Fish and Game, uses to measure the wolf's progress. It is basically the distance calculated from one point the GPS signal has come from to the next. A tracker on the wolf uses Global Positioning System (GPS) to sends out a signal once a day, however, sometimes the signal is unable to get out See WOLF, page 9A The event included a photography contest and a writing contest along with drawings for items like a Nook e-reader. Freshman Noel Ziggler was the winner of the writing contest while Haley Rosser took first in the photo contest. Shelby Humphrey took second in the photo contest and Lily Fryer placed third. US Bank was a strong supporter, donating both the Nook and $500 to go toward the cost of food and prizes, Clawson said. Student Ricky Brewster was selected to receive the Nook. ——— Julie Zeeb can be reached at 527-2153, extension 115 or jzeeb@redbluffdailynews.com. Follow her on Twitter @DN_Zeeb. DN Staff Writer CORNING — Some of Corning's shortfalls and a caution to be conservative were discussed Tuesday at the City Council's midyear budget review and the city may look to increase some utility fees. "We're doing okay in utility collection, but I wanted to bring to your attention some shortfalls," said City Manager John Brewer. "It's primarily the sewer enterprise fund. In the spring, we'll need to talk about the increase of rates for sewer. The utility is a little more than the 3.8 percent per annum that we've been doing." In the water department, the city is a little short, but not to the same degree as the sewer thanks in part to a resolution adopted in 2009 for a series of five annual increases at 3 percent, he said. The final increase is set for April 1, 2014. "The sewer shortage is largely due to the debt for the waste water treatment facility to be paid through development impact fees," Brewer said. That shortage is being aggravated by the lack of development, he said. The city is struggling with the franchise fees from PG&E, which are $10,000 down for the current fiscal year. Part of the problem in the budget is a shortfall in the carryover from the 2011-2012 budget. "The point is while we anticipated $191,000, we ended up with just under half that," Brewer said. "It's only 2 percent of the revenue, but we need to be See CORNING, page 9A Local donors honored by BloodSource Special to the DN Several BloodSource awards have been received in March by Tehama County residents in connection with local blood drives. On Friday, March 8, the BloodSource Donor and Volunteer Appreciation Dinner was held at the Holiday Inn in Redding. Red Bluff resident Patrick Hurton received his 10-Gallon Donor Award for reaching that milestone in 2012. Carl Lerch received his 25Gallon Donor Award. At the annual Chairperson Appreciation Luncheon, also held March 8, several more awards were given out to both Red Bluff and Corning area participants. The Award of Distinction, given for the greatest increase in participation over 2011, Courtesy photo Tehama County residents Red Bluff Community Blood Drive Chairwoman Cheryl Bonham and First Church of God Blood Drive Chairman Pat Meehan were recognized for their work March 8 at the BloodSource Donor and Volunteer Appreciation Dinner. was given to the Red Bluff and Antelope Wards of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latterday Saints in the faithbased category. St. Eliz- abeth Community Hospital was given the Award of Distinction for the business category. Outstanding Contribution Award for the greatest percentage of participation based on the size of the group, was given to First Church of God in the faith-based category. The Outstanding Contribution Award was given to Symbol of Excellence for the most registered donors, Red Bluff Community blood drive for the community category and Rolling Hills Casino in the business category. Blood Drive of the Year, given for overall achievement, was presented to Red Bluff Community Blood Drive in the community category and First Church of God in the faith-based category.