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WEEKEND JUNE 12-13, 2010 Breaking news at: www.redbluffdailynews.com Jimmy Fallon’s healthy habits See Inside USAWeekend RED BLUFF Mercy stars See Sports 1B Weather forecast 10B Sunny 94/66 Spartans 2010 By JULIE ZEEB DN Staff Writer Red Bluff Union High School graduated its Class of 2010 Friday night with students Jessica Rabalais and Nik Kitchel giving the keynote addresses. Rabalais spoke on the sense of community that comes from being in a small school and finding a com- munity wherever one goes. “Our community is truly special,” Rabalais said. “I urge you to find a communi- ty of your own to flourish in and not let a new place swal- low us up. I implore you all to keep community close.” Rabalais also thanked teachers and parents for the role models they have been. She urged students to remember the people who have impacted them and to take the time to tell them. Students were also asked by Rabalais to embrace and stay true to who they have become and remember what their diploma is for. “Our diploma is not a ticket to the good life, but our ticket to change the world,” Rabalais said. Kitchel talked about senior year being when most students found themselves and asked they expand their critical thinking. “Senior year was a trying time,” Kitchel said. “A time of great change and transi- tion. A time to ponder who we are, what we want and how to get it.” Using the example of a cud chewing cow he saw out a window recently Kitchel related how a cow will go wherever its herd does. “The path to discovery is an on-going process of accelerating and de-acceler- ating,” Kitchel said. He also challenged stu- dents to question things like their purpose. “Purpose isn’t just doing something, rather it’s know- ing why you’re doing it,” Kitchel said. “Learning has its place, but take the knowl- edge and expand your criti- cal thinking.” Kitchel also likened it to learning the answer to a See RB, page 9A DAILYNEWS TEHAMACOUNTY DAILY 50¢ T H E V O I C E O F T E H A M A C O U N T Y S I N C E 1 8 8 5 Tehama schools graduate future Bulldogs 2010 By GEOFF JOHNSON DN Staff Writer LOS MOLINOS — The Bulldogs run in a tight pack. The class of 2010 at Los Molinos Union High School was 31 stu- dents — small enough for Salutatorian Kendric Brewer to single out individual students in his commencement speech on Friday night, sharing in-jokes about teachers and students for what may be the last time in awhile. Asked about life at the high school, Brewer described it as a close- knit community, one he will be sad to leave. But, the soon-to-be Shasta College student knows “bigger and bet- ter things” are on the way. For Brewer, that means taking the first steps toward an English major at Shasta College, from where he plans to transfer to a four-year college, and then, if all goes well, law school. After that, he hopes to come back to his farming family’s roots as an agricultural lawyer — an attorney who can defend the water rights of food growers. In between, he has a campaign to worry about. Brewer is already running for Mayor in Los Molinos, an hon- orary title in the unin- corporated community, one awarded to whoever can raise the most money for the commu- nity’s annual Fourth of July parade. He has no problems thinking big and wasn’t the only Bulldog getting their paws headed in the right direction Friday night. Daily News photos by Julie Zeeb and Geoff Johnson (Top left and bottom) Red Bluff Union High School seniors take part in last minute preparations for Thursday night’s Class of 2010 graduation ceremony. (Top right) Los Molinos High School students stand before their family and friends, Friday night, with roses during their school’s graduation ceremony. Carlos Vera, for one, brought more cooking experience to the yel- low-and-purple halls that decorate the school than some men achieve See LM, page 9A Young and having fun Survey looks at school cuts By TANG LOR DN Staff Writer The results of a budget cuts survey released as schools throughout the state shut down, hopefully only for the summer, vali- dates the sacrifices many of them have made. The survey, conducted by the California Department of Education, asked local edu- cational agencies how state budget cuts to K- 12 public education are affecting them. At 65 percent, cuts to building and ground maintenance topped the list. District administration and instructional material cuts were second at 58 percent. Cuts affect- ed personnel, specifically counselors, nurses and psychologists, and the departments of art, music and drama equally at 48 percent. Some other areas of cuts included but were not limited to elective courses at 34 percent, libraries at 34 percent, facilities at 33 percent, teachers at 32 percent, athletics at 28 percent and adult education at 20 per- cent. Twenty-six percent of schools made reductions in supplemental instruction including summer school. Among those schools is Red Bluff Union High School where, for the first time, the district will not offer summer school. The Red Bluff Elementary School District has not held summer school for a couple of years. The results verify exactly what the Cali- fornia School Boards Association has been saying for the last three years, said board See CUTS, page 9A • “Main Street or Wall Street” banking, which do you want As Local As.... 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