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April 26, 2013

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FRIDAY Couple Juggles College, Work APRIL 26, 2013 Pro-Am Preview Education Breaking news at: www.redbluffdailynews.com See Page 4A SPORTS 1B DAILY NEWS RED BLUFF Sunny 88/55 Weather forecast 8A TEHAMA COUNTY DAILY 50ยข 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 Park breaks ground County OKs road projects By RICH GREENE DN Staff Writer A pair of road improvement projects moved forward Tuesday despite an objection from Tehama County Supervisor Burt Bundy that one of the projects may do more harm than good. Bundy voted against a Right of Way easement contract needed as part of the San Benito Avenue Curve Realignment Project. The project is being 90 percent funded by the Federal Aid High Risk Rural Road Program to realign the road about 0.7 miles south of Gerber. Bundy said he believed making the stretch easier to drive would further increase vehicle speeds in the area See ROAD, page 7A Nielsen takes on AB 109 again Daily News photo by Julie Zeeb Corning City Council Members take part in the ground breaking ceremony held Thursday for the Corning Community Park. Pictured, from left, are Dave Linnet, Tony Cardenas, Darlene Dickison, Gary Strack and Willie Smith. Looking on from behind are Steve Thompson, a field representative for Assemblyman Dan Logue, City Manager John Brewer, Planning Director John Stoufer and Jerry Crow, field representative for State Sen. Jim Nielsen. By JULIE ZEEB DN Staff Writer The newly named Corning Community Park on Toomes Avenue broke ground Monday with an official ground breaking ceremony held Thursday. While the 18.42 acre lot has been referred to by the name for some time, it was officially selected at Tuesday's city Council Meeting following suggestions from residents and local students. The council discussed naming sections of the park, which is divided in two by Jewett Creek, after members of the community including the Harper family, who donated some of the land, and long-time community leader Bud Gott who died recently. City Manager John Brewer took the time at Thursday's ceremony to thank many of those involved along the way including Landscape Architect Tom Phelps, the Corning Skate and Bike Park Association, city employees Terry Hoofard and Dawn Grine and Corning Planning Director John Stoufer. "John Stoufer was instrumental in getting us the grant and we have a lot of gratitude for his work in the park," Brewer said. He also recognized the Corning Recreation Commission, Kyle Lauderdale, Larry Johnson, Khrystie Shoemaker, Blaine Smith and Chris Copley, for the hours they spent working on the project. "I'm kind of excited," Mayor Gary Strack said Thursday. "I'm glad the city is finally recognizing Corning goes purple for Relay Daily News photo by Julie Zeeb Corning Chamber of Commerce Manager Valanne Cardenas starts decorating Thursday for the Paint Your Town Purple event set for Friday in support of Corning's Relay For Life. The Corning Relay For Life is set to begin at 9 a.m. Saturday, April 27, at the Corning Union High School Track. News tip? Call 527-2151 7 5 8 5 5 1 6 9 0 0 1 9 where I played as a kid. I grew up three blocks from here. This park will help draw people here and help diversify things with the skate park, basketball and soccer. It'll be one of the best in the Northstate when it's done and it's great to see it in the starting phase." Jerry Crow was on hand to represent State Sen. Jim Nielsen and Steve Thompson represented Assemblyman Dan Logue. "I'm pleased to be here to represent Jim Nielsen," Crow said. "Parks represent the best of a community and it's nice to see youth involved. The youth know they won't be kids when it's done and that is neat to see." Thompson told a humorous tale See PARK, page 7A State Sen. Jim Nielsen, R-Gerber, has unveiled another bill he has authored in response to the state's prison realignment program. Senate Bill 742 would require any parolee or probationer who willfully removes or disables an electronic monitoring device to be found guilty of a misdemeanor or felony consistent with his or her underlying offense. Nielsen said in press release there are an alarming number of convicted sex offenders and gang members tampering with their court-ordered GPS monitoring devices. "Convicted sex offenders are now emboldened to disregard their monitors and thumb their noses at the law," Nielsen said. "Many are disabling their monitoring systems to evade law enforcement officers and cause more harm to members of public." The bill further requires those sex offenders who remove their GPS devices to undergo a face-to-face evaluation by two practicing psychiatrists or psychologists assigned by the State Department of State Hospitals. If the sex offender is diagnosed as a pedophile or otherwise meets the profiles of a sexually violent predator, he may face a civil commitment to a state mental institution. Advocates for Public Safety, a pro-public and law enforcement safety organization is in support of Nielsen's measure. "The penalties by proposed Senator Nielsen's measure make disabling a GPS device less attractive to criminals," founder Lynne Brown said. "Fewer of them will opt to remove them knowing that there are significant consequences to their actions, including guaranteed prison time." Orphaned bobcat set free in Humboldt County By Kaci Poor MediaNews Group The bobcat "Chips" -found orphaned as a 4week-old kitten by a Six Rivers National Forest Mad River Ranger District hand crew last summer -- is roaming free in the wild. The Sierra Wildlife Rescue out of Placerville reports that the now 8month-old cat and her den mate Sierra were transported to Humboldt County "bobcat territory" and released Friday. Nan Powers, media representative and rehabber for the rescue, said both cats were ready to be returned to their natural habitat after more than seven months of rehabilitation. "They were nice and wild, spitting and growling when we came close," she said. "Chips will be just fine. We couldn't even get any video -- they both ran away as soon as we opened their cage up." Chips was only a few weeks old when she attracted national attention after the local fire crew found her with burned paws and infected eyes while battling a 75,000-acre fire in the Plumas National Forest. They named her after the wildfire. The crew tried to locate a female bobcat searching for its baby, but had no luck and ended up taking the kitten to the Lake Tahoe Care Center, where she was placed with Sierra. The male bobcat, found orphaned in Lassen County, is estimated to be about one week older than Chips. Both bobcats were transferred to the Placerville rescue in November, where they were prepped for release by volunteer Jill Tripoli, who was already rehabbing another bobcat kitten named Tuffy. The cats were trained to be cautious of any human contact and chase down their own food, including live mice, as they would in the wild. Powers declined Monday to provide more specific information on where the cats were released in Humboldt County. "That's for their own protection," she said. "We make sure they are far away from other people. The last thing we See FREE, page 7A

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