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WEEKEND JULY 17-18, 2010 Breaking news at: www.redbluffdailynews.com Make a difference See Inside USAWeekend RED BLUFF Mets visit Sports 1B Sunny 106/70 Weather forecast 10A 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 Summer blastoff RB council to mull event traffic costs By TANG LOR DN Staff Writer The city council could decide to go ahead and start charg- ing event promoters to make up for the cost of police over- time. At the council’s upcoming meeting the budget committee will make a recommendation to the council to adopt a poli- cy for charging events as a way to pay for the cost of pro- viding police traffic control outside the Tehama District Fair- grounds during special events. Event promoters should be required to reimburse the city for its services, the budget committee said in a letter to the council. The committee recommends a phase-in of a full reimbursement policy, charging 50 percent of costs during the first year. A proposal to get the additional revenue by increasing the transient occupancy tax was pulled from the table after lim- ited support from the fair board and the Red Bluff-Tehama County Chamber of Commerce. Other agenda items • A decision at the council’s previous meeting to postpone Daily News photo by Tang Lor Alena Arnold, Danika Emge and Dallas Stroud check to see if astronaut Mr. Mustache, a raw egg, survived a rocket launch.The young rocket scientists were part of the Sacramento River Discovery Center summer camp program where, this week, campers learned about the solar system and enjoyed an evening of star-gazing.The summer camp program continues Monday with a focus on the water and the specimens living in it. the layoff of a full-time parks maintenance worker will be brought back to council for clarification. Though the previous staff report and recommendation did not specifically state that six part-time workers would be laid off as a result of the postponement, City Manager Mar- tin Nichols said verbiage that stated the money in the part- time account would now be used to pay the full-time work- er made it clear the part-time workers would be laid off. Parks and Recreation Director Debbie Carlisi has declined to comment if that was her intention when she wrote the report. • A public hearing will be held on an ordinance concern- ing water efficiency in landscaping. The ordinance comes after the passage of a state law requiring cities and counties to adopt efficient water-use standards. The council will met 7 p.m., Tuesday at City Hall, 555 Washington St. Kids have fun learning about health By JULIE ZEEB DN Staff Writer The Safe Education and Recre- ation for Rural Families summer program has teamed up with Net- work For Health California Chil- dren’s Power Play! campaign. Over the week of July 12-16 between 25 and 30 SERRF stu- dents logged 18,000 minutes of activity and on Friday they spent the day celebrating the accom- plishment. “We’ve always been an active participant (in the Power Play! Campaign) because we know the benefits of planting the seeds of good nutrition and physical activi- ty early,” said Karla Stroman, SERRF after school program administrator. “It’s a lifelong bene- fit.” Stroman said research has proven children who stay academ- ically and physically active over the summer do better in school. This year SERRF students from Antelope, Bidwell, Jackson Heights Meteer and Reeds Creek participated in the event, said Alyson Wylie, SERRF summer site coordinator. While the campaign, a statewide promotion in its second year, specifically targets children ages 9 to 11, at the SERRF sum- mer program children from kindergarten up were enjoying the celebration of the week’s activities on Friday at Bidwell. “The state chose to target chil- dren ages 9 to 11 because it’s a crit- ical age,” said Emily Ruffner, cam- paign coordinator. “That’s the age at which they quit listening to par- ents and start listening to peers. If we teach them to make healthy choices now it will benefit them their whole life.” Ruffner said she is also hopeful that as the children make healthier choices it will also affect the choic- es their parents make. “It’s a great program,” said Linda Clements-Webb who works with Jackson Heights SERRF. “It’s awesome that the kids are excited about healthy food like smoothies and not asking for milkshakes or ice cream.” Clements-Webb said some stu- dents have been asking about the smoothies and other healthy snacks all week long, which is a good sign. As a part of the campaign, chil- dren received a free cook book called Kids ... Get Cookin’, which has fast and fun recipes including the healthy banana split served to participants Friday. The split had a banana covered in yogurt with a choice of craisins and granola for toppings. The campaign’s goal is to get the children to make health a prior- ity this summer and several of the children said they plan to stay active. P.J. Sarmanto who is going into fourth grade at Bidwell said he plans to spend the summer running around, riding his bicycle and playing soccer. Jerry Coulter who will be start- ing Vista Middle School in the fall said he will be playing basketball, baseball and riding his bike. In the gym, students kinder- garten through third enjoyed the Bubble Festival headed up by Sherry Gerrodette, a math consul- tant for Tehama County Depart- ment of Education and SERRF. The children used Great Explo- rations in Math and Science kits put together by Lawrence Hall of Science to explore surface tension using bubbles, she said. ——— Julie Zeeb can be reached at 527-2153, extension 115 or jzeeb@redbluffdailynews.com. Daily News photo by Julie Zeeb Student helper Lily Tosta, who will be a fifth grader at Meteer School, surrounds Chrissy Stevens, who will be a first grader at Meteer come fall, with a bubble. Corning council approves loan for new water well By JULIE ZEEB DN Staff Writer CORNING — The City Council voted 3-0 Tuesday to accept a resolution authorizing its indebted- ness to the USDA for a loan that will fund the new water well at Estil Clark Park. “All the signs are posi- 7 5 8 5 5 1 6 9 0 0 1 9 tive from USDA Rural Development,” said Public Works Director John Brewer. “This is just one of the checkpoints we have to complete.” The council’s accep- tance of the resolution authorized a loan to the tune of $613,000 for the development of the well, to be paid off with annual payments of $27,948 over the next 40 years. According to the staff report, the need for the new well was driven by the city nearing its capacity. Peak demand is about 4,800 gallons per minute and the city’s seven wells produce 5,110 gallons per minute. When one or more of the wells is down for main- tenance, it makes it difficult to meet peak demand, the staff report said. The new well, which is expected to add about 1,000 gallons per minute to the city’s capacity, will take about three weeks to drill and should be online by the first of the year, said City Engineer Ed Anderson. The project should be ready to go out to bid by the end of August, he said. The council approved a resolution to accept a flood mitigation assistance grant See WELL, page 9A