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WEEKEND JULY 20-21 2013 Breaking news at: www.redbluffdailynews.com Jean Barton — Page 5A DAILY NEWS RED BLUFF Sunny 109/72 Weather forecast 8A 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 Vision turns 30 Brothers nab theft suspect in the act A pair of brothers detained a 22-year-old Gerber man Thursday night after they caught him attempting to break into the younger brother's car. Mohamed Elshenaway, 49, reportedly observed a man breaking into his brother's 1994 Honda that was parked near the post office on San Benito Avenue around 7 p.m. Elshenaway observed John Earl Dyer, 22, kicking one of the vehicle's side windows and trying to remove See THEFT, page 9A Landfill to discuss raise in tipping fee By RICH GREENE DN Staff Writer Courtesy photo An aerial view of the Red Bluff Community-Senior Center at 1500 S. Jackson St. On Aug. 2, the center will host the 30th Anniversary of the Beginnings of the Community Center event that will include live entertainment. By ANDRE BYIK out to a dollar a day. A pretty good deal, he DN Staff Writer said. The Red Bluff Com"That gave me an What: 30th Anniversary of munity and Senior Cenopportunity to see how Beginnings of Community Center ter is throwing itself a important the communidaylong anniversary ty center could be," said When: 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. Aug. 2 bash Aug. 2, featuring Stevens, who has been such acts as singer Chad Where: 1500 S. Jackson St. tasked to organize the Bushnell, Kerry Aug. 2 celebration. How much: $8 dinner, $5 early DeFonte, dance perThe center, now former Joe Howarth and bingo, $10 regular bingo enjoying a fresh coat of the Red Bluff Communipaint in its halls courty Band. tesy of the auxiliary, It's a celebration of ly had setbacks in the '70s. saw a setback in the '70s when the 30th anniversary of the cenAs Larry Stevens puts it, Wal- the city was initially denied a ter's beginnings. ston made the community center federal grant for the center, The main attraction, however, a reality "with blood, with sweat, according to former auxiliary may be a dinner served from 1:30 and money." president June Quincy. With a $3 to 7 p.m.: Goldie's Dinner. Stevens, the vice president of million plan to build the center in While the center opened in the Red Bluff Community Center hand, the city asked if voters 1990, its history is indelibly Auxiliary, moved to Red Bluff in would support financing the cenlinked to Goldie Walston, who 1993 and soon after took over an ter. Support for financing didn't had the vision, and drive, to after school program that asked spearhead an effort that original- for just $5 per week, which came See VISION, page 9A If you go... Outage planned for eastern county MANTON — Pacific Gas and Electric Company is planning a power outage in eastern Tehama County Tuesday that will affect around 1,300 customers. The outage is scheduled to begin at 8 a.m. and may last until 4 p.m. and is necessary for a project to improve electric reliability in the areas of Paynes Creek, Mill Creek, Mineral and portions of Manton. "We apologize for the inconvenience that this planned outage may have on our customers, however we are confident that the power line upgrades will result in fewer power outages and faster restoration when an outage does occur," said PG&E North Valley Division Electric Superintendent Alton Thurston. It is necessary to take the line out of service so that crews can safely install three new poles and install 3,200 feet of new power lines. PG&E crews started work in early May on the $740,000 project to upgrade power lines that run from the Manton area southeast across South Fork Battle Creek Canyon and then east along Highway 36 to Mineral. Crews have already installed eight remotely operated devices and switches along the power lines that will enable PG&E to immediately begin restoring power See OUTAGE, page 9A The Tehama CountyRed Bluff Landfill Management Agency is scheduled to discuss a new 10year contract with Waste Connections to operate the county landfill when it meets 8 a.m. Monday Under the proposed agreement users would pay a tipping fee of $54.26 per ton beginning March 1, 2014. Currently the tipping fee is $48.34. Tehama County Chief Administrator Bill Goodwin said the increase is a result of concessions Waste Connections gave elsewhere in the contract including more countyfriendly indemnification clauses and dropping a dispute over past expenses. Goodwin said the county was seeking more stability in yearly rates so while the initial rate for the contract shot up, subsequent yearly adjustments should be more minimal for the duration of the contract. Contract ambiguity regarding tipping fee increases was one of the main focuses of the revamped contract. Future adjustments are more clearly defined in the proposed language. The tipping fee includes a $6.16 fee for cell liner costs. That money will be set aside in a trust fund held by a third party bank and solely be used for the purpose of cell liner construction costs. One of the main points of contention during the lengthy negotiation process was a dispute between the Agency and Waste Connections regarding money still owed to either side from the previous contract. Agency staff believed Waste Connections owed $194,590 for past expenses it incurred for flare and methane gas maintenance and monitoring, erroneously charged self-haul loads, and unpaid load check waste and a management surcharge. Waste Connections disputed that claim and countered that they were owed more than $500,000 by the Agency for fees they said were overpaid to Tehama County and the See FEE, page 9A First book highlights county's Black history Special to the DN Tehama County history is a favorite subject of Grace Alice Jackson and when she found the information of the county's early African American population lacking in the Tehama County Library's Depository, it became a desire — and a challenge — to find out more. Using skills acquired in her life-long genealogy hobby, Jackson has successfully documented in a book nearly 500 local pioneers of color who lived in Tehama County between 1858 and about 1920, Black Pioneers in Tehama County California History. To pull together so much scattered information, Jackson employed many sources, including federal census records, local city directories, old court house records, old newspapers, cemetery records and voter registrations. She communicated with descendants of some of the pioneers, plowed through newspapers and learned to decipher survey information to find out where the schools and churches were located. In so doing, Jackson brings to life in varying degrees pioneers such as the P.D. and A.J. Logans, the A.A. Coffeys, the Snadens and the Graffells, people for whom much history might otherwise have been forgotten or lost. In the process, Jackson also has accomplished something for herself — writing her first complete book. Jackson has been a resident of Tehama County for almost 50 years. She has an extensive background in genealogical research having become interested in her own family history at the age of 17. She served as a volunteer at the Mormon Family History center for several years helping others with genealogical research; and is a volunteer at the Tehama County Library in the Depository assisting patrons with local history. Jackson is a member of the Tehama County Genealogical and Historical Society Board of Directors and is a Board of Supervisors-appointed member of the Tehama See BOOK, page 9A