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THURSDAY AUGUST 12, 2010 Breaking news at: Photo show opens Friday Pastimes www.redbluffdailynews.com See Page 4A RED BLUFF Bulldogs practice SPORTS 1B Sunny 96/65 Weather forecast 8A Woman found stabbed DAILYNEWS Lake to go Tuesday 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 A 21-year-old Red Bluff woman is recovering after being stabbed in the abdomen early Wednesday. Police found Kristy Turley just after midnight Wednesday at the Veterans Memorial Hall Parking Lot, being attended to by friends, Red Bluff Police Sgt. Quintan Ortega said in a press release. She told officers she had been stabbed after arguing with a man, a stranger to her, near the Pink Flamingo Tattoo Parlor on Oak See WOMAN, page 7A Dance class, road work get the nod By JULIE ZEEB DN Staff Writer CORNING — The City Council approved the addition of a children’s musical theater class along with sever- al other items on the consent agenda at Tuesday’s meeting. The new class, taught by Deb Meents of Debadoo Dance, will be added to the programs the council approved to continue following the resignation of Recreation Supervisor Kimberly Beck at the June 22 meet- ing. Held 6:30-7:30 p.m. Tuesdays, the class will teach singing, dancing and acting for ages 4 through 16. Meents already teaches three other programs, including Storybook Friends, Mommy-n-Me and Groove- n-Tunes. Other programs the council chose to continue were Kenpo karate, Kenpo robics, yoga, line dancing, photogra- phy and lifeguard training. Also approved was the awarding See DANCE, page 7A Senior meals crew spared By TANG LOR Daily News file photos The gates of the Red Bluff Diversion Dam will be raised starting Tuesday morning, draining Lake Red Bluff. By TANG LOR DN Staff Writer The last chance to enjoy Lake Red Bluff this summer will be this weekend. The Red Bluff Diversion Dam gates, which where low- ered a month later than usual on June 15, will be raised two weeks early beginning at 7 a.m. Tuesday. The lake level is expected to decrease some 3 to 4 feet the first day, with lake level adjustments continuing until the lake is reduced back to the river channel by Friday, Aug. 20, a Bureau of Reclamation release said. All boats affected by the changing levels should be relo- cated before 5 a.m., Tuesday. Traditionally the gates are raised at the end of August, but this year they will go up two weeks early to aid con- struction of a pumping plant and fish screen. Shasta County man charged in daughter’s drowning REDDING (AP) — A Shasta County man whose daughter died in a rafting accident remains in custody on $500,000 bail after pleading not guilty to felony child abuse charges. Fifty-year-old John Lee Morales of Shasta Lake was arraigned Wednesday in Shasta County Superior Court. His 11-year-old daughter, Lily Anna Morales, drowned on July 18 when she, her friend and her father were rafting on Clear Creek. Authorities say when The Tehama County Young Marines want to congratulate the Boy Scouts of America on their Red Bluff Outdoor Power 100th anniversary milestone! From the Tehama County Young Marines of the Marine Corps League, Detachment 1140 2009 Fulcrum Shield Recipients 2010 National Unit of the Year Sgt. John Minton, US Marine Veteran, Unit Commander 7 5 8 5 5 1 6 9 0 0 1 9 their inflatable kayak entered rapids, Morales jumped out and swam to shore. The two girls fell out, and his daughter drowned. Her friend was wearing a life vest and was pulled ashore by bystanders. Prosecutors say Morales was free on bail at the time in connection with an unrelated DUI case. Morales’ attorney, Kathy Manuel, said her client is devastated by his daughter’s death. DN Staff Writer The Red Bluff City Council has once again taken a step back. Even though cuts for man- agement and mid-management employees have already been approved, the council, Tuesday, decided three employees from the Senior Nutrition Program will now be exempt from taking the 12 percent salary cuts. At the July 26 meeting when the council approved the cuts, Gaylen Norman, coordinator of the Senior Nutrition Program, had asked the council to exclude program employees from the cuts. Money saved from cutting those employees’ salaries would not help the city because those positions are grant funded and the money cannot be lumped into the general fund. “I definitely want the city to balance their budget, but not on our backs,” Norman said. “I’d just hate to see the city try and lower our salaries to balance their budget when it’s not going to have any effect on the gener- al fund.” With the early opening con- tractors will be able to perform full excavation of the landfill, enabling the start of canal con- struction from the stilling basin to the siphon as well as construction under Red Bank Creek, the release said. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Fisheries Service Biological Opinion requires the gates be opened to help migration of winter-run and spring-run chi- nook salmon and green stur- geon past the dam site. A federal judge has found that fish passage is impeded while the gates are lowered and made a ruling for the gates to be permanently raised See LAKE, page 7A Members of the Tehama County Commission on Aging Tuesday backed Norman and the program, asking the council to not enforce the cuts. The commission has written a letter to county administration and the Board of Supervisors asking them to intervene. The program is a partnership between the city and the county. The commission writes, it is See CREW, page 7A Corning OKs Flags for Downtown By JULIE ZEEB DN Staff Writer CORNING — The City Council approved Corning resident Dave Demo’s downtown flag project at Tuesday’s meet- ing. Demo came to the June 22 meeting to talk about getting American flags to display at businesses along Solano Street dur- ing patriotic holidays. He dubbed the project Flags for Downtown. Demo said, as a child, putting a flag up was the highlight of the holidays for him. “I think it’s a great idea,” said Councilman John Leach. “I’m in favor 100 percent. It’s time we had flags flying in this city.” Resident Gena Bowen approved of the project, suggesting people could buy flags in the name of See FLAGS, page 7A EARN EXTRA MONEY work your own hours, quick pay, must be 18 yrs+, have drivers license & insured vehicle. (866) 906-8036 Job Ref#26044 Deliver new telephone directories in the Glenn-Tehama area. FT/PT, As Local As.... CALL TODAY (530) 529-1222 237 South Main Street Daily News photo by Julie Zeeb Jesse Lopez of Lodi Irrigation presents a $200 donation to Dave Demo for the Flags for Downtown fund at Tuesday’s Corning City Council meeting. • “Main Street or Wall Street” banking, which do you want • Still offering better than free checking • Now offering Health Savings Accounts • Local decision making • Community Support