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THURSDAY SEPTEMBER 23, 2010 Breaking news at: Irish Tenor Concert Season Debut www.redbluffdailynews.com See Pastimes RED BLUFF Fair Guide Pages 1B-6B Goals Galore SPORTS 1C Sunny 86/58 Weather forecast 6C By TANG LOR DN Staff Writer Despite questions of whether it is appropriate for the Red Bluff City Council to take a stand on a state proposition that will be decided by voters, the council has decided to oppose Proposition 19. The measure, if passed, would legalize marijuana for 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 City Council votes to oppose pot prop personal and recreational use and allow for some commer- cial-related activities under cer- tain conditions. During Tuesday’s council meeting, retired El Cerrito Police Chief Scott Kirkland, who has served on the Califor- nia Police Chiefs Association’s medical marijuana dispensary task force, was invited to speak in opposition of the measure. ‘This is a bald-faced attempt to stage an event to distract the council from the things they should be addressing’ Councilman Jim Byrne If passed, the measure would create a myriad of problems for law enforcement and employ- Hearty meals ers, Kirkland said. The state would lose billions of support dollars from the federal govern- ment, among other ill effects. Drugged driving would be a challenge that law enforcement must deal with. While there is a legal limit of .08 blood alcohol level, there is no limit for drugs in regards to whether someone is over the limit or not, Kirkland said. Law enforcement would have no way to determine or enforce a limit. See POT, page 5A Furry friend may mean hefty fines By GEOFF JOHNSON DN Staff Writer Canine collectors and feline fanatics will foot high- er costs at the Tehama County Animal Services Depart- ment if a new fee structure is approved in October. The fees are the result of what Agricultural Com- missioner Rick Gurrola called a “long-overdue” review of staffing costs. Even with the increases, the facility will still require money from the county’s general fund to round out costs. See FINES, page 5A Water, sewer hikes hurting Gerberites By JULIE ZEEB DN Staff Writer GERBER — The Ger- ber-Las Flores Communi- ty Service District approved awarding Eight Bros. Construction Co. the bid for installing new pumps and discussed water and sewer rates at Thursday’s meeting. The district is replac- Daily News photo by Tang Lor Chef Scott Graves of St. Elizabeth Community Hospital prepares a meal in the kitchen at Sacred Heart Parish School. By TANG LOR DN Staff Writer Even though Sacred Heart Parish School does not have a cook, students can still get a proper, nutritious hot lunch thanks to St. Elizabeth Com- munity Hospital. The school laid off its cook because of a lack of funding due to declining enrollment, Principal Leslie Trujillo said. Without a hot lunch program, staff started looking at other options to provide stu- dents with a hot meal. When they asked St. Eliza- Jet landed with parking brake on at Sacramento SACRAMENTO (AP) — A JetBlue airliner apparently landed with its parking brake on when its main tires blew and caught fire at Sacramento Interna- tional Airport last month, a federal safety agency said Wednesday. Recorded flight data show the Airbus A320- 232’s parking brake was engaged during approach at an altitude of 5,100 feet and stayed on throughout the Aug. 26 landing, the National Transportation Safety Board said in a pre- liminary finding. The NTSB said the twin-engine jet rapidly decelerated, the four tires on its main landing gear blew out, and a minor tire fire erupted. The first officer was flying Flight 262 from Long Beach and the cap- tain took over when the problem occurred and the tower reported sparks and smoke, the NTSB said. The captain brought the plane to a halt and ordered an emergency evacuation on the runway, the NTSB said. Seven of the 86 passen- gers suffered minor injuries while using emer- gency slides. The two pilots and three flight attendants were unharmed. The preliminary NTSB report said the airplane was examined by the air- line and the Federal Avia- tion Administration, and the main gear tires showed evidence of being locked on touchdown. 7 5 8 5 5 1 6 9 0 0 1 9 Red Bluff Outdoor Power beth if it could cater lunch for the students, the hos- pital staff made it happen. Now chef Scott Graves prepares about 25 meals a day for students at Sacred Heart along with the meals served at the hospital. One of the nice things about the program is that students get the same meal that is served in the hos- pital’s dining hall, Graves said. But by far, the most important thing is that students are provided with a nutritious meal they otherwise would not get. “It’s so important for us to take it (the lunch pro- See MEALS, page 5A ing two pumps in the Ger- ber sewer system, which will now match those already in the Las-Flores portion of the system. “They’re local, they’ve got machinery and they’ve got the know- how,” said District Man- ager Mike Murphy of the company. The pumps cost about $12,000 each and will cost just more than $11,000 to install for a total cost of about $36,000, Murphy said. Outbuilding burns The pumps being replaced were old enough that parts couldn’t be found for them, he said. Board Chairman Larry Long said the new pumps are Pace Engineering endorsed, match the rest of the system and will mean only one contractor will need to be called out if the pumps need to be worked on. The Gerber-Las Flores sewer mains and lateral lines were smoke tested starting Sept. 13 and fin- ishing Thursday. No traces of leakage were found, Murphy said. Gerber resident Charles Richardson asked the board to discuss the rates for water and sewer, which were raised in April, asking the board how much the raise has added to the reserve and See HIKES, page 5A Daily News photo by Tang Lor A structure fire on Kindlespire Road Wednesday burned a storage shed owners said was filled with family memorabilia. The fire was reported at 11:14 a.m. and contained at 11:38 a.m. CalFire kept the fire to the 10x10 outbuilding, but smoke filled the adjacent residence and heat melted windows and panels. Crews were still at the scene in the afternoon salvaging items from the shed. 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