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WEEKEND SEPTEMBER 25-26, 2010 Breaking news at: Fair Guide Schedule, map, highlights www.redbluffdailynews.com See Pages 1B-6B RED BLUFF Gridiron Round-up SPORTS 1B Sunny 96/60 Weather forecast 6A By TANG LOR DN Staff Writer The city’s finance director has been let go. Her last day was Monday. Margaret Van Warmerdam no longer works for the city, 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 Finance director on leave fired by city City Manager Martin Nichols said. Reached by phone, Van Warmerdam referred questions to her attorney. Van Warmerdam had been on paid administrative leave until Monday, when she received a letter of termination from the city, her attorney Mark Vegh said. “Margaret is very, very dis- appointed in the whole thing that has transpired,” Vegh said. Vegh said he is not really surprised the city has decided to terminate Van Warmerdam instead of waiting until the fact finding process has taken its course. “I really don’t know what (the city) will do,” Vegh said. “It’s hard to predict what the process will look like.” Campus complaint Faculty group upset over Shasta College labor talks Van Warmerdam was placed on paid administrative leave Sept. 8 and given a five-day deadline to reply to a notice of possible termination. Vegh’s Sept. 15 written response said the city’s decision See FIRED, page 5A CA health care bills won’t add to the deficit LOS ANGELES (AP) — Two bills aimed at helping the uninsured get health care coverage won’t send the California state budget deeper into the red, according to a state government analysis that contradicts claims by opponents. Legislation creating an oversight agency to set up the California Health Benefit Exchange, a web-based marketplace for health insurance and a cornerstone of the national health care reform package, is on Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger’s desk awaiting approval or veto. Daily News photo by Tang Lor Faculty and administration in the Shasta Community College District are at an impasse in negotiations for a faculty contract. The district serves students in this area at its Tehama County campus. By TANG LOR DN Staff Writer An unfair labor practice com- plaint has been filed against the Shasta Community College District alleging the district’s bargaining team has not been negotiating in good faith. The complaint, filed by the Shas- ta College Faculty Association, is the latest move in a so-far-failed series of attempts to call out the board of trustees and administration for its lack of communication with faculty. Though he has made numerous reports to the board of trustees expressing concerns about the lack of communication there has been no response or action to resolve the issue, association President Ken Nolte said. “We’ve gotten zero (response) from the board and the president,” Nolte said. “We’ve done more than See CAMPUS, page 5A Earlier this week, the California Chamber of Com- merce issued an analysis critical of the bills, AB1602 and SB900, saying they could endanger the state’s ail- ing general fund with costs ‘‘potentially exceeding $1 billion annually.’’ That assessment is far different from the report by the state’s nonpartisan Legislative Analyst’s Office, which found the exchange would be funded entirely by federal grants and fees it generates, until the federal funding’s sunset date in 2016. After that, health insurers would be assessed fees to continue the exchange under California’s bills, and it is reasonable to expect the costs ‘‘would be passed on to enrollees through premiums,’’ according to the report, which was obtained by The Associated Press. Schwarzenegger has expressed support for health care reforms but has yet to decide on the bills, spokes- woman Rachel Arrezola said Friday. If he signs the bills, California would become the first state to implement an oversight board for insur- ance exchange marketplaces following the passage of federal reforms earlier this year. Massachusetts imple- mented its exchange prior to reform. Nationally, more than 46 million Americans are uninsured, including more than 6.7 million Californi- ans, according to The Henry J. Kaiser Family Founda- tion. Exchanges are expected to create competitive mar- kets in health insurance that would drive down costs and help the self-employed, small businesses and the uninsured buy coverage at improved rates. Affordabili- ty is crucial to trimming the number of uninsured in the run-up to 2014, when federal law will require most See DEFICIT, page 5A Students learn about raw food diet for dogs By JULIE ZEEB DN Staff Writer Members of the Salis- bury High School Pet Pro- ject got a helping hand from Debbie Eaglebarger of Second Chance Pet Rescue Thursday when she taught them how to make homemade dog food. “It’s a lot healthier and nutritious and it doesn’t take a lot of time,” Eagle- barger said. “It’s just like people food. The more food has been processed the less nutrition it has.” The group, which has about a dozen students involved, has decided to volunteer at the Tehama County Animal Shelter on Walnut Street, said teacher Lynne Imel who is in charge of the project along with Hailey Ford. Eaglebarger shared a raw food diet recipe with students, asking them help her make it in the classroom so they would have an idea of what a pound of dog food looks like. Dogs on her raw food Raw Food Diet For Dogs 3 pounds ground beef, 1 zucchini, 1 peeled red potato, 2 raw eggs, 1 tomato, 1- 2 apples cored with no seeds, 2 carrots, 1/2 to 1 cup small broccoli floweret. diet should be fed a pound a day of the mixture for every 50 pounds of weight and the recipe should be cut down to half a pound a day if the dog is fed twice a day. “You can use left- overs,” Eaglebarger said. “Spinach, watermelon, lettuce or pears with no seeds. It’s kind of whatev- er you have in the fridge.” Raw meat such as hamburger or even chick- en, bones an all, can be used. Chicken bones, when cooked, snap more easily and can harm a dog. 7 5 8 5 5 1 6 9 0 0 1 9 See DIET, page 5A COMPUTER SKILLS CLASS Thurs., Sept. 30 9:30am-Noon Cost $ 49.00 per person Job Training Center 718 Main St., • 529-7000 to reserve your spot! BASIC Red Bluff Daily News Saturday delivery will be late due to the football coverage. We are sorry for any inconvenience this may cause you. D NEWSAILY RED BLUFF TEHAMACOUNTY October 4-8 Secret Shopping and Customer Service Bootcamp: Season IV - A Brand New Experience Bring this one hour training to your business by calling the Job Training Center at 529-7000 Daily News photo by Julie Zeeb Devyn, a student at Salisbury High School, chops vegetables Thursday for homemade dog food. Debbie Eaglebarger of Second Chance Pet Rescue taught students, from the Salisbury High School Pet Project, about making dog food for a raw food diet.