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FRIDAY OCTOBER 15, 2010 Breaking news at: All Talk Select TV www.redbluffdailynews.com See Inside RED BLUFF Clowning Around SPORTS 1B Weather forecast 10B Mostly sunny 86/53 By JULIE ZEEB DN Staff Writer Facing yet another road block to building a permanent shelter, which may jeopardize an almost $1 million grant, PATH is asking Tehama County residents for help. “The grant is for the purpose of purchasing land and building the facility, but it does not cover any- thing we have to do off site,” said 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 PATH poised to lose second $1M grant board President Allene Dering. For the last two years PATH has been working toward building a permanent shelter that would be year-round instead of the transi- tional one it operates in the winter, traveling from church to church. “The number of churches that can afford to support the shelter is getting smaller and smaller,” said board member Pam Klein. The cost of refurbishing an ‘If we are unsuccessful in finding these funds, PATH will have to turn the grant back in and most likely we will never be funded again...’ existing building is not much lower than building new, Dering Board President Allene Dering said. To build a permanent shelter Flores frustration PATH would either need to have a use permit from the city of Red Bluff or find property that is in an M-2 zone, she said. PATH lost its first $1 million grant after the city denied the group a use permit when it was trying to build on Montgomery Road, Dering said. Now the group has until Feb. 1, 2011 to come up See PATH, page 9A Hopefuls talk budget woes Editor’s note: This is the second of four weekly articles leading up to the Nov. 2 election fea- turing questions answered by Red Bluff City Council candidates. One of the biggest issues fac- ing the City Council is trying to fix a budget in the red. The city’s estimated shortfall for the 2010-2011 fiscal year jumped from $300,000 in March to $1.3 million in June, when the full council was made aware of the larger deficit and asked to start taking measures to balance the budget. November 2 About $800,000 was cut from departments, and another $500,000 was achieved through employee salary and benefit concessions. Yet four months into the fiscal year, the city has not final- ized its 2010-2011 budget. Candidates offer ways to balance the budget and keep it ELECTION in black. The city has a $1.3 million deficit. What are your plans for dealing with the budget shortfall and preventing further revenue decline? Larry Stevens: Resolving the budget deficit situation Daily News photo by Geoff Johnson Tehama County Public Works Program Supervisor Kevin Rosser explains the many routes considered for a long-delayed connection between Interstate 5 and Highway 99W. By GEOFF JOHNSON DN Staff Writer GERBER —After more than a decade and $700,000, a proposal to connect Highway 99W and Interstate 5 has suc- ceeded only in digging itself into opposition from local landowners. Sometimes referred to as the “Flores Road project,” the plan dates back to the first stirrings of a Walmart Distribu- tion Center outside Red Bluff. Wrestler mom waives hearing By GREG WELTER MediaNews Group ORLAND — A Red- ding woman accused of having sexual relations with an Orland High School stu- dent, and sending lewd material to another, waived her right to a preliminary hearing in Glenn County Superior Court Wednesday. Laura M. Gallegos, 38, told judge Peter B. Twede she understood the waiver meant the Glenn County District Attorney’s Office would not have to convince the court that a crime was committed in the county, and she is most likely the person who committed it. Gallegos turned herself in at the Glenn County Jail in mid-August when she learned an arrest warrant had been issued alleging 10 felony counts of lewd acts, including intercourse, with an Orland High wrestler who was 17 at the time. The warrant also alleged she sent lewd materials via text messages to a second boy, then 15, and also an Orland High wrestler. The older of the two alleged victims is now 18. An investigation by the Glenn County Sheriff’s Office alleges that Gallegos performed sex acts on the boy during a wrestling tour- nament in Bakersfield, and arranged to meet him for sexual contact in Red Bluff and Corning. Gallegos is reportedly a former teacher’s aide at a Redding school and the mother of a wrestler at an unidentified school. Crimes that allegedly took place in Tehama and Kern counties are being prosecuted in Glenn Coun- ty, a court official said. Gallegos is free on $110,000 bail and has hired Redding attorney Adam B. Ryan to represent her. Twede had a criminal 7 5 8 5 5 1 6 9 0 0 1 9 protective order issued to Gallegos Wednesday, warn- ing her to stay way from and have no contact with the two alleged victims. Officials planned to accommodate increased truck traffic from the distribution center on South Main Street and Gyle Road, the two connections between Highway 99W and I-5 closest to the center for big rigs. The county received a $2.2 million grant toward a shortcut between the two. But shifting federal and state policies, combined with local wetlands and vernal pools, bogged down the project in studies and absorbed hundreds of thousands of dollars. On Wednesday at a public meeting at the Public Works See FLORES, page 9A will take time. To solve it I would need a copy of a prelim- inary budget and a copy of the review and recommenda- tions of the Audit Committee. There should be no sacred cows. Line by line review and a true needs test of each city department with a priority list identified. The council has the responsibility to make sure the city is a safe place and protected from fire incidents. Streets, roads and sidewalks need to be in reasonable condition, and traffic needs to be controlled. Working with the chamber, Tehama Economic Develop- ment Corp. and getting a better sense of available property and vacant retail and commercial inventory. If the properties are owned by people who live out of town, then find out who is working with them to fill them and what incentives could be offered. We need to bring in more sales tax, jobs and things for people to do to improve the quality of life after the losses of so many things in Red Bluff over the last few years. Robert Schmid: The city of Red Bluff is faced with a See BUDGET, page 9A Orchard Fest gears up for Saturday By JULIE ZEEB DN Staff Writer The 13th annual Dairyville Orchard Festival will be held 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday at Lassen View Elementary School, 10818 Highway 99E. “For many months our Orchard Festival Commit- tee has been preparing to put on another fantastic fes- tival,” said Kathy Brandt, committee president. The event is a day to visit neighbors and help make the community great, she said. “All funds raised at the festival help our local stu- dents achieve their educa- tional goals,” Brandt said. “With funding from Orchard Festival, the Dairyville Community Club has now awarded over $100,000 in scholarships to our youth.” Festivities for the day kick off officially at 10 a.m. with Cub Scout Pack 154 carrying the flag and Lassen View Elementary student Samantha Winning singing the National Anthem. There will be an earlier event with the return of the fun run with the theme fun on a run in the country — a Courtesy photo Booths at the 12th annual Dairyville Orchard Festival. The 13th annual festival will be Saturday at Lassen View Elementary. 5K and a 10K run/walk starting at 9 a.m. The youth mile begins at 8:30 a.m. For more information on the fun run call 529- 9759 or visit dairyvillefes- tival.org. The festival has a vari- ety of items with about 60 vendors, including the Agricultural Commodities Store with a variety of local produce. There is an agri- See FEST, page 9A TEHAMA COUNTY GLASS for MOULE’S Fireplace Glass 515 Sycamore St. 529-0260 Daily News Saturday print delivery will be late due to football coverage …but now you can read the Saturday paper online after 8:00 am Saturday mornings www.redbluffdailynews.com Click on Digital Edition