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MONDAY OCTOBER 18, 2010 Breaking news at: Causes of Tennis Toe Vitality www.redbluffdailynews.com See Page 8A RED BLUFF Heading Home SPORTS 1B Mostly Sunny 83/55 Weather forecast 8B By GEOFF JOHNSON DN Staff Writer Tuesday’s Board of Supervi- sors meeting could be a con- tentious one as supervisors tackle at least three controver- sial issues. First, the board is scheduled to consider postponing a vote 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 Supes to take on impact fees, migrant camp on Development Impact Fees for at least six months. At 10:30 a.m. or later the board has scheduled a vote on a separate proposal on whether to bill future developers for air pollution caused by additional traffic. County documents indicate two supervisors have already pledged support for air fees at Tuesday’s meeting. At 10:45 a.m. or later, super- visors will weigh in on a pro- posed migrant camp that dead- locked the Planning Commis- sion. Delayed DIF Development Impact Fees, if implemented, will add a charge to future development to pay for expanding county services. Officials have repeatedly stated the fees would not improve or fix existing infrastructure, nor could they be used to pay for staff. Instead, the fees would be reserved for new infrastructure to match Tehama County growth. Harvesting votes Whitman drops in on Orchard Festival But Planning Director George Robson, who was han- dling the proposal, is expected to retire Nov. 2 and is using vacation time until then. Absent a planning director, the board is slated to vote on whether to set aside the DIF See SUPES, page 7A Corning manager rebuked again By JULIE ZEEB DN Staff Writer CORNING — Lack of commu- nication between the City Council and City Manager and lack of time have caused some problems. Council met in a closed session Tuesday to discuss disciplinary action against City Man- ager Steve Kim- brough in connec- tion with a tax that never made it onto the November bal- lot. ‘The issue is not whether I disobeyed them; the issue is my not communicating in time for them to “Disciplinary action is being pursued,” said Mayor Gary Strack. “The City Manager has to get back to the City Attorney and I imagine some documents will be drawn up (defining what action will be taken). We hope to have a special meeting the first of next week to get it done and get it all straightened out.” Mayoral candidate Dean Cofer, who was opposed to question my judgment that we would not be able to be ready for a November election’ City Manager Steve Kimbrough Daily News photo by Geoff Johnson Republican gubernatorial candidate Meg Whitman visited Lassen View Elementary during the Dairyville Orchard Festival on Saturday. By GEOFF JOHNSON DN Staff Writer DAIRYVILLE — Stepping off a tour bus emblazoned with the words “Jobs are on the way,” guber- natorial candidate Meg Whitman’s message was unmistakable Satur- day as she toured the Dairyville Orchard Festival. Accompanying Whitman were Assemblyman Jim Nielsen, R-Ger- ber, and candidate for State Senate Doug LaMalfa, R-Richvale, a reporter from the Los Angeles Times and an Associated Press pho- tographer. Whitman was greeted by men and women in Tea Party Patriots hats and T-shirts, Meg Whitman 2010 badges and local Republicans who had advance notice of her visit. Among the waiting were Whitman dines in Chico, Redding CHICO (AP) — Republican governor can- didate Meg Whitman con- tinued her culinary tour of California eateries Satur- day, taking shots at Democratic nominee Jerry Brown along the way. With last week’s third and final debate behind her and the election less than three weeks away, the billionaire former eBay chief executive is trying to rally Republi- cans to the polls and inde- pendents to her side with a bus tour through friend- ly areas of the state. She ordered broasted chicken and two kinds of pie for campaign aides at Chico’s Cozy Diner, a Bob’s Big Bear Burger at a Black Bear Diner in Redding, and bought peaches and grapes at a Dairyville farm stand in between. ‘‘More food for the bus,’’ she joked as she picked up a pound of chopped walnuts while greeting voters between displays of farm tractors and local produce at the Dairyville Orchard Festi- val. Her glad-handing hun- dreds of voters contrasted with Brown, who has been largely absent from the campaign trail but has two high-profile cam- paign events this week- end. He is appearing with former President Bill Clinton at rallies on Fri- day and Sunday. The two are virtually tied in the polls heading into the election, and try- ing to draw distinctions for undecided voters. Whitman criticized Brown’s comment Friday that every student, docu- mented or not, should have a chance to attend a state university. Brown pledged that one of the first bills he would sign 7 5 8 5 5 1 6 9 0 0 1 9 See DINES, page 7A Tehama County Supervisors Bob Williams and Ron Warner. Williams said he attended a speech Whitman gave in Chico ear- lier in the campaign and, impressed by her “business savvy,” had been a fan ever since. Navigating a sea of handshakes and posing for numerous photos, the former eBay CEO stopped long See VOTES, page 7A the fire dispatch tax when it was approved 3-1 at an April 27 meeting with Councilman Ross Turner voting no, brought up the matter of the tax not making the bal- lot during the Sept. 28 meeting. Turner and Councilman John Leach also voiced dis- pleasure at the Sept. 28 meeting that it had not been brought to the public. Kimbrough said there were several reasons the mea- sure did not make it to the ballot, but the main issue was time and it was lack of communication that caused problems with the council. “The issue is not whether I disobeyed them; the issue is my not communicating in time for them to question my judgment that we would not be able to be ready for a November election,” Kimbrough said. While the matter of the tax being on the ballot was not brought back to a public meeting, it was brought up See CORNING, page 7A Festival raises scholarship money By GEOFF JOHNSON DN Staff Writer DAIRYVILLE — No bells, no boots, no flyers, signatures or checks required. For 13 years the Dairyville Orchard Festi- val, held annually at Lassen View Elementary school, has raised funds and turned them into scholarships for Tehama County students. Many charitable causes rely on selfless solicitors. Festival volunteers may work just as hard, but their labors are hidden behind live music, tri-tip sand- wiches, dozens of craft booths and children’s games. The past 12 years their organization managed to garner $100,000, taking the proceeds from each festival and distributing them as $2,500 scholar- ships to Lassen View stu- dents ready to start college and former Tehama Coun- ty college juniors major- ing in agriculture. The scholarships may seem generous but they feed back into Dairyville’s Daily News photo by Geoff Johnson Steve Zane of Paynes Creek drives a 1949 VAO Case Saturday at Lassen View Elementary during the Dairyville Orchard Festival. agricultural economy, Secretary Becky Calkins said. Advances in farming technology mean a family upbringing in the practice may not be enough to take to the fields alone, Calkins said. 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