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TUESDAY OCTOBER 19, 2010 Breaking news at: www.redbluffdailynews.com Return of the camel See Inside American Profile RED BLUFF ALCS Game 3 Sports 1B Weather forecast 10B Sunny 88/47 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 Corning candidates on budget deficit The following is week two of responses by Corning Council Candidates — the six running for two empty council seats and two running for mayor — listed alpha- betically by the two groups. Candidates were responding to the prompt: The city still has not finalized a budget and faced a nearly $1.1 million deficit at one point. What are your plans for dealing with the budget shortfall and preventing further revenue decline? Council candidates Gena Bowen City employees should begin paying for their portion of PERS. The City Manager and Chief of Police stated they could perform their jobs in 20 hours per week. I believe they should go to part-time status with the city paying their Medicare, FICA and Workers Compensation contributions. They can continue to pay for their med- ical plan at their own cost. They will be eligible to collect their pen- sions and Medicare when eligible. I do not support a three-year con- tract with six months of severance pay if terminated. Any special treatment will set a precedent that the city cannot afford. Darlene Dickison I would accept the proposal from the City Manager and Police Chief to go part-time, which would save the city almost $200,000. I would take the budget line item by line item to see where it could be reduced. City staff has already proposed a bare bones budget, but with limited funds there may be places we could still cut. I don’t believe city employees should pay the employee portion of the PERS as the city picked that up years ago in lieu of an employ- ee raise. To require them to pay it now would be like taking the raise away. The employees already agreed to furloughs equal to a 10 percent reduction in pay. We have to think of both the employees and their families and the citizens of Corning. We have to look at the proposed revenues to see if anything was overlooked. We need to bring new business into Corning, but should also protect the businesses we already have. Jesse Lopez The first move would be to accept the part-time employment of the City Manager and Police Chief. Combining service with other municipalities where we can would also be something worth looking into. Not necessarily as a perma- nent action, but more so to get through these tough times. We can reevaluate this later on once there is a turn around and the need for a person full-time at a position is warranted. Also if there is any excess equipment that is not being used and the city can do without, we should investigate selling it off. Looking to the future I think we should be reworking compensation pack- ages/policies for any new employ- ees that are hired and adjust them to levels based on where the city is Training blaze now, not where it was. We need to learn from the issues at present so we are prepared for the future. Melodie Pois- son November 2 ELECTION Candidates agree to meet the budget shortfall we must do three things. First, accept the half- time proposals offered by our Police Chief and our City Manag- er, saving $200,000. Sec- ondly, continue the furlough plan the staff has been implementing, saving 10 percent in salaries. See BUDGET, page 9A 2 brothers, 2 wounds, 2 stories By JULIE ZEEB DN Staff Writer A pair of brothers, who were being treated for stab wounds at the same time Saturday evening at two dif- ferent hospitals, have two separate stories about what brought them there. William Russell Muck, 24, told Tehama County Sheriff deputies he had been at an unknown location on Hooker Creek Road when he and his brother, 24 year- old James Christopher Muck of Carmichael, got into a heated argument, according to a department press release. After being treated at St. Elizabeth’s William told deputies the argument led to a fight dur- ing which James, armed with a folding blade pocket knife, began stabbing him. William told deputies he was able to get the knife away from his brother and ended up stabbing James in self defense after his brother continued the assault. James tells an entirely Daily News photo by Julie Zeeb A house at 15 Wiltsey, directly behind Bud’s Jolly Kone, burns to the ground Monday as part of a CalFire training. By JULIE ZEEB DN Staff Writer One final blaze was set at 15 Wiltsey. An hour later there was nothing but a pile of burning rubble left. The previously unin- habitable structure directly behind Bud’s Jolly Kone was used for a CalFire and Red Bluff Fire training exercise, Monday. Several small- er fires were lit before the final burn took place around 3 p.m. “Hopefully they’ll learn something from this,” said Bob Carrell, owner of the building being used. Carrell and his fami- ly have owned Bud’s Jolly Kone since 1967 and the house behind it since 1992. The main part of the house was built in 1910, he said. After the rubble is removed, Carrell plans to put in a parking lot as well as a public rest room and is even con- sidering putting up a kiosk with information on activities available in town, he said. “We got the idea from the Roger Brooks at the branding event,” Carrell said. Realizing that the building had to come down because it was uninhabitable, Carrel contacted CalFire about using it for training. While the primary instructors were from Butte County CalFire, there were several of those attending Mon- day’s training from the Tehama-Glenn Unit who are working toward becoming instructors themselves, said Battal- ion Chief Dave Russell. “Some of (the fire- GET WORK! Professional & Confidential Resumes Composed Since 1979 Business Connections Located in the Pine Street Plaza 332 Pine Street, Red Bluff 7 5 8 5 5 1 6 9 0 0 1 9 527-6229 fighters) really only get to see live fire during a real incident,” Russell said. Monday’s training allowed them to not only practice fighting fires in a safer environ- ment, but was a chance to teach them tactics that reduce damage done to a house when ventilating it, which saves money for the home owner, he said. “The big thing is watching fire behavior,” Russell said. Firefighters were able to observe what happens as smoke levels drop in a fire and received training using thermal imaging cam- eras, he said. “It’s a controlled environment that gives them more training in a real scenario and even for those who haven’t been on a fire in a while it gives them practice,” said CalFire Public Information Officer Kevin Colburn. The chance to do a live burn as part of a training isn’t something that happens often, Rus- sell said. The last one was about seven years ago. There are certain steps that must be taken with any building before CalFire will use it for training, CalFire Capt. Matt Chamblin said. First, CalFire will take a look and say yes or no, but there has to be training value and it can’t be too dilapidated COMPLETE AUTO REPAIR Smog Inspection $ 2595 + cert. (MOST CARS & PICK-UPS) Pass or FREE retest 195 S. Main St. Red Bluff 530 527-9841 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 or need major recon- struction, Chamblin said. CalFire does not perform trainings using mobile homes, he said. Also, the owner has to pay for a demolition permit, asbestos report and the removal of items such as carpeting and insulation before the training burn, Chamblin said. The homeowner also has to clean up what is left, he said. Anyone interested in seeing if a building they own would be a good candidate can call 528- 5199. different story, one that doesn’t even involve his brother. Before deputies had been contacted about William being admitted to St. Eliza- beth’s Hospital, they were en route to obtain a statement from James, who had been checked into the Shasta Regional Hospital in Red- ding, with a stab wound of his own. 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