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MONDAY DECEMBER 6, 2010 Breaking news at: Humor Cart Lifts Spirits Vitality www.redbluffdailynews.com See Page 6B RED BLUFF Bulldogs Roll SPORTS 1B Mostly Cloudy 53/39 Weather forecast 6B 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 Red Bluff to seat new council By TANG LOR DN Staff Writer In its second to last meeting of the year, the Red Bluff City Council will be making some in-house changes. At Tuesday’s meeting, Mayor Jeff Moyer and Coun- cilman Jim Byrne will be replaced by new members who were chosen during the Nov. 2 election. Council members-elect Daniele Jackson and Rob Schmid will be sworn in. Councilman Wayne Brown will be reinstated. The new council will make appointments to seats that will open up at the end of the year on several advi- sory commissions and committees. Four people have applied for two open seats on the Planning Commission: Andrew Christ, Greg Latourell, Vern Raglin and Suren Patel. Christ and Latourell are the sitting commissioners. Raglin is a retired Red Bluff fire captain and Patel is a hotel manager. On the Parks and Recreation Commission, seats for commissioners representing schools will be opening up. Rochelle Sousa, the Red Bluff Elementary School District representative, is seeking reappointment. Pat Phillips has applied as the Red Bluff Union High School District representative. Dulce Herendira from See COUNCIL, page 3A Man gets 3 years, 8 months in shooting incident A man shot by police after he pointed his gun at an officer was sentenced in Tehama County Superi- or Court Wednesday. David Keith Weinkauf was sentenced to three years, eight months in state prison for two counts of assault on peace offi- cer/firefighter with semi- automatic firearm and two counts of possession of a deadly weapon, according to the Tehama County District Attorney’s Office. The Los Molinos man, who was 42 years old at the time of the incident in May 2009, was confront- ed by Red Bluff police officers at the Duncan Road residence of his estranged girlfriend after she reported he was on his way to the residence and was threatening to harm himself. Officers determined Weinkauf was a former Tehama County Animal Control officer, who in the past had expressed suici- dal desires. Armed with a semi-automatic handgun, Weinkauf was repeatedly instructed to “put the gun down” by the officers. Weinkauf had the handgun turned on him- See MAN, page 3A Daily News photo by Mary Hurton The Corning Rockettes dance down Solano Street at the Corning Christmas Parade Saturday. By MARY HURTON DN Correspondent CORNING — Forecasts pre- dicting rain showers did nothing to deter people from filling the sidewalks along the better part of Solano Street for Corning’s Christmas Parade Saturday. Hints of the day’s earlier events that made up Corning’s Hometown Christmas lingered as vendors still sat behind tables offering crafts, local products, mistletoe and hot chocolate. Parade-goers rose to their feet as a Corning Police car and a color guard by the Boy Scouts led the procession through down- town Corning. The Corning Rockettes were easily a crowd favorite as they danced their way past the judges’ stand to Christmas tunes. Miss Corning and Miss Tehama Coun- ty royalty waved from atop their Parade Results See Page 3A float, followed by Assemblyman Jim Nielsen and 2010 Corning Senior of the Year Bud Gott. Shad Hiller, 8, watched the parade with family and friends. “Out of everything, I liked the tractors most,” Hiller said. NorCal Antique Tractor Club participated by entering three of their tractors in the parade. For Shirley James and her daughter Sierra, the best entries were the horses. “It was our first time (watch- ing the parade),” James said. “It was great. We really enjoyed it.” Three different 4-H club floats, Corning Girl Scouts Troop 70298 and the Corning High Christmas tea set for Tuesday What do Red Bluff mothers have in common with famous women from the Bible? Author and speaker Cynthia Culp Allen will reveal the connection between these two groups of ladies at a Christmas Tea scheduled for 9-11 a.m. Tuesday, Dec. 7, at North Valley Baptist Church in Red Bluff. The tea is sponsored by MOMS — Making Our Mothering Signifi- cant — and all mothers of children school-aged and younger are invited. “We would love to have young mothers come sip tea with us and enjoy Christmas treats while they interact with Cynthia Allen’s dramat- ic presentation,” said Allison Cardoza, MOMS coordinator. “She dons colorful veils and acts out each Bible lady she’s portraying, so it’s humorous and fun. Our goal at this event is to allow moms to relax with other moms while their children are cared for, and discuss the meaning of the Christ- mas season.” MOMS, which meets Courtesy photo Hilary McCaw, William Powell and Minda Powell enjoy chatting together at MOMS (Making Our Mothering Significant) which meets at North Valley Baptist Church. 9-11 a.m. the first and third Tuesdays of each month caters to young moms by providing free childcare, refreshments and a guest speaker who addresses topics impor- tant to mothers. This year’s theme, “The Ultimate Lifetime Adventure,” has centered around the basics of mothering: Cooking for a crew, training children, managing mommy stress and leaving a legacy of 7 5 8 5 5 1 6 9 0 0 1 9 letters for children. “We are wrapping up our fall program, but our spring schedule will begin Jan. 4 with goal- setting and learning organizational skills for the New Year,” Cardoza said. “We will also be covering gardening, finance management and discovering your com- munication language. We always throw in a craft and a park day, too. It’s a lot of fun and the moms really seem to enjoy it.” North Valley Baptist Church is at 345 David Ave. Call the office at 527-0543 for more infor- mation. Have a news tip? Call 527-2151, Ext. 112 School Band all drew applause. Corning Olive Oil and a number of other local business entries made certain there were plenty of things to look at before the Corn- ing Fire Department truck fin- ished things off with lights and sirens. After the announcer closed by wishing everyone a safe and happy holiday season, crowds walked down the street to the Corning Veterans Memorial building, where kids formed a line to await their turn to get a picture with Santa. “It’s really cool that we got to see Santa in the parade and now we get to see him here,” said Haley Reeder, 10. Miss Corning 2010 Ann Trevi- no and Little Miss Christmas 2009 Angelina Massey helped Santa by making sure each child left with a small gift. Schwarzenegger to propose ’ugly cuts’ for Calif. SACRAMENTO (AP) — Californians can expect a relatively simple but painful solution when Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger unveils his plan Monday for closing a $6 billion deficit as he makes one final attempt to balance the state budget before leaving office: spending cuts. That will be different than when he signed a bud- get in October after the longest impasse in state his- tory, a plan that was criti- cized even before Schwarzenegger signed it for being unrealistic and out of balance. ‘‘You can expect ugly Schwarzenegger cuts,’’ spokesman Aaron McLear said. ‘‘There’s not a whole lot of ways you can go about it at this point. We have a set amount of money, less than we thought we were going to have, so we can’t spend the money we don’t have.’’ Don’t expect Democrat- ic lawmakers who control both houses of the Legisla- ture to simply go along with whatever austerity program the outgoing Republican governor proposes. Throughout the year, they have rejected his most dras- tic proposals, including the elimination of CalWORKS, which provides cash and work assistance to more than 300,000 adults and more than 1 million chil- dren from needy families. Democratic leaders have written a letter in support of a lawsuit filed by advocates to undo Schwarzenegger’s veto of $133 million in mental health services for special needs students. They also said they would like to restore child care subsidies for former welfare parents that the governor cut, saving $256 million. ‘‘We will be open and look at what Governor Schwarzenegger proposes, but I’m going to be looking to see whether or not the approach he suggests is comprehensive,’’ said Sen- See CUTS, page 3A Business Connections LIVE SCAN FINGERPRINTING With results electronically sent to DOJ & FBI Appointments and/or walk-ins. 332 Pine St., Red Bluff 527-6229 Since 1979 Corning’s best on parade