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THURSDAY DECEMBER 23, 2010 Breaking news at: MFA Exhibit CSU Chico Pastimes www.redbluffdailynews.com See Page 6A RED BLUFF Hope remains SPORTS 1B Mostly sunny 53/42 Weather forecast 8B By JULIE ZEEB DN Staff Writer Three more suspects, all involved in collisions, have been arrested as a part of the Tehama County Avoid the Five Anti-DUI Winter Holiday Campaign. 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 3 arrested on DUI after separate collisions The recent arrests bring the total to 11 since the campaign started Friday, Dec. 17 — the same number arrested during the same period in the 2009 cam- paign. Randall Scott Yoder, 21, of Red Bluff was arrested by the Cal- ifornia Highway Patrol on suspi- cion of driving under the influence following a collision at 9:15 a.m. Tuesday on Red Bank Road, south of Carey Lane. Yoder was driving south on Red Bank Road at a stated speed of 55 mph when due to his intoxi- cated state he failed to negotiate a curve, allowing his vehicle to drift off the west side of roadway and onto dirt shoulder. Yoder overcorrected, veering back across road and through a wire pasture fence before continu- ing across the pasture and into a Traffic feud renewed metal gate, which caused the vehi- cle to roll over onto its left side. Yoder was uninjured, but the vehicle received major damage. Red Bluff Police made two arrests following collisions Melissa Daley, 36, of Red See DUI, page 3A She thinks my tractor’s smoggy By ANDREA WAGNER DN Staff Writer As part of a state air pollution control grant, the Tehama County Board of Supervisors approved an agreement Tuesday that would help a sixth local farmer replace an older, less efficient tractor. Brentwood Farms, of Orland, is the latest county farm to benefit from the program. The grant will reimburse $27,640 to the dairy farm for a portion of the cost of a John Deere Model 5095M diesel engine tractor that will replace an older model already in use. The Tehama County Air Pollution Control Dis- trict has been soliciting applications from county farmers to replace tractors through the Carl Moyer Air Quality Attainment Standards. Since early October, the district has granted the replacement of five other tractors and applications are being processed for at least two others, said Alan Abbs, the director of the Air Pollution Control District. The owner of Brentwood Farms, Robert Bigna- mi, has been in business since 1971. His tractor that will be replaced is a 1989 model that is used for hauling and miscellaneous duties around the dairy farm. “It’s not too sexy,” Bignami said. “It’s just one of those things the government is doing to try to reduce emissions.” The tractor’s usage on the farm won’t change, Daily News file photo The Red Bluff Police Department provides traffic control outside the Tehama District Fairground during the West Coast Monster Truck Nationals during the first weekend of October. By TANG LOR DN Staff Writer The debate over paying for traffic control is taking a U-turn back to the Red Bluff’s Budget Committee after the City Council faced a relentless roadblock from those most effected by a proposal to charge for-profit events. The issue of how to recoup police overtime costs resulting from provid- ing traffic control outside the fair- grounds during special events came back to council Tuesday upon Mayor Pro Tem Forrest Flynn’s request. He wanted the council to reconsider the Budget Committee’s original proposal that was presented and rejected in July. The proposal would require for- profit event organizers to pay 50 per- cent of traffic control while the city continued to work with organizers on finding a solution. Flynn realized he was opening a can of worms when he asked for the topic to be brought back, but it is something that needs to be addressed, he said. The council should either pass the policy or drop it all together. The Tehama District Fairboard and those opposed to the proposal have long argued that the revenue generated through transient occupancy tax dur- ing special events should be more than Season shines on enough to pay for the impact of those events. Fair CEO Mark Eidman took issue with Flynn saying events are being subsidized by residents if organizers do not take on the costs. Eidman provided the council with a report from the state Department of Food and Agriculture that showed events at the fairgrounds brought in about $119,000 in tax revenues. “We’re paying our own way,” Eid- man said. “No one is subsidizing us.” Bill Moule, representing the Local Government Services Committee of the Red Bluff-Tehama County Cham- See FEUD, page 3A but the amount of pollution put out from the equip- ment will, Bignami said. The county, through this program, estimates a rate of $6,000 per ton of emissions removed, while the state allows rates up to $16,000 per ton of emis- sions removed, Abbs said. The local district has been able to decrease costs through granting trac- tors based on higher efficiency judgments. Awards of funds is based on the age and usage of the tractors, Abbs said. Specialists look at the num- bers of hours the farmer uses the tractor, the speci- fications of the new tractor and the age of the trac- tor to be replaced. All are considered to decide if a project is cost effective before it goes before the supervisors for approval. There are more applicants than the agency can afford to fund, but the older and more useful a trac- tor is, the more likely it will be approved, Abbs said. The county will grant up to $35,000 per trac- tor replaced. Newer, more efficient engines produce less smog. ——— Andrea Wagner can be reached at 527-2153, extension 114 or awagner@redbluffdailynews.com. Assessor steps down after 33 years By ANDREA WAGNER DN Staff Writer In 1977, Jimmy Carter Most of the homes in the Sun River neighborhood, at the north end of Trinity Avenue in Red Bluff, are elaborately decorated. The following address- es are for homes in Tehama County decorated for the Christmas season. All are Red Bluff address- es unless otherwise noted. 1645 Hill St. 310 Michael Drive Trinity Avenue 20776 Highland Court 1709 El Cerrito Drive 1322 Washington St. 12121 Craig Ave. 2125 Walbridge St. 1225, 1229 Aloha Court Road 115, 125, 135 Gilmore 14790 Hilltop Drive 19475 Live Oak Road 783 Del Ave. 325 Homestead Drive 13535 Evelyn St. 2505 Cimarron Drive 73 Rio Vista Lane, Snug Harbor Trailer Park 8470 Sherwood Blvd., Los Molinos Treasure Drive in the Forward Addition Sun River neighbor- hood (pictured) If you would like to submit your address, please send an email to clerk@redbluffdai- lynews.com or call 527- 2151. 7 5 8 5 5 1 6 9 0 0 1 9 Red Bluff Outdoor Power was sworn in as U.S. presi- dent, the average cost of a new house in the U.S. was $49,300, and Tehama County Assessor Mark Colombo was hired as a junior appraiser in Red Bluff. After 33 years in the same office, Colombo is retiring. He’s climbed the ranks and won elections to make it to his seat as Tehama County Assessor. Next week, his friend and co-worker, Assessor-elect Dale Stroud, will be taking Colombo’s place. Born in San Francisco, Colombo attended San Francisco State University and served in Vietnam as an infantry sergeant before moving to Tehama County. Elected to the seat of Tehama County Assessor in 2002, he was re-elected in 2006. Although Colombo said it will be “weird” to leave the office and people he’s known for more than three decades, he is prepared. “Truly you know when The older you get, the more emotional you get, he said, as he shed a few tears while thinking back. CeeAnn Coombs, draftsperson, was hired a year after Colombo. “I’m going to miss him a Daily News photo by Andrea Wagner Mark Colombo, retiring from his post as Tehama County Assessor, celebrated with Assessor-Elect Dale Stroud, other co- workers and friends Wednesday. you’re ready,” he said. “I’m ready.” During his career, Colombo has seen the assessor’s office shrink from 14 appraisers to seven and transition to computers. For the past eight years in particular, he has watched values drop on thousands of properties in the county, and struggled to assess them accurately. lot,” Coombs said. “He’s a gentle soul, and a really good person to work for.” Calling himself “an emotional Italian guy,” Colombo didn’t plan on any fanfare or carrying-on for his retirement. His mother worked 43 years with a phone company and upon retirement took a box of her things and left quietly, he said. Instead of being present- ed with a plaque at the See 33, page 3A The Daily News office will close at noon Thursday, Dec. 23 & CLOSED Christmas Eve, Friday, Dec. 24 New Years Eve, Friday, Dec. 31 Retail advertising deadline for these edi- tions is Tuesday, 10AM D NEWSAILY RED BLUFF TEHAMACOUNTY 527-2151 • FAX 527-3719 545 DIAMOND AVE., RED BLUFF Classified deadline Thursday, 10AM