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WEDNESDAY JANUARY 19, 2011 Breaking news at: Crab for a Cause Commerce www.redbluffdailynews.com See Page RED BLUFF Athletes of the Week SPORTS 1B Sunny 63/40 Weather forecast 8B By TANG LOR DN Staff Writer A man found in contempt of court for not cleaning allegedly hazardous materials from an illegal dumping site has been given 120 days to comply or face jail time. Bert Endicott of Endicott Trucking Inc., in Corning, will have until May 17 to clean up a site on Mendenhall Road or 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 Contempt ruled in debris dumping case serve five days in Tehama County Jail for being in con- tempt of the court, Judge Richard Scheuler ruled Tues- day. In 2007, the trucking compa- ny was a subcontractor in the US Bank demolition. The debris from the demolition was buried on private property on Minch Road instead of being properly disposed of in the county landfill, said Tehama County Air Pollution Controller Alan Abbs. Following an investigation by the county, the Minch Road site was cleaned. But instead of taking the material to the land- fill, some of it was moved to another property on Menden- hall Road, Abbs said. In April 2010, the county and Endicott reached an agree- ment and a preliminary injunc- tion was issued by the court for Car hits bike Endicott to clean the Menden- hall Road site. That cleanup has not been performed, and the county, in turn, sought an order of con- tempt against Endicott. What was supposed to be a miniscule cleanup, in regards to cost, has gone this far because Endicott obviously did not put a priority on cleaning it up, Scheuler said. He found Endicott in con- tempt of the court beyond a rea- sonable doubt. “A contract is a contract, especially when it’s court ordered. Then, it’s an even big- ger deal,” Scheuler said in regard to the preliminary injunction, adding he had no intention of changing the agree- ment. But he did offer Endicott a See DEBRIS, page 7A State cuts could cost fairgoers By JULIE ZEEB DN Staff Writer Governor Jerry Brown’s proposed budget cuts caused Tehama District Fairboard Directors to discuss the possibility of adding a second gate fee to two events at the fair at Tuesday’s meeting. “We’re look at the second gate fee because of the governor’s proposed cuts, but it wouldn’t be more than $10 at either event,” said Fair CEO Mark Eidman. “We have enough state money to get through 2011. If we See CUTS, page 7A Victims program gets grant boost By ANDREA WAGNER DN Staff Writer A recently-accepted federal grant will bolster outreach programs to sup- port witnesses and vic- tims of crime in Tehama County. Daily News photo by Tang Lor Emergency personnel prepare to transport a bicyclist, who was involved in a collision on Main Street Tuesday, to the hospital. A man biking across Main Street was hit by a car around noon Tuesday. The driver, Shirley Powell, 74, of Red Bluff was southbound in the slow lane closest to the sidewalk. There was an Amtrak bus in the No. 1 lane making a left hand turn onto Ash Street, she said. “The Amtrak bus had just turned left, and he must have darted out after the bus turned,” Powell said. “I hit the brakes as soon as I saw him.” she said. She clipped the back of the bike, Donnie Busby, 51, of Red Bluff was taken to St. Elizabeth Commu- nity Hospital. He suffered lacera- tions and complained of pain to the wrist and other unknown areas of the body, Red Bluff Police Sgt. Dan Flowerdew said. A pool of blood, from a cut on Busby’s head, stained the road where the victim laid next to his Berkeley taxpayers may pay for sex-change surgery BERKELEY (AP) — A proposal that would cover the cost of sex- change operations for city employees in Berkeley is set for a City Council vote Tuesday night. Berkeley health insur- ance providers Kaiser Permanente and Health Net don’t pay for gender- reassignment surgery under the city’s current health plans. The City Council proposal would set aside an annual $20,000 fund for the pro- cedure for city employ- ees. The benefit would allow employees to col- lect the money before the sex-change operation, which can cost up to $50,000. The money would be distributed on a first-come, first-serve basis each year. To receive a payout from the fund, employees would have to have lived as the opposite sex for at least one year and under- gone hormone therapy. They also would have to have worked for the city at least a year. City Councilman Dar- ryl Moore first proposed the idea in 2007. ‘‘We offer all kinds of benefits to our employ- ees,’’ Moore told the San Francisco Chronicle. ‘‘This brings our benefits in line with what’s just and fair for the transgen- der community.’’ At least a few of the city’s 1,500 employees have asked about the surgery, Moore said. Berkeley would not be the country’s first city to cover sex changes for employees. San Francisco began offering a $50,000-per- See SEX, page 7A 7 5 8 5 5 1 6 9 0 0 1 9 Red Bluff Outdoor Power bike while being attended to by emergency personnel. Busby was riding his bike through the crosswalk when the collision occurred, Flowerdew said. An investigation will be done to determine who is at fault, but riding a bicycle in a crosswalk is illegal. Bicyclists are supposed to get off their bikes and walk them across as pedestrians when using a cross- walk. State Theatre group names new board Special to the DN At a meeting of the Board of Directors of the State Theatre for the Arts (STFTA) held Jan. 13, a new board was seated. Officers are Bill Cor- nelius, president, J. B. Stacy, 1st vice president, Bob Douglas, 2nd vice president, Jean Moran, treasurer, and Karen Roy Crockett, secretary. Additional board members are Joan Allen, Christy Forward, Joe Vine, Linda Bullock, Ken Brown, Amanda Wigno, Leah Gott and Fran Galentine. The mission of STFTA is to develop the historic State Theatre as a vibrant community center for innovative cultural arts program- ming and popular events that foster the cultural enrichment and econom- ic sustainability of his- toric downtown Red Bluff. QuickBooks Class Six Wednesdays (1-26-11 to 3-2-11) Time: 5:15 pm to 7:15 pm Cost: $99.00 per person Job Training Center, 718 Main St., Red Bluff Call 529-7000 The grant, worth $63,981, was accepted at the Tehama County Board of Supervisors meeting Jan. 11 and will pay the salary of an advocate through September at the District Attorney’s Vic- tim/Witness Center. Although the center already has a successful victim witness program, it will now have the means to reach populations in the county that didn’t have good access to the pro- gram before, said Jean Moran, the Victim/Wit- ness coordinator. The underserved popu- lations include those who speak Spanish and people in places such as Corning, Moran said. With the funding, the program can now hire a full-time advo- cate that she hopes will be bi-lingual, and increase the part-time advocate’s hours to full-time. There also will be time allotted at the Corning court- house. The grant is funded through federal dollars in the Underserved Victim Advocacy & Outreach Program and is adminis- tered through the Califor- nia Emergency Manage- ment Agency. As part of the grant contingencies, the District Attorney’s office will have to match 20 percent of the federal fund. The Board of Supervisors approved the shifting of discretionary funds in the amount of $15,995, according to grant docu- ments on file with the county. See GRANT, page 7A Courtesy photo Picture, from left, are Jean Moran,Ken Brown, Joan Allen, Bill Cornelius, Joe Vine, Karen Crockett, Leah Gott, Amanda Wigno, Christy Forward, Fran Galentine, Bob Douglas and Linda Bullock. Not shown: J. B. Stacy. PHYSICIAN REFERRAL A FREE SERVICE PROVIDED FOR YOUR CONVENIENCE 1-800-990-9971 CHW North State Region