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FRIDAY Vazques Lauded DECEMBER 27, 2013 Athlete of the Year Education Breaking news at: www.redbluffdailynews.com See Page 2B SPORTS 1B DAILY NEWS RED BLUFF Mostly sunny 63/37 Weather forecast 10A TEHAMA COUNTY DAILY 50¢ T H E V O I C E O F T E H A M A C O U NTY S I N C E 1 8 8 5 Supervisors to mull salary measure, seek input By RICH GREENE DN Staff Writer The Tehama County Board of Supervisors will hold a public workshop Jan. 7 to discuss a potential ballot measure that would adjust the compensation package of future supervisors. The workshop came about after the 2013 Grand Jury recommended that supervisor salaries be examined having found the elected position is notably underpaid in Tehama County. The Grand Jury found that Tehama County supervisors are paid a third less than their counterparts in other like-sized counties. Supervisors in Tehama receive a salary of $1,045 per month, a $500 automobile allowance, $100 for remote communications and eligibility into the county's medical, dental, life and vision plans. The county contributes $45 per month to the deferred compensation account for each supervisor and pays the employee's share of contributions to the retirement system. Salaries have not changed in Tehama since 1989. In 2008 55.62 percent of voters turned down a ballot measure that would have allowed the Tehama Grand Jury to set compensation packages. In its report the 2013 Grand Jury said the low salaries could potentially keep away the best qualified candidates for the positions. In the county's response to the Grand Jury Chief Adminis- Rock in the new year trator Bill Goodwin said, while agreed the salary could pose as a deterrent, he disagreed with the counties Tehama was compared to. Goodwin recommended that compensation be compared to salaries in Butte, Shasta, Glenn, Yuba, Lake and Siskiyou. Tehama County uses those See SALARY, page 9A Paradise burglar uses his head MediaNews Group report A 38-year-old man used his head during a reported burglary in Paradise Tuesday and ended up injured and in custody. City Shoes, on Skyway in Paradise, was burglarized for the fourth time this year — this time on Christmas Eve at about 7 p.m. James Williams, 38, was arrested for allegedly burglarizing City Shoes, deterring police officers with threat of violence or violence and violating the terms of his AB109 release, according to the Paradise Police log. City Shoes has been in business for 10 years and in See HEAD, page 9A Woman attacked during Christmas visit Daily News file photo Staff report Antsy McClain and The TrailerPark Troubadours will rock in 2014 at the State Theatre starting at 8 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 31. The show promises an evening of revelry, music, hope, humor, contemplation, sentiment, melancholy, melody, chorus and verse. Sometimes simultaneously, always sincerely, and never boring. The show will be G rated and all ages are welcome to this multi media sensory extravaganza and musical comedy show. McClain's music has been described as folkabilly with a country-rock flavor, but you have to see a live show to really understand it. Doors will open by 7:30 p.m. and the show starts at 8 p.m. Refreshments such as popcorn, candy, soda, beer, wine and water will be available throughout the evening. Red Bluff's own Stacie Stone, now living in Nashville, will open the show with a few songs, friends and hometown banter. McClain and his talented TrailerPark Troubadours start about 9 p.m. and the show will go until midnight, when Antsy will likely sing the most tender original version of Auld Lang Syne you have ever heard. If you enjoy dancing, wear your dancing shoes. This will be Antsy's twelfth trip to perform in Red Bluff in the last nine years, and he wants to make See ROCK, page 9A A 34-year-old woman called 911 around 3:15 p.m. Wednesday claiming she had been attacked by her husband at a home in Orland. The woman managed to escape and ran to a neighbor's home to call for help, according to a press release issued Thursday by the Glenn County Sheriff's Office. When deputies arrived the woman said she no longer lived with her husband, 35-year-old Russell Gunn, the release said. The deputies noticed fresh red marks on the woman's neck and chest. The woman said she stopped by the home to drop off some food and Gunn asked her to come inside and talk, which she did. At one point Gunn became angry and jumped on top of the woman, she told deputies. Gunn allegedly used both hands to strangle the woman, she told deputies, releasing her and then strangling her again repeatedly and telling her someone had to die. The woman said she thought she would die and begged for her life. At that point the woman managed to escape and ran screaming to the neighbor's home, she told deputies. She refused to allow medical personnel to evaluate her. Gunn was contacted at his home and was taken See WOMAN, page 9A Calif. schools prepare for No injuries in Christmas Day crash on Luther transgender rights law SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — With a law that spells out the rights of transgender students in grades K-12 set to take effect in California, school districts are reviewing locker room layouts, scheduling sensitivity training for coaches, assessing who will sleep where during overnight field trips and reconsidering senior portrait dress codes. But administrators, counselors, teachers and school board members also are watching and waiting. The law, the nation's first requiring public schools to let children use sex-segregated facilities and participate in the gender-specific activities of their choice, could end up suspended within days of its Jan. 1 launch if a referendum to repeal it qualifies for the November ballot. To obtain a public vote on the law, passed by the legislature and signed by Gov. Jerry Brown, a coalition of conservative groups called Privacy for All Students has collected hundreds of thousands of signatures. Counties have until Jan. 8 to verify them through random spot-checking. Depending on how many are found to be valid, the secretary of state will approve the referendum, determine that it failed or order a review of every signature. ''We don't know what's going to happen when kids come back from their holiday vacation,'' said Republican state Sen. Steve Knight, who voted against the law. ''Are there going to be 15-year-old girls talking in the bathroom and in walks a boy? What are they going to do? Scream? Run out?'' The California School Boards Association is acting on the assumption that the law will stand and that, even if it does not, existing state and federal anti-discrimination laws, as well as Courtesy photo by Ross Palubeski Red Bluff Fire and a St. Elizabeth ambulance were dispatched to a traffic collision around 4:30 p.m. Wednesday at Luther Road near South Main Street. The first unit at scene reported a Corvette off the roadway with no injuries. Nothing further was available. The Daily News office will CLOSE AT NOON Tuesday, Dec. 24 & Tuesday, Dec. 31 CLOSED: Christmas Day, Wednesday, Dec. 25 CLOSED: New Years Day, Wednesday, Jan. 1 Retail advertising deadline for these editions is Monday, 10AM Classified deadline Tuesday, 11AM DAILY NEWS RED BLUFF TEHAMA COUNTY 527-2151 • FAX 527-3719 7 5 8 5 5 1 6 9 0 0 1 9 See LAW, page 7A 545 DIAMOND AVE., RED BLUFF Are you or someone you know out of work due to a layoff or business closure? 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