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MONDAY FEBRUARY 7, 2011 Breaking news at: Anti-Aging Creams Vitality www.redbluffdailynews.com See Page 5A RED BLUFF Super Sunday SPORTS 1B Sunny 72/39 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 Smiles all around By ANDREA WAGNER DN Staff Writer About 100 children received free dental exams and treatments Sat- urday at the 6th Annual Give Kids a Smile Dental Health Day at the State Theatre and the Northern Valley Indian Health Clinic. Tehama County Health Services brought together a collaborative effort of social service agencies where some 60 volun- teers, including 12 to 15 local dental professionals, gave free dental care to children who don’t have health care benefits. Between 9 a.m. and 1 p.m., parents could sign up children, up to 19 years old, who have no health insurance. Targeting the children 5 years old and younger, volunteers attended to siblings and pregnant mothers, said Mary Jacobson, health educator and health partnership coordinator for the Health Services Agency. Volunteer profession- als, set up inside the clin- ic and the First 5 Mobile Dental Unit in the parking lot, performed examina- tions, cleanings and a variety of other services. Preventative care, such as cleanings, X-rays and fluoride varnishes, and restorative treatments, such as root canals and extractions, were given based on need. Follow-up exams, made possible through a Catholic Healthcare West grant, were scheduled for many of the children, Jacobson said. Though there seemed to be fewer families than last year, this is the first year many of those who need follow-up appoint- ments can get them, Jacobson said. “It helped that (Catholic Healthcare West) took an interest and funded us,” she said. Inside the State The- atre, those waiting to be Super Bowl sweep nets 4 DUI arrests The Avoid the Five Super Bowl Campaign to crack down on impaired driving kicked off Friday and had made four DUI related arrests as of early Sunday. During the previous 24 hours, California Highway Patrol officers arrested Richard Jung- wirth, 47, and Cameron Walker, 20, both of Cot- tonwood, according to a release from Monty Hight, public information officer for Avoid the Five. Corning Police Depart- ment arrested Jose Garcia Calbillo, 33, of Chico, the release said. All three arrests were for DUI. The fourth arrest was made Friday but no infor- mation was included in the release. Extra DUI saturation patrols were deployed Sunday in Corning and Red Bluff. Local law enforcement agencies encouraged all drivers to report suspected drunken drivers by calling 911. — Staff report Permit decline cuts Building Dept hours By ANDREA WAGNER DN Staff Writer The Tehama County Building Department will now be taking furlough days to compensate for budget shortfalls as the result of fewer new building projects. Building Official John Stover proposed a resolution to the Board of Supervisors Tuesday to close the build- ing department office every Friday to make up for rev- enue that fell 25 percent below last year’s. “It’s become necessary to take some action to reduce our spending,” Stover said. The board’s approval of the closures means a salary reduction for the department’s four employees, includ- ing Stover, who will be furloughed. Stover volunteered to take unpaid furloughs one day a month for the remainder of the fiscal year as needed to reduce the budget. As of Tuesday, none of the employees are full-time, Daily News photo by Andrea Wagner Registered dental assistant Carleen Kirby assists dentist Dr. Lewis work on 9-year-old Omar Navarrete while little sister, 5-year-old Nelly Navarrete looks on. Kirby and Lewis were among more than a dozen professionals who volunteered to give about 100 children free dental care at “Give Kids a Smile” Dental Health Day Saturday. seen could sit and watch films on nutrition and exercise or cartoons for children. Children and parents learned about other pro- grams and services avail- able in the county, such as WIC, Calfresh and Healthy Families. The Sierra Cascade Region Champions for National defense rocket launches VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. (AP) — A rocket carrying a national security payload was successfully launched Sunday from a base on Cal- ifornia’s central coast, Air Force officials said. The Minotaur 1 rocket took off from Vandenberg Air Force Base at 4:26 a.m. amid clear skies, said Col. Richard Boltz, 30th Space Wing commander and the mission’s leader. The launch, which was sched- uled for Saturday, had been delayed by a day because of power problems with the rocket’s safety equipment. The four-stage, solid- fueled rocket was carrying a research and development spacecraft for the National Reconnaissance Office, but officials gave no further details on the craft’s pur- pose or cost. More than 200 people from the 30th Space Wing, Orbital Sciences Corp., the Space and Missile Systems Center and the National Reconnaissance Office col- laborated on the project. “I am extremely proud of the large group of profes- sionals that came together to launch this rocket,” Boltz said in a statement. The 63-foot Minotaur 1 is among the smallest of the many rockets that launch from the base 160 miles northwest of Los Angeles. The rocket is assembled from retired Minuteman stages combined with tech- nology from Orbital Sci- ences. It can carry up to 1,278 pounds to low-earth orbit. 7 5 8 5 5 1 6 9 0 0 1 9 The launch was the 20th Minotaur mission since the first one launched from Vandenberg in 2000. The next Vandenberg launch will be a Taurus rocket, also made by Orbital Sciences, scheduled to carry a NASA observation satel- lite into orbit on Feb. 23. Change hosted a Re- Think Your Drink booth to encourage families to choose less sugary, high acid drinks, such as soft drinks, to combat cavities, poor nutrition and weight problems. There is an overlap between oral health, obe- sity and tooth decay, Jacobson said. “A lot of families just aren’t eating healthy,” she said. The event gave many families access to pro- gram information that they might otherwise not know about. Karina Avelar, 28, of Red Bluff brought her children Omar Navarrete, See SMILES, page 3A Stover said. An inspector and accountant/clerical administrator will be working four days a week, or 80 percent of full-time. The third employee, who fills-in as an inspector, plans reviewer and permit technician, will be covering the gaps. The proposal is an attempt to save some $63,000 over the rest of the fiscal year. If nothing was done, the department would be looking at a shortfall of more than $100,000 at the end of the fiscal year, Stover said. Stover already cut the equivalent of a full-time salary by decreasing two inspectors to half-time in October 2010, he said. The department canceled all out-of-area training and workshops, and avoided getting needed repairs for a spare department vehicle, Stover said. It has cut office supplies and maintenance within the department office. “We hope nothing breaks down,” Stover said. All building inspections will still be completed, but some rescheduling will likely occur, Stover said. Despite staff salary cuts, building inspections, which were paid for as permits were filed, must still be com- pleted. As for the future, it may take several years before See PERMIT, page 3A 4-H clubs entertain youth at Fun Night Daily News photo by Andrea Wagner Kaleb Flournoy, 3, of Paskenta tries to guess in “The Shell Game,” as 15-year-old Katelyn Foushee of Gerber moves the cups. Foushee, a 4-H member who attends Red Bluff Union High School, was part of the 4-H Fun Night Saturday at the Tehama District Fairground. Families played games for 25- cent tickets, ate tri-tip dinners for $8 a plate and supported 4-H clubs from across the county.