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MONDAY FEBRUARY 21, 2011 Breaking news at: Tofu and Protein Vitality www.redbluffdailynews.com See Page 6A RED BLUFF Reid Wins Cards 3rd SPORTS 1B Mostly cloudy 52/34 Weather forecast 8B Teen arrested in burglary Bluff Police officers connected him to an apartment break-in on Deborah Drive. Jacob Ezra Hale, of Red Bluff, was initially arrested on outstanding warrants after offi- cers responded to a call about an intoxicated man seen vomiting in the faculty parking lot at Red Bluff Union High School, according to a police press release. Officers found Hale near the school and arrested him on war- Hale rants for petty theft and violation of probation, the release said. Hale matched the description of a suspect seen breaking a window just after 8 p.m. at an apartment in the 1300 block of Deborah Drive. A resident had reported a laptop computer stolen from an area near her broken window. Officers took Hale to the Police Department where a witness positively identified him as the suspect from the burglary. Hale was booked into the Tehama County Jail on charges of burglary, petty theft and probation violation. Bail was set at $40,000. -Andrea Wagner City looks to fill director job By TANG LOR DN Staff Writer With Red Bluff’s Pub- lic Works Director posi- tion soon to be vacant the City Council had the opportunity Tuesday to revise the job require- ments before recruiting a new person. Criteria debated were whether or not the direc- tor should be a certified civil engineer and be required to live in Red Bluff. Both are requirements retiring Public Works Director Mark Barthel does not meet, but seem to be ones people outside of City Hall are most con- cerned with. Adding certification requirements could create an increase in cost for the city, Human Resources Director Tessa Pritchard said. The salary for a cer- tified person would prob- ably be higher than some- one without certification. Barthel’s annual salary and benefits are $94,000 under the 12 percent reduction all department heads have taken. The salary range for the new person would be between $68,385 to $88,499. Ben- efits would add about another 30 percent, Pritchard said. Council w oman Daniele Jackson said the civil engineer certification should be a requirement See CITY, page 5A Cuts jeopardize meetings law SACRAMENTO (AP) — Gov. Jerry Brown’s efforts to cut state spending could jeopardize one of the cornerstones of Califor- nia’s open records laws — the requirement that government bodies give the public fair notice about meetings. The state Legislature already suspended the funding that local gov- ernments receive for posting public notices by omitting the money from last year’s budget. Now Brown wants to suspend it for the entire 2011-12 fiscal year, leaving the mandate in legal limbo and raising the prospect that some local government bodies will stop complying altogether. Voters in 2004 over- whelmingly approved Proposition 59, which amended the California Constitution to give the public access to infor- mation about the peo- ple’s business, requiring that meetings of public bodies and records of public officials and agencies shall be open to the public. But because of a law- suit against the state over unfunded mandates to local governments, the state is required to pay for the costs of fol- lowing the open meet- ings law, which they claim runs into tens of millions of dollars a year for things such as photocopying agendas, posting them online and e-mailing members of the public. Now, with the state facing a $26.6 billion budget deficit through June 2011, Brown is seeking savings in most areas of state govern- ment. That includes sus- pending payment for dozens of state man- dates — from law enforcement training on how to spot elder abuse to requiring counties to create a 15-day report of voter registration before an election. 7 5 8 5 5 1 6 9 0 0 1 9 Suspending funding See CUTS, page 5A DAILYNEWS Talent to spare 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 An 18-year-old man was arrested Friday after Red By ANDREA WAGNER DN Staff Writer Finalists sparkled in Red Bluff Exchange Club’s Fifth Annual Search For Talent show Saturday. The contest, a branch of the national Exchange Club’s contest, qualifies contestants to move on to regional talent competi- tions, said Danny Day, Exchange Club president. All the winners received small scholar- ships Saturday, but win- ners at the higher levels will earn larger amounts, Day said. Many local businesses sponsored the event. The Red Bluff club sent notices to all area schools and some loca- tions out of the county. Because the Chico and Redding Exchange Clubs don’t host the Search For Talent, students from those areas were invited to participate, Day said. Out of 20 finalists, the top local winners in each age category were all female vocalists — Matilde Louisell, Helen Roland and Ashiah Scharaga. A Meteer Elementary School third-grader, 8- year-old Louisell, belted out “Castle on a Cloud” from the musical Les Miserables, stealing the first place spot in the pri- mary division. “I feel really excited,” Louisell said after win- ning. She had only been on stage five times, including Saturday, she said. The other two Primary Division, ages 6 to 9, finalists were Shelbe Capello, 9, and Christian Bennet, 7. Bennet placed second with his rendition of “Puff the Magic Dragon,” while Capello came in third singing Taylor Swift’s “The Best Day” accompa- nied by her dad on guitar. Daily News photo by Andrea Wagner McKayla Sides, a 13-year-old from Gerber Elementary School, sings a Martina McBride song, “Anyway.” Sides took second in the Exchange Club’s Search For Talent Junior Division, for ages 10 to 14. ‘It made me feel happy after last year when people said I did good. This year I wasn’t really nervous at all. I felt really comfortable. It was a good experience for me’ Helen Roland, 12 “I thought that Shelbe had a good chance of win- ning, and the little boy [Bennet] would win by cuteness,” Louisell said. In the Junior Division, ages 10 to 14, first place went to Lassen View Ele- mentary vocalist, 12-year- old Helen Roland. She sang “Hallelujah” accom- panied by her mother on guitar. Wearing zebra print sneakers and black leg- gings, Roland was per- forming in the talent show for the second time. Last year she took sec- ond place, she said. Other than being in a few other talent shows, Roland has been singing with her family at the Orchard Fes- tival since she was 5. As for the future, Roland says she likes to write and wants to fill a whole journal with songs by the end of the school year. “It would be cool to write songs for people if I couldn’t sing them,” she said. Performing last year helped ease her nerves this year. “It made me feel happy after last year when peo- ple said I did good,” she said. “This year I wasn’t really nervous at all. I felt really comfortable. It was a good experience for me.” The top three winners in the Senior Division, ages 15 to 18, were all from Red Bluff Union High School. Ashiah Scharaga, a 17-year-old senior, took first place with a rendition of “I See SPARE, page 5A Four-church dinner is full of beans Daily News photo by Andrea Wagner Four area churches combined efforts to host the 11th Annual Bean Feed at the United Methodist Church in Los Molinos Saturday. The event raised money for children’s summer camps at Mt. Lassen Church Camp near Mineral. Members from Cone United Methodist Church, El Camino United Methodist Church, Red Bluff First United Methodist Church and the Los Molinos United Methodist Church contributed to the event. • Everyday Cheapskate • Coupon Queen • Gleaners The Daily News - At your side when times are tough BASIC COMPUTER SKILLS CLASS Thurs., Feb. 24, 2011 Job Training Center 718 Main St., Red Bluff Cost $49.00 per person 9:30am to 12 Noon Call 529-7000 MONDAY, FEBRUARY 21 FOR PRESIDENTS DAY. THE DAILY NEWS OFFICE WILL BE CLOSED Retail advertising deadline for Monday’s edi- tion is Friday, Feb. 18 @ 2PM. Classified deadline is Friday, Feb. 18 @ Noon D NEWSAILY RED BLUFF TEHAMACOUNTY 527-2151 • FAX 527-3719 545 DIAMOND AVE., RED BLUFF