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A r g u ment s for a nd against each of the mea- sures can be submitted through March 14. Longtime legislator Jim Nielsen, who owns a home in Gerber, won the final two years of the 4th District State Senate seat with a spe - cial election in 2013 follow- ing the resignation of Doug LaMalfa, who had been elected to the US Congress. A Republican, Nielsen is challenged by Roseville Democrat CJ Jawahar, a software engineer. Because of California's Top 2 Primary system, both candidates would ad - vance to the November bal- lot barring a write-in joining the race. A brief look at the con- tested races: State Assem, 3rd Dist An open race after incum- bent Dan Logue announced he would challenge U.S. Con- gressman John Garamendi for California's 3rd district. Republicans James Gal- lagher and Ryan Schohr along with Democrat Jim Reed have entered the race, which will be consolidated down to two candidates with the June primary. Reed, an attorney, moved to Red Bluff in 2012 and an - nounced his candidacy. He previously ran unsuccess- fully for the U.S. Congress losing to both LaMalfa and his predecessor Wally Herger. Herger, LaMalfa and Reid have each endorsed Galla - gher, a Sutter County Su- pervisor. Schohr is the former Butte County Farm Bureau President. District 2 Supervisor The District 2 seat, which is for the remaining two years of the term George Russell was elected to in 2012, features two challeng - ers and incumbent Sandy Bruce. Bruce was appointed in April 2013 to take over for Russell, following his death, until the next county-wide election. Bruce, a former Tehama County Department of So - cial Services account clerk, is challenged by small busi- ness owners Candy Carlson and Mitchell Drury. District 3 Supervisor In another three-candi- date race, incumbent Dennis Garton is being challenged by Ken Eklof and Pat John- ston. Garton, a retired Te- hama County undersheriff, is seeking his second term on the board after winning with 70.36 percent of the vote in 2010. Johnston is a small busi - ness owner and former jour- nalist who has twice previ- ously run unsuccessfully for a supervisor position. District 4 Supervisor After running unopposed in 2010 incumbent Bob Wil- liams faces a challenge for a third term from former Red Bluff City Manager and Corning Councilwoman Su- san Price. A third candidate, Patty Smith of Paskenta, pulled paperwork for a potential run, but ultimately chose not to join the race. District Attorney Gregg Cohen has served as Tehama County's District Attorney since 1999. He defeated Ken Miller with 56.2 percent of the vote four years ago. This time around he faces an in-house challenge from Tehama County Deputy Dis - trict Attorney Larry Olsen. City Superintendent La rr y Cha mpion a n- nounced in January he would retire from this po- sition. Champion was ap- pointed to the position July 1, 2008 and has held it ever since. Champion's Deputy Su - perintendent Charles Al- len and former Evergreen Union School District Su- perintendent Harley North have qualified for the ballot. Clerk & Recorder Another race with a re- tiring incumbent sees Tim- othy Morehouse and Jenni- fer Vise vying for the posi- tion being vacated by Bev Ross. Morehouse is a Tehama County Board of Education member and teaching asso - ciate at California State Uni- versity, Chico. Vise is the Clerk & Re- corder Office's Assistant Registrar of Voters. Election From Page 1 Celebrity CiPher "We believe that what transpires within a library is more important than what is expected from its exterior," Sue Gallagher wrote on be - half of the Friends of the Los Molinos Library. Both library groups crit- icized the downtown pro- posal for having a lack of parking spaces. They also had concerns about the staffing of a two- story building. "A two-story building needs more staff to maintain securely and the library has no extra staff now," Micah Stetson wrote on behalf of the Tehama County Friends of the Library. "Without ad - ditional personnel, we be- lieve a two-story library will mean either fewer open hours or an upper floor that is often unavailable for pub- lic use." T he D ow nt ow n R e d Bluff Business Association, Cleaner Greener Red Bluff and the Red Bluff Round- Up Board of Directors sup - port the downtown site. "It is our duty as a com- munity to preserve and im- prove the downtown Main Street area as best we can," Cleaner Greener Red Bluff's letter reads. "Building a beautiful new community building that will bring more life to downtown is an amaz - ing opportunity that we can- not pass up." Downtown Red Bluff Busi- ness Association President Travis Dolling asked the board to not go the route of creating another "cookie cut - ter box" location. "If done thoughtfully, a new downtown location, with views of the Sacramento River and Lassen Peak, will offer something uniquely special for county residents," Dolling wrote. Dolling also expressed concern over the bottleneck traffic problems on South Jackson Street compared to the interstate access a down - town site would have. The Red Bluff Round-Up Board of Directors echoed similar beliefs. A new librar y is be - ing built after the Tehama County Jail Needs Assess- ment Study identified the ex- isting library location as the preferred location for a pro- bation and sheriff's depart- ment Re-entry and Day Re- porting Center. Design and construction funds would come from a 2014 Certificate of Partici - pation bond issuance. Library From Page 1 2013 presented the board of trustees with a vote of "no confidence" in Escobar, say- ing she failed to communi- cate effectively, was incon- sistent in her decision-mak- ing and made changes that were not in the best interest of students. Joe Harrop, who is acting as interim superintendent, said during Tuesday's board meeting that the district's own search for a superinten - dent since late January has yielded five candidates, three or four of whom wouldn't meet the district's needs. Harrop said hiring the firm to conduct a full search would do two things. "One, it would add some legitimacy to the search pro - cess," he said. "It would pro- vide a more formal input from staff and the commu- nity by outside parties so that there isn't somebody filtering what they're being told. The price is right and they have a good track record." The firm, which is en - dorsed by the California School Boards Association and has representatives in Northern California, is ask - ing for $9,500 to conduct the search. The fee, Harrop said, is about half of what a differ- ent firm would charge. McIver said that some at- tributes the board is look- ing for in a superintendent include a strong skill set in the business of education, oversight of curriculum and the well-being of staff and students. She added, "I think right now we have a very high need for relational talent, and somebody who not only has a strong skill set but has a strong leadership style." McIver wou ld n't say whether those attributes were missing from the for - mer superintendent, who was not hired with the help of an outside firm. The po- sition's annual salary in 2012-13, according to a Sac- ramento Bee database of education salaries, was $136,990. "We obviously had a lot of dysfunction between leader - ship and staff is what I would say," she said. "Where that belongs, who owns that, ev- erybody has to make their own judgment." The board is expected to meet with the search firm's representatives within the next week. McIver said the extended search process will give the board of trustees the expec - tation of appropriate and high-quality candidates. "I will just say that I think that any negative ex - periences or perceptions of the last few years don't ade- quately reflect the strength of this district and the strength of the community," she said. "We're very aware that we are pushing a lit - tle bit uphill right now, but I think our goals are sound." Recruit From Page 1 Saturday's puzzle answers EDITOR'S NOTE: Due to a production error, the wrong answers to Saturday's puz- zles ran in Tuesday's edition. The correct answers for Sudoku, NEA Crossword and Celebrity Cipher are below. Tehama County Library site plan for Kimball Road, should it be chosen as the new spot. 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