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By Barbara Arrigoni barrigoni@orovillemr.com @OMRBarbara on Twitter OROVILLE » When a team of skydiv- ers opens a business soon in Oro- ville, it will not only provide other enthusiasts a scenic drop zone, but will also fulfill a longtime dream. After more than a year of work and surmounting hurdles, Bryan Postolka, Louis Gelenaw and Sam Kudo will be opening Skydive Lake Oroville soon at Oroville Municipal Airport. "It's been a long process, but we're getting close to living out our dream," said Postolka, who sat down with Gelenaw for an in - terview recently. Postolka, 41, and Gelenaw, 37, met 13 years ago at a small sky- diving business in Paradise. Since then, they've done most of their parachuting there or in Lodi. Postolka lives in Paradise and OROVILLE Rancho Tehama skydiver turning dream into reality By Andre Byik sports@redbluffdailynews.com @TehamaSports on Twitter CORNING » The city of Corning's general fund, which accounts for about 33 percent of the city's total revenues and is the pot of money City Council members have the most discretion over, is projected to have a balance of about $7,500 at the end of city's fiscal year in June. But, after taking into account the salary raises three out of four of the city's bargaining units will receive during Corning's 2013-14 fiscal year, the city's finances are tracking close to revenue projec - tions laid out in the city's budget that was adopted in June, 2013, city manager John Brewer told council members Tuesday in a midyear re - view of the city's finances. CORNING Council reviews budget report By Rich Greene rgreene@redbluffdailynews.com @richgreenenews on Twitter REd BLuff » The choice has been made. The Tehama County Board of Supervisors chose 1015 Kimball Road as its preferred site for the county's new library, directing staff to proceed with the appro - priate steps for securing the site next to the Red Bluff Community- Senior Center. The board selected that location over a downtown site that drew support from many business or- ganizations. However, the key endorsement came from Acting Librarian Sally Ainsworth, her staff and groups aligned with the existing library. Despite their support for the Kimball location, it still wasn't a slam dunk. Chairman Steve Chamblin said his dream was still to have the li - brary on Main Street, but looking at the county's other budgetary ob- ligations and the library staff's rec- ommendation he had to prefer the Kimball site. Supervisor Dennis Garton said his choice came down to the lesser of two evils. "I'll be rather frank and honest. I don't like either location," he said. Garton said he feared putting the site downtown would land- lock existing expansion, recreat - ing the current situation the board was stuck in in regard to having to move the library in an effort to ex- pand the jail. Supervisor Burt Bundy said the idea of an iconic building down- town was exciting as was the idea of revitalizing downtown Red Bluff, but he believed there were too many unknowns involved and wanted more communication with the city of Red Bluff. Red Bluff City Councilman Rob Schimd, who was in attendance, said he didn't want the city to lose a piece of commercial property on Main Street that could be used as part of the tax base. He also questioned why down - town had to be the heart of Red Bluff, as many in support of the Main Street location suggested. "You know how big Red Bluff is. There's nothing more than a mile BOARd Of supERVIsORs Site selected for new library Community ..... A3 Arts .................. A5 Opinion ............ A6 Obituaries ....... A7 Sports.............. B1 Comics ............B3 Index ............... ## INdEX Inaugural Red Bluff Relays start at 9 a.m. Saturday at the Red Bluff Diversion Dam. Call 529-0133 for information. fuN RuN 5K, relay and 1-mile runs set for Saturday The Red Bluff library branch will host a free presenta- tion on the history of Tuscan Springs Resort. PAGE A3 TO dO Library to host talk on Tuscan Springs Four Red Bluff basketball players earn All-Sacramento River League Honors. PAGE B1 spORTs All-league squads named A gas leak triggered an earth- shaking explosion that flat- tened two apartment buildings in New York. PAGE B4 GAs EXpLOsION Three killed, 60 injured in blast at N.Y. buildings skydIVERs » pAGE 7 CORNING » pAGE 7 RICH GReeNe — THe DAILY NewS The paved portion of Givens Road abruptly ends on either side of Peach Street and Kirsten Court. A road construction for the area is scheduled for the 2014-15 fiscal year. Improvements near new Walmart anchor central city fixes By Rich Greene rgreene@redbluffdailynews.com @richgreenenews on Twitter REd BLuff » The Red Bluff Public Works Department has created a 5-year plan for a series of road improvement projects around the city. Public Works Director Bruce Henz presented the plan at the March 4 City Council meeting. Henz said the presentation rep - resented "a realistic and priori- tized program that recognizes the limitations of our fund balances and manpower limitations." Walmart A key cog in the plan will be work paid for by Walmart as miti- gation for the store's incoming Su- perCenter building. In the 2014 -15 f iscal year Walmart is scheduled to complete asphalt overlays on Luther Road from Mill Street to the new build - ing's west entry property line, on Mill Street from Luther Road to Reeds Avenue, on Reeds Ave- nue from Mill Street to near Arm- strong Court and on South Main Street from Luther Road to the In- terstate 5 southbound on ramp. Walmart is also scheduled to re- construct and relocate Montgom- ery Road and stripe Luther Road from its property to South Jack- son Street. Major projects In addition to the Walmart proj- ects, Henz said the Public Works Department hopes to address some of the worst city roadways and complete several major proj - ect improvements in the next five years that would be needed for a healthy economic future in the city. Three projects have been se - lected as major city projects. Those projects include a recon- struction and asphalt overlay of the Luther Road and South Main Street intersection, and asphalt overlays of South Jackson Street CITy sTREETs PLANNING FOR BETTER ROADS ROAds » pAGE 7 LIBRARy » pAGE 7 » redbluffdailynews.com Thursday, March 13, 2014 50 CeNTS FACeBOOK.COM/RBDAILYNewS TwITTeR.COM/ReDBLUFFNewS 7 58551 69001 9 Volume 129, issue 80 Today's web bonus » 'Big Bang Theory' redbluffdailynews.com REd BLuff HIGH Alpine team returns from Northstar sports» B1 EVENTs Artists tour photo studio Arts » A5 fORECAsT High: 75 Low: 44 » B8 Follow the Daily News on Twitter to keep pace with breaking news and events @REDBLUFFNEWS FOLLOW US ON TWITTER