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FRIDAY APRIL 22, 2011 Breaking news at: Royals Get TLC Select TV www.redbluffdailynews.com See Inside RED BLUFF No team to coach SPORTS 1B Mostly sunny 70/47 Weather forecast 8A By TANG LOR DN Staff Writer One visitor is coming back to Tehama County with the hopes of drawing a drove of vis- itors. Roger Brooks, the CEO of Destination Development Inter- national, has helped many com- munities develop specific mar- keting concepts to draw tourism to their individual areas. 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 Branding group confirms visit; first step The Destination Tehama team is hopeful Brooks can do the same for Tehama County. The team has retained Brooks’s services, and he will be here during the week of July 18, said Kathy Schmitz, who is spearheading the branding pro- ject. ‘We do have a lot of local talent, and they are in our community. It’s not that they don’t have talent, but they recognize Brooks has talent in branding for tourism. The project is an effort to create a concept that highlights something distinctive about Tehama County. That concept would then be used as a promo- tional draw for tourism. Retired full-time This is not a standard marketing job’ Kathy Schmitz, Branding Committee The community will have opportunities to provide input on the concept. About 15 to 20 meetings will be scheduled dur- ing Brooks’s July visit to meet with community members. The branding project is not just about coming up with a special logo, it’s an entire con- cept, Schmitz said. It’s about trying to get 60,000 Tehama County residents on board See VISIT, page 9A Corning extends furloughs a year By JULIE ZEEB DN Staff Writer CORNING — The City Council approved the Mem- orandum of Understanding with the Miscellaneous Bargaining Unit for another year of furloughs at Tues- day’s meeting. With Tuesday’s vote, the furloughs, which were first a part of the 2009-2010 budget, will be extended through June 30, 2012. According to the staff report, this is a significant agreement that reduces future retirement benefits for all See CORNING, page 9A RBPD takes accident reports to the next level Special to the DN Daily News photo by Andrea Wagner Jane Shirley, left, recipient of a 2010 lifetime service award from the Retired and Senior Volunteer Program, works alongside the organization’s co-volunteers of the year, Fred and Marlys Brockman. They are an integral part of a crew that manages the Tehama County Gleaners Food Bank. By ANDREA WAGNER DN Staff Writer Three senior volunteers were honored this month for dedication to the Tehama County Gleaners Food Bank. Calling herself the oldest food bank director in the state program, 89-year-old Jane Shirley doesn’t like to sit down much. Spending more hours than are accounted for, Shirley keeps a strict account of the food distribution and reports accordingly from inside the Gleaners Food Bank on Walnut Street. Every Wednesday after the sec- ond Friday of each month, the food bank opens from 8 a.m. to noon in Red Bluff. Volunteers load and dis- tribute about 500 boxes of food — canned goods, potatoes and other commodities — sending out a box roughly every 30 seconds. The agency also distributes to seven other sites in the county at different times. What Shirley does is a big part of making sure people get food and get it distributed appropriately, said Jessica Cunningham, director of the Shasta and Tehama counties Retired and Senior Volunteer pro- Report: State fails to regulate caregivers SACRAMENTO (AP) — A legislative report released Thurs- day suggests that Cali- fornia is putting its elderly population at risk of theft and abuse because the state does not regulate in-home caregivers. The report by the Senate Office of Over- sight and Outcomes found that California is one of a handful of states that does not reg- ulate in-home care agencies. It found that more than a quarter of caregivers accused or convicted of crimes had committed prior offens- es and warned that many agencies do a shoddy job of conducting back- ground checks on poten- tial caregivers. Few people even know they have a right to request a background check on a potential caregiver. In one case, a woman convicted of stealing $43,000 from a church and $18,675 from her bed-ridden mother got a job as a caregiver through a classified ad in the newspaper. She moved into an elderly woman’s home, started charging the client rent, bought cars on her client’s bank accounts and put the woman’s house up for sale before she was finally caught. One of the victim’s relatives said govern- 7 5 8 5 5 1 6 9 0 0 1 9 See STATE, page 9A gram. Shirley was honored this month for putting in more than 10,000 hours of service to RSVP. She was given a 2010 Lifetime Achievement Award, presented at a luncheon April 7. The program, part of the largest senior volunteer organization in the nation, connects people age 55 years and older with volunteer work through nonprofit and service agen- cies in communities. Receiving certificates from Rep. Wally Herger, Assemblyman Jim See RETIRED, page 9A The Red Bluff Police Department recently signed an agreement with PoliceReports.US which allows citizens to down- load a copy of their acci- dent report online. Whether they live in the area or were just trav- eling through our city when involved in a crash, getting a copy of an acci- dent report can often be just one more stressful moment that most people would just as soon live without. Technology allows people to access a great deal of data much more conveniently than in the past. One of those areas that takes time and is an inconvenience is retriev- ing a copy of an accident report. Equally important is the time spent by our Records Division clerks assisting the public in pro- cessing requests from motorists and insurance companies in obtaining accident reports. The Red Bluff Police Department's Records staff has been reduced from five specialists down to one and an additional part time, temporary spe- cialist who due to budget cuts will be leaving at the end of May To better serve our community, the Depart- ment is contracting with PoliceReports.US to allow citizens Internet access to most accident reports without making a trip to the Police Depart- ment or mailing in a request for one Motorists and insurance companies can download and print a copy of their accident report 24 hours a day, See RBPD, page 9A Chief appointed for CalFire, county fire Special to the DN Jeff Schori has been appointed as the new Unit Chief for Tehama-Glenn Unit of the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection, Cal- Fire, and the Tehama County Fire Department. Schori, who started Monday, began his career with CalFire in 1981, as a Seasonal Firefighter in the Riverside Unit and worked as a forestry aide on the Jackson Demon- stration State Forest from 1982-1983. In 1991, he was appointed as a forester in the Shasta-Trinity Unit and in 2003, Schori was appointed to battalion chief at the Northern Region Operations Cen- ter. Since then, he has held positions as division chief and deputy chief of both the Vegetation Manage- ment Program and Opera- tions, serving on CalFire Incident Command Team #3 from 2000-2003 where he held the positions of safety officer and Plan- ning Section chief trainee. Schori serves on a vari- ety of cadres, working groups and committees in support of the unit, region, and department and has held several positions within CDF Firefighters. Prior to his permanent appointment with Cal- Fire, Schori worked for a Fire Protection District and as a forester for pri- vate industry. He holds a Bachelor of Science Degree from Humboldt State Universi- ty, is a regis- tered profes- sional forester and a peace officer, having graduated at the top of his POST Basic Academy. day at the CalFire and TCFD head- quarters, 604 Antelope Blvd., in Red Bluff. Schori There will be a badge pinning ceremony for Schori at 10:30 a.m. Tues- Schori replaces Ernie Loveless, a retired chief from the Napa-Sono- ma area, who filled the position on an interim basis following the December retirement of Gary Durden. Pathways Career Spotlight Hear about becoming an CASH FOR GUNS! TUSCAN Outdoors will pay you cash in hand for your used firearms. We also buy reloading components & equipment Call us today 530-528-1225 1750 Airport Blvd, Ste. E Red Bluff Electrical Lineworker through Northwest Lineman College Thursday, April 28 3-5pm Job Training Center 724 Main Street, Red Bluff For more information visit www.jobtrainingcenter.org