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Tuesday, May 10, 2011 – Daily News – 7A Death Notices Mary E. Guertner Mary E. Guertner of Gerber died Monday, May 9, 2011, in Brentwood. She was 93. Hoyt-Cole Chapel of the Flowers is handling the arrangements. Published Tuesday, May 10, 2011, in the Daily News, Red Bluff, Calif. Judy Irving Morris Judy Irving Morris died Saturday, May 7, 2011, at her residence in Gerber. She was 69. Red Bluff Simple Cremations and Burial Service is handling the arrange- ments. Published Tuesday, May 10, 2011, in the Daily News, Red Bluff, Calif. Continued from page 1A in another county. SURVEY Only 6.3 percent, or five people, said they were homeless by choice. The 2011 Dos Rios Continuum of Care home- less surveys conducted on one day during the last week of January. A team of trained volunteers visit- ed sites most likely to be frequented by the home- less, said Gail Locke, one of the survey coordinators. The survey, mandated by the federal govern- ment, is conducted every two years in most commu- nities throughout the nation. This is the 34th year the survey has been conducted in Tehama County. The number of home- less people compared to the results from two years ago was about the same, but the reasons for people being homeless was dif- ferent, Lock said. Job and home loss, divorce or leaving a domestic vio- lence situation were among the reasons. The survey results help validate the need for fed- eral grant dollars and demonstrate whether efforts being made to help people get out of home- lessness are making a dif- ference, Locke sad. Pro- grams provided by The Poor and the Homeless are examples of people mak- ing changes in their life to move from being home- less to being self-sustain- ing. PATH operates the Pathways Men’s Transi- tional program and the Women’s and Children’s PATH Sale House and temporary shelters for six months out of the year. It is seeking to build a per- manent homeless shelter. The city has rezoned a site on Breckenridge Street for a possible shel- ter as PATH waits for the state to approve a $1 mil- lion grant. A permanent location will allow those who have become homeless to have a safe place to live for a short term, while they look for a job and seek the necessary resources to regain control of their lives, Locke said. ——— Tang Lor can be reached at 527-2153, Ext. 110 or by e-mail at tlor@redbluffdailynews.co m Woman arrested trying to sneak alcohol to inmates A Merced woman was arrested by Tehama County Sheriff’s Deputies Friday evening after she was caught trying to smuggle alcohol to her boyfriend who is an inmate at the Salt Creek Prison Camp. About 9:30 p.m., a US Forest Service agent working on Round Valley Road came across a vehicle parked near Salt Creek Prison Camp. When the agent tried to contact the occupants, a prisoner from the prison camp exited the side of the vehicle and fled on foot. While an area check was being conducted for the prisoner, the vehicle fled the scene. Tehama County Sheriff ’s Deputies were requested to search the area and about 10 p.m. found and stopped the vehicle going east on Corn- ing Road, near Eighth Avenue. The driver, Charla Marie Daly, 38, was contacted. Daly told deputies she was in the area of the prison camp to pickup her boyfriend for a non- sanctioned visit and she had supplied alcohol to inmates, which she believed was going to be trans- ported back to the prison facility. Text messages between Daly and her boyfriend confirmed the two had conspired for her to pur- chase the alcohol for the inmates. California Department of Corrections and Reha- bilitation officials were notified and are conduct- ing a separate investigation of the incident within the prison system. Daly was booked into jail on the charges of con- spiracy to commit a crime and furnishing contra- band to inmates. Bail was $30,000. — Staff Report Gerber family night The community of Gerber will kick off its first family night at 6 p.m. tonight at Gerber Commu- nity Park. Family Potluck Night is the first event that will be a part of plans for a monthly "family night" in the park through September. A local band will pro- vide musical entertainment. Hot dogs will be served and water will be pro- vided. Members of the Gerber community who plan to attend are asked to bring chips/dips/finger- foods and their own drinks. Members of the community are invited to enjoy volleyball, basketball, soccer or bring a board game like checkers, and chess. Oh Snap! The Daily News wants your photos: Cute kids, Adorable pets, Inspirational sights, Any shot you think readers would enjoy You might just see it in the Daily News Send pictures to editor@redbluffdailynews.com or drop off at 545 Diamond Ave. in Red Bluff. Include a caption. Evergreen Schools explore creation of charter school By TANG LOR DN Staff Writer COTTONWOOD — Evergreen Union School District is exploring the option of creating a charter school that would keep students in the district through high school. The district serves only grades K-8, so it loses students when they move on to high school, Superin- tendent Harley North said. Some students attend Red Bluff Union High School in the Red Bluff Joint Union High School District. A large percentage of students go to West Valley High School in the Anderson Union High School Dis- trict. Evergreen and Red Bluff are in Tehama County while Anderson is in Shasta County. “The kids leave our community and go someplace else for high school,” North said. “We’ve had a desire for continuing to serve our students. The easiest way was for us to create a charter system.” North and a group consisting of parents, board members, teachers and staff, are in the beginning stages of developing a charter school that would serve grades K- 12. The group is still brainstorming and discussing some of the specifics, but the goal is to provide an extension and alternative to the two public schools that are already in the district. Evergreen Elementary School and Evergreen Middle School would stay public. The group could have chosen to become a charter district, but it did not want to go that route. “Becoming a full charter school district is difficult,” North said. “Very few districts have done it.” Creating a charter school at this time is viable. Statewide and nationally, there has been an effort to create an alternative to the public school system, North said. Funding is available through money that has been earmarked for charters but has yet to be used. “It seems as if there’s money available in charter and not in pub- lic for certain developments,” North said. Families would not have to pay tuition to attend. Charter schools are funded in part by attendance, similar to public schools. Evergreen School District has about 1,000 students counting those from its preschool program. Most students live in the immediate area, but the district does have a few interdistrict transfers. Having the Man in trash bin survives after getting compacted SACRAMENTO (AP) — A homeless man escaped injury after being dumped from a large garbage bin into a trash truck, where he was compacted two or three times before being discov- ered. Firefighters were called to the scene Monday after- noon after the Waste Man- agement driver heard the 43- year-old man yelling. Sacramento Municipal Fire District Assistant Chief Scott Cockrum told the Sacramento Bee that the man was still screaming when firefighters arrived and got him out. Cockrum said the man was known to law enforce- ment as a transient who often slept in area trash bins. The driver told authori- ties he had unlocked the bin and used the truck’s forklift to dump it into his com- pactor before apparently awaking the man inside. He was taken to the hos- pital as a precaution. Bill would promote same-sex benefits SACRAMENTO (AP) — State agencies would be prohibited from contracting with businesses that do not provide equal benefits to their employees’ same-sex spouses or domestic part- ners, under a bill narrowly approved by the state Sen- ate. The bill by state Sen. Christine Kehoe affects state contracts of more than $100,000. Kehoe, a Democ- rat from San Diego, says her bill, SB117, is designed to encourage equal treatment in the workplace. Equality California, an advocacy group that sought the legislation, says similar ordinances have been approved by Berkeley, Los Angeles, Oakland, Sacra- mento, San Diego and other California cities. The bill passed on a party-line 21-15 vote Mon- day, getting the bare majori- ty needed, with four Democrats abstaining. It now goes to the Assembly. Bills take aim at paid signature- gatherers SACRAMENTO (AP) — Democrats in the state Senate are taking aim at paid signature-gatherers who cir- culate petitions to put initia- tives on the ballot. Individuals would have to wear large-print badges specifying whether they are volunteers or are being paid to collect voters’ signatures under one bill, SB448. That bill, by Sen. Mark DeSaulnier of Concord, also would require the badge to note whether the gatherer is registered to vote and, if so, where. charter school could boost atten- dance, as charters aren’t bound by regional attendance. Students who wanted to attend would not have to apply for an interdistrict transfer. “If we do it right, and if we cre- ate a powerful charter, it should serve the needs of students and par- ents, and physical boundaries will not be a restraint,” North said. The number of students and staff already in the district who would move from the public schools to the charter is hard to predict. Of course, families and staff would have the option to choose, North said. While the charter will be written to include grades 9-12, the school will most likely start as a K-8 and expand to include the upper grades. There are facilities available for K- 8 but not for all the grade levels. The soonest a petition would be submitted to the Evergreen School District Board, most likely the sponsoring district, would be in the fall. If the charter is approved, applications would be accepted dur- ing spring and summer 2012 with classes to start in the 2012-2013 school year. ——— Tang Lor can be reached at 527- 2153, Ext. 110 or by e-mail at tlor@redbluffdailynews.com. STATE BRIEFING Thieves smash truck into Costco, steal ATM DANVILLE (AP) — Thieves driving a stolen util- ity truck smashed the vehi- cle into a Costco store in Danville, getting away with an ATM machine filled with cash. Danville police say two A second bill, SB168, by Sen. Ellen Corbett of San Leandro, would prohibit paying gatherers for each signature, a practice Corbett says encourages fraud. Gatherers could be paid by the hour. Republicans objected that Corbett’s bill discour- ages free enterprise by tak- ing away the incentive to collect signatures. Both bills passed on party-line votes Monday and were sent to the Assem- bly. Bill doubles base fine for speeding in school zone SACRAMENTO (AP) — Speeding when school children are present would become more expensive under a bill passed by the state Assembly. The legislation, by Democratic Assembly- man Das Williams of Santa Barbara, lets local governments double the base fine for those caught speeding in school zones when students are present. The zones typically have a 25 mph speed limit, and exceeding that carries a fine of $35 to $100. Other fees, not affected by the bill, make the final cost as much as $400. The Assembly approved AB539 Mon- day, sending it to the Sen- ate. Williams said it is nor- mal for people to drive 10-20 mph over the speed limit. If local govern- ments decide to double the fines, the bill requires them to notify drivers with new street signs. thieves drove a stolen East Bay Municipal Utilities Dis- trict truck into the store Sun- day at about 2:50 a.m. The truck was stolen in San Ramon. Surveillance tape from the store showed that two people used the truck to push the heavy ATM off its foundation, which police say was likely hauled away in another vehicle. Police Chief Steve Simp- kins told the Contra Costa Times that the video did not provide a clear view of the thieves, and did not disclose the amount of money in the cash machine. Kirkwood founder Bud Klein dies, 83 KIRKWOOD (AP) — Bud Klein, founder of Kirkwood Mountain Resort in the Sierra Neva- da, has died after a battle with cancer. Resort spokesman Michael Dalzell said Mon- day that Klein died May 5 at his home in Stockton, Calif. He was 83. Klein founded the pri- vately-held resort south of Lake Tahoe in the 1970s. Dalzell says Klein, who split his time between Kirkwood and Stockton, loved the view of Kirk- wood Meadow. The mead- ow will be renamed in a conservation trust bearing his name. Kirkwood wasn’t his only love. The San Francisco Chronicle reports Klein was a major backer of Cal- ifornia Cooler, a blended beverage of wine and fruit juice that took off in the 1980s. The family also owns wineries and farms in Cali- fornia’s Central Valley. Located in Chico, CA Red Bluff Simple Cremations & Burial Service Family owned & Operated Honor and Dignity 527-1732 722 Oak Street, Red Bluff, FD Lic. 1931 529-3655 www.affordablemortuary.net University of California considers flex tuition SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The University of California is considering different tuition costs at its 10 campuses. It means, for example, a UCLA or UC Berkeley student could pay more for an education than those attending schools like UC Riverside. Proponents of the plan say demand should set flex pricing. But detractors say it’s elitist. The Los Angeles Times says UC officials are strug- gling with California budget reductions that have already led to tuition increases, lay- offs and cuts in class offer- ings. Many other state univer- sity systems have already gone with flex tuition rates. Bill protects customers’ reading records SACRAMENTO (AP) — Government agencies would have to get a warrant or court order to obtain cus- tomers’ reading records from bookstores and online booksellers, under a bill approved by the state Sen- ate. The legislation by Sen. Leland Yee is patterned after similar privacy protections that currently are in place for library records. The bill, SB602, passed the Senate unanimously and without debate Monday. It now goes to the Assembly. Yee, a Democrat from San Francisco, says digital book services can collect details about the books read- ers browse, even the notes they write in the margins. His bill is supported by the American Civil Liberties Union, Electronic Frontier Foundation and Google, among others. There was no registered opposition.