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FRIDAY MAY 20, 2011 Breaking news at: Greed and Hubris Select TV www.redbluffdailynews.com See Inside RED BLUFF Back to the final SPORTS 1B Weather forecast 10A Mostly sunny 82/52 By TANG LOR DN Staff Writer Not wanting to rush into hir- ing a new superintendent the Red Bluff Joint Union High School District Board has 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 High school to hire interim superintendent decided to fill the soon to be vacant position with an interim administrator. The board announced during its meeting Wednesday it will hire Jack Hansen to serve as the interim superintendent for the Fire consumes NW RB home 2011-2012 school year. Hansen has stepped in as the interim superintendent at sever- al Tehama County school dis- tricts since his retirement from the Red Bluff Union Elemen- tary School District. The board is not going to be rushed in the process, President Rhonda Johnson said. It will work methodically through a strategic planning process to find a new superintendent. Hav- ing an interim superintendent will buy the board some time. “This is the building block, and if we cut corners here it could be detrimental later,” Johnson said. “I’m excited that See HIRE, page 9A Remembering the fallen By ANDREA WAGNER DN Staff Writer Red Bluff Chief of Daily News photo by Chip Thompson A home at 16025 Skyline Drive north of Red Bluff burned Thursday afternoon. A fire that started in the kitchen quickly engulfed a home in northwest Red Bluff Thursday afternoon. The owner of the roughly 1200-square-foot home See FIRE, page 9A Ride in memory of lost teen By ANDREA WAGNER DN Staff Writer Ronnie Lee King would be 18 this year, get- ting ready to graduate high school. Instead, his life was cut short by a fatal seizure in 2008. King’ s seizures and ill- ness. King grandparents, Dennis and Jeannie Garton, are keeping his memory alive and rais- ing money for the rescue workers who often came to Ronnie’s aid during his Diagnosed with a brain infection, encephalitis, in 2003, Ronnie was in a coma for seven days, said Jeannie Garton. An allergy-related sinus infection spread the bac- teria that causes encephali- tis to his brain and he had 30 seizures in one night before slipping into the See RIDE, page 9A Police Paul Nanfito, as the keynote speaker at the 17th Annual Tehama County Peace Officers Memorial Wednesday, spoke of losing “heroes” and carrying on with life. Distinguishing law enforcement from other professions, officers face violent, intentional death by another human being on a daily basis, Nanfito said. The 11 fallen officers throughout the state in 2010 were honored, as well as two women within local law enforcement who died from cancer. Probation officer Lori Partsch, who died Oct. 20, 2010, and Sheriff’s Ser- vice Officer Marva Jack- son, who died Oct. 27, 2010, were remembered in the service alongside the officers who died while on duty. “They were heroes, not because they died, but because of how they lived their lives,” Nanfito said. The mental preparation and sacrifice officers go through on a daily basis is strenuous, he said. They face the potential for vio- lence on calls from traffic stops to domestic calls. The key is having a win- ning attitude. Many reflected on the loss of Red Bluff Police Officer David Mobilio, a 31-year-old officer shot when he stopped to fill his patrol car with gas Nov. 19, 2002. “This is my time every year that I silently remember Officer David Mobilio,” Nanfito said. Nanfito was met with applause inside the crowded church when he Daily News photo by Andrea Wagner Lighting candles for local officers lost in the line of duty, area law enforcement and the community gathered for the 17th Annual Tehama County Peace Officers Memorial Service Wednesday evening at Bethel Assembly of God Church on Luther Road. began talking about the city’s consideration of naming the Red Bluff stretch of Interstate 5 the “Dave Mobilio Memorial Highway.” The wife of a Califor- New clinic opens to serve Red Bluff By JULIE ZEEB DN Staff Writer The Rolling Hills Clinic held a grand opening Thursday for its Red Bluff site at 2540 Sister Mary Columba Drive. “The tribe is proud to extend its ongoing com- mitment to the commu- nity by offering medical and dental services,” said Ines Crosby, the clinic’s board chairman. “We’re committed to providing outstanding services through our state-of-the-art facility. This includes having a multilingual clinic team.” The clinic, which will serve both medical and dental needs, is the first of two sites being opened by the Paskenta Band of Nomlaki Indi- ans, owners and opera- tors of Rolling Hills Casino in Corning. Daily News photo by Julie Zeeb John Pata performs a tribal blessing for the staff of the Red Bluff Rolling Hills Clinic Thursday at the grand opening. A resolution honor- ing the late Everett Freeman, formerly the tribal chairman, was presented to his widow 7 5 8 5 5 1 6 9 0 0 1 9 Pat Freeman Thursday by Assemblyman Jim Nielsen’s Chief of Staff David Reade on behalf of Nielsen and Sen. Doug LaMalfa. Reade presented a resolution honoring the clinic to Freeman’s son, Andy Freeman, and Executive Michael Schaub. “This clinic repre- sents a tremendous gift to the community that continues to fulfill the vision that Everett Free- man had for the Pasken- ta tribe and their rela- tionship in this commu- nity,” Reade said. “Sen- ator LaMalfa and Assemblyman Nielsen worked closely with the board of directors to fight through the bureaucracy in Sacra- mento to gain the approval necessary to open the clinic, the last of which they received in the mail yesterday.” A tribal blessing was performed by John and Cody Pata, as was a rib- bon cutting at which Red Bluff-Tehama County Chamber of Commerce Executive Vice President Dave See CLINIC, page 9A Director nia Highway Patrol offi- cer, Kristen D. Mackin- tosh, read a poem called “Eternal Fear.” The words of the poem alluded to the families who wait with uncertainty each time a loved one answers a call to serve. Sheriff Dave Hencratt read the names of the fall- en officers during a can- See FALLEN, page 9A Store donates winnings to State Theatre By JULIE ZEEB DN Staff Writer As one of 31 Sears homestores selected in a nationwide contest, the Red Bluff store, 570 S. Main St., will host a hunt for Ameri- ca’s hidden treasures from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday. To celebrate 80 years of providing tools, Craftsman is holding the program Finding America’s Trea- sures through July 23. The Red Bluff store will also be giving back, since it was one of seven selected to receive a $2,500 donation to be given to someone it con- siders a gem in the commu- nity. Father and son co-own- ers Kevin and Phillip Smith have chosen the State The- atre as the recipients of the donation. The men, who also own the Susanville Sears store, have owned the Red Bluff store four years, they said. They support the revival of the theater. “It’s a neat gem,” said Phillip Smith. “My son has played there a lot with his school band and has gone their for field trips. We do need places like that.” Kevin Smith said he and his father are excited about the donation and to host the See STORE, page 9A Youth Soccer League Fall Sign ups at the Soccer Park located on the corner of Red Bluff Park and Baker. Saturday May 21st from 8:30 am to 1:30 pm. Please bring Birth Certificate. You can also do registration online at RBYSL.ORG