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Community.....A3 Farm................A5 Lifestyles........A6 Obituaries.......A9 Opinion............A4 Sports..............B1 Index...............## INDEX Today's web bonus Denver Comic Con. redbluffdailynews.com ART VisitorCenterto host art show Community A3 SOCCER Netherlands thrashes champion Spain Sports B1 FORECAST High: 87 Low: 59 A10 DON'TBE SCAMMED Scamalerts Readour online scam alert section to learn how to avoid being scammed. VISIT REDBLUFFDAILYNEWS.COM/ SCAMALERT 7 98304 20753 8 Volume129,issue146 ByTheAssociatedPress 1.HOWBIGISTHEBUDGET? The final general fund spend- ing package presented by Demo- cratic lawmakers is $108 billion, slightly higher than Gov. Jerry Brown's proposal of $107.8 billion. Combined with bond funds and special funds dedicated for spe- cific programs, total state spend- ing for the 2014-15 fiscal year will be $156.4 billion. 2. HOW MUCH IS GOING TO PAY OFF DEBTS AND SAVE FOR THE FUTURE? The Legislature adheres to the governor's proposal to put $1.6 billion into the state's rainy day fund and pay down debts, leav- ing a $460 million reserve. The budget also includes a long-term plan to begin paying down nearly CALIFORNIA Si x th in gs to know ab ou t th e state budget By Andre Byik abyik@redbluffdailynews.com @andrebyik on Twitter REDBLUFF The intermittent smell of sewage emanating through the Walbridge Street neighborhood had one resident recently lament to theCityCouncilhere thatherstreet is now known as "Smellbridge." FrustratedWalbridgeStreetarea residents during the previous two City Council meetings have told council members that the smell of sewage in their neighborhood has been an ongoing problem over the past few years. One resident has threatened litigation over the is- sue, and others have complained of RED BLUFF Council takes on sewage smells By Rich Greene rgreene@redbluffdailynews.com @richgreenenews on Twitter RED BLUFF The Tehama County Board of Supervisors is scheduled to discuss the 2014-15 fiscal year recommended budget Tuesday. Public comment and the bud- get presentation will be held at 9:15 a.m. at the Board Chambers, 727 Oak St. in Red Bluff. In his budget narrative Chief Administrator Bill Goodwin de- scribes the budget he will pres- ent as lean and covering the es- sential services. Across all funds expenditure appropriations total $181,540,975. That includes a 7.6 percent in- creases from the prior year in spending authority within gov- ernment funds. Goodwin attributes that in- crease to road department bud- geted expenditures and increases for the county's numerous capital outlay projects. The recommended budget in- cludes a net addition of 4.5 full time positions. Budget increases include an additional $10,000 for the Senior Nutrition Program, a $25,000 al- location for a new vehicle for the medicinal marijuana code en- forcement and $120,500 for the District Attorney's Office to up- grade its database system to com- ply with the Tehama County Su- perior Court's paperless transi- tion. Goodwin recommends denying a request from the Planning De- partment to hire another planner and re-examining it at mid-year. Goodwin said the coming year will be active with construction projects. The recommended budget in- cludes nearly $4 million for the design and construction of the new library and an addition of $111,173 for the Agricultural Cen- ter, bringing its total appropria- COUNTY FUNDS Supervisorstodiscussbudget Goodwincallsitlean,butcoveringessentialservices By Rich Greene rgreene@redbluffdailynews.com @richgreenenews on Twitter RED BLUFF Alexander Hawkins and Brianna von Magnus gradu- ated high school two weeks ago. They did so despite spending their senior year homeless. They weren't camped out in the slough, but Hawkins and von Maguns have been shuffling fromonelocationtoanothersince March 2013. They've lived in Red Bluff and Redding, Sonora and Reno. Theirhomelessnessisn'tsoeas- ily defined by the United States Department of Housing and Ur- ban Development. The Tehama County Depart- ment of Education has a broader description and maintains a da- tabase of school children that includes those in foster care, so called "couch surfers," migrant workers and those attending classes by day and returning to a householdatnightthatdoesn'tin- clude either of their parents. When those figures are looked at Hawkins and von Magnus' story becomes a far too common occurrence in Tehama County. Foster and Homeless Youth Coordinator Jo Kee says there are about 1,000 kids defined as homeless by the Tehama County Department of Education. That's about 10 percent of all school children in the county. Findingeachother Hawkins and von Magnus met each other in April 2012. They were both recovering from rough breakups, but as life would have it, it was love at first sight. Life then provided anothersur- prise. In September 2012 von Mag- nus found out she was pregnant. She chose to keep the baby. "I chose to face the conse- quences, whether they were good or bad," von Magnus said. AccordingtotheCaliforniaDe- partment of Public Health, Te- hama County's teen pregnancy rate is higher than the state av- erage with 36 out of every 1,000 females ages 15 to 19 becoming pregnant. HawkinsandvonMagnuswere used to dealing with difficult sit- uations. Hawkins had spent time in the foster program and von Mag- nus estimates that during her 12 years of school she was homeless for about five. As it would turn out the preg- nancy would be the least of the teenage couple's concerns. The couple had planned to start their new life as parents liv- ing with Hawkins' father. Hawkins, who was attending Red Bluff Union High School at the time, was proactive and con- tacted Cal-Safe, a school-based program for expectant and par- enting students and their chil- dren. He asked questions about the best way he could juggle getting a job to support his girlfriend and future baby as well as completing high school. Hawkins eventually settled on the eScholar Academy, the In- ternet-based charter school von Magnus had been attending. The school was renamed the Tehama eLearning Academy at the start of the month. The couple had a plan in place. Bestlaidplans In March 2013 Hawkins' father lost his home. While the father found a place to stay in Redding, Hawkins and von Maguns were on their own. They began couch surfing, staying in different homes, shuf- fling back and forth between Red Bluff and Redding. Some situations were better than others, but it was what they HOMELESS STUDENT PROJECT HOMELESS STUDENTS GRADUATE HIGH SCHOOL DAILY NEWS PHOTO BY ANDRE BYIK Alexander Hawkins speaks at his eScholar Academy graduation ceremony May 31at the State Theatre with his girlfriend Brianna von Magnus behind him. James Wilson writes about generations and fatherhood in the weekly God Talk column. PAGE B3 GOD TALK Wilson: Turning the Father's hearts Jean Barton pulls out tidbits from 1899newspapers on file at the Tehama County Library. PAGE A5 JEAN BARTON Farm columnist looks at 1899 newspapers Soldier released in controver- sial swap begins "next phase of his reintegration process," says official. PAGE B4 SOLDIER Bergdahl back in US a er years of captivity Aid still promised for strug- gling regime in Baghdad as president pushes for political reform alternative. 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