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WEEKEND JUNE 4-5, 2011 Breaking news at: www.redbluffdailynews.com Taylor Swift See Inside USA Weekend RED BLUFF A’s in Boston Sports 1B Few showers 67/51 Weather forecast 8B 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 Dream expands Ribs, Rods and Rides hopes for clear skies By TANG LOR DN Staff Writer CORNING — The unusually drab sum- mer sky should fill with color today as more than two dozen hot air balloons take flight launching the third annual Ribs, Rods and Rides at Rolling Hills Casino. All the pilots have already shown up, and 24 bal- loons are confirmed to fly, said Dave Gowan, CEO of the Red Bluff-Tehama County Chamber of Com- merce. The previous two years the event was held in October, but the weather prevented balloons from launching. Organizers moved the event to the first weekend of June hoping for better weather. They weren’t expecting the possibility of rain in June. Still, organizers have their own prediction — balloons will fly this weekend. “We’re ready for a fun-filled weekend,” Gowan said. “In speaking to our balloon meister whose been watching the weather, she believes we’ll be flying both days.” Daily News photo by Julie Zeeb Corning Mayor Gary Strack cuts the ribbon Thursday at the grand opening for the Rolling Hills Clin- ic Corning site, 740 Solano Street. By JULIE ZEEB DN Staff Writer CORNING — The Rolling Hills Clinic held a grand opening Thurs- day for its second clinic in the last few weeks with its Corning site, 740 Solano Street, now ready for busi- ness. “As you know, this was Evrett’s dream, his vision. He handed the mantle to his son Andy. We are grateful to be here to open this clinic. It’s a dream come true,” said Ines Crosby, Rolling Hills Clinic Board chair The late Evrett Freeman, who died in November 2010, was former- ly the Tribal Chairperson. He was represented Tuesday by his family including his widow Pat Freeman and son Andy Freeman. “I’d like to thank Ines and her son John Crosby (tribal chief economic developer),” Andy Freeman said. “We were all standing together (to build the clinic) and they pushed us to keep us going. I’d also like to thank our friends and family too for keeping us going.” The clinic is the second of two sites being opened by the Paskenta Band of Nomlaki Indians, owners and operators of Rolling Hills Casi- no in Corning. The first is at 2540 Sister Mary Columba Drive, in Red Bluff. Michael Schaub will serve as executive director and Melvin Sage will serve as the Dental Director for both sites with Dr. Gabriel Choi and Dr. Franklin Bailey serving at the Corning site. Operations Manager Amy Gonczeruk said she was excited about being able to meet the needs of her community. The clinic is working to be as paperless as possible, she said. Part of being paperless is having digital charts and consent forms all of which will be available at either clinic site, said Dr. Christopher Lim, DDS. Lim and his wife, Dr. Robin Saunders, will share one of the den- tal positions in Red Bluff. The clinic will be getting an update soon with a two-dimension panoramic scan being upgraded to a machine with three-dimension scan- ning capabilities, Lim said. “The machine will allow us to scan a third molar or wisdom teeth and give us a 3-D image, which gives us precise imagery for things placing implants or locating the exact bone structures of round teeth,” Lim said. The clinic also has a CEREC unit, which takes an image of a tooth pre- pared by dental staff and from there it creates a digital image that helps the computer generate the size and dimensions for a crown, said Char- maine Ng, D.M.D., who will serve dental needs at the Red Bluff site. That information is sent to a milling unit at the clinic, which then makes the crown on the spot. Nor- mally, crowns would need to be done by a lab, which could take as long as two weeks, Ng said. The bigger teeth will take about 15 minutes to make, she said. “It’s by far the most digitally advanced place I’ve worked and it’s nicer than most private practices,” Ng said. Corning resident Delores May said she liked the idea of not having to drive to places like Chico. “I’m thrilled to have this new clin- ic here,” said Corning Chamber Manager Valanne Cardenas. “It’ll be a great asset to the community.” Rolling Hills Clinic provides comprehensive, affordable medical and dental care to patients of all ages. It accepts Medicare, Medi-Cal, Denti-Cal, California Healthy Fami- lies Program and most private insur- ance, Gonczeruk said. To learn more about services or physicians, visit www.rhclinic.org. Request an appointment online, or call 690-2778 for the Red Bluff clin- ic or 690-2827 for the Corning clin- ic. ——— Julie Zeeb can be reached at 527- 2153, extension 115 or jzeeb@red- bluffdailynews.com. About 10 sponsor rides and 20 pre-registered rides are scheduled for Saturday. Rides are still available for Saturday and Sun- day. Registration can be made each day from 5 a.m. to 5:30 a.m. at the chamber booth by the launch field, north of the casino parking lot. Flights are expected to take off at dawn. The free flights, or untethered flights, are $200. Teth- ered flights are available at $10 each. “Come out. It will be exciting,” Gowan said. “Take a ride if you like.” A balloon glow and burner dance will be held Saturday evening after sunset. Pilots will inflate their balloons and fire up their burners creating a dazzling light show. Aside from the balloons, the ribs and rods should bring on some added heat. “The ribs will be outrageous and the car show just as spectacular,” Gowan said. The rib cook-off and the car show are both Sat- urday only events. The rib cook-off will be 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Tick- ets are $15. At least 15 teams, through invitation only, will be competing for the title of best ribs. Each team has their own secret, special recipe that they will be using, said Tim Rayl, media manager at Rolling Hills. “It’s just going to be a great, big rib cook-off that will be lots of fun,” Rayl said. “Everyone should come by, check them out and sample and taste as they cook.” Several local wine, olive and olive oil vendors, as well as craft vendors will be a part of the event. The car show will feature 150 classics. While all years of corvettes are welcomed, only cars 1979 and older will be featured for other models. The car show will be 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. “This is the only event that I’m aware of where you can see classic cars, eat ribs and get a hot ball all in the same place.” Rayl said. “We hope to see the community come out and support the event.” ——— Tang Lor can be reached at 527-2153, Ext. 110 or by e-mail at tlor@redbluffdailynews.com. Graduates take a different path to same destination By TANG LOR DN Staff Writer For many of the stu- dents who graduated Thursday from the Inde- pendent Study and Adult Education program at Red Bluff High School, finishing high school was just another hurdle they had to pass. Graduate Lois O’Brien didn’t really like high school, she said. She only went to school so she could see her friends. “I got tired of being stuck in a classroom all day,” O’Brien said. But now, at 19, O’Brien has completed the Adult Education pro- gram and credits her suc- cess to the lax pace and easier workload. She’s glad to finally be fin- ished, she said. “It’s a relief,” O’Brien Daily News photo by Tang Lor Graduates from the Independent Study and Adult Education programs at Red Bluff High School celebrate their accomplishment, Thursday night, at the school’s Performing Arts Center. 7 5 8 5 5 1 6 9 0 0 1 9 said. “It’s just been way too long.” Rick Whetstone, department chair for Independent Study, acknowledged some graduates had to catch up on mistakes while others simply chose to take the more scenic route through high school. No matter which route the graduates took, they all made it to the same destination, he said. Graduates and their fam- ilies should be proud no matter what journey they decided to take. “The destination is completion of high school, and that has been reached,” he said. For graduate Ellen Anderson she found her- See PATH, page 7A Community Club 43rd annual Dairyville PANCAKE BREAKFAST Sunday, June 5 7am to 11am Lassen View School Dairyville