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ByAndreByik abyik@redbluffdailynews.com @andrebyik on Twitter CORNING Flaking plaster at Northside Park's "kiddie" pool here has led to cut feet, City Man- ager John Brewer said. The City Council on Tuesday authorized a maximum of $9,500 to be spent toward repairing the plastered floor of the pool at the park at Colusa and Sixth streets. "The flaking is causing injury to the feet of the children swim- ming or playing in that pool," said a city staff report. "For safety rea- sons, the pool floor should be re- paired immediately. Brewer said at Tuesday's City Council meeting that the city had received "numerous" calls from parents who said the feet of their children were being cut in the pool. "I can't overstress the urgency here because whenever kids are in the pool they are ending up with cut feet," he said. "And we don't need the bleeding going on." CORNING Cutfeetleads to pool repairs By Rich Greene rgreene@redbluffdailynews.com @richgreenenews on Twitter RED BLUFF Two things from Kevin Millikin's childhood have stayed with him — a love of the zombie genre and his hometown of Red Bluff. Both are at the center of the hor- ror author's lat- est book "Summer of 68," a story set during the events of the movie "Night of the Liv- ing Dead" that takes place in Red Bluff. Millikin, who resides in Wash- ington with his wife and daugh- ter, graduated from Red Bluff Union High School in 2006. He said he can trace his love of zombies back to his childhood. AUTHOR Undead overrun Red Bluff in novel Staff report REDDING The California Trans- portation Commission (CTC) has allocated $510 million to 83 transportation projects that will put people to work improving the state's highways, bridges, and public transit, including $6 mil- lion to be spent on a Corning rest area off Interstate 5 and various other Tehama County projects. The project will rehabilitate and rebuild both the northbound and southbound Safety Roadside Rest Areas near Corning on In- terstate 5, according to a Caltrans press release issued Thursday. The rehabilitation will also bring the rest areas up to current ADA standards and provide reliable and safe locations for the trav- elling public and those moving goods in and through California. In other Tehama County proj- ects, on Baker Road at Brickyard Creek Bridge in Red Bluff, about a third of a mile north of Walnut Street, a bridge will be replaced and the state dedicated $30,000 to the project. The new structure will meet modern bridge con- struction standards. Evergreen and Bowman safety improvements will receive $80,000 in state funding. In the vicinity of Evergreen Middle School, near the in- tersection of Bowman Road and Hooker Creek Road the money will help construct bus stops, safety improvements and bike and pedestrian facilities in or- der to improve safety and pro- vide the opportunity for students to walk or bike to Evergreen Mid- dle School, reducing traffic and greenhouse gasses while prompt- ing active and healthy modes of transportation. More than $950,000 was dedi- cated to the Thomes Creek Bridge on State Route 99W, which will be replaced and approaches on each side of the bridge will be improved. In nearby counties, $2.8 mil- lion was allocated for the instal- lation of lighting and other im- provements at chain control lo- cations in Plumas, Siskiyou, and Trinity counties. The additional lighting, wider areas and pave- ment will enhance and improve TRANSPORTATION Roadprojectsreceive$510M Index...............## Index...............## Index...............## Index...............## Index...............## Index...............## Index...............## INDEX Howard Straus will give a presentation on his biography "Dr. Max Gerson: Healing the Hopeless." PAGEB4 LIFESTYLES Author,businessmanto hold book signings Passages is looking for baby boomers to help people navigate through the complex Medicare system. PAGE A4 COMMUNITY Baby boomers needed to help with Medicare The 35-foot zone outside abortion clinics were declared an unconstitutional restraint on free-speech. PAGE B7 SUPREME COURT High court strikes rule on clinic buffer zones ROADS PAGE 7 ZOMBIES PAGE 7 REPAIRS PAGE 7 By Andre Byik abyik@redbluffdailynews.com @andrebyik on Twitter RED BLUFF Nine-year-old Allie Winn gave a good look at her castle and was ready to play. Thursday was her day. The Northeastern California and Northern Nevada chapter of the Make-A- Wish Foundation on Thursday granted Allie's one true wish — a castle playhouse of her own. Allie — a fun, caring and creative girl who has lived her life with a rare and life-threatening mus- cular disease — was sur- rounded by friends and family when she opened her eyes to a wish that became a reality. Fit- ted with a princess crown and holding a wand, she was left speechless, but quickly toured her castle, which was trans- formed from a shed and filled with new toys. Because of her centronuclear myopathy, Allie's perspective of the world comes from the seat of her wheelchair much of the time. In a project that started in March, businesses and volunteers donated their time and labor to transform a brown Tuff Shed into a pink, black and blue castle complete with towers, white flags with pink letter A's that waved in the breeze, and enough space to play with her friends. "This is probably the most special thing that's ever happened to her," said Jenna Winn, Allie's mother. "Just because it was something for her. Something that she could do. She can't go into parks and play, or go swimming by herself in a pool, or go in a jump house, or any of those things." Christina Reese, chair of the regional Make-A-Wish chapter's North State Regional Council, said granted wishes stick for longer than the short reveal celebration. "Being a mom of a wish child, I can tell you that a wish is not just a temporary joy," Reese said. "It's (lifelong). Not just for the child, but for the whole en- tire family. It's a welcome break from treatments and scary pro- cedures." She added: "There's ac- tually a new study out by doctors that can prove that a child's emo- tional well-being really gets bet- ter as they anticipate the wish coming and as they think about a wish, and then after." What was clear was that Al- lie's wish couldn't have come true without the donations and volunteer work that went into transforming a shed into a play- house that was installed next to her home in Red Bluff. Dianne Koellen, a Make-A- Wish volunteer for more than 20 years, said Sacramento- based Camelia City Millwork handled the design and instal- lation of Allie's playhouse, and other businesses such as Capi- tal Sheet Metal, River City Glass and Elk Grove-based Abbey Flooring Design Center pitched in as well. Mike Smith Honey Do's out of Corning and Red Bluff Walmart volunteers had a hand in making Allie's come true as well. "Every wish is funded by donations, and granted by volunteers," said Carlos Miranda, vice chair of North State Regional Council for the regional Make-A-Wish chapter. WISH GRANTED ANDRE BYIK — DAILY NEWS Nine-year-old Allie Winn of Red Bluff, center, had her wish for a castle playhouse granted Thursday by the Northeastern California chapter of the Make-A-Wish organization. 9-YEAR-OLD GIRL'S WISH COMES TRUE Make-A-Wish:Regionalchapter,volunteerstransformshedintoplayhouse Millikin A wind farm will be first in the nation to avoid prosecution if eagles die when they run into turning blades. 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