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THURSDAY JUNE 16, 2011 Breaking news at: www.redbluffdailynews.com Air Guard Band to Play See Page 4A Pastimes Sunny 90/58 Weather forecast 8B BY JULIE ZEEB DN Staff Writer CORNING — City Council voted unanimously, with one absent, Tuesday to introduce an ordinance defining and prohibiting medical marijuana dispensaries within city limits. “It basically says any collective or cooperative with four or more members would be a dispensary DAILYNEWS RED BLUFF 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 Corning heads to marijuana dispensary ban and prohibits dispensaries within Corning,” said Planning Director John Stoufer. Vice Mayor Toni Parkins ran the meeting in the absence of Mayor Gary Strack. Stoufer reminded council prior to the opening of the public hear- ing that the issue at hand was only the dispensaries and had nothing to do with cultivation. The city adopt- “Your driving us to the illicit drug market.” — Ken Prather ed a cultivation ordinance in Feb. 2010. The cultivation ordinance pro- hibits outdoor cultivation and lim- its cultivation to a maximum area Fire caught early of 120 square feet. It also bans cultivation in resi- dences, require cultivation build- ings to have a ventilation system approved by a building official and a six-foot fence with a minimum of 10 feet between property line and the building. During a lengthy public com- ment period, Tuesday, Ken Prather, formerly of Tehama Herbal Col- lective, said he felt that the ordi- nance defining dispensaries as four or more people in combination See BAN, page 7A County denies bus crash claim By ANDREA WAGNER DN Staff Writer Saying it was submitted too late, Tehama Coun- ty Supervisors denied a fifth claim Tuesday in response to a disastrous bus accident in November See BUS, page 7A Easement plan meets resistance By TANG LOR Daily News photo by Julie Zeeb Members of Red Bluff Fire mop up a vegetation fire reported at 2:56 p.m.Wednesday on the south side of Antelope Boulevard at the Interstate 5 interchange. The fire, cause undeter- mined, was contained at 2:58 p.m. Firefighters sprayed foam on the bark, which helps the water to penetrate the bark better and lowers the chances a fire will rekindle, especially on hot windy days like Wednesday, a spokesman said. Lawmakers approve Dems’ budget bills SACRAMENTO (AP) — Democrats who control California’s Legislature passed a series of budget bills Wednesday with few Republican votes, but the plan was widely seen as merely a stopgap to meet the constitutional budget dead- line. Passage in the Assembly and Senate before a mid- night deadline would allow lawmakers to continue receiving their salary and per diem payments. An initia- tive approved by voters last year punishes lawmakers by stopping their paychecks if they miss the June 15 dead- line. Even as they advanced a detailed proposal to close California’s remaining $9.6 billion deficit, Democratic leaders intended for the gov- ernor to continue negotiating with Republicans. The GOP must provide two votes in each legislative house to enact the budget Democrats and Gov. Jerry Brown really want. That includes a tempo- rary extension of expiring tax increases to fund schools in the coming fiscal year and an authorization for a special election this fall so voters can decide whether to extend the tax hikes for an even longer period. ‘‘The governor pushed for a better plan and we sup- port his plan,’’ Senate Presi- dent Pro Tem Darrell Stein- berg said during the floor debate on the Democratic proposal. Both houses passed the series of budget bills by late- afternoon Wednesday and began sending them to the governor. Steinberg said Democ- rats want to continue work- ing with Republican law- makers to see if they will provide enough support to go to the ballot with the tax questions later in the year. If not, however, Steinberg said Democrats would expect Brown to sign the budget they are expected to pass Wednesday. ‘‘I would love nothing more than to come back sometime between June 15 and July 1 and pass Plan A,’’ Steinberg, D-Sacramento, told reporters earlier in the day. July 1 is the start of the next fiscal year. The next two weeks are crucial because the last of the tax hikes passed in 2009 — increases to the sales and vehicle taxes — expire June 30. Republican lawmakers have not agreed on the tax matters and say they want reforms to public employee See BILLS, page 7A 7 5 8 5 5 1 6 9 0 0 1 9 Red Bluff Outdoor Power Daily News photo by Andrea Wagner Men living at the Red Bluff Healthcare Center were given homemade quilts Wednesday in honor of Father’s Day.The Sun Country Quilters donated 16 quilts, patterned with images of fish, sports and other themes. The group usually gives women Mother’s Day quilts, but decided to include the men this year for the first time. Quilters Janyce Mathis, Pat Brink, Leeanna Jenson, Pat Peebles and Darlene Leddy presented the quilts. ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS FOR 2011/2012 SCHOOL YEAR FREE Public school with small classes (under 25 students per class) SAFE, CARING learning community for GRADES 6-12 1660 Monroe St., Red Bluff CA. or Call: 530-529-1650 for an application or visit us on the web at: www.discoverycharterschool.org Established August, 2002, WASC accredited Visit us at DN Staff Writer Officials from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service hosted a public scoping session Tuesday in an effort to move for- ward with a plan to pre- serve land through con- servation easements. A crowd packed the west side conference room at the Red Bluff Community and Senior Center, leaving several people standing. Many in attendance were Tea Party Patriots who view the proposed Father’s Day quilts gifted California Foothill Legacy Area program as a land grab by a federal agency. The Fish and Wildlife Service along with the California Rangeland Conservation Coalition has identified pockets of foothills throughout the state that should be pro- tected, said Mark Pelz, chief of refuge planning for the Fish and Wildlife Service. The Tehama Foothills, an area north See PLAN, page 7A Principal moving on CORNING — May- wood Middle School Princi- pal Jeff Harris is moving to a new school. Harris has accepted the superintendent position at North Cow Creek School in Palo Cedro. His resignation will be effective June 30, said Steve Kelish, superintendent of the Corning Union Elementary School District. “Jeff has done an out- standing job as principal of Maywood Middle School,” Kelish said. “He will be greatly missed by us all. However, we are very proud of Jeff and support this advance in his career.” Maywood Assistant Prin- cipal David Cory will assume the principal role on July 1. “Although it will be diffi- cult to fill Jeff’s shoes, the board and I feel David is an excellent choice, and he has done an outstanding job as assistant principal during this past year,” Kelish said. A search will begin immediately to hire a new assistant principal. Game 7