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WEEKEND JUNE 25-26, 2011 Breaking news at: Summer School USA Weekend www.redbluffdailynews.com See Inside RED BLUFF Wimbeldon Wrap-Up SPORTS 1B Sunny 94/63 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 ‘Hit the books’ Corning budget outlook good By JULIE ZEEB DN Staff Writer CORNING — City Manager Steve Kimbrough had good news for City Council members at Thursday’s budget meeting: While the 2011-2012 budget has a deficit, the city looks to end the year with plenty in reserve. “The important thing is we’ll be able to meet our commitments,” Kimbrough said. When the fiscal year ends June 30, the city should have $668,500 in reserve and is looking to save anoth- er $19,100 in the 2011-2012 budget for a total of about $687,700 at the end of 2011-2012. The $500,000 operative reserve the council decided to set last year is down from the $800,000 pre-recession amount, Kimbrough said. However, even with the $500,000 amount set aside for the operating reserve, the council will still have See CORNING, page 7A Nothing left for you to do but dance Billed as “the hottest party of the year,” River Park Festival organizers are bracing for a big turnout at Saturday night’ s River Park Festi v a l Dance Party. The Daily News photo by Andrea Wagner Community members donated sports memorabilia and equipment that is on display as part of “Hit the Books,” the sports-themed summer reading program for children that started this week at the Tehama County Library. By ANDREA WAGNER DN Staff Writer A dirt bike and several trophies sit atop shelves of books and a man- nequin in a Spartans football jersey faces the front door near a display case of memorabilia and a basket- ball hoop. “Hit the Books,” the sports- themed summer reading program, kicked off this week at the Tehama County Library in Red Bluff. “We’re really proud of the ener- gy we create as kids come in,” said County Librarian Jessica Hudson. Some 115 children and their par- ents joined in the first week receiv- ing packets of activity sheets for the six-week program and doing sports- themed crafts, she said. The program, each Wednesday at 10 a.m. through Aug. 1, encour- ages children to read and have fun while out of school. Participants record the books they read and work toward a free book and ice cream at the end of the program, Hudson said. Raising money for the program and year-round children’s events, the library is hosting a summer Brown, Democrats working 2 fronts on Calif. budget SACRAMENTO (AP) — Gov. Jerry Brown and his fellow Democrats in the Legislature worked Friday along two differ- ent tracks with the hope that one will lead to a budget deal before the start of California’s new fiscal year next week. Brown met with Assembly Speaker John Perez and Senate Presi- dent Pro Tem Darrell Steinberg to discuss an alternative budget plan the governor could sup- port if it were passed by a simple majority of Democrats. The governor, mean- while, kept insisting he still has time to persuade Republican lawmakers to support his call for a spe- cial election so voters can decide whether to increase taxes. ‘‘The speaker contin- ues to meet with the gov- ernor, the pro tem and Republican leaders to find a comprehensive budget solution and will continue to do so over the weekend,’’ said Perez’s spokeswoman Robin Swanson. ‘‘He is focused on delivering a budget agreement that doesn’t make further devastating cuts to schools and public safe- ty.’’ California’s fiscal year ends Thursday, and for the first time lawmak- ers are feeling additional pressure to resolve the state’s budget crisis in a timely manner. They are losing their salaries and living expenses until they balance the state’s annual spending plan by closing a $9.6 billion budget 7 5 8 5 5 1 6 9 0 0 1 9 See BROWN, page 7A book sale from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. today. Next week the summer reading program will celebrate “San Fran- cisco Giants Day,” Hudson said. Participants can wear sports cloth- ing and play sports charades. The program is geared toward ages 2 to 12 but anyone is welcome to attend, Hudson said. The library is looking for more teen volunteers to help with the program. Among the many uniforms, equipment and photos on display See BOOKS, page 7A event takes place in the Tyler Jelly Building at the Tehama District Fairground and features a novel outdoor lounge on the grass beside the building. “While the festival is about saving our pool, it’s also about celebrating what makes our city special,” said Daniele Jackson, Red Bluff councilwoman and member of Blues for the Pool. “More than any other, this festival event is all about celebrat- ing, and the idea is to bring residents past and present together to do it.” Festival organizers booked the bands that will appear with that in mind. The night begins with one of the North State’s leading party bands, The Alterna- tors, playing a set list that will cover hits from decade to decade, giving everyone a chance to take the floor to their era’s favorites. Later in the evening, tributes to AC/DC and Ozzy Osbourne will occur. “The bands we’ve booked all fea- ture guys who grew up in Red Bluff,” said organizer Pat Ewald, him- self a former resident now living in Chico. Joe Giambroni, Troy Minch and Aaron Pico are band members who are for- mer residents. “Whether they live here now or not, folks are com- ing to the festival because they love their hometown. These guys do, too,” Ewald said. Tickets for the Dance Party are $20 and available in advance at the Chamber of Commerce, The Gold Exchange, Tips Bar, Lariat Bowl, Plum Crazy Boutique and Wilcox Oaks Golf Club or at the door. Tickets to all other events are available at the welcome desk during this event. LM woman still a champ at 95 By ANDREA WAGNER DN Staff Writer At 95, Maudie Herme- tet of Los Molinos is only entering two fairs this year, instead of five. Hermetet had 50 entries in the Silver Dollar Fair, May 26-30, in Chico, and she won 45 ribbons. Winning Best of Show for her cherry pie, a jar of salsa and a loaf of whole wheat bread, Hermetet said she was pleased. “That made my day,” she said. “I was real happy with that.” When Hermetet comes home to her small mobile home that sits just off the Sacramento River, she is greeted by friends and neighbors visit just to see how she is. It could have some- thing to do with her bak- ing. She never makes just one pie at a time, she said. “My neighbors love me,” Hermetet said. She has baked for both neighbors and fair compe- titions regularly since 1968. She took a break in the Daily News photo by Andrea Wagner Maudie Hermetet, 95, of Los Molinos shows off many of her red, white and blue ribbons that were stitched into a quilt for her spare bed- room.She won the ribbons over many years of entering baked goods into area fairs. early 1970s while she lived in Berry Creek. Instead she was baking pies for an inn in Lake Madrone. In 20 months, she baked 1,056 pies on a wood stove, with no elec- tricity and no running water, she said. “A lot of gals probably wouldn’t do it that way,” she said. Hermetet has contin- ued to enter fairs all over Northern California every year. She has competed at Gridley, Orland, Chico, Anderson and Red Bluff. One year, she even entered the state fair, she said. She got a blue ribbon See CHAMP, page 7A