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FRIDAY JULY 8, 2011 Breaking news at: www.redbluffdailynews.com The Closer Final Season See Inside Select TV RED BLUFF Fish tale Sports 1B Weather forecast 10A Sunny 98/67 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 PATH to discuss next move By TANG LOR DN Staff Writer Despite the latest rejection from yet another location Poor and the Homeless is not giving up in finding a place for its pro- posed permanent year-round homeless shelter. PATH will be meeting 6:30, Tuesday at the Presbyterian Church. The group will look at its options and discuss ways to move forward, PATH President Allene Dering said. “Anyone who wants to be part of the solution can show up,” she said. Our priority is retaining a $1 million state grant, which will be lost if a shelter is not built by March 2. It is unlikely the grant will be extended or transferred to anoth- er location, as the grant has already been extended and trans- ferred for the proposed site at Breckenridge Street, Dering said. A representative from the “I’m still mad, not as depressed as I was after the meeting, but still mad.” — Poor and the Homeless President Allene Dering state Department of Housing and Community Development will be at the meeting to speak about the grant. Other possible locations will be explored during the meeting. The choice is limited to two sites, Dering said. One possibili- ty is a property on Hess Road. The other choice is to return to the property on Minch Road, off of Baker Road. Both places present a set of challenges. The Hess Road property is too far out, and the route to get to the Seller’s market area is too dangerous, as pedes- trians will have to cross the traf- fic coming off of Interstate 5. The site itself, which is gravel, is not ideal for putting in a shelter, Dering said. See PATH, page 9A City brings on new public works head By TANG LOR DN Staff Writer Red Bluff Police Chief Paul Nanfito is recruiting for a new sergeant after the resignation of one of the department’s top ranking officers. “I’m short a supervisory position and need to fill that position as quickly as possible,” Nanfito said. Sgt. Jason Beeman resigned June 8. Nanfito and City Manager Martin Nichols did not disclose Beeman’s reason for leaving, citing person- nel confidentiality. Beeman was the acting lieutenant in charge of the department’s support and special services division. He started at the department in 2000, and over the years held several positions. In his most recent role as the acting lieutenant, he held the third highest ranking position in the department, behind the police chief and captain. The vacancy could be filled through an internal promotion or an outside recruitment. Should an offi- cer be promoted, that position also would have to be filled. Other employees The city has hired Bruce Henz to be its new pub- lic works director. His duties will include overseeing the city’s engi- neering, water, wastewater maintenance, streets, fleet maintenance and airport operations depart- ments. Henz is set to start Monday. His annual salary and Daily News photo by Julie Zeeb Robin Rowe of Sweet Cottage out of Kirkwood talks with Allison and Ed Marshall and their son Quintan, all of Red Bluff,Wednesday at the opening night of Farmer’s Market.The event runs every Wednesday 5-8 p.m. through Sept. 28. By JULIE ZEEB DN Staff Writer The Red Bluff-Tehama County Chamber of Commerce Wednesday night Farmer’s Market was off and running with 65 vendors showing up for the first night of the season. “We’ve had the most vendors and the biggest turnout yet,” said Farmer’s Market Manager Sandy Burkett. La Nueva Mexican Grill was one of several new businesses there and did quite well, Burkett said. The business sold out by 7 p.m. Others like Malivier Saucedo of Gerber, known by many as the tamale lady, was sold out by 8 p.m., she said. Kathy Brandt of Julia’s Fruit Stand said her business did well. “We had less flats of tomatoes than usual because the spring weather has been brutal, but we sold out of them in the first half hour,” she said. Vendor Robin Rowe was at the Red Bluff Farmer’s Market with her business Sweet Cottage for the first time in three years. She travels more frequently to the Chico farmer’s market, but has been getting many requests from Tehama County residents to come back to the Red Bluff one, she said. Making everything from scratch See MARKET, page 9A benefits will be about $104,252. He has agreed to work under the city’s 12 percent salary and benefits cut to all department heads by paying the employee portion of the CalPERS retirement contribution. Henz’s has more than 30 years of experience as a California registered civil engineer. His work includes involvement with engineering management and administration within both private engineering consulting and the public works and services sectors. Henz served as president and CEO of the Spink Corporation, a multidisciplinary Sacramento-based consulting firm serving both private and public sec- tor agencies. He is a registered professional civil engineer and a state registered land surveyor. Henz replaces former Public Works Director Mark Barthel, who retired in June. ——— Tang Lor can be reached at 527-2153, Ext. 110 or by e-mail at tlor@redbluffdailynews.com. Christian youth band kicks out the jams By ANDREA WAGNER DN Staff Writer Facedown, an all-kid Christian band, is set to sing this Friday at First Church of God in Red Bluff. The group, ages 9 to 16, had practiced for less than two months when they took the stage at the Illumination Festival, June 10 and 11, at the Tehama District Fair- ground. Drawing crowds and acclaim at the festival, the talented group decided they wanted to continue per- forming and now meet weekly to practice. The band has set up sev- eral performances through- out the summer. Bud’s Jolly Kone has agreed to be their first spon- sor, but they are looking for more, said Linda Roland, the mother of lead vocalist Helen Roland. Helen, 13, has been per- forming almost every year with family and friends at the Dairyville Orchard Fes- tival since she was about 5, she said. Recently, Roland sung her way to first place in the junior division at the National Exchange Club’s annual “Search for Talent” in February. The other members of the band have been playing for family and church events as well, Linda Roland said. Nine-year-old drummer, Zach Gross, has played at farmer’s markets since 2010. Guitarist and vocalist Christian Sides, 13, has performed worship music with the Calvary Youth Group and other music with First Church of God. Completing the group are the Townley Family Band members: Jordan Townley, 16, as lead gui- tarist; Levi Townley, 13, on bass; and Nathan Townley, 11, on keyboard. Jordan Townley is a pri- vate first class in the Young Marines and leads worship in his youth group. Levi Townley, who is involved with the Child Evangelism Fellowship, also plays the ukulele. Facedown will be play- ing a benefit concert at 7 p.m. Friday following a tri- tip dinner and silent auction that begins at 6 p.m. The event is to raise funds for Caleb Townley to attend a youth ministry program. Future performances have been scheduled in late July and August. The group will take the Cone Kimball stage near the clock tower in Red Bluff on July 29. They are also slated to per- form during Fusion Week at the First Church of God, Aug. 17 to 23. ——— Andrea Wagner can be reached at 527-2153, extension 114 or awagner@redbluffdailyne ws.com. TEHAMA COUNTY GLASS MOULE’S SUNSCREENS Qualify for energy rebates. Call us for details. Courtesy Photo 7 5 8 5 5 1 6 9 0 0 1 9 Facedown, a Christian band made up of local youth talent, age 9 to 16, is looking to grow and perform in several summer shows. 515 Sycamore St. 529-0260