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WEDNESDAY JULY 27, 2011 Breaking news at: Olive Oil Strikes Gold Commerce www.redbluffdailynews.com See Page 4A RED BLUFF Moving On SPORTS 1B Sunny 97/66 Weather forecast 8B By ANDREA WAGNER DN Staff Writer Supervisors voted Tuesday to keep the Los Molinos branch library open, at least for now, after library advocates filled the 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 County puts LM library closure on hold board chambers. The Tehama County Board of Supervisors had accepted closing the library branch as part of the overall county pre- liminary budget approved June 29. Anticipating losing $21,583 in State Public Library Subven- tion funds, the library staff opted to cut service and supply expenses by closing the branch, rather than cut staffing or halt buying new materials. However, July 19, when the board was about to vote to send a notice to the property owner and pull out of the library’s lease, several Los Molinos resi- dents spoke out against closing the library, pleading with the Courting cuts county to wait. Some said they were shocked and were not included in the decision. Others explored the importance of keeping the See LIBRARY, page 7A Troublemaking woman not welcome in several counties By GREG WELTER MediaNews Group WILLOWS — Glenn County authorities are unsure about what to do with a Shasta County woman who contin- ues to cause disturbances at a home near Orland, leading to her arrest twice in the last five days. Sheriff Larry Jones said Lorena Galindo, 41, of Shasta Lake, was first arrested Wednesday on a $10,000 warrant out of Tehama County after she went to a home her husband was remodeling on County Road M and began breaking out windows. She was released early the next morning, Jones said, because it was determined that Tehama County didn’t want to pick her up on the warrant, and asked that she be cited out for a court appearance in that county at a later date. See WOMAN, page 7A SUV and semi collide on 99E Daily News file photo By TANG LOR DN Staff Writer While cuts to the Tehama County Superior Court thusfar have been made as far away from the public as possible, this year’s cuts could have a direct impact. The serious cuts this year are compounded atop cuts the court has suffered over the previous three years, Judge Richard Scheuler said. There are plans for court closure if nothing else can be achieved in balancing the local court’s budget. The Judicial Council announced $350 million in cuts Friday after the state’s final budget slashed the courts’ $3 billion budget by more than 10 percent. Trial courts in all 58 counties have been asked to cut Opponents of Calif gay history law seek referendum SACRAMENTO (AP) — California’s secretary of state on Tuesday cleared a group to begin collecting signatures for a ballot referendum to over- turn a first-in-the-nation law requiring public schools to teach the con- tributions of gays and les- bians in social studies lessons Gov. Jerry Brown signed SB48 earlier this month, making California the first state to mandate such lessons in public school curriculum. The requirement is set to take effect in the 2013-14 school year. It took opponents less than two weeks to draft the referendum challeng- ing the move. At a time of budget cuts, California schools should be focused on improving student perfor- mance and lowering the high school dropout rate, said Paulo Sibaja, a spokesman for the group Stop SB48. ‘‘Politicians have no business writing text- books. It should be left to the historians and acade- mic experts,’’ he said. Backers of the referen- dum will need to gather 504,760 signatures from registered voters by Oct. 12 to qualify for the next statewide ballot. Sibaja said paid and volunteer signature-gatherers will be used to try to meet the requirement. Supporters of SB48 said it will teach students to be more accepting and perhaps help end bullying of gay students. It also ensures that students are taught about the contribu- tions of people who are gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender. ‘‘It’s important for us right now to educate Cali- fornians about what the bill does and does not do,’’ said Rebekah Orr, a spokeswoman for Equali- ty California, a leading lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender rights advo- cacy group in California. ‘‘We want to be clear that this bill is about teaching 7 5 8 5 5 1 6 9 0 0 1 9 Red Bluff Outdoor Power each of their budgets by almost 7 percent. Cuts were ordered for the Administrative Office of the Courts and the state’s two highest courts, including the California Supreme Court. For the Tehama County court, which has been classi- fied as an “underfunded” court by the Administrative Office of the Courts, the near 7 percent cut means anoth- er year of tough budget decisions. “Our mindset is that no savings is too small, and we have planned cuts everywhere we can without closing courts to the public,” Scheuler said. The court is already operating with no research assis- tants and shares with four counties a state funded com- See CUTS, page 7A A semi truck and an SUV collided at 2:21 p.m. Tuesday near Los Moli- nos on Highway 99E at Englehorn Avenue. The California High- way Patrol website listed minor injuries for the col- lision and a note in the entry said there were three occupants in the SUV with one possible injury. The driver of the semi- truck was the sole occu- pant of the big rig and, while bleeding on his head, was talking and moving his limbs, accord- ing to the CHP website. No lanes were blocked by the vehicles, however, there was a lot of debris with the semi-truck rolling, landing on its wheels and the SUV end- ing up in an orchard. The website shows one of the reporting parties said the driver of the SUV had been speeding and was tailgating at the time of the collision. Nothing further was available as of Tuesday evening. —Julie Zeeb District rejects offer for community hall By JULIE ZEEB DN Staff Writer The Gerber-Las Flores Community Service District rejected an offer at its Thursday meeting for the Gerber Community Hall, just up the road from the district’s office on San Ben- ito Avenue. An offer was made on the building, which was put up for sale in May, by Joan and Marty Pearce, two members of a local church, District Manager Mike Murphy said. The district received an e-mail from the couple, expressing interest in the building, and later met with them to talk about their offer. “We desire to acquire this building in Gerber, so that it can be used as what it was originally created to be used for, a community cen- ter,” the Pearces said in the e-mail. “At this center we want to have programs for the elderly, a variety of events for youth and our hearts’ desire is to reach children and families.” The couple intended to have dinners, movies, con- certs, puppet shows, games and other activities, accord- ing to the e-mail. “Our desire is to impact Gerber and the surrounding area so we can have a com- munity that will work together in unity and love,” Daily News photo by Julie Zeeb The Gerber-Las Flores Community Service District has put the Ger- ber Community Hall up for sale for $30,000. Interested parties can contact the office. said the e-mail. The couple was not pre- sent for the board’s discus- sion of the offer. The offer, presented at a meeting with Murphy and two board members, was for a small amount due to the fact that the building would need between $10,000 and $15,000 to upgrade it to ADA stan- See HALL, page 7A PHYSICIAN REFERRAL A FREE SERVICE PROVIDED FOR YOUR CONVENIENCE 1-800-990-9971 CHW North State Region