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FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 16, 2011 Breaking news at: www.redbluffdailynews.com Simon Cowell X Factor See Inside Select TV RED BLUFF Red Bluff Invite Preview Sports 1B Weather forecast 10A Sunny 87/57 By JULIE ZEEB DN Staff Writer After eight months of serving as Acting Sergeant, Red Bluff Police Officer Josiah Ferrin, was promoted to Sergeant on Thursday at a ceremony at City Hall. At 28, he is the youngest person ever to hold the position. Friends, family, present and former colleagues along with City Council represen- tatives Forrest Flynn and Daniele Jackson and Mayor Bob Carrel packed into the room to watch as Police Chief Paul Nanfito pinned on Ferrin's chevrons follow- ing a short speech. "Josiah was our number one candidate and he did an outstanding job (in the selec- tion process)," Nanfito said. "I expect great things from him." The selection was a three part process that included an interview of a panel includ- ing a captain from the Red- ding Police Department, a Lieutenant from the Chico Police Department, the Alternatives To Violence Director and Red Bluff Fire Division Chief Jon Bennett. Candidates also had an interview with Nanfito and his second in command, Lt. Kyle Sanders, and were required to write an essay just before their interview with Nanfito and Sanders. Ferrin has been with the department for seven years and recently graduated from Simpson University with a bachelors degree in psychol- ogy with a perfect 4.0 grade point average, Nanfito said. Over his seven years, Ferrin spent some time as a detective and has been on the SWAT team, the honor guard and been a weapon- less defense instructor. "There are 14,000 resi- dents in the city of Red Bluff and only 22 have the privi- lege of serving as police offi- cers," Nanfito said. "Only 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 Deserving promotion Family's stolen truck located by OnStar By ANDREA WAGNER DN Staff Writer A family's vehicle was recovered through use of an OnStar safety system Monday after it was stolen from their garage in the 25000 block of Butler Street. Nora Roberson, 82, noticed her red 2006 GMC truck was missing just before 11 p.m., logs said. It was last seen at 4:45 p.m. in the unlocked garage with the keys inside. Law enforcement was notified and deputies followed up investigation by using Roberson's OnStar system, logs said. The pickup was found within an hour in the driveway of 22788 Olivewood Ave. in Corning, a sheriff's press release said. Two women were among several detained at the resi- dence for questioning but not arrested, logs said. Those questioned at the Corning residence told deputies that the stolen vehicle had been left there by a man who said he was going to walk to the casino, the release said. All wit- nesses said they didn't know the suspect. Deputies lifted fingerprints off the stolen GMC and are forwarding the evidence to the Department of Justice for identification, the release said. Among those contacted at the scene was Jason Michael Stewart, 35, of Corning who was later arrested by Corning Police Tuesday on unrelated charges of possession of See TRUCK, page 9A Corning council approves 2011 repaving project plan By JULIE ZEEB Daily News photo by Julie Zeeb Red Bluff Police Chief Paul Nanfito, right, pins the chevrons on Offi- cer Josiah Ferrin, left, Thursday for his promotion to Sergeant in a ceremony at City Hall. five serve as a sergeant." Nanfito, who has done every job within the depart- ment, spent eight years as a sergeant. "Not that I don't like being chief, but being a sergeant is the greatest job, bar none," Nanfito said. "In your seven years you have learned the mechanics of supervising, but now you need to learn to be a leader." Being a leader is not something people are born to, he said. "The mission — public safety, is number one," Nan- fito said. "The three to five men and women under you are second and then there's you." Nanfito reminded Ferrin to remember that what is popular is not always right See RBPD, page 9A DN Staff Writer CORNING —The City Council Tuesday approved plans and specifications along with seeking bid solicitations for its 2011 repaving project. The council approved the project, which included break- ing Solano Street into nine segments and then subsegments to make it easier to repave, at the July 26 meeting. The project includes segments 1b and 2 of Solano Street, which is Toomes Avenue to Interstate 5, and 6a, which is from the railroad tracks to First Street, viewable on the Sept. 13 agenda at www.corning.org. The Solano Street portion takes up about $161,000 of the $285,900 available for the 2011-2012 fiscal year, according to the staff report. Other streets include Sixth Street alley between Solano and Yolo streets through the Yolo intersection and Pear Street from Fig Lane to Almond Street for about $48,600. Included is work on the airport segment of Marguerite Avenue that equals about $18,900. Staff included an additive bid item comprised of Sixth Street from the alley north of South Street to Marin Street for a cost of $12,800, Almond Street between Peach and Pear streets for $14,300 and Fig Street between Walnut and South See PLAN, page 9A Van acquisition to bolster community help By JULIE ZEEB DN Staff Writer With help from grants totaling $59,400 from Catholic Charities USA and Walmart the Northern Val- ley Catholic Social Services has acquired a new van to be used to help Tehama County residents get food. "We're very grateful to the Walmart Foundation for their efforts to fight hunger in America, especially here in Tehama County," North- ern Valley Catholic Social Services Director Camilla Delsid said. Getting the van was a collaborative effort and is a partnership between NVCSS Tehama, Tehama County Community Action Agency's Program Manager Amanda Sharp, Tehama County Social Services Director Charlene Reid and Mike Growney of Growney Motors, Delsid said. "Sister Pat Manoli was able to establish a connec- tion with Mike Growney of Growney Motors through Jolene Kemen," Delsid said. "Mike Growney was awe- some. He was able to help us find an amazing van at min- imal cost to the grant, which allows us to buy more food." The van will be used for the new Tehama Food Share program to deliver food from the North State Food Bank to participating food agencies, churches and other local food banks and non- profit agencies, Delsid said. Food runs would be made at least two times a month and the van will also be available for mobile dis- tribution summer feeding programs such as the USDA feeding program that will allow organizations such as NVCSS to go into rural areas to serve adults and children for the lunch pro- gram. CalWORKS will also use the van for its communi- ty service project in which its clients in a work experi- ence program will go to peo- ples houses and farms to harvest vegetables and fruits that would otherwise spoil or go to waste. The Community Action Agency will use the van to transport CalWORKS crews for some of its community service projects. It will also be used twice a year for Tail- gate Event food giveaways to transport supplementary food items to compliment the tailgate event, Delsid said. With the shrinking bud- gets, agencies that used to be able to provide funding to buy food are no longer able to do so, she said. "The bottom line is we want to increase the food 7 5 8 5 5 1 6 9 0 0 1 9 See VAN, page 9A Daily News photo by Julie Zeeb Northern Valley Catholic Social Services Advisory Board Chair Sister Pat Manoli sits in the seat and Corning Family Resource Center Program Manager Carol Curry shows off the Tehama Food Share logo of the new van Northern Valley Catholic Social Services received as a part of two grants, one from Catholic Charities USA and one from Walmart Foundation. 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