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MONDAY OCTOBER 3, 2011 Breaking news at: Hope for Chron's Vitality www.redbluffdailynews.com See Page 4A RED BLUFF 49ers Clip Eagles SPORTS 1B Showers likely 69/50 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 Monster bash City looks to cut hours for some employees By TANG LOR DN Staff Writer The city is proposing a reduction in hours for employees after failing to reach a consensus over salary and benefits concessions. Ten employ- ees in the mis- cellaneous bar- gaining unit will be laid off by five hours per week, an approximate 12 percent of hours, accord- ing to a propos- al by the Bud- get Committee. The City Council will consider adopt- ing the cuts at its meeting Tuesday. 'They're purposely misusing the word. They're doing it for their benefit because they know they don't have the right to do a unilateral furlough' — Art Frolli, Operating Engineers Local Union No. 3 "Unfortunately, the majority of our Miscellaneous Unit employees think they, like the ostrich, can stick their head in a hole and not be a part of the solution," Budget Committee members Wayne Brown and Mayor Bob Carrel wrote in the proposal. Art Frolli said he found the letter to be offensive and the tactics being used by the city atrocious and illegal. Frolli, a business representative for the Operating Engineers Local Union No. 3, is the lead negotiator for the miscellaneous employees bargaining unit. What the city is calling layoffs, Frolli says is really a furlough. "They're purposely misusing the word," Frolli said. Daily News photo by Chip Thompson M2 Camo Thunder flies across a pile of cars Sunday to take a win in a head-to-head race during the 13th annual West Coast Monster Truck Nationals at the Tehama District Fairground. Results from the three-day event will be published when available. Visitors flock downtown for Antique Street Faire "They're doing it for their benefit because they know they don't have the right to do a unilateral furlough." Frolli said he had not been approached with the idea of a furlough and only learned about it when he See CITY, page 7A Manton gets a piece of the pie By ANDREA WAGNER DN Staff Writer Manton lit up under the overcast skies Saturday for the 20th annual Man- ton Apple Festival. Daily News photo by Chip Thompson One of the more unusual items on display Sun- day, though not for sale, is a fully restored 1930 Model A California Highway Patrol car. Dozens of other booths housed vendors offering everything from antique kitchen gadgets and toys to furni- ture, books and military memorabilia. Manhunt ends with suspect's death FORT BRAGG (AP) — The 7,000 residents of Fort Bragg can now relax after spending more than a month on edge while the area's largest manhunt in decades enveloped their coastal community about three hours north of San Francisco. The massive operation came to a close when authorities shot and killed the subject of the search, a fugitive accused in the deaths of two area offi- cials. Elizabeth McNeill, who works as a clerk in an appliance store in down- town Fort Bragg, said she is feeling a sense of relief, ''It's a sad situation, but now people can relax.'' Aaron Bassler, 35, was shot seven times in an area of redwood forest about 6 miles east of Fort Bragg after being sniffed out by a bloodhound, said Mendocino County Sher- iff Thomas Allman. Three members of the Sacra- mento County SWAT team were in the trees about 40 yards from Bassler when he came toward them on a timber trail. 7 5 8 5 5 1 6 9 0 0 1 9 Bassler was suspected See DEATH, page 7A More than 100 booths attracted guests from both Tehama and Shasta coun- ties to celebrate apples, small town ambiance and homemade crafts, featur- ing everything from wooden swords and soaps to quilts and handbags. Hundreds of apple pies made just for the occasion were amplified by home- made apple products available at every turn, including jams, cobbler, apple butter and others. The festival, managed by a Manton nonprofit group, raises money for scholarships, schools, churches, 4-H clubs, vol- unteer firefighters and the Manton grange, said com- mittee leader Tina Hawes of Manton. The Apple Festival filled the lawn of the Manton School, on For- ward Road. New vendors this year included one who made apple cobblers from a Dutch oven and another who made art through recycling old trophies. Among the booths, guests could also enjoy music by volunteer bands on the center stage and hear the results of apple pie contest winners. Judges, several local media personalities and others, chose the top three, best tasting pies from junior and adult divisions. The bakers of this year's best-tasting pies were repeat winners. Diana Bangs of Paynes Creek has entered the first place apple pie four times, Daily News photo by Andrea Wagner Apple pies sold by the slice were at the heart of fundraising during the Manton Apple Festival Saturday. In its 20th year, the event raises money for area youth organizations. she said. A regular at the Manton Apple Festival since she was a teenager, Bangs started entering pies about five years ago. Her secret ingredient: lots of butter. A mail delivery driver, Bangs got many of her apples by picking them alongside roads on her routes, she said. She sup- plemented the supply with a few Fuji apples from the store. Bangs hosted a booth herself selling a limited supply of her award-win- ning pies. The front of the booth was decorated with her trophies, a row of stained glass ornaments featuring painted apples encased in a frame. Bangs was often more excited about the winning glass apples than the $100 prize money, she said. Her husband made the frame to showcase her wins. "I'm definitely enter- ing next year," Bangs said. This year she baked just 19 pies to sell and all were gone by midday. She also had a variety of jel- lies for sale. The festival being her only venue for selling her goods, she often just makes the jel- lies for Christmas gifts, Bangs said. Gifts were also at the top of the mind for the junior division winner, See PIE, page 7A