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MONDAY NOVEMBER 14, 2011 Breaking news at: Strength Not Just For Jocks Vitality www.redbluffdailynews.com See Page 6A RED BLUFF D Comes Up Big SPORTS 1B Mostly sunny 65/42 Weather forecast 6B 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 Spreading warmth Wylene named By ANDREA WAGNER DN Staff Writer Assistant County Counsel Arthur Wylene was appointed Tuesday to replace his boss, County Counsel William Murphy. Murphy invited the entire staff of the County Coun- sel office to the board meeting to support Wylene. "I offer a heartfelt congratulations," Murphy said. "Well done." Wylene, 34, was chosen as the most qualified appli- cant during a competitive recruitment process over the last couple months. His four-year term was sealed in an employee con- tract approved by the Board of Supervisors Tuesday. "I applaud your choice," said Chief Administer Bill Goodwin who introduced the contract to the board. After working closely with Wylene for many years, Goodwin was pleased with the appointment, he said. In a brief statement thanking the board for his appointment, Wylene assured the supervisors that he will "do his level-best" to maintain the honor and trust that the board has shown him. He was also grateful to be able to continue to work in Tehama County, he said. "Tehama County is my home," Wylene said. Although he was not born here, his wife is a "Tehama County girl" and his children were born here, he said. See COUNSEL, page 5A Daily News photo by Andrea Wagner All ages of community members found winter clothes and blankets at the annual Recycle the Warmth Saturday at Bethel Assembly Church. The four-hour event offered breakfast, community service booths and all the clothes a person could carry. By ANDREA WAGNER DN Staff Writer As many as 1,000 men, women and children walked through the 2011 Recycle the Warmth program Saturday at the Bethel Assembly Church. Anyone who came was allowed to browse through a bas- ketball court full of clothing, from parkas to pajamas, and take home as much as they could carry. Folks lined up as early as 7 a.m., before the doors opened at 8, so they could get the best choices, said committee helper Gail Locke. Then, while they were there, as many as 20 community service agencies were represented offering information and assistance to anyone who wanted some. Guests were also given a hot breakfast of scrambled eggs, cinnamon rolls and pancakes – a first for this event which in the past has offered soups later in the morning. Susie Lucas, 53, came with five of her friends and neigh- bors to browse for clothes. A recent transplant from Sacra- mento, it has been hard for her to find work in Red Bluff, she said. While at the event, she found several nice shirts and a jacket, she said. She also found some clothes to wear to church, when she starts going again. Corning resident Liessa Curry, 43, came with her daugh- Group celebrates Marine Corps anniversary ter. She was looking for clothing for her husband and chil- dren. "Kids outgrow clothes so fast," Curry said. "It's hard to buy them and expensive." She was also keeping an eye out for clothes for her grand-twins, she said. Their mom wasn't prepared for two of them. This was Curry's first time at Recycle the Warmth, she said. She thought it was a great way to help the needy. "It helps the homeless, especially in cold weather," she said. "People living under bridges and stuff, it helps get what they need." Some of the service agencies involved included Head Start staff who handed out head bands with glittered hearts, stars and balls. Cottonwood Health Equipment and Scooters offered 2012 calendars and pens along with information about the company's services. Lorie Rodrigues, marketing staff for the company, was very pleased to be a part of Recycle the Warmth. The quality of clothing out there, especially for kids, was great, she said. "You see the moms gathering around the kids tables with bags and bags," Rodrigues said. "It's such a relief." See WARMTH, page 5A Analyst: bills rising due to overpriced renewable energy SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Dozens of renewable energy plants being built to meet Cali- fornia's tough global warming laws, including a major Spanish-owned solar plant in the Mojave Desert, are so overpriced they will increase consumers' energy bills for decades, according to the inde- pendent watchdog arm of the state's utility reg- ulator. California's 2006 landmark climate law has driven up demand for solar and wind power and spurred renewable energy devel- opment both in-state and in neighboring states. The law seeks to reduce California's release of greenhouse gases to 1990 levels by 2020, and the state has set goals to have one- third of its electricity derived from renewable sources by then. The push for renew- able energy has created huge financial incen- tives for utilities — including both federal loan guarantees and state subsidies — and power companies have rushed to sew up power generation contracts needed to meet Califor- See BILLS, page 5A Scouts retire flags in ceremony By ANDREA WAGNER DN Staff Writer Nearly 400 flags, some very large, waiting to be retired had accumulated with local veterans groups until a 15-year-old Red Bluff boy helped do some- thing about it. Since there are strict guidelines on how a flag must be disposed of, the well-worn stars and stripes had begun to pile up before the veterans groups could organize a proper retirement for them all. Greg Gutierrez, a mem- Daily News photo by Andrea Wagner The Red Bluff Marine Corps League, attachment No. 1140, celebrated the founding of the Marine Corps Saturday at the Elks Lodge. Nov. 10 marked the 236th birthday of the Marine Corps. The cele- bration entailed a speech by Major Gordon Yates, a veteran of Desert Storm, and dinner. At the start of the dinner, a table was set at the front of the room with a lit candle and single empty chair dedicated to the remembrance of those still unaccounted for as prisoners of war or missing in action. News tip? Call 527-2151 7 5 8 5 5 1 6 9 0 0 1 9 ber of Boy Scouts of Amer- ica Troop No. 19, decided he would organize a massive retirement ceremony for his Eagle Scout project. "It serves my country and it helps the veterans out," Gutierrez said. Gathering together troops from Corning, Red Bluff, Anderson, Palo Cedro and Redding, the Boy Scouts manned five burn pits in the Sacramento River Discovery Center camp- ground Friday night to prop- erly dispose of the flags. The event began with a formal retirement ceremony in which Korean War veter- an and helicopter pilot Ray Edwards of Red Bluff gave a speech about why the flag is so important and how it Daily News photo by Andrea Wagner Red Bluff Union High School freshman Greg Gutierrez, 15, organized a massive flag retirement ceremony as part of an Boy Scouts of America Eagle project Friday evening.Korean War veteran Ray Edwards of Red Bluff began the ceremonies with a speech about how important the flag is and why it should be treated with respect. should be properly cared for. Whether soldiers were drafted in or voluntarily served, they all served under the same flag, Old Glory, Edwards said. "Folks, it was a pleasure to serve under this flag," he said. Edwards, a member of Veterans of Foreign Wars Post No. 1932, also spoke of certain flag etiquette, such as never letting it touch the ground and not using it as an article of clothing. Following Edwards speech, amid a chilly wind, and sprinkling of leaves in the dark above the crackling campfire, a Boy Scouts color guard troop pulled See FLAGS, page 5A County Counsel