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TUESDAY NOVEMBER 15, 2011 Breaking news at: www.redbluffdailynews.com Turkey Day Twists See Inside American Profile RED BLUFF Record breaker Sports 1B Mostly sunny 66/42 Weather forecast 8B By TANG LOR DN Staff Writer Two newly approved elec- tronic message boards pro- posed by Lassen Medical Group could benefit more than just the healthcare community. The signs, which were approved by the Planning Commission Nov. 8, will be mounted on buildings owned by Lassen Medical Group with one facing southbound traffic and the other facing north- bound traffic on Interstate 5. They will be used to advertise health and wellness informa- 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 Billboards' dual use wins approval tion as well as community announcements. The electronic signs will heighten awareness of the availability of medical care to locals and travelers along the freeway and provide commu- nity information as part of the Branding Project, representa- tives from Lassen Medical, St. Elizabeth Community Hospi- tal and the Red Bluff-Tehama County Chamber of Com- merce wrote in a proposal to the Planning Commission. "Identifying healthcare ser- vices to travelers will also pro- vide substantial infrastructure to the branding effort by com- municating the quality health care provided within our coun- ty — an important considera- tion to anyone considering to relocate here, " said Kris Behrens, hospital marketing and community relations man- ager. Possible information that could go on the billboard would include flu vaccination clinics, available medical ser- vices and community events such as monster truck shows, the Christmas Parade and farmers markets. Having the billboard avail- able to advertise community events satisfies a niche the Red Bluff City Council had been looking to fill. Earlier this year, at the request of a group of commu- nity members calling them- selves Red Bluff Rebound, the city contracted with Allvision Inc. to conduct a no-cost feasi- bility study of having a free- way-facing video billboard on the city-owned property where the wastewater treatment plant sits. Federal and state laws and Caltrans regulations prohibit signs on that portion of the freeway, which is a landscape zone, said City Manager Mar- tin Nichols. The Lassen Medical bill- boards provide a very work- able alternative, which happen to be also fully funded by pri- vate resources, he said. "It wasn't going to happen at that site and there is no other site available, so this is really the best alternative for the city," Nichols said. ——— Tang Lor can be reached at 527-2153, Ext. 110 or by e-mail at tlor@redbluffdailynews.com. Service with integrity Man, 50, missing; was to return to RB A 73-year-old woman reported Saturday to the Tehama County Sheriff's Department that her 50-year- old son was missing. According to Sheriff's logs, Beverly Steele reported Saturday that her son had been missing out of county since Nov. 10. Bennett Augustus Steele had last spoken to his mother on Oct. 31, while he was in Sand Point Alaska, said Lt. Dave Greer. Steele was to be leaving Sand Point on Nov. 1 and heading to Red Bluff via Anchorage and then Seattle on his way home. Nothing further was available. —Staff report Law enforcement find stolen vehicles A Red Bluff man was arrested late Saturday night on Main Street, south of Diamond Avenue, in connection with a stolen pickup. Travis Lloyd Kevie, 30, was pulled over just before mid- night Saturday by California Highway Patrol after making an illegal u-turn on Main Street, said CHP Officer Phillip Mackintosh. It was then discovered that he was driving a 1997 Ford F- 250 pickup stolen earlier Saturday from somewhere in Red Bluff, he said. Kevie was booked into Tehama County Jail on the charges of vehicle theft, DUI: alcohol or drugs and driving on a suspended license. Bail was set at $21,900. CHP was also able to recover a second stolen vehicle ear- lier in the weekend on Friday afternoon. A 1997 GMC Yukon reported stolen May 21 out of Bay- point was recovered by CHP about 3:15 p.m. Friday on Shasta Boulevard, south of 62nd Avenue. A third stolen vehicle that went missing Friday was recovered at 6:24 p.m., however, ammunition and weapons that had been in the vehicle were missing, according to Red Bluff Police logs. A be-on-the-lookout (bolo) for was issued at 7:54 a.m. Friday along with an officer safety bolo for a tan 1999 GMC Sierra, license 7S24410, taken Thursday night from a Dove Avenue residence in Gerber. The vehicle, which had a toolbox with numerous tools, Daily News photo by Julie Zeeb Bonnie Hansen pins the badge on her husband Matt Hansen who was sworn in Monday after- noon at City Hall as a Level One Reserve Officer for Red Bluff Police. By JULIE ZEEB DN Staff Writer Matt Hansen was sworn in Monday after- noon as a Level One Reserve Officer for Red Bluff Police Department in a short ceremony in the Council Chambers at City Hall. "He brings us a wealth of experience," said Police Chief Paul Nanfito. "He has worked at the San Diego Police Department, working with Homeland Security and SWAT with- in the department and the Chico State Police Department. He was a "We come from a rural area. We wanted to provide our kids with a lifestyle we grew up with." — Officer Matt Hansen on why his family chose to move to Tehama County victim of our poor econo- my. His experience and education will be a great benefit to us." Hansen's wife of 18- years, Bonnie, and his son Kyle, 16, and daughter Emilee, 13, were on-hand for the ceremony where Bonnie pinned her hus- band's badge on. Hansen is teaching criminology and emer- gency response manage- ment at Institute of Tech- nology in Redding. "We come from a rural area," Hansen said when asked why his family chose to move to Tehama County. "We wanted to provide our kids with a lifestyle we grew up with." A former fireman and medic, Hansen was visit- ing a former co-worker near Corning and he and his wife decided they liked the area, he said. They have since 2005. lived here Hansen still has to under-go some training before he will hit the streets, but should be ready to go within a few months, said Lt. Kyle Sanders. SACRAMENTO (AP) — A California prison guard has plead- ed guilty to a federal crime stemming from allegations that he took Prison guard pleads in phone-smuggling case He was indicted on bribes from inmates to smuggle tobacco and cell phones. The U.S. attorney's 7 5 8 5 5 1 6 9 0 0 1 9 office in Sacramento says Bobby Joe Kirby faces a maximum sen- tence of 20 years in prison after pleading guilty Monday to a sin- gle count of honest-ser- vices wire fraud for tak- ing payments in exchange for sneaking tobacco and telephones into prison. Kirby, who is 54 and lives in Reno, Nev., was charged with federal crimes because the alle- gations included money crossing state lines. six charges alleging that he took nearly $16,000 to smuggle the contra- band into the California Correctional Center in Susanville. He acknowl- edged the single charge under a plea agreement. Sentencing is sched- uled for Feb. 6. had a Savage 17 caliber rifle and a Walther P22 pistol in it. The keys had been left in the vehicle. It is unknown if the vehicle recovered and the vehicle in the bolo are one in the same. Nothing further was available on either. —Julie Zeeb Manton man arrested for hurting family A 32-year-old man was arrested early Saturday morning in the 3200 block of Wind Song Court in Manton in con- nection with an incident of elder abuse and corporal injury to a child. Logs show Tehama County Sheriff's deputies were sent about 6 a.m. Saturday to Manton after 51-year-old Susan Sargent reported her son had hit his two-year-old son. During the investigation, deputies determined that Jeffrey Jack Sargent had thrown a bottle into his son's crib, causing injury and swelling to his lip and injury to his nose. Sargent also pushed his mother and grabbed the left wrist of his 72-year-old grandmother, Jacqueline Lenkner, while she was holding a telephone. He twisted Lenkner's wrist until she released the phone. Sargent was booked into Tehama County Jail. Bail was set at $100,000. 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