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The Red Bluff Union Elemen- tary School District is sending a team of school district leaders to Mountain View Monday and Tuesday to participate in the eighth of 13 Future Ready Re- gional Summits, designed to help district leaders improve teaching and learning through the effec- tive use of technology. President Obama announced the regional summits at the Con- nectED to the Future Conven- ing, hosted at the White House Nov. 19, 2014. The summit is be- ing hosted by the U.S. Depart- ment of Education and the Alli- ance for Excellent Education at the Computer History Museum in Mountain View. REDBLUFF ELEMENTARY Schooldistrict sends team to technology summit Staff reports RED BLUFF The Tehama County Sheriff's Office on Friday re- sumed its search for the man who reportedly was last seen struggling to keep his head above water in the Sacramento River, near the Antelope Boule- vard bridge. In an email Thursday night, Lt. Yvette Borden of the Sheriff's Of- fice said the office's Boating Unit was to return to the river Friday morning, and that detectives con- tinue to investigate the incident, which has been described as a missing person case and proba- ble drowning. Detectives, Borden said, are contacting anyone who may have witnessed the incident, and on Friday were set to meet "with a large portion of the homeless population in that specific area." Sheriff's deputies responded to the river just before 6 p.m. TEHAMA COUNTY Inquiry continues in search for missing man By Andre Byik abyik@redbluffdailynews.com @andrebyik on Twitter RED BLUFF The city of Red Bluff's proposed 2015-2016 bud- get released Friday provides a glimpse into exactly how rev- enue from the quarter-percent sales tax increase here will be spent. The budget, which the City Council is scheduled to consider for adoption at its regular meet- ing Tuesday, includes funds for two additional police officers, an increase in Fire Department overtime and maintenance, an additional park maintenance worker and an additional two weeks of city swimming pool operations. Further, the budget includes money for an additional dis- patcher, a part-time commu- nity service officer, and Police Department renovations. The voter-approved sales tax increase went into effect April 1, and city officials have esti- mated it would bring in be- tween $600,000 and $700,000 annually to support the city's general fund. Voters in November also ap- proved an advisory measure that asked if 85 percent of the added revenue should go toward police and fire services and 15 percent toward parks, recreation and other general fund services. The city's budget committee, according to a city staff report, followed those guidelines, in- creasing the Police Department budget by $493,550, the Fire De- partment budget by $213,225, and the Parks and Recreation Department budget by $77,538. The budget committee has es- timated that the city's general fund balance at the end of the 2015-2016 year will total about $574,000. RED BLUFF Councilconsiderstaxhike Quarter-percentsalestaxincreasecould pay for 2 additional police officer hires By Julie Zeeb jzeeb@redbluffdailynews.com @DN_Zeeb on Twitter Red Bluff Union High School celebrated Declaration Day Fri- day with about 40-50 seniors participating in a lunchtime ac- tivity during which they officially declared to staff and their peers where they plan to attend college or trade school following grad- uation. "This is our first Declaration Day celebration," Head Coun- selor Margaret Gambetta said. "May 1 is the four-year college deadline for students to declare to colleges their intent to enroll. In some schools, students keep it a secret and wear their new school's shirt as a big reveal of their decision." In 2014, the school held a small event with just 15 students show- ing up for a photo wearing a school T-shirt of their college of choice for National Intent To En- roll Day, sometimes referred to as Declaration Day, Gambetta said. "This is our push to get stu- dents thinking about life af- ter high school," Principal Ron Fisher said. "We've spent a lot of time trying to get our freshman and sophomores to think about it and that it is important to start thinking about life after high school, whether that is college or career. This celebration of our se- niors' choices will hopefully help set that up for the younger kids." The event was to celebrate not just the students who are attend- ing four-year colleges and uni- versities, Gambetta said. Those who did not have a college T- shirt were provided a shirt by the school that read "This Spartan is bound," with a line between "is" and "bound" that was filled in with the school of their choice. "We want to celebrate every college and every student to help encourage the college-going cul- ture we've been working to cre- ate," Gambetta said. Students were encouraged to share their intended school, ma- jor and a little about why they wanted to attend that school. A flood of students quickly stepped up to the microphone. Jordan Vazquez started the ceremony off with her declared school being California Polytech- nic State University in San Luis Obispo where she hopes to study biochemistry. Cal Poly also was the intended school for Shelby Baccala, who was directly be- hind Vazquez in line. Other schools ranged from Se- attle University down to Arizona State University and as far away as Pennsylvania. Ramiro Serrano-Espinoza will be attending California State University, Chico to study bio- chemistry. Nicole Sauve will be attending Arizona State Univer- sity to study mechanical engi- neering and Daisy Brose will be attending Humboldt State Uni- versity to study kinesiology and play sports. Other areas of study included agriculture, journalism, physi- cal therapy, environmental law, computer science and radiol- ogy. At least one student said she planned to attend Marinello School of Beauty to study cos- metology. While only a handful of se- niors attended Friday's event, there were about 200 who re- sponded to a survey the coun- seling office completed Thurs- day about their plans for life after college. Of those, the ma- jority are planning to attend ei- ther a community college or a four-year college or university. Of those not attending col- lege right away, eight are going into the military, 15 are going to continue working or look for a job, two are entering a trade school, two are delaying college entry a year to save for it and three were undecided. RED BLUFF UNION HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS CELEBRATE COLLEGE CHOICES PHOTOSBYJULIEZEEB-DAILYNEWS Red Bluff High School Counselor Haley Carter fills in a Spartan bound T-shirt for senior Hannah Scholzen, who declared Butte Community College as her school of choice Friday at the school's first Declaration Day. About 40-50Red Bluff High School seniors pose for a picture a er declaring their college choices at the school's first Declaration Day. Community...A3 Lifestyles.....A6 Farm..............A5 Autos.............A3 Opinion.........A4 Sports...........B1 INDEX Columnist Ronnie Casey explores what becomes of your pets if something happens to you. PAGE A3 COMMUNITY Whataboutyourpet when you're gone? 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