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TUESDAY DECEMBER 27, 2011 Breaking news at: Acts Of Kindness American Profile www.redbluffdailynews.com See Inside RED BLUFF 2 Seed not in the Bag Yet SPORTS 1B Mostly cloudy 56/42 Weather forecast 8B By ANDREA WAGNER DN Staff Writer Note: The following is part one of a series of articles giving a first look at the Tehama Coun- ty realignment plan being writ- ten by the Community Correc- tions Partnership to carry out 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 AB 190 — County plans for realignment California Assembly Bill 109. Administrators got a first look at what will eventually be molded into the Tehama County realignment plan for state Assembly Bill 109, Dec. 8. Meeting collectively for the first time in weeks, the Commu- nity Corrections Partnership, a committee of department heads and law enforcement estab- lished to carry out AB109, start- ed reviewing the first draft of what will eventually be a coun- ty plan for AB109 realignment programs. AB109, state realignment legislation that took effect Oct. Tax base dips 1, reorganized sentencing for low-level offenders. Many who would be released to state parole are now being put on county probation instead. Others who are now charged with similar lower-level crimes will serve time locally instead of in state prisons. To tackle the dilemma of not enough jail beds and increased local inmates and probationers, the Community Corrections Partnership has assigned nine ad-hoc subcommittees to meet on their own during the last See PLANS, page 7A Stolen car found in Corning A 23-year-old woman was arrested early Monday when she was pulled over by Corning Police officers while driving a care reported stolen out of Red Bluff. The red 1994 Oldsmobile Cutlass was reported stolen Monday by Red Bluff Police Department and was said to be in the Corning area, according to a press release from Corning Police Department. Just before 9 a.m., officers spotted the Oldsmobile See CAR, page 7A Condemned CA killer's map yields fruitless search Daily News photo by Tang Lor This foreclosed property is one of about 200 single family homes on the market in Tehama County. By TANG LOR DN Staff Writer Taxable property is down but not as much as the previous two years. Red Bluff had a preliminary tax- able value decrease of 2.3 percent for the 2011/2012 fiscal year, according to a report by HdL, a financial consulting company used by local government to monitor and project tax revenues. The decrease is smaller than the previous year's decrease of 7.2 percent and the 3.8 BLM chief in NV wants more eyes on roundups RENO, Nev. (AP) — The head of the U.S. Bureau of Land Manage- ment in Nevada is appeal- ing to agency employees to step up and blow the whistle on any abuse of mustangs. Amy Lueders said that's the best way to stop horse protection advo- cates from undermining the agency's roundup policies with video footage of the mistreat- ment of the animals and making it harder for fed- eral land managers to win the public's trust. ''Regardless of title, whether you are a con- tractor or law enforce- ment or public affairs, that's everyone's respon- sibility,'' she said in an interview with The Asso- ciated Press. In the past year, BLM has been taken to task by its own internal auditors, independent reviews, a U.S. district judge and camera-toting horse advo- cates. A BLM task force that reviewed a roundup near the Nevada-Utah line in July found some mus- tangs were whipped in the face, kicked in the head, dragged by a rope around the neck and repeatedly shocked with electrical prods. Twice this year, BLM has issued reports or state- ments pledging reforms to ensure humane treatment only to have videos of new incidents of mistreat- ment surface within days. In the most recent case, this month, Ginger Kathrens was pointing her camera at the wranglers who appeared to be repeatedly shocking sev- eral burros with an elec- tric prod. The practice, called ''hot-shotting,'' is used to help move them into a pen or trailer and it was being employed the same day BLM chief Bob Abbey issued a report pledging more changes. Among other things, the report said electrical prods should be used only as a last resort when human or animal safety is in jeopardy, and that they should never be used on a horse's head or genitals. ''I thought it was ironic that while Bob Abbey was announcing the reforms I was filming the hot-shot- ting of the burros,'' said Kathrens, an Emmy- award winning filmmaker See BLM, page 7A 7 5 8 5 5 1 6 9 0 0 1 9 Red Bluff Outdoor Power percent decrease in 2009/2010. Much of the decrease can be attributed to a decline in two resi- dential properties that were adjust- ed for exemption or inflation, See TAX, page 7A SAN ANDREAS (AP) — A condemned killer's attempt to lead authorities to the body of one of his four victims in exchange for certain conditions has once again frustrated investigators and the vic- tim's family following a fruitless search. A search crew spent last Thursday digging up a Calaveras County hill- side where death row inmate Wesley Sherman- tine had told the newspa- per he buried 16-year-old Chevelle ''Chevy'' Wheeler in 1985, The Record of Stockton reports. Shermantine said he wanted his $18,000 in court-ordered restitution to be paid off for the information, The Record said. He offered to pro- vide the location of a sec- ond body, belonging to a missing woman whose disappearance remains unsolved, if it was. But after using cadaver dogs, picks, axes and a backhoe to search the spot under an oak tree where Shermantine, 45, had said Wheeler was buried — located on his parents' former property in San Andreas — county sher- iff's deputies did not find any human remains. ''You hope you don't have to find her,'' Det. Anthony Eberhardt. ''At the same time, the fami- See SEARCH, page 7A Bank supports group supporting shelter By JULIE ZEEB DN Staff Writer The non-profit group Providing Essentials for Tehama Shelter, or PETS, received a help- ing hand recently from Umpqua Bank with a $500 donation toward new beds. "The money comes from our Associate Giv- ing Campaign," said Associate Tanya Camp- bell, who was chosen to select a charity. "I donated to United Way and my name was put in and selected at random regionally to choose the charity of my choice to receive a donation." Campbell had heard about PETS' efforts to buy beds for the care center. "I wanted to donate to their organization because I'm an animal lover," Campbell said. The beds will help keep the care center's See BANK, page 7A Are your HAVOC WITH YOUR SOCKS? toenails WREAKING COMPLETE AUTO REPAIR PODIATRY CENTER AEROFEET Painless Topical Treatment THAT REALLY WORKS. Treat your neglected nails and cracked heels with our at home SPA EXPERIENCE. Call today for an appointment (530)527-7584 Smog Inspection $ 2595 + cert. (MOST CARS & PICK-UPS) Pass or FREE retest 195 S. Main St. Red Bluff 530 527-9841 Daily News photo by Julie Zeeb Providing Essentials for Tehama Shelter, or PETS, President Sharon Rus- sell, left, accepts a $500 donation from Umpqua Bank represented by Associate Tanya Campbell with Wolf. Christmas Holiday, Monday, Dec. 26 New Years Holiday, Monday, Jan. 2 Advertising deadline for these editions & the Tuesdays following is 10am the previous Thursday. D NEWSAILY RED BLUFF TEHAMACOUNTY 527-2151 • FAX 527-3719 545 DIAMOND AVE., RED BLUFF The Daily News office will close at noon Friday, Dec. 23 & closed