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THURSDAY JANUARY 5, 2012 Breaking news at: Evening With Margaret Glaspy Pastimes www.redbluffdailynews.com See Page 4A RED BLUFF Texas Trip SPORTS 1B Partly cloudy 67/36 Weather forecast 8B By TANG LOR DN Staff Writer After years of letting speedy drivers get away the Red Bluff Police Department finally has the tools to enforce the speed limit. The city recently finished a 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 Fast and furious to soon face fines traffic survey of 36 street seg- ments that was approved by the Red Bluff City Council Tues- day. An ordinance allowing the police department to enforce the speed limit will go into effect in 30 days. The traffic survey added two 'This will allow us to issue citations' — Police Chief Paul Nanfito street segments that had not been previously surveyed or enforced — Walnut Street, from Jackson Street to Cemetery Lane, which will be set at 25 mph and South Jackson Street, New Year's babies By JULIE ZEEB DN Staff Writer St. Elizabeth Commu- nity Hospital welcomed its first baby, a boy, on New Year's day and eight more boys arriving before welcoming the first girl on Monday, Jan. 2. The first baby of Tehama County was a son born to Elaine Dunn. Michelle Campbell gave birth to the first girl in Tehama County. Dunn and the baby's father, Samuel, have named their son Skyler Chance. He was born at 7:56 p.m. and weighed in at 6 pounds, 10 ounces and was 19 inches long. As has been a tradition for the past few years, each family was presented with a generous gift bas- ket offered and procured by St. Elizabeth Perinatal Education Coordinator Anita Parker and the Maternal Child team. Parker began creating the gift baskets for the first born New Year baby girl and boy in 2008. "It is wonderful to share in this special moment with these fami- lies and to witness the generosity of our commu- nity businesses," Parker said. Parker is very familiar and close with many of the delivering families. For the last five years she has been the certified child birth educator for the St. Elizabeth Perinatal Education program is a certified lactation educa- tor. Twenty-five local busi- nesses donated to the gift baskets, which include a variety of gift certificates and items for the families. One of the largest donations — two $400 photo packages — is pro- vided by Dianne and Danny Rabalais, owners of We Shoot Ya Photogra- See BABIES, page 7A I-5 crash causes major injuries A Washington man was flown to Mercy Medical Center in Red- ding with major injuries following a solo vehicle crash at 1 p.m. Wednes- day in the Cottonwood area. Scott Fodor, 43, of Vancouver, Wash., was driving north on Inter- state 5, north of Hooker Creek Road, when he lost control of his vehi- cle due to his being impatient, said Califor- nia Highway Patrol Offi- cer Phillip Mackintosh. Fodor was in the fast lane and came upon a slower moving vehicle in the fast lane and tried to pass it on the left, using the center divider, Mack- intosh said. Fodor, who was wear- ing his seatbelt at the time of the crash, lost control of the vehicle in the loose gravel of the center divider, causing it to roll and totaling his 2002 Ford. —Julie Zeeb 7 5 8 5 5 1 6 9 0 0 1 9 POWER PRODUCTS DOLMAR Red Bluff Outdoor Power from Kimball Road to Vista Way, which will be set at 35 mph. The survey recommended changes on seven street seg- ments, which include posting signs that were not there. See FINES, page 7A Cops catch man after foot chase in Cottonwood Tehama County Sheriff's deputies chased down a 45-year-old man who reportedly fled from the scene of a domestic dispute near Evergreen Elementary School Tuesday afternoon in Cottonwood. Danny Lee Winn, 45, was arrested Tuesday after- noon when deputies and California Highway Patrol air and ground support zeroed in on him in the 19200 block of Hooker Creek Road. See CHASE, page 7A Lawmaker cited after TSAfinds loaded gun SACRAMENTO (AP) — A Republican state legislator who is an out- spoken advocate for gun rights was cited Wednes- day for trying to bring a loaded handgun onto a flight. California Assembly- man Tim Donnelly was detained after a Colt .45 with four rounds was dis- covered inside his carry- on bag as he passed through a screening machine at Ontario Inter- national Airport, said Transportation Security Administration spokesman Nico Melen- dez. Another magazine with five rounds was in Don- nelly's carry-on bag at the airport, which is 35 miles east of Los Angeles, Melendez said. Donnelly, a self-pro- claimed tea party Repub- lican who lives in the Southern California mountain community of Twin Peaks, said he inad- vertently left the gun in his briefcase. Courtesy photos Elaine Dunn, top, gave birth to the first boy of 2012 and Michelle Campbell, below, the first girl. He said he had it close by because of death threats he has received since he began spearhead- ing a petition drive for a referendum to overturn a recent state law that allows illegal immigrant college students to apply for public financial aid. SACRAMENTO (AP) — The state Legislature reconvened Wednesday for a year of diminished expectations set against a background of intense partisanship and election- year politics. Lawmakers face a $13 billion budget deficit and several hot topics that include pension reform, high-speed rail and whether to keep an $11 billion water bond on the November ballot. Gov. Jerry Brown and his fellow Democrats, who control both houses of the Legislature, already have said they do not plan to engage with Republi- cans in budget discussions after last year's failure to reach a compromise. Instead, they'll go to the ballot and ask voters to increase taxes on the wealthy and boost the state sales tax. That approach could sour relations between the two parties even further, reducing the prospects for deal-making on other issues. Party leaders already differ over the scope of reforms to public employ- ee pensions and whether California should press ahead with a high-speed rail project as the cost has ballooned to $98 billion. Also underscoring the legislative agenda will be lawmakers' preoccupa- tion with their political careers in a year of funda- mental change. A new top-two primary system and legislative maps drawn for the first time by an independent citizens commission lend a degree of uncertainty to lawmak- ers up for re-election this year. He told reporters at the state Capitol that he placed the gun in the briefcase to hide it from his wife. ''I didn't want her to see that I had my firearm out because we have received death threats with what I've been work- ing on,'' he said. ''So I do tend to always be armed. The issue is strictly one that I completely forgot, coming back to work this morning, that it was in that briefcase.'' Donnelly does not have a permit from the San Bernardino County Sher- iff's Department to carry a concealed weapon, department spokeswoman Jodi Miller said. That is the law enforcement agency that has jurisdic- tion over the area in which Donnelly lives. Donnelly did not respond earlier when reporters asked if he had a concealed weapons per- mit, and his office did not immediately return a phone message later Wednesday seeking com- ment on that particular issue. Any charges for failing to have such a permit would have to come from the agency involved in the original incident, Miller See GUN, page 7A Lawmakers face budget strife, election challenges decision. Politics emerged immediately as two Democratic lawmakers introduced a resolution calling for a constitutional amendment to overturn the U.S. Supreme Court's Citizens United decision, which held that corpora- tions can spend unlimited sums to influence elec- tions. The ruling general- ly is viewed as benefiting Republican candidates. Assemblymen Michael Allen of Santa Rosa and Bob Wieckowski of Fre- mont submitted their res- olution the same day Occupy protesters announced they would target more than 80 court- houses nationwide, including some federal courts in California, to protest the Supreme Court The Friday protests are scheduled one day before the second anniversary of the ruling, which has led to a surge in corporate campaign spending. ''A lot of us believe the Supreme Court ruling has thrown us out of bal- ance,'' Allen said. ''It's a system that's out of See STRIFE, page 7A Learn Basic EXCEL Thurs., Jan. 12TH 8:30 am to 12:30 pm Job Training Center 718 Main St., Red Bluff Call 529-7000 to register Cost: $65.00 per person