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FRIDAY FEBRUARY 10, 2012 Breaking news at: Holland Named Feature Teacher Education www.redbluffdailynews.com See Page 5A RED BLUFF Road Win SPORTS 1B Partly cloudy 62/43 Weather forecast 10A By TANG LOR DN Staff Writer Tuesday night, exactly 25 years after Paul Nanfito was sworn in as a full-time Red Bluff Police officer, he was offi- cially — or maybe once again — promoted to the top spot in the department. "It's a nice anniversary pre- sent," Nanfito said when the Red Bluff City Council's approval of City Manager Mar- 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 City votes Nanfito as chief of police tin Nichols' decision to appoint Nanfito police chief. The promotion was merely a formality, as Nanfito has been serving as the chief and noth- ing, including his salary and benefits, will change. The chief's total salary and benefits is $171,953. Unlike the other department heads who are on a yearly contract, Nanfito's contract will go through June 2015. There is a stipulation that the police chief will be paid a minimum of 5 percent more than the next highest ranking officer, a captain. "Paul has done an exception- al job as the interim police chief for 2 1/2 years and it was time to put him fully into that posi- tion," Nichols said. In 2009, facing budgetary constraints, then-Chief Scott Capilla opted to retire early. Nanfito took on the de facto role of police chief as a bud- getary strategy to save the salary of the police chief, but kept his job classification of cap- tain. A majority of the council agreed with Nichols' confidence in Nanfito and it being time to formal- ly change his classifi- cation with Mayor Forrest Flynn apolo- gizing to Nanfito for not having made the Man hurt during car theft change sooner. Nanfito said it has been an honor and privilege to lead the police department and to be working with the city as an employ- ee. Despite Nanfi- Nanfito to's and the depart- ment's popularity See CITY, page 9A By JULIE ZEEB I-5 rollover injures woman DN Staff Writer A pregnant woman was flown to Mercy Medical Center in Redding with major injuries after a rollover crash at 7:43 a.m. Thursday on southbound Interstate 5, south of Jellys Ferry Road. The crash, caused by an unknown driver who cut the woman off, shut down the freeway for about 10 minutes to allow a helicopter to land, said California Highway See WOMAN, page 9A Red Bluff broker named to farm leadership class This week marked the Daily News photo by Julie Zeeb Emergency personnel attend to Jim Beeman who was injured while attempting to stop the theft of his son's red 1968 Camaro about 10 a.m. Thursday in the parking lot of Tom's Glass and Muffler Center in Red Bluff. By JULIE ZEEB DN Staff Writer Red Bluff Police have recovered a stolen red 1968 Camaro taken about 10 a.m. Thursday from Tom's Glass and Muffler Center, 214 Main St., in Red Bluff. Police have arrested 20-year-old Kassandra Lynn Sine in connection with the theft, said Sgt. Dan Flow- erdew. She was booked into Tehama County Jail on the charges of possession of a stolen vehicle and felony hit and run. According to witness statements, Sine walked up the Fed study shows raising Shasta Dam is feasible REDDING (AP) — Raising Shasta Dam to boost the state's water sup- ply is feasible and economi- cally justified, but could dis- place businesses and flood the remaining sacred grounds of a Native-Ameri- can tribe, according to a study by the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation. The additional storage would provide water for California's rapidly growing population and help allevi- ate water shortages. Lake Shasta, at the north- ern end of the state, is the starting point for the feder- ally run Central Valley Pro- ject. The system of 21 reser- voirs, canals and aqueducts funnels water to 3.2 million acres of farmland and sup- plies water to about 2 mil- lion Californians. ''The water supply in California was built for 20 million people 50 years ago and now there are 38 mil- lion people, so we're going to have to do something to fix the aging infrastructure,'' Pete Lucero, spokesman for the Bureau of Reclamation, told the San Francisco Chronicle. An increase of 12.5 feet or 18.5 feet to the existing 602-foot-high dam would provide the best construc- tion cost-to-storage increase ratio, the study concluded. An 18.5 feet increase would increase the storage capaci- ty of Lake Shasta by 14 per- cent. A higher dam also would improve hydropower and fish habitat, the study found. A larger reservoir would be able to store more cold water, which is needed to help salmon that used to migrate to cooler water upstream before the dam blocked their path, accord- ing to the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation. Even with an 18.5 feet raise, the reservoir would only meet part of Califor- nia's growing water needs, Lucero said. 7 5 8 5 5 1 6 9 0 0 1 9 See DAM, page 9A vehicle, hopped in and took off, said Officer Heather Vance. Jim Beeman, the father of the car's owner Tim Bee- man, tried to stop Sine from stealing the vehicle and ended up falling to the ground, hurting his hip, she said. Beeman was transported to St. Elizabeth Communi- ty Hospital with severe injuries and taken into surgery, Flowerdew said. ——— Julie Zeeb can be reached at 527-2153, extension 115 or jzeeb@redbluffdailynews.com. Follow her on Twitter @DN_Zeeb. beginning of a year-long training program for 10 Farm Bureau leaders from California, including Red Bluff's Sam Mudd, co- owner of AG-LAND Investment Brokers. The 2012 Leadership Farm Bureau class met in Sacramento to kick off more than 250 hours of instruction in subjects including public speak- ing, media relations, polit- ical advocacy, personal development and the Farm Bureau organiza- tion, according to a bureau press release issued Wednesday. This year's class will participate in an advocacy trip to Washington, D.C., as well as a trip to the San Joaquin Valley, where they will discuss issues important to farmers and ranchers. A trip to Texas will allow the group to compare and contrast what they have seen in California with the forces affecting farmers and ranchers in other regions of the country. Farm Bureau members selected for the 2012 Lead- ership Farm Bureau class include Mudd, Tara Brock- er, a Nicolaus rice farmer; Jack Hamm, manager at Lodi's Lima Ranch, a 1,600-cow dairy, and farmer of corn, alfalfa and forage; Eric Heinrich, a See FARM, page 9A Grant may fund El Camino fire staff By ANDREA WAGNER DN Staff Writer The El Camino fire sta- tion may see new activity as the Tehama County Fire Department applies for a federal grant to staff the station for at least two years. The station, at 9580 Highway 99W, in Prober- ta has been operated sole- ly by six volunteer fire- fighters for years. Fire Chief Jeff Schori asked the Tehama County Board of Supervisors Tuesday to approve his application to the Staffing for Adequate Fire and Emergency Response (SAFER) Grant through the Department of Home- land Security for roughly $1.1 million. If approved, the grant would reimburse the county for salaries of one fire captain, two fire appa- ratus engineers and two firefighters at the El Camino station for two years. The county qualifies for the grant due to staff reductions in 2004 that cut all paid firefighter positions at the station, Schori said. The grant would not cover certain expenses, Daily News photo by Tang Lor The El Camino fire station may see new life as CalFire applies for federal grants to staff the station for two years. such as uniforms, unplanned overtime and administrative fees, which could cost the fire depart- ment more than $215,000, he said. However, Schori is confident that his budget could cover the expense, he said. Some asked about the grant funding ending after the allotted two years with no guarantee of any fund- ing after that. "It would be a shame to open it for two years and have it close again, but you've got to look at the positive," said Super- visor George Russell. Schori said he is look- ing at similar situations in Shasta and Butte counties to make sure it works well for Tehama County. Overall, the communi- ty will be better off during those two years at least, See FIRE, page 9A