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TUESDAY FEBRUARY 14, 2012 Breaking news at: Hold That Stretch Vitality www.redbluffdailynews.com See Page 6A RED BLUFF League Finals SPORTS 1B Weather forecast 10B Mostly Sunny 61/37 By TANG LOR 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 DN Staff Writer Red Bluff residents can expect a forthcoming series of public comment hearings that will help the City Council decide whether fees should go up. After years of not raising user fees, mostly because the council City to consider increasing user fees — Finance Director Sandy Ryan recognizes the challenges of a down economy, the city is now having to play catch up to recoup costs for providing services. User fees cover the cost of ser- vices so that each particular city service is not subsidized by other taxpayers or tax payments, Finance Director Sandy Ryan said. For example, water users pay water fees, which are then used for infrastructure upkeep 'Rates are way below the cost of providing services' Seniors step out, up and other related costs. Fee rates should ideally reflect the cost it takes to provide and maintain services, but that has not been the case lately because even though the cost of providing ser- vices has gone up, fee increases have been postponed. See CITY, page 9A Man slashed across face Originally published Feb. 12 on redbluffdailynews.com. Corning Police arrested a 28- year-old man after he reportedly sliced a 40-year-old man across the face Thursday evening. Michael Dewayne Rice of Corning was found bleeding with a four-inch cut on the left side of his face after 6 p.m. at his home in the 1900 block of Eliza- beth Avenue, according to a Corning Police press release. Rice told officers he'd gone to Wilson See FACE, page 9A Corning to mull city manager options By JULIE ZEEB DN Staff Writer money. Daily News photo by Andrea Wagner Los Molinos Senior Center's weekly dance carried on with a Valentine's Day flair Saturday night with the Coyotes band and the help of a few people who stepped up to save the center from closing. By ANDREA WAGNER DN Staff Writer Originally published Feb. 12 on redbluffdailynews.com. Rather than let the Los Molinos Senior Center close, a group of locals has stepped up to create a new county committee to operate the facility. A board of directors has been operating the senior center for years. However, after 10-year volunteer director, 83-year-old Carol Davis, died Jan. 12, the other members decided to disband and close the center, said Julie Sisneros, county administrative analyst. That is when a group of seniors, some who were involved with the weekly senior dance at the center, got together and offered to volun- teer to operate the center instead, Sisneros told the Board of Supervi- sors. Fran Fazio, 63, of Los Molinos heard the center was going to close from her father, who has been attending dances at the center for more than 20 years, she said. Fazio, who used to serve food to the seniors at events at the center, didn't want to see it close, she said. "It's been here for too long to be shut down," Fazio said. She and a few of her friends got busy and started cleaning up the Murder charge for man who rammed Redding ambulance A 26-year-old Cotton- wood man was arrested for attempted murder Saturday when he reportedly rammed his pickup into a Redding ambulance. Joel Michael Haller, 26, of Cottonwood reportedly crashed his gray 2003 Toy- ota Tundra into a Mercy Medical Center ambulance that was parked in front of the emergency room just after 9 p.m., according to a Redding Police Depart- ment release. An emergency medical technician and two para- medics were inside the ambulance. Investigators found that Haller intentionally accel- erated as he drove toward the ambulance, trying to kill the people inside, the release said. The medical staff inside the ambulance were EMT Gregg Herrman, 26, of Redding, and paramedics Drew Barnett, 29, of Red- ding and Ryan Samuelson, 35, of Fortuna. Barnett and Samuelson were not injured, but Her- rman was treated for back pain, the release said. Haller had been arrested 7 5 8 5 5 1 6 9 0 0 1 9 previously in November in Cottonwood after he reportedly threw a rock at Tehama County Sheriff's deputies who were sent to do a courtesy check on him, according to reports. During the incident, he slammed a deputy who was trying to get out of his patrol car with the patrol vehicle's door. He was charged with resisting arrest and assault- ing a peace officer at that time, the reports said. Daily News photo by Julie Zeeb A Honda Accord was involved in a rollover crash at 1:53 p.m. Monday on Baker Road, near Walbridge Street. The driver, Johna Hobbs, 31, was driving south on Baker when she became distracted and looked down. Upon looking up, she realized she was on the east shoulder, overcorrected and lost control, going off the west shoulder and down an embankment. Hobbs, who was taken to St. Elizabeth Community Hospital with minor injuries, was wearing a seatbelt. HAVOC WITH YOUR SOCKS? toenails WREAKING Are your 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 building, she said. They cut trees, scrubbed walls and took care of a cat problem that had been causing unwelcome odors. "We're slowly getting people back here," she said. Sisneros and Chief Administra- tor Bill Goodwin presented a pro- posal to Fazio and several others who wanted to keep the center alive. The proposal was to establish a formal county committee to be in charge of the facility. Similar to how the county veter- ans halls operate, the committee would oversee the general upkeep See SENIORS, page 9A CORNING — The City Council will meet at 7:30 tonight to discuss options for replacement of City Manager Steve Kim- brough. Kimbrough, who has been part-time by contract since March 1, 2011, will step down at the end of February due to a new CalPers law that went into effect Jan. 1. The new law clarifies an old one and, in addition to working fewer than 960 hours, city managers are only allowed to work part- time while taking retire- ment for up to one year without penalty. Kimbrough, who will have been with the city 19 years on Feb. 24, changed to a part-time contract approved by the council on Dec. 14, 2010. It went into effect March 1, 2011, to help save the city The council will look at three options presented in the staff report pre- pared by City Attorney Michael Fitzpatrick. The first option would be to replace Kimbrough as city manager effective March 1, allowing city staff to perform his duties until a new manager arrives. The second option is an interim city manger to perform the role while assisting the council in the search for a permanent replacement. Cost would depend on whether the interim city manager could handle budgeting or whether a contract with Kimbrough would be needed. The third option would be to combine the two positions with Public Works Director John Brewer taking on city manager duties. This See CORNING, page 9A Only minor injuries in Baker rollover