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WEDNESDAY FEBRUARY 22, 2012 Breaking news at: Spaghetti Squash - Italia County Fare www.redbluffdailynews.com See Page 5A RED BLUFF Soccer High SPORTS 1B Sunny 74/44 Weather forecast 8B By ANDREA WAGNER DN Staff Writer At the end of a near four- year court case, Judge Richard Scheuler Tuesday sentenced a 56-year-old man to a minimum of 25 years in state prison for murdering his father. William Holt Baymiller, 56, 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 Baymiller gets 25 years for father's murder has been awaiting the outcome of a guilty verdict in the murder of his father, Fredrick Hamilton Baymiller. Baymiller was convicted in January of shooting his 89- year-old father in the torso with a shotgun inside their Los Moli- nos home in September 2008. He reportedly believed he was going to be killed by Mus- lims and that his father was in 'It has been a long case, a sad case' — Attorney Grady Davis on it, reports said. Since his arrest, Baymiller has been in custody at the Tehama County Jail on $1 mil- lion bail. He initially pled not guilty by reason of insanity, but with- drew the plea in 2009 after See MURDER, page 7A High and dry Fairboard mulls By JULIE ZEEB DN Staff Writer The Tehama District Fairboard received a report from Director Tonya Redamonti Tuesday on her visit to Alameda County Fairground, following which a motion was made to expand an ad hoc committee formed in January. The expanded ad-hoc committee, to be appointed by Fairboard President Ray Bianchi, will move forward to learn what legislative procedures are necessary in form- See STATUS, page 7A Elementary districts to merge Evergreen Union School District, 19500 Learning Way, Cotton- wood, announces the pending consolidation with Bend School District effective July 1. This consolidation is in Daily News photo by Andrea Wagner The McGlynn Pool, despite recent upgrades to its buildings and fundraising events, is look- ing to stay closed if advocates can't raise enough money in time for the summer season. By ANDREA WAGNER DN Staff Writer Blues for the Pool committee members are looking to raise a min- imum of $35,000 before June to be able to open the Red Bluff public pool in River Park for summer. With little or no funding promised from the city, the pool's prospects are grim, said Council- woman Daniele Jackson. Jackson and Councilman Bob Carrel are members of the Blues for the Pool committee. During the group's meeting Thursday, members decided to organize a fundraising campaign starting March 21 targeting local businesses and service organiza- tions. The goal is to raise 100 dona- tions of $400 each to cover the entire pool season. Study finds $135.7B in local pension liabilities SACRAMENTO (AP) — Two dozen city and county governments in Cal- ifornia face a combined $135.7 billion in unfunded pension liabilities, accord- ing to a study released Tues- day that also found the problem is growing. The Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research and a nonprofit group, Cali- fornia Common Sense, evaluated 24 local govern- ment pension systems that are not part of the California Public Employees' Retire- ment System, the state's main pension fund. The funds ranged from those for smaller entities, such as Santa Barbara and Stanis- laus County, to the largest local governments in Cali- fornia, including Los Ange- les, San Diego and San Francisco. The report found that none of the systems is at least 80 percent funded, which often is used as a benchmark for the mini- mum funding level of pen- sion funds. The study assumed a 5 percent annual rate of return for the funds' investments, much more conservative than the 7.75 percent or greater annual return rate assumed by many of the funds. The two retirement sys- tems operated by the city of Fresno came close, with a funded ratio of 78.5 percent, while the pension system in neighboring Kern County was only 41.5 percent fund- ed. ''Each system substan- tially understates liabilities and overstates funded ratios,'' the report stated. Anne Holdren, executive See STUDY, page 7A 7 5 8 5 5 1 6 9 0 0 1 9 Red Bluff Outdoor Power The 400 Club, as they call it, will be crucial to the pool to staying open, Carrel said. At the same time, the committee decided to scale back events planned to consolidate funding efforts. Last year, the group hosted sev- eral community events and chan- neled more than $100,000 in dona- See DRY, page 7A the final stages with addi- tional information to be announced in the spring regarding the academic programs offered and other key highlights that will take place at Bend School, 22270 Bend Ferry Road, Red Bluff. As the consolidation finalizes this school year, Bend will begin register- ing kindergartners on March 21 for the 2012/2013 school year. Children must be 5 years old on or before November 1, 2012 to qualify for kindergarten. The district will be enrolling students whose birthdays fall between Nov. 1 and Dec. 1 as tran- sitional kindergartners. Call the school office at 527-4648 for an appointment. Registration packets will be sent out prior to registration with information on the neces- sary requirements for incoming kindergartners and the registration forms. All entering kinder- garten students are required to provide an immunization record, birth certificate and Social Security card. Evergreen is excited about this new partnership and believes this will not only bring great educa- tional programs and expe- riences to Bend School, but enhance the district's ability to create programs that produce articulate, confident and skilled stu- dents, with a continued strong focus on a well- balanced education for all. Local teen to attend UN forum By JULIE ZEEB DN Staff Writer Tehama County Young Marine Staff Sgt. Reina Coley departs this week for New York for the United Nations in New York to take part in the 56th annual Global Forum of Women Consultation Day. The forum is a part of a Women's Summit, infor- mally referred to as the Beijing Summit, which takes place Feb. 25-29. "It's nerve-wracking getting everything ready, but I'm anxious to go," Coley said. Each year, 20 Young Marines from across the nation, 10 girls and 10 boys, are selected by the national office and Coley, a Red Bluff Union High School senior, is the fourth from Tehama County to attend in the last few years. "When I first joined the Young Marines, Mary Hurton was talking about her UN trip at Boot Camp," Coley said. "It was always my ultimate goal to get my alphas so I could go to the UN." retired from the Young Marines, attended previ- ously, which inspired Coley to apply for the trip, she said. Coley attends the sum- mit at the invite of the Soroptimist International organization, said Tehama County Young Marines Executive Officer D'Lo- rah Hurton. "We wanted to pick someone who will repre- sent the community and the Young Marines well," Hurton said. "We're proud of her and she'll make us proud." Coley said she is excit- ed about the opportunity and being able to meet the See TEEN, page 7A Daily News photo by Julie Zeeb Tehama County Young Marine Staff Sgt. Reina Coley will participate in the 56th annual Global Forum of Women Con- sultation Day, a part of the United Nations Women's Summit that takes place Feb. 25-29. Hurton and her cousin Annie Bennett, both now PHYSICIAN REFERRAL A FREE SERVICE PROVIDED FOR YOUR CONVENIENCE 1-800-990-9971 non-profit status