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FRIDAY MARCH 16, 2012 Breaking news at: Read Across America Education Page www.redbluffdailynews.com See Page 6A RED BLUFF Challenge of Champs SPORTS 1B likely Weather forecast 10A Rain 59/44 By JULIE ZEEB DN Staff Writer CORNING — Corning Union Elementary School Dis- trict (CUESD) parents expressed concerns over student discipline of a Feb. 10 incident involving brownies laced with marijuana during Wednesday's 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 Parents irked by handling of pot brownies monthly school board meeting. A KRCR Channel 7 story broadcast on March 7 reported a boy who brought brownies laced with marijuana to May- wood Middle School was the son of a district board member. Five children were involved and the student who brought the brownies admitted so when questioned, Superintendent Dr. Catherine Reimer said. The boy 'The kid brought an illegal drug to school. Isn't that illegal?' — Luke Green, parent Eye to tomorrow was suspended for five days. "The reason I'm here is I feel that the minor was not punished correctly," said Luke Green, a parent of a student at Maywood. "I don't care about the last name. It's wrong that the cops weren't involved. That kid See POT, page 9A City tax receipts rise over 2010 By ANDREA WAGNER DN Staff Writer Red Bluff reported March 6 a 3.4 percent increase in quarterly sales tax for the same quarter in 2010. Receipts recorded between July and September 2011, the third quarter of the fiscal year, totaled a net of $686,974. Sales activity was down 1.3 percent, but the overall increase was figured including several one-time high payment tax sums, accrued through audits and fixed errors in earlier returns. The highest gains were in fuel and service stations, the report said. Eight of the top 25 producers are gaso- line stations. See CITY, page 9A Supervisors create fair committee By ANDREA WAGNER Daily News photo by Julie Zeeb Tehama County Transportation Commission Senior Transportation Planner Adam Hansen reviews a map with Corning Chamber of Commerce President Marti Syed, right, and Past President Willie Smith Tuesday at a presentation by Tehama Tomorrow. By JULIE ZEEB DN Staff Writer The Tehama County Transporta- tion Commission is beginning out- reach for a regional blueprint study called Tehama Tomorrow. The long-range scenario plan- ning tool that uses Geographical Information System (GIS) to show the long-term impacts of develop- ment patterns, local policies and decisions, was presented Tuesday to the Corning Chamber of Com- merce. "For the last few years, we've been working on a regional growth model, using the technology of today," Senior Transportation Plan- ner Adam Hansen said. The study takes growth scenarios such as varying urban densities and development patterns and compares them using performance measures such as traffic congestion, public investment costs, commute times and air quality. "The process leads to the devel- opment of alternative growth sce- narios for the region and through a public process a preferred growth scenario is selected," Hansen said. "Information from the study will assist local jurisdictions in making sound planning and infrastructure investment decisions consistent with community priorities and val- ues." Rain, wind lead to at least 1 fatality SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A late winter storm that brought heavy rain and winds to Central and North- ern California was blamed for at least one death and threatened to flood a popu- lar beach boardwalk while a new storm was bearing down on the region. Sporadic showers were forecast Thursday before another storm arrives late Friday with colder air that could dump more than a foot of snow in the Sierra Nevada at higher elevations. The upper-level, low- pressure system bringing the second storm was expected to deepen across California. The fatality in Northern California Thursday occurred after two vehicles, including one carrying four people, crashed into a downed tree on Route 13 in Oakland, the California Highway Patrol said. The driver of one vehicle pulled into the median area, where he and his passengers left the vehicle. The tree was then hit by a truck that went airborne, and the driver who had left his vehicle was fatally struck while a pas- senger was pinned under a portion of the tree and later freed. A winter storm watch is in effect for the northern Sierra Nevada from late Thursday night through Sat- urday afternoon, with heavy winds and snow bringing periods of near-zero visibili- ty. 7 5 8 5 5 1 6 9 0 0 1 9 The rain and snow pro- vided some good news for California, which has been well below its average pre- cipitation totals for the year. The state's snowpack was 36 percent of normal as of Thursday morning, up four percentage points from two days earlier. The system takes information from the last 18 to 30 years to cre- ate the trend of development, said Associate Transportation Planner Sean Harrasser. "It takes a look at a lot of infor- mation from local and regional agencies, educational institutions, planning agencies, the general plan, land use, assessors data, the Williamson Act and what is built and not built," Harrasser said. The system is not address- or parcel-specific, but takes the county and divides it into grids, he said. "It's used to open discussion on the trends," Harrasser said. "The See EYE, page 9A DN Staff Writer With ongoing discus- sion about the loss of state funding for the county fair, the Tehama County Board of Supervisors established a new com- mittee to look at options for the fairground. "We hope all parties will consider all options," said Chief Administrator Bill Goodwin. The committee will meet separately and with the fair board, he said. Donna Blanchett, rep- resenting the Tehama County Tea Party Patriots, spoke to the board about how the group had raised about $1,000 for the fair- ground in a donation drive during the Bull & Gelding Sale week. She said the group is looking for someone to donate a vehicle to be raf- fled off as a fundraiser and that the Tehama Dis- trict Fairground bring back and host a Christmas festival as a regular fundraiser. Identifying herself as the new events chair- woman for the fair board, Tonya Redamonti spoke to the board about possi- bilities and goals. The fairground should be a promotional venue, she said. However, under current state revenues, they can't afford to pro- mote the facilities. If the fairground clos- es, the county will lose 165 events a year, Reda- monti said. Redamonti had recent- ly visited the Alameda County Fairground to research operating as a nonprofit agency and shared her experiences. Supervisors Dennis Garton and Ron Warner, who have been attending fair board meetings, vol- See FAIR, page 9A All Star students honored at annual luncheon By JULIE ZEEB DN Staff Writer Administrators and families from 24 schools throughout Tehama County gathered Thurs- day at the annual Tehama County Charter of the Association of California School Administrators (ACSA) All Stars lun- cheon held at the Red Bluff Community and Senior Center. "It's great to be here to recognize the Tehama County All Stars," said Salisbury High School Principal and ACSA Tehama Charter President Barbara Thomas. "I'd like to give a special thanks to the Red Bluff High School Culinary Arts Pro- gram, which prepared the lunch." Music for the event was provided by Bruce Calin, John Gonsalves and Dan Kinkle. Red Bluff High School ROP Graphic Arts teacher and alumni from the class of 1982, Wes Hendricks, was the keynote speaker. Hendricks, who earned Daily News photo by Julie Zeeb The 2012 Tehama County All Stars, pictured, were honored at the Tehama County Charter of the Association of California School Administrators All Stars luncheon held Thursday at the Red Bluff Community and Senior Center. a bachelor's degree and credential in art through Simpson College, is the freshman girls' basketball coach and class advisor. "This brought back memories of a few years ago when my son Paul was an honoree," Hen- dricks said. "It's amazing as an educator to be in a room and see all these great kids. I think people forget in a hurry what teens were like when they were teens. This luncheon gives me hope that my room will continue to be filled with great kids." Hendricks talked to students about his experi- ence in a counseling ses- sion in high school where he was asked the "scary See STAR, page 9A The Family of Liz Weaver would like to thank the people of Manton, Red Bluff, Tehama and Shasta Counties for their donations. Liz got her trip to the San Diego Zoo!!!