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SACRAMENTO (AP) — The state Assembly will swear in its new speaker in March, a leader who could hold the post for the next four years. Leaders announced Monday that Assembly- man John Perez will take over March 1 for Speaker Karen Bass, who is termed out of office after this year. Both are Democrats from Los Angeles. Perez, who is 40, was elected speaker by majori- ty Democrats on Jan. 7. He was elected to the Assembly in 2008 and can serve up to three, two-year terms. Local businesses lend a hand for paint disposal By JULIE ZEEB DN Staff Writer Two local retailers have joined forces with the Red Bluff/Tehama County Landfill Agency in trying to tackle the problem of what to do with leftover paint. "The program isn't going to start for another month, but it will be exciting once it gets started," said Landfill Agency Manager Kristina Miller. During the time in between, residents can continue to bring paint to the landfill, she said. "We accept latex paint free of charge as long as it has a label that says it is latex and it is a Tehama Coun- ty resident, not a business," Miller said. Those with oil-based paints can take them to the Landfill Household Hazardous Waste Facility or the Corning Hazardous Waste Facility, Miller said. For a schedule of the two facilities, which operate on alternating weekends, Miller said residents should call the landfill at 528-1103. Hatfield Ace Hardware, 2020 Solano St., in Corning and Los Molinos Ace Hardware, 7930 Highway 99E, have already agreed to take the one-hour training, but Miller said she is always looking for more to join the landfill's efforts. Training includes how to clean up a paint spill and an explanation of how the program works, she said. The program is coming from a portion of the $400,000 California Integrated Waste Management Board Household Hazardous Waste Discretionary Grant Tehama County shares with San Francisco, San Francisco County and San Joaquin County. While all money is funneled through San Joaquin County, the grant manager, Tehama County will see $54,000 coming its way to fund paint recycling. "That's more than our yearly budget for paint dis- posal," Miller said. "The landfill spends half of the household hazardous waste budget on disposing paint. That's $30,000 annually and that's only 10 percent of excess paint in Tehama County." If all the excess paint in Tehama County came in to the landfill it would cost about $300,000 to dispose of, Miller said. The landfill is advocating the use of recycled paint, which has the same quality as virgin paint and encour- aging people to do paint swaps, she said. 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Rain taken in stride at Bull Sale By JULIE ZEEB DN Staff Writer Heavy rains will bring about a change in venue for the stock dogs, which will be showing at the south end of the Trinity Avenue parking lot, at the Tehama District Fairground, Wednesday, dur- ing the Red Bluff Bull & Gelding Sale. But many gathering Mon- day at the fairground said the rains should not hurt the crowd "We're definitely not upset to see it rain," said Bull Sale Manager Adam Owens. "It looks to clear by the week's end and we've had muddy bull sales before. Besides, the rain is good for the agricul- ture business." Former Bull Sale Manager Ron Anderson, who has resumed his position as a Bull Sale director, agreed with Owens. "It will help us because the ponds and creeks got water, which will make the grass grow and it helps bring water to be used in the summer," Anderson said. Dave Condron of Powell Butte, Ore. has been coming to the sale for about 20 years and this year he and his friend John England have about 25 bulls between the two of them, he said. Condron said the rain should not have an effect on attendance. "People that need bulls will be here and the rain will probably draw more people because it will build opti- mism for the industry," Con- dron said. Frank Lima, of Stardust Farms out of Oak Run, said the weather will be good for buyers as it will help grow grass that is needed to help animals gain weight. In turn, having the rain will help this year to put peo- 2010 Red Bluff Bull & Gelding Sale For a complete schedule of events See Page 8A Reeds Creek recalled Daily News photo by Chip Thompson The former Reeds Creek one-room schoolhouse, about a mile east of the school's current Johnson Road campus, collapsed recently after years of deterioration. By TANG LOR DN Staff Writer When Betty Stroing passed by the old Reeds Creek schoolhouse and noticed it swaying, she knew it would not be standing much longer. She and her sister went back with a camera trying to capture what was left of the old one-room schoolhouse. The white building, located about a mile east of the school's current location, has since toppled over, the ruins splayed on the property, reminding the 80-year- old former bus driver of days gone by. "It's changed a lot," she said. "It's not the little old schoolhouse it used to be." Stroing was the school's first bus driver even before the school had a bus. She used her 1960 Opel station wagon to drive the students around. "I had to haul my own kids because we lived too far for them to walk, so I just started hauling other kids and it turned into a job," she said. "I hauled quite a few kids in that station wagon." At the time, the school held two sessions of classes because there were too many students to fit into Stro- ing's car. Students attended school in the morning or after- noon depending on which side of the schoolhouse they lived on. Stroing would do one round of pick up for all the students on the one side in the morning. Then in the afternoon she would drop off the other students and pick up the morning class. When Lincoln School consolidated with Reeds Creek in the 60s, the upper and lower classes were split Free seminar on healthy choices By JULIE ZEEB DN Staff Writer At almost 60, Paul Volk's travels have taken him around the world to places as far away as Serbia, Germany and Italy, but now they have landed him in Red Bluff for a free health seminar. "This is far too important to miss because of finances," Volk said. A self-proclaimed butterball in his early days and the son of world-renowned chef Steve Volk, the recent resident of Red Bluff said he has learned that good health is not just genetics. "It's because of choices," Volk said. "My genes are very bad and my training was junk food. I'm the only one in my family not on medication or to have had an organ replacement. The only doctor I go to is the dentist." Volk said he is his family's lightweight, with his brother's wife, who died of a heart attack a few years back, and brother each topping out at more than 600 pounds. Volk's father weighed in at 280 pounds at his heaviest and his grandfather weighed as much as 320 pounds, he said. After a drug overdose at 23, Volk said he began making changes in his diet. He attributes his success at the 2002 Senior Olympics to these changes. At the age of 52 and with no training, Volk entered the Senior Olympics with about 1,400 participants from 40 coun- tries. He took home two silver medals in the 5 km and 1,500 km races. As a part of pre-race activities, Volk underwent several tests on his immune system, blood pressure and heart rate. He was also checked for diabetes and glauco- ma. "I took a bioscan test and scored way at the top," Volk said. "They asked me if I was vegetarian because only vegetarians test that high." In 2006, he was retested and had results that were off the charts, he said. "I do believe that knowledge is power and taste is a learned experience," Volk said. In addition to a weekend seminar, Volk may be teaching at Red Bluff Health and Fitness on Feb. 9 and has recently begun teaching in Tehama County schools. "People make critical choices in their teen years," Volk said. "They absolutely set the die and foundation (during teen years)." Students who make the healthy choices early in life perform better academically, cooperate better with others and are phys- ically much more on top of their game and able to be their best, he says. Daily News photo by Julie Zeeb Dane Christopher assists Paul Volk with cooking a meal. New Assembly speaker takes over March 1 See RAIN, page 9A See REEDS, page 9A See PAINT, page 9A See CHOICES, page 9A