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WEDNESDAY APRIL 25, 2012 www.redbluffdailynews.com See Inside Breaking news at: Best Beaches American Profile RED BLUFF Athletes of the Week Thunder storm likely 69/52 Weather forecast 8B By JULIE ZEEB woman was reportedly shot in the abdomen Monday evening DN Staff Writer A 52-year-old Red Bluff DAILYNEWS SPORTS 1B 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 Woman shot; domestic violence suspected with a .22 caliber rifle by her husband at a Franzel Road resi- dence. officers were sent at 9:18 p.m. Monday to the 1100 block of Red Bluff Police logs show Franzel Road after a man reported he had shot his wife. Upon arrival, officers con- questioning. He was later taken to the Red tacted Terry Wayne Derrick and his wife outside the residence where Derrick was detained for Bluff Police Department for questioning, according to a Red Bluff Police press release. The wife was conscious and Getting strict on junk stable at the time she was con- tacted by officers. She was transported to St. Elizabeth Community Hospital See SHOT, page 7A Bonus program for Corning teachers By JULIE ZEEB DN Staff Writer a new sick leave incentive program as a part of its 2011- 2012 negotiations. Corning Elementary School District is implementing The program has been around since the 2007-2008 school year, but is being made permanent for district employees, Corning Elementary Human Resources See BONUS, page 7A Suspect flees stolen SUV, caught in yard By JULIE ZEEB DN Staff Writer This DN file photo shows a Los Molinos yard that was subject to cleanup in January. add new enforcement rules for pub- lic nuisance violations that could speed up the clean-up process or invoke hefty fees. By ANDREA WAGNER DN Staff Writer County officials are looking to niture, electronics and scrap metal after county officials had tried for years to get the owner to clean out- side the home. Nuisance abatement, or elimina- tion of a community eyesore or health hazard, can be a long-term, costly battle for the county, such as a clean-up effort Jan. 9 on Sher- wood Boulevard in Los Molinos. Contractors brought in a backhoe and cleared the property of tons of garbage and items such as tires, fur- Clearing the property cost the county nearly $4,000 that may not be recuperated, said Chief Adminis- trator Bill Goodwin, who brought the bill for services to the supervi- sors March 20. Stover, county building official, collectively asked the board for direction Tuesday on a possible new ordinance that would add to exist- ing codes and create a stricter poli- cy on public nuisance properties in the county. The funds were administered out of a county account set aside for abatement proceedings, he said. This was the first time it was used. John Stoufer, interim planning director, Tim Potanovic, director of environmental health, and John Judge: Controller cannot block lawmakers' pay SACRAMENTO (AP) — In a tentative ruling, a trial judge said Tuesday that the state controller has no authority to block lawmakers' pay, as he did last summer after deciding they had failed to meet their constitu- tional deadline for pass- ing a balanced budget. Sacramento County Superior Court Judge David Brown found that Controller John Chiang violated the separation of powers clause of the California Constitution Using powers he thought he was given until voter-approved Proposition 25, Chiang blocked lawmakers' pay for 12 days last year after deciding they had failed to meet their con- stitutional June 15 dead- line for passing a bal- anced budget. Lawmak- ers sued, arguing the controller overreached. The judge agreed with lawmakers, who argued that Chiang does not have the authority to decide whether the Leg- islature's budget is bal- anced. ''A contrary result could threaten to under- mine the Legislature's essential function,'' the ruling stated. ''Even if the court agreed that defendant's assessment of the Legislature's June 15, 2011, budget bill was well reasoned, if defen- dant has the power to conduct such an assess- ment, the controller could subject the budget process to his or her demands.'' 7 5 8 5 5 1 6 9 0 0 1 9 will review his options with the state attorney general. ''The court's tentative ruling flies in the face of the voters' will by allow- ing legislators to keep their salaries flowing by simply slapping the title 'budget act' on a sheet of paper by June 15,'' Chi- ang said in a statement. ''Adopting an unbal- anced and unfinanceable budget may ensure they are paid, but the people of California will be stuck with delayed pay- ments and IOUs once that 'budget' falls apart.'' The controller said he The county gets more than 100 complaints or cases each year, Stoufer said. Yet there is no good system to collect fees for clean-up or services, and the only recourse is criminal citation. Officials have been forming ideas through researching what See JUNK, page 7A Bluff area transient was arrested early T uesday morning on Lay Avenue after fleeing from Tehama County Sheriff's Deputies following a fight during an attempted traffic stop on a stolen vehicle. Deputies had attempt- ed a stop on a vehicle dri- ven by Matthew Lyle Mil- liman, 24, but Milliman refused to get out of the vehicle and had to be physically removed, according to a sheriff's press release. After he was removed, Milliman began to fight with deputies before flee- ing on foot, leading to a several block foot chase into an apartment com- plex on South Jackson A Red Street. Red Bluff Police logs show Milliman side Apartments. Logs show a report of a department assisted the deputies with a foot chase from a Ford Bronco in the area of Circle K in which the suspect fled into the Creek- the woman passenger who was in the vehicle with Milliman. The woman was not caught and it is unknown who she was, Sheriff's Lt. Dave Greer said. A perimeter was estab- lished, with help from Red Bluff Police, around the complex and a sher- iff's canine was called in to help search for Milli- man. During the search, deputies learned the Bron- See STOLEN, page 7A School meets new superintendent By JULIE ZEEB DN Staff Writer The new superintendent of the Red Bluff Joint Union High School District, Lisa Escobar, was in Red Bluff to visit the campus during the week of April 16-20. The district board tions. I will be relying on my administration team, the district office staff and I have three or four friends who have been first year superintendents who will be on my speed dial." approved the contract with Escobar, a Seattle-area prin- cipal, at the March 14 meet- ing. She will replace Interim Superintendent Jack Hansen, who has been serv- ing in the role since July 1, 2011. so many different people in the community and having a lot of positive conversa- tions, several of which have resulted in offers to help her get settled, said Escobar, who describes herself as very much a cowgirl. Escobar has several years of experience in grades K-12 and graduated from California State Uni- versity, Chico with a Bache- lor of Science in Health Sci- ence and a minor in biology and chemistry. "Everybody has been so welcoming," Escobar said. "I'm very excited to be here. I wish I could start today." She has enjoyed meeting She has a Masters in Special Education from San Jose State University and earned an administrative new role July 1, but has already begun phase one of her entry plan, which includes learning about the district, she said. "My goal right now is to listen and learn from as many stakeholders as will talk to me including people from the community, teach- ers, parents and students," Escobar said. Escobar will start her Escobar credential in 1993. "I'm committed to being here for the long term and being and integral part of the community for a long time," Escobar said. The entry plan is a way for people to be able to get to know her and to hold her accountable, she said. "The entry plan will go up on the district website," Escobar said. "It will help people see words and action match and that it's not just She plans to be a hands- on superintendent and will be at several activities in the community and making vis- its to the classroom. "My core values start with the students," Escobar said. "The biggest challenge will be getting to know the community, staff and stu- dents while at the same time running the daily opera- talk. I want to get to know as much as I can and to honor the good work that's being done and lead the district to the next step." Her goal is for the district to prepare its students to be the innovative leaders to tomorrow and to be ready for the 21st century global society whether for a career or college, she said. Part of that, is to be a strong leader, which first requires getting to know the district, building trust and building relationships, she said. The entry plan includes meetings with key players in the community from the board to business owners and students, parents and teachers. It is based on the key val- ues that decisions must be based on what is best for the See SCHOOL, page 7A PHYSICIAN REFERRAL A FREE SERVICE PROVIDED FOR YOUR CONVENIENCE 1-800-990-9971