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TUESDAY MAY 15, 2012 www.redbluffdailynews.com Breaking news at: Weather forecast 10B Mostly sunny 89/60 By ANDREA WAGNER DN Staff Writer The McGlynn Pool may not open this year. Hopes for opening the city swimming pool for summer are sinking as the Red Bluff City Council meets tonight to look at keeping it closed for the season for construction and upgrades. After scurrying to get some $20,000 in donations already this year to go toward operating the McGlynn Pool, Blues for the Pool was getting closer to collecting the needed $35,000 for the summer's operating costs. However, the pool, built in 1936, doesn't comply with recent federal laws and standards despite DAILYNEWS See 6A Vitality Sports 1B RED BLUFF 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 Pool closure tops council agenda recent upgrades to the facilities. "Even with the construction of new pool buildings, there still is a dangerous single drain design which must be corrected," the staff report states. existing drain by installing a sec- ond main drain to comply with the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission standards for public pools. The city will need to modify the "It's inexcusable that the only affordable option we are leaving the community is the river." Also, the pool will need to have a wheelchair lift installed to com- ply with an even newer federal mandate from the Americans with Disabilities Act. Celebration time Councilmember Daniele Jack- son, who has worked with Blues for the Pool for the last few years, is disappointed in the staff bringing this issue to the council. "The pool facility is in better condition than it was last summer at this time, due to over $100,000 that the Crowley Foundation donated," she wrote in an email. "It's inexcusable that the only affordable option we are leaving the community is the river." She said the safety and con- struction issues should have been brought up last August. Now, one month before the pool is slated to By ANDREA WAGNER DN Staff Writer Drawing attention and funds, the Sacramento River Discovery Center hosted a Watershed Celebration event Saturday. walk/run race at 8 a.m. or show up for free booths and activities beneath the trees at the center. Guests could join in a Booths included the Department of Water Resources, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife, the Red Bluff Art Association, the Tehama County Farm Bureau and several others. Rita Twiford of Red Bluff was set up to sell can- dies, cookies and various homemade baked goods to benefit the center. She has been making and selling baked goods with her daughter since the center started having the watershed event, she said. was the Shady Ridge Alpacas. A few of the ani- mals were available for guests. "It helps them by bring- ing more people out," Twiford said. A new addition this year Daily News photo by Andrea Wagner the Tehama County Photog- raphy Club was displayed on shaded backboards in the center of the event. Nature photography by Guests also had the option of purchasing native plants inside the center's greenhouse. Alpacas from Bill and Sandi Ridge of Shady Ridge Alpacas were a new addition to the Watershed Celebration Saturday at the Sacramento River Discovery Center. The Sacramento River City Hall plans for stripped down landscape Discovery Center offers educational and recreational activities that promote the health of the Sacramento River watershed. The non- profit organization is gear- ing up for summer camps that will begin June 18. For more information, contact the center at 529- 1196 or visit the center at Andrea Wagner can be reached at 527-2153, extension 114 or awagner@redbluffdailynew s.com. By ANDREA WAGNER DN Staff Writer Trees that don't drop "crap" on the sidewalk and as-maintenance-free-as- you-can-get turf are what the Red Bluff City Council plans for the stripped down landscaping in front of City Hall. was prompted by city offi- cials who participate in the Destination Tehama brand- ing project. The city, in showing sup- port for the branding effort, already put forth $19,000 in 2010. The landscaping project Daily News photo by Andrea Wagner The stripped down landscaping in front of City Hall will be replaced with updated trees and landscaping. 7 5 8 5 5 1 6 9 0 0 1 9 Branding partners were called upon to spruce up their buildings and side- walks to make them more inviting to tourists. "They're telling every- body to clean their act up and that's what we're doing," said Planning Direc- tor Scot Timboe. After a brainstorming session with the branding group April 12, a few city officials headed back to City Hall and enlisted Job Train- ing Center's Workforce One to start in tearing up the existing hedges, cutting down trees, and clearing out all the unkempt plants in front of the building. Bare soil beds are all that remain in most areas in front of the brick walls of the building, while staff are waiting for council approval to move forward. Timboe brought a pro- posal to the council that involves using roughly $7,000 in development impact fee funds set aside HAVOC WITH YOUR SOCKS? toenails WREAKING Are your 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 $ COMPLETE AUTO REPAIR Pass or FREE retest (MOST CARS & PICK-UPS) 2595 195 S. Main St. Red Bluff 530 527-9841 + cert. 1000 Sale Lane. ——— open, the issues are being brought to the council. — Councilmember Daniele Jackson season. staff's recommendation to keep the pool closed for the season, the money raised this year may have to be given back, Jackson said. "It was obtained for the 2012 summer opening and operation and we can't use it for anything else," she said. Should the council follow Closure may also mean the can- cellation of the Blues for the Pool wine tasting event scheduled this The City Council will meet at 7 p.m. at City Hall, following closed session at 6:30 p.m. The meetings are open to the public and the council will also have time avail- able for people to comment on the pool issue. Andrea Wagner can be reached at 527-2153, extension 114 or awagner@redbluffdailynews.com Rancho Tehama fight details emerge Details emerged about a Rancho Tehama incident that led to the arrest of a 21- year-old man Thursday. Darin Anthony Madden, 21, reportedly fought with Kimberly Salazar, 39, the mother of his teenage girl- friend, when she came to get her daughter, according to a Tehama County Sheriff's press release. lowed Salazar to her resi- dence on Leisure Landing near the airstrip, the release said. He caused a vegetation fire by driving recklessly through the tall grass. When deputies arrived, Madden tried to flee and resisted arrest, the release said. Madden used rocks to break out two windows on Salazar's PT Cruiser, caus- ing $1,000 damage, the release said. Then, he reportedly fol- Madden was charged with causing a fire, vandal- ism and resisting or delaying a peace officer. pending. Bail was set at $33,000. - Andrea Wagner Healthy biking League champs Additional charges are Young Marines win national award Special to the DN The Tehama County Young Marines are the first recipients of the Drug Enforcement Administration's Enrique Kiki Camerena Youth Drug Demand Reduc- tion Award, from the administrator of DEA, Washing- ton, D. C. Lt. Col. Michael B. Kessler presented the award to the unit on Saturday in Reno, Nev. during the annual Adult Leaders Conference, which included 350 Regis- tered Adult Volunteers from around the country. Kessler said Minton and Crane should "keep up this trend" for the national program. The DEA Special Agents at the conference men- tioned several times to the audience that it is the Tehama County Young Marines who lead the way in the war on drugs nationally. There are many adults and Young Marines who worked on this award, which was unexpected. Crane and other adult volunteers made sure the Young Marines were shuttled to and from schools in See WIN, page 9A for improvements to the administration building. He recommended that the city install artificial, plas- tic-based grass and only replace two of the four trees that were taken out. During the City Council meeting Tuesday, the five councilmembers and City Manager/Attorney Richard Crabtree stood and leaned over their desks to pick out which turf sample on the floor looked the most like real grass. Timboe's vision more See CITY, page 9A