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FRIDAY JUNE 8, 2012 www.redbluffdailynews.com See Page 4A Breaking news at: Education eScholar Graduates RED BLUFF Ladies Invite SPORTS 1B Sunny 82/51 Weather forecast 8A Man punches K-9, is bitten DN Staff Report A fleeing felon tried to punch the Red Bluff Police Department's K-9 Wednesday, but in the end wound up with a dog bite and a trip to jail. Around 3:30 p.m. officer Mike Brown and his K-9 partner Many were asked to respond to the Sacramento River banks behind E's Locker Room to assist in catch- ing a fleeing felon, according to a department press release. A few minutes earlier a sheriff's deputy had seen Billy Ray Daugherty, 35, at a residence near the bar and recognized him as a parolee wanted for failing to regis- ter as a sex offender. Daugherty ran and hid in the tall grasses along the See K-9, page 7A City sees boost in sales revenue By RICH GREENE DN Staff Writer The city of Red Bluff closed out 2011 with fourth quarter sales 4.6 higher than the same period in 2010. Across Tehama County sales receipts increased 7 per- cent from the year prior. While the increase in sales signals positive growth, HDL Compa- nies, which produces the sales tax report for the city, warned the growth may not last. "Rising fuel costs and continued economic uncertainness are expected to slow the rate of growth in the second half of the year," the report reads. HDL attributed the strong October through December 2011 sales to higher fuel prices com- bined with a new service station opening. tion, building and con- struction, business and industry and food and drug groups all experi- enced an up tick in sales growth. Autos and transporta- The report said sales across the state grew along with demand for automobiles, increased consumer spending and the use of tax receipts from alternative energy projects and federal stimulus funding. HDL's report states part of the uncertainty with the future has to do with the advances in Internet shopping. Downsizing of store sizes in favor of "end- less aisles" through Internet sales could lead to increased vacated spaces. On the other hand entrance into mar- kets too small for larger stores could be more possible. Red Bluff's restaurant businesses. Tehama County's 7 percent increase was a bit better than the Far North region, which averaged a 6.4 percent increase. A restaurant closure led to decreased sales in "Communities with substantial existing retail could see new challenges in filling vacated space while also keeping up with the See CITY, page 7A Daily News photo by Julie Zeeb Nancy Collins looks through a memory book Thursday with two of her students. Collins will be retiring after 38 years of teaching in Red Bluff. By JULIE ZEEB DN Staff Writer Nancy Collins has not had a sin- gle parent miss a parent-teacher conference in her 38 years of teach- ing, more than 20 of those at Bid- well Elementary School. While Collins, originally from the Bay Area, is stepping down as the first grade teacher, she will con- tinue to be around children, she said. Building a bond with her stu- dents and their parents has been an essential part of her work as one of several teachers in her classroom. "When building a bond with par- ents, you realize the most important thing in their life is their child and you honor that," Collins said. Collins not only teaches, but learns from her students. "They're the biggest, best teach- ers in the whole world in the small- est package," Collins said. "If you sit back and observe you will learn, but if you become involved you will learn even more. They delight and inspire you and the amazing part is each is a unique individual. Your story and desires are diluted by a billion others. They are enhanced." Collins says she feels a strong sense of community and orients her classroom to facilitate the building of one. One thing she loves is watching the students jump in and help and being able to see them interact with one another. "We have an open-ended cur- riculum where they get to feel a part of the community, share what they have and show people things," Collins said. "We don't plug chil- dren into the curriculum, we wrap the curriculum around children and the interests and skills of the range of children as opposed to fitting them into a puzzle." Collins believes children will She has group activities through- out the room and has the desks grouped together, she said. "We are all scientists," Collins said. "We look, listen, touch, smell and, when appropriate, taste things, but as we get older the scientist is quieted. It's my job to wake that back up." DAILYNEWS Teach to learn 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 rise to any challenge they are given, learning occurs 24-7 and experi- ence is learned through hands-on activities and interacting with fel- low students. Collins taught kindergarten at Antelope Elementary School for 14 years, spent two at Jackson Heights and has spent the remainder at Bid- well teaching first grade, she said. "One of the reasons I became a teacher is because you can be everything you want to be as long as you want to in a primary class- room," Collins said. As a teacher, she gets to explore other careers from firefighters to authors and illustrators and teach her children about connectedness to the world around them. When teaching them to be car- tographers or map-makers, the chil- See TEACH, page 7A CHP searching for locket owner Cleared for lift off By JULIE ZEEB DN Staff Writer fied after almost four years and a heart locket that holds it are seeking to be reunited with their owner, awaiting their fate at the Red Bluff Califor- nia Highway Patrol Office. A picture still unidenti- out its evidence room and found the locket and sev- eral other items from a 2008 stolen vehicle case, CHP Officer Roger Smith said. The office is clearing office along with a dol- phin earring, a double- heart earring a patriotic bracelet, a silver Watch-it watch with a light pink everything it can to identi- fy an owner, but so far has been unable to do so and since a locket is some- thing that may have senti- mental value the agency would like to find the owner, Commander Lt. Todd Garr said. The locket sits in the The CHP has tried DN file photo Ribs, Rods and Rides Hot Air Balloon Festival at Rolling Hills Casino in Corning is set for Saturday, starting at dawn with lift off. Balloon rides are still available for $250 per person. Daily News photo by Julie Zeeb A silver heart locket sits unclaimed at the CHP office.The locket was found on a 15-year-old boy while working a stolen vehicle case March 28, 2008, on Evergreen Road. 7 5 8 5 5 1 6 9 0 0 1 9 face and a Fuji Fine Pix 2300 camera and case. There were several memory cards for the camera found among items in a 2005 Jeep Cherokee stolen out of Redding and located March 28, 2008, on Ever- green Road, east of Luce and Griswold Road. Anyone with informa- tion about the locket or who may be able to iden- tify the man pictured is asked to call Smith at 527-2034. ——— Julie Zeeb can be reached at 527-2153, extension 115 or jzeeb@redbluffdailynews .com. Follow her on Twitter @DN_Zeeb. Tethered flights will be available for $25 in the Party Panda Hot Air Balloon 7-9 a.m. Saturday. All proceeds benefit the Red Bluff-Tehama County Chamber of Commerce. Proceeds from hot air balloon rides will go to sup- port the Red Bluff-Tehama County Chamber of Com- merce. "This is yet another gift to the communities from Rolling Hills Casino," said Greg Stevens, chairman of the chamber board. "Rolling Hills' marketing depart- ment recognizes the value of a strong and effective chamber of commerce in attracting and serving Tehama County visitors and supporting local business and eco- nomic development." An evening glow will feature 12-15 balloons lighting up See LIFT, page 7A