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"Ilikeit.It'snotasobtrusiveas some people claimed it would be and looks like a house on a hill." —TehamaCountySupervisorBurtBundy By Margaret Baum Daily News correspondent SACRAMENTO ASacramentojuryfoundQuen- tin Bealer guilty Wednesday of first-degree mur- der in the 2013 strangling death of a 14-year-old Red Bluff girl. The jury reached a verdict Tuesday after four hours of deliberation, but the verdict was held un- til Wednesday morning. Bealer, 42, was charged with homicide in the death of Marysa Nichols, whose body was found half a mile behind Red Bluff High School Feb. 28, 2013. "It is such a relief and I'm glad it's over," said Diane Whitmire, Nichols' mother. Whitmire said she was glad the jury saw the truth in the evidence. "I'm so grateful justice has been served for Marysa," Whitmire said. The trial, including jury selection, lasted for nine weeks with 378 exhibits entered into ev- idence. During those nine weeks, jurors heard testimony from 67 separate witnesses and expe- rienced several delays. Some of these delays included a bench warrant being served for Nichols' father failing to appear in court, as well as the suspension of deliberation due to juror misconduct. MURDER TRIAL Jury finds Bealer guilty Sentencingforfirst-degreemurder verdict is July 8; could be in Red Bluff By Heather Hoelscher hhoelscher@redbluffdailynews.com @DN_Heather on Twitter CORNING City Manager Kristina Miller pre- sented a draft of the fiscal year 2016-2017 bud- get Tuesday at the Corning City Council meeting that showed the projected impact the recent pas- sage of the Sales Tax Measure will make. The half cent increase in sales tax, which passed in the June 7 election, will help increase the general fund reserves. For every $2 spent in Corning it will generate a 1 cent increase in sales tax. Miller presented another budget that showed the negative impact on the city if the measure had not passed. The total projected city-wide revenue, exclud- ing transfers, will be $12,122,222 and the total expenditures, also excluding transfers, will be $12,307,211. The anticipated general fund rev- enues will total $4,856,510 since the measure passed. If the measure had not passed the rev- CORNING Salestaxhike to impact next year's budget Community.....A3 Lifestyles........A4 A-E...................A5 Opinion............A6 Sports..............B1 Weather..........B8 INDEX Democratic legislator frus- trated with lack of action on firearms tries to force vote. PAGEB5 POLITICS Senatorbegins filibuster over guns Authorities say 2-year-old boy from Nebraska was snatched off Walt Disney World beach, drowned. PAGE A8 SEARCH Body of boy snatched by alligator found By Julie Zeeb jzeeb@redbluffdailynews. com @DN_Zeeb on Twitter RED BLUFF The Red Bluff Fire Department is investigating a Wednes- day morning vehicle fire on Orange Street that was suspicious in na- ture, according to a de- partment spokeswoman. Firefighters were dis- patched about 9:35 a.m. Wednesday to the 1000 block or Orange Street, at the corner of Orange and Sacramento Avenue, for a report of a vehicle fire involving a black Ford SUV. The first unit on scene reported a fully involved vehicle with no threat to nearby structures. Fire personnel were able to get the fire con- tained within about 10 minutes and cleared the scene at 11:13 a.m. The vehicle was un- occupied at the time of the fire and there were no injuries reported, the spokeswoman said. Traffic control was temporarily in place and the road was blocked at Orange Street during the incident. The Red Bluff Police Department as- sisted with traffic con- trol. FIRE Ora ng e St re et v eh ic le fi re s us pi ci ou s PHOTO COURTESY OF ROSS PALUBESKI Red Bluff Reserve Firefighters Ryland Stratton and Jorge Herrera work to put out a suspicious vehicle fire that was reported about 9:35a.m. Wednesday in the 1000block of Orange Street. By Julie Zeeb jzeeb@redbluffdailynews.com @DN_Zeeb on Twitter RED BLUFF The Tehama County Landfill Agency celebrated its move to a 2,400-square-foot ad- ministration building on Wednesday with an open house at the new facility. Landfill Agency Man- ager Rachel Ross was on hand to give a guided tour of the facility and talk with attendees about the var- ious programs offered in Tehama County. "I like it," Supervisor Burt Bundy said. "It's not as obtrusive as some peo- ple claimed it would be and looks like a house on a hill. It also looks over the land- fill, which will help them in overseeing things like when there's a problem with windblown garbage. It's a great addition and we needed it." Bundy said he is pleased with both the building and the programs offered. In the 1980s there was dis- cussion over the possibil- ity of needing to find a new location by 2000, however, thanks to diversion pro- grams that see material recycled the landfill is just reaching the point of fill- ing the Phase I portion of the area. While Phase I could be filled sometime in the 2016-2017 fiscal year, there is still the entire Phase II area, which has a 45-year capacity, Ross said. The new facility will al- low expansion of the Re- use of Available Products (REAP) program that al- lows residents to provide various materials from paint to wasp spray to fel- low residents free. What was previously in a shed the size of a closet is now in a small room inside the new office that is signifi- TEHAMA COUNTY LANDFILL AGENCY HOLDS OPEN HOUSE Tehama County Landfill Management Agency Recycling Coordinator Two Paul Freund, le , Agency Manager Rachel Ross, center, and Recycling Coordinator One Extra Help Rich Buchanan, right, pose outside the new office on Wednesday during the open house. PHOTOS BY JULIE ZEEB — DAILY NEWS Tehama County Landfill Management Agency Manager Rachel Ross, right, talks with Tehama County Supervisor Burt Bundy about various programs the landfill offers, including battery recycling using the little orange bags the agency provides Wednesday during the open house for the newly constructed office at the landfill on Plymire Road. BUSINESS D Dow Jones Industrial 17,640.17 (-34.65) D Standard & Poor's 2071.50 (-3.82) D Nasdaq 4834.93 (-8.62) Have a great day, Max Stodolski. GOOD MORNING! 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