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June 9-10 2012 WEEKEND Flea bargain? See below Weather forecast 10A Sunny 81/55 By JULIE ZEEB DN Staff Writer Winds died down Thursday just in time for Red Bluff Union High School to graduate its 324 students of the Class of 2012. DAILYNEWS Class of 2012 RED BLUFF TEHAMACOUNTY $1.00 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 City votes to run in the red By RICH GREENE Graduate Kameron Kaveh lead the Pledge of Allegiance and classmate Katherine Dillon gave the first keynote address. Teachers Geoff Barrow and Kim Clawson, as California Scholarship Federation (CSF) advisers, recognized those who had achieved the special honor through both academic achieve- ment and community service. The students join a long-standing tradition of Red Bluff graduates being CSF Seal Bearers, one that dates back to 1923, Clawson said. second keynote address prior to Princi- pal Patrick Gleason presenting the graduates. The evening was finished with a Graduate Alana Hinkston gave the farewell address by graduate Renesha Rodriguez. For many of the students leaving the halls of Red Bluff High, the moment was very surreal. "I'm scared and nervous, but excit- An earlier motion that would have raised fees to lev- els department heads had asked for to match 2012 busi- ness costs with revenues was rejected. "Although the Building Department is an enterprise fund, the department costs have exceeded revenues for five years. Building permit costs have not increased since 2008," a staff report said. Typically municipalities raise their rates annually on par with the Consumer Price Index. But that hasn't hap- pened in Red Bluff for several years. Councilman Rob Schmid was the first to take issue with the raising of fees, questioning the amount depart- ment heads were asking for and saying the fees were to blame for the lack of development. Building Official J.D. Ellison, Planning Director ed," Reina Coley said. Coley, who graduated with her brother Ryan, plans to spend two years at Shasta College getting an associate degree in early childhood develop- ment. After that, she has a commitment to join the military that she intends to ful- fill, although she has not decided which branch that will be yet, she said. "I've decided to join because of family members," Coley said. "My grandpa was a staff sergeant in the Army." Coley said she plans to be a registered adult for the Tehama County Young Marines, a group she was involved in while she was a high school student, While she attends Shasta College, Daily News photo by Julie Zeeb See CLASS, page 9A Graduates of the Red Bluff Union High School class of 2012 make their way to their seats Thursday at the ceremony on the football field. AT&T workers stage day-long work stoppage Wolfdog banished to Oregon By RICH GREENE wait a little longer to find out if all dogs go to heav- en. DN Staff Writer Thunder will have to Daily News photo by Rich Greene Communications Workers of America-represented employees across California and Nevada took part in a one-day work stoppage Friday from their AT&T jobs. Workers on Diamond Avenue in Red Bluff said they were protesting because of a labor dispute with something upper management wrote. Some AT&T workers in California and Nevada are walking off the job to protest a memo that the union says impugned their work performance. The phone company NEW YORK (AP) — and the Communications Workers of America are negotiating a new con- tract, but Friday's protest is a one-day affair and not directly related to the negotiations. Libby Sayre, area director in a union district that covers 18,000 work- ers in the two states, says a memo from an executive threatened layoffs unless See WORK, page 9A that was reportedly used by his owner to attack another man won't be euthanized following a hearing Thursday with Red Bluff Police Chief Paul Nanfito. While Nanfito deter- mined the dog was vicious and subject to euthanasia per the city code, an agreement was reached with a dog sanc- tuary picked up Thunder Thurs- day to take him to his new home in Oregon. As part of the terms he will not be allowed to return to his owner Paul Chandler Christy or ever be able to set paw within the city Songdog Rescue Inc. The wolf-hybrid dog Scot Timboe and Public Works Director Bruce Henz all at some point said the requested increase in rates would still keep fees well below market and were meant only to break the departments even. Red Bluff City Council decided it would rather run the building department in the red than raise fees to proper funding levels on those seeking permits. The council voted 3-2 to raise a series of fees for the Public Works, Engineering and Building and Planning departments to levels those department heads said should have been used in 2009 to keep up with infla- tion. DN Staff Writer Following a lengthy discussion and a split vote, the Breaking news at: www.redbluffdailynews.com Ellison said most of the fee increases came from standard state recommendations. The fees in Red Bluff are about half of those charged by the county for the same services. him how the city could operate with such low rates. Schmid was eventually joined by Councilman Bob Carrel, who said the fees may not be a swaying factor to big contractors, but they were a big deal to small con- tractors. He also said he recently met a contractor who asked Mayor Forrest Flynn asked his colleagues if it was right for the public to subsidize fees if the council does not make them at least cover the cost of doing business. Schmid said he wondered whether raising fees was just another example of fattening up government. He then asked, if the fees weren't raised, whether that meant money from the general fund would be taken to Dog gone limits of Red Bluff or Tehama County again. The wolf-hybrid was placed on quarantine at the Tehama County Ani- mal Shelter after Christy reportedly ordered him to attack a person in front of Antelope Liquor on May 4. Christy was arrested for assault with a deadly weapon. See CITY, page 9A Courtesy photo Thunder the wolf-hybrid dog was picked up by Songdog Rescue Inc. Thursday afternoon.Thunder was deemed potentially dangerous and set to be euthanized before an agreement was reached to send him to Oregon. Meanwhile Thunder remained in limbo, wait- ing for his dog day after- noon in court. It turned out Thunder had friends across the nation with wolfdog experts from North Car- olina, Oregon and Cali- fornia getting involved in the case. was Mike Lehane, vice president of Wolfdog Res- cue Resources Inc., a nationwide organization of wolfdog enthusiasts. Lehane has spent 25 years rescuing primitive dogs. Lehane said there are a lot of myths about wolf- One of those experts See DOG, page 9A