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JUNE 23-24 2012 WEEKEND Perfect Perennials Country Life - 3B RED BLUFF Breaking news at: www.redbluffdailynews.com Weather forecast 10B Mostly sunny 73/51 By RICH GREENE place Tuesday at St. Elizabeth Community Hospital and DN Staff Writer A potential strike set to take DAILYNEWS 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 Hospitals, union reach deal to avoid strike Crime tracker Mercy Medical Centers in Red- ding and Mt. Shasta has been called off. A tentative agreement has been reached between parent company Dignity Health and the Service Employees Interna- tional Union-United Healthcare Workers West. The union's website posted a news story with the headline "We have a brand new contract at Dignity!" California facilities will vote to ratify the agreement begin- ning Monday. The union, which was set to strike starting Tues- day will instead begin voting on the deal. yes vote. Union leaders are urging a According to a union pro- See STRIKE, page 9A Group weighs recreation options By RICH GREENE DN Staff Writer Short on bodies, but full of ideas and inspiration a group gathered Thursday night to discuss future recre- ational opportunities in the wake of the former Lake Red Bluff. River Discovery Center had seen the idea of an Off- Highway Vehicle park for the East Sand Slough pitched by the city of Red Bluff With no city representatives in attendance Thursday, that idea was pushed aside in favor of quieter activities focused on animals and trails. Tehama County Administrator Bill Goodwin sig- naled the county would be willing to get involved in projects that weren't as ambitious, reliant on grants and An earlier discussion hosted by the Sacramento See OPTIONS, page 9A County jobless rate dips in May By JULIE ZEEB Daily News photo by Julie Zeeb Corning Police Chief Don Atkins and Administrative Services Officer Tom Watson take a look in April at the new website that allows people to see what police activity is going on in Corning. know in Corning there is one more place to keep up to date now that Corning Police Department is By JULIE ZEEB DN Staff Writer For those who want to be in the online. "An option for online came built- in with the new records system," Chief Don Atkins said. "It lets the public know what's going on, espe- cially what activity is in their neigh- borhood so they can keep an eye out RBPD may create 3 new corporal positions By RICH GREENE The positions would not be three new hires, but the reclassifying of three exist- ing police officers. A staff report from Police Chief Paul Nanfito says the restructuring will mitigate the department's DN Staff Writer The Red Bluff City Council will consider creat- ing three new middle man- agement corporal positions within the Police Depart- ment at its special meeting Tuesday. liability arising from "fail- ure to supervise." The report says sergeant duties inside the office have increased dramatically over the past 25 years leaving them away from the field and the ability to supervise law enforcement personnel. The corporals would work under the supervision of the sergeant. The department's prac- tice when it doesn't have a sergeant on duty is to assign a senior officer to be the Officer-In-Charge. That system worked bet- ter 25 years ago when senior officers ranged anywhere from seven to 15 years of service time. But since 1996 the city See RBPD, page 9A for things like stolen vehicles." The website — http://cpd.crime- graphics.com — started testing in February to see how it worked, Administrative Services Officer See CRIME, page 9A DN Staff Writer Tehama County is 40th out of 58 counties in the state for unemployment in May, according to num- bers released Friday by the Employment Devel- opment Department. The county ranked 40th in March, too, with 16.1 percent unemploy- ment, but had dropped a couple of points to 14.2 percent in May. Of neighboring coun- ties, only Glenn County is worse, coming in 14.4 percent. Butte County is the lowest of the group at 12.2 percent unemploy- ment, while Shasta sits at 12.7 percent. The five lowest unem- ployment rates in the state See JOBLESS, page 9A Couple plays bridge to keep minds active By JULIE ZEEB County, John and Emily Ruff of Paskenta have lived on the same ranch their family has been on since 1872. DN Staff Writer Like many in Tehama John and Emily live in the same house he was born in. His father also was born on the property, Emily said. "He's 91 and I'm 88," Emily said. "We still have a garden and hoe the weeds and other things." The couple also likes to play bridge, starting with party bridge in 1956. "We learned to play from the ranger and his wife at the forest service station," Emily said. "Peo- ple think it's amazing that See BRIDGE, page 9A Daily News photo by Julie Zeeb John and Emily Ruff, front and back, play Duplicate Bridge at the Red Bluff Duplicate Bridge Club with Gerry Wolf and Cheron Zittle at the Elks Lodge. 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