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JULY 7 2012 WEEKEND 11-12 All Stars Breaking news at: www.redbluffdailynews.com Sunny 101/69 Weather forecast 10B DAILYNEWS 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 Parks get reprieve Dale fire burns 1,200 acres DN Staff Report More than a 1,000 people have been working to con- tain a Shasta County fire that has burnt 1,200 acres and destroyed two buildings in Happy Valley the past two days. The fire, which started shortly before 2 p.m. Thurs- day at Dale Lane and Cloverdale Road, has damaged five residences and threatened 150 more as well as 200 outbuildings. As of Friday evening the Dale Fire was 60 percent contained. Evacuations were in effect on Clear Creek Road between Cloverdale Road and Texas Spring Road and all off streets. Evacuation orders had been lifted for Cloverdale Road. See DALE, page 9A Corning schools await trigger cuts By JULIE ZEEB DN Staff Writer DN File photo Jackson Heights students and William B. Ide Adobe State Historic Park Docents play a game with sticks and a hoop at the final school program of the 2011-2012 school year. Agreements allow Ide Adobe and Woodson Bridge to remain open By JULIE ZEEB DN Staff Writer The William B. Ide Adobe State Historic Park and Woodson Bridge State Recreation Area will both remain open for now. Woodson opened its camp- ground Monday under state fund- ing, but will be taken over by Amer- ican Land and Leisure under a con- cessionaire's agreement on Aug. 1, California State Parks Sector Superintendent Denise Rist said. "The reason it was able to reopen Monday was because Gov. Jerry Brown increased our budget a bit," Rist said. "There was a one-time line item change made to the budget signed that gave us budget relief. It identified in the budget funding to bridge the gap between the July 1 (scheduled) closure and when they enter agreements for funding or operation." Four types of agreements have been used by state parks up and down California including operat- ing agreements by other entities and with non-profits, concessionaire's County department continues functions after fire guts offices Tehama County's Child Support Services are still offering assis- tance despite Wednes- day's fire that burned its offices to the ground. "Our business conti- nuity plan worked as expected," said Director of Butte and Tehama counties departments of Child Support Services Sharon Stone. "We've taken all necessary steps to ensure customers are provided service as quickly as possible and to protect confidential information." Basic services have been handled through Butte County taking Tehama County's incoming telephone calls and account infor- mation available via the Internet since the fire. Starting Monday those people who need to meet face-to-face with a caseworker will be able to do so at the Tehama County Depart- ment of Social Services at 310 S. Main St. in Red Bluff. agreement and donor agreement. The concessionaire's agreement is something the state has done as a final step when one of the other arrangements would not work, she said. The donor agreement, under which funds are donated and the state continues to operate the park, has been the type most often entered, Rist said. The money donated goes into a special account and can only be used for the purpose the account was established for, she said. Ide Adobe, which is the north- ernmost park in Rist's sector that See PARKS, page 9A Corning Elementary School District's 2012- 2013 budget has been passed, but trigger cuts could force up to 10 clas- sified and five certificated employees to be laid off. The cuts are a part of the Deficit Reduction and Recovery Plan adopted in February 2009 to address state budget cuts, but so far the district has been able to avoid implement- ing them. "We've been holding pation of the latest cuts planned by Gov. our own for the past sev- eral years, but the trigger cuts will force many dis- tricts in the state to make reductions affecting stu- dents and staff," Chief Business Official Wes Grossman said. The board last revised the plan in June in antici- Brown if tax initiatives on the November ballot do not pass, Grossman said. "The budget indicates the general fund expendi- tures will exceed revenues by about $1.9 million and that reserves will cover the deficit spending," Grossman said. "This deficit spending is direct- ly related to the proposed on-going trigger cuts and the final usage of federal stimulus funds." Trigger cuts, which will be automatic should the initiatives fail, amount to the use of about $823,000 or 5.9 percent of total revenue for the dis- trict and $353,000 or 2.5 percent of revenue in fed- eral funds, he said. Revenue has dropped See SCHOOLS, page 9A Rare disease keeps girl fragile By JULIE ZEEB DN Staff Writer Several local mothers are coming together to raise funds for a 6-year-old Red Bluff girl with a very rare disease. McKenna Watts, the daughter of Gary and Danelle Watts, has Pearson Syndrome, which has less than 100 cases world wide, Danelle said. A permanent location is still being considered after the fire burnt down the previous offices at 940 Diamond Ave. on the Fourth of July holi- day. and recovery cost is still being determined by CalFire. The cause of the fire Child Support Ser- vices help parents and guardians establish appropriate court orders for financial and med- ical support for children. If assistance is need- ed, call the department at 1-866-901-3212 or visit childsup.ca.gov. there's no cure so the best we can do is maintain what the doctors say," Danelle said. "She's been in and out of hospitals for most of her life. She gets sick easily and her immune system cannot keep up with her." McKenna was 10 months old when doctors first began diagnosing her. At one point in her short life she had to have a bladder implantation surgery because her kidney was infected, Danelle said. "She's been Life-Flight- ed a lot," Danelle said. "She knows the difference See GIRL, page 9A Pearsons is a mitochon- drial disease that affects the internal organs. "It's progressive and Jerry Daily News photo by Julie Zeeb McKenna Watts pets her goat Molly while showing off Molly and Maggie to her new friends.