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TUESDAY JULY 17, 2012 www.redbluffdailynews.com See Page 2A Breaking news at: Group Seeks Book Donors Tehama Reads RED BLUFF Tritons Invite SPORTS 1B Mostly sunny 81/58 Weather forecast 8B DAILYNEWS 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 Recycling mandate RV park tax may be up to voters By RICH GREENE DN Staff Writer The debate over whether or not RV parks should be subject to Transient Occupancy Tax fees could be left up to Red Bluff voters to decide. The City Council will consider a resolution at its meeting tonight to put the issue on the November bal- lot. A four-fifths vote is required by the council to sub- mit the measure. A staff report estimates the city would have received an additional $52,000 in revenue during the first six months of 2012 had it not been in a dispute over the ordinance with Durango RV Park. The city imposes a 10 percent tax on room fees to guests in a wide variety of commercial lodging estab- See TAX, page 7A Daily News photo by Rich Greene Businesses in Tehama County are now required to recycle and the county is stepping up to lend a hand. By RICH GREENE DN Staff Writer Tehama County sanitation offi- cials are hoping a voluntary pro- gram will assist businesses that are now required by law to recycle. Assembly Bill 341 went into tices. About 10 businesses have already hopped on board with the Tehama County Smart Business Alliance. effect July 1 and requires business- es that produce four or more cubic yards of solid waste per week and multi-family establishments of five or more units to recycle. In Red Bluff alone that amounts to 140 landfill users. A Tehama County Sanitary Landfill Agency program that went into effect a year ago helps transi- tion businesses into recycling prac- approach to get businesses to recy- cle, which often times even leads to cost savings. agency recycling coordinator guid- ing a business through an industry- tailored checklist of recycling opportunities. The agency is offering three free months of recycling while a recy- cling plan goes into place as well as advertising through newspapers, the Chamber of Commerce, websites and window displays for those busi- nesses that join the program. Landfill Manager Kristina Miller said the program is a voluntary The free program starts with an CSU must choose tuition hike or enrollment cut LOS ANGELES (AP) — California State Uni- versity is facing the bleak choice of either raising tuition or shrinking enrollment if voters reject tax increase measures on the November ballot and a $250 million funding cut goes into effect, officials said Monday. Assistant Vice Chan- cellor Robert Turnage said the board of trustees will discuss two scenarios at its meeting Tuesday and adopt a plan in Sep- tember in order to be pre- pared for the possibility of a loss in funds midway through the academic year. ''The easy choices are gone so the $250 million trigger cut poses a huge challenge,'' Turnage told reporters on a conference call. ''We have reached a point where it's nothing but difficult trade-offs.'' CSU is one of the ating more revenue for education, including pro- posals to raise the sales tax and increasing income taxes on wealthy resi- dents. If the measures fail, public education, from K- 12 school districts to uni- versities, will see funding cuts at year-end. Turnage outlined two proposals aimed at coping with CSU's possible cut of $250 million. Under one scenario, enrollment would remain stable but tuition would be raised by roughly 5 percent, or $150 per semester, starting in Janu- ary. Tuition for non-Cali- fornia resident students would be upped by 9 per- cent. That would generate about $116 million in rev- enue. nation's largest public university systems with 23 campuses that serve some 400,000 students. Since 2007-08, it has lost $1 billion, or 39 percent of its state funding. Voters in November will decide on several measures aimed at gener- gap would be made up by slashing employee salaries and benefits by 2.5 percent, drawing down reserves and defer- ring facility maintenance projects. Faculty time for research and other non- teaching projects would also be reduced in order to provide more instruction- al hours. That would save $25 million. The rest of the funding The alternative sce- nario is to reduce enroll- ment levels, but keep tuition the same. 7 5 8 5 5 1 6 9 0 0 1 9 See CSU, page 7A "In this climate, clearly manda- tory ordinances that the state has recommended wouldn't be positive- ly supported in this community," Miller said. The law sets a statewide goal of 75 percent of solid waste generated be source reduced, recycled or com- posted by 2020. Local jurisdictions must main- tain a 50 percent diversion require- ment on an annual basis. Tehama County has 59 percent diversion, according to the landfill's See RECYCLING, page 7A by law enforcement A bill strengthening rape laws authored by Assemblyman Jim Nielsen, R-Gerber, and State Sen. Doug LaMal- fa, R-Richvale was signed into law Friday by Gov. Jerry Brown. Nielsen Assembly Bill 2079 amends exist- ing Penal Code dealing with sexual abuse of vic- tims by public employees to include peace officers. The bill also clears up the code to include situa- Bill signed to cover rape LaMalfa tions in which victims are raped during transportation from the time of arrest and a booking. This legis- lation is in direct response to the 2010 case in Shasta County in which former Anderson police officer Bryan Benson, accused of kid- napping and raping a woman in his custody, was given a 1 year plea bargain and was not required to register as a sex offender. The Shasta See RAPE, page 7A Corning schools hire administrators By JULIE ZEEB DN Staff Writer The Corning Union Elementary School Dis- trict has hired two new people, including one to replace Wes Grossman as chief business official and one to fill a new position of assistant superinten- dent. Diane Bailey will join the district team of administrators as assistant superintendent, a role that has been considered by the board since 2006, Superintendent Catherine Reimer said. The position was approved May 1. Bailey comes from the Tehama County Depart- ment of Education, where she was assistant director for Special Education Local Plan Area, Reimer said. Daily News photo by Julie Zeeb Bailey has worked as a program specialist for Yuba City Unified School District and an adjunct faculty member for Brandman University. Bailey has been a department chairwoman for special education, a resource and learning center teacher, a begin- ning teacher support and assistance provider, taught in an alternative education program and worked as a paraprofes- sional in general educa- tion and special educa- tion. The district was able to realign categorical funds, which cannot be used for positions such as clerical, maintenance or janitorial services, in order to create Assistant Superintendent Diane Bailey, left, has been hired by the Corning Union Elementary School District along with Chief Business Official Penny Whiting. the position. Bailey will be respon- sible for the district's Spe- cial Education program and designing, imple- menting and maintaining the district's learning cen- ters, Reimer said. works off the idea that intervention for students works better early on and when it is targeted for specific needs, Reimer said. The Learning Center Starting in the 2012- 2013 school year, stu- dents will be screened three times a year in small groups in the areas of lit- eracy skills, reading flu- ency, comprehension and math. Administrators, educa- tional specialists and teachers will then work together to group students with specific learning problems and highly trained general education and special education staff will provide inter- vention to at-risk students in a small group on a daily HAVOC WITH YOUR SOCKS? toenails WREAKING Are your PODIATRY CENTER AEROFEET Painless Topical Treatment THAT REALLY WORKS. Treat your neglected nails and cracked heels with our at home SPA EXPERIENCE. 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