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JULY 21-22 2012 WEEKEND Stress Reducer Pets Page 6A RED BLUFF Breaking news at: www.redbluffdailynews.com Sunny 101/65 Weather forecast 10B 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 City OKs campus sale Horrific attack leaves 12 dead MediaNews Group photo This Denver area theater was the scene of a mass shooting early Friday. AURORA, Colo. (AP) — As the new Batman movie played on the screen, a gunman dressed in black and wearing a helmet, body armor and a gas mask stepped through a side door. At first he was just a silhouette, taken by some in the audience for a stunt that was part of one of the summer's most highly anticipated films. But then, authorities said, he threw gas canisters that filled the packed suburban Denver theater with smoke, and, in the confusing haze between Hollywood fantasy and terrifying reality, opened fire as people screamed and dove for cover. Daily News photo by Rich Greene The former Shasta College Red Bluff Campus was approved Tuesday for sale to the Tehama County Department of Education. By RICH GREENE Tuesday approved the sale of the former Shasta College Red Bluff campus to the Tehama County Department of Education, but asked staff to work out a lease agreement for the city's police department. The city is selling the 900 Palm St. property for $165,000. The Department of Education has offered to pay all title costs and escrow fees, estimated at around $2,500. DN Staff Writer The Red Bluff City Council had previously purchased the mod- ular classrooms and improvements at the site from Shasta College. Site The Department of Education improvements as well as work done on well, septic and electric lines was appraised at $65,000. The county's hired appraiser val- ued the usable land at $166,500. City Attorney Richard Crabtree said the Department of Education was the only realistic buyer of the property. ods of time. The Red Bluff Police Depart- ment has been leasing a room on the campus for $1 to act as a field office. Police Chief Paul Nanfito said he hoped, with the police department's new computer system up and running, the field office would be used more in the future. Officers would be able to file and send reports to headquarters and remain in the field for longer peri- Victim in fatal crash identified By JULIE ZEEB DN Staff Writer way Patrol has released the name from Thurs- days's fatal crash on Cone Grove Road. The California High- field. Frank A. Dufrain, 37, of Red Bluff was driving west on Cone Grove Road at a high rate of speed when for unknown rea- sons he allowed his 1998 Buick Century to leave the road at a left-hand curve, CHP Officer Phillip Mackintosh said. The Buick went off the road, rolling three to four times before it went through a fence and into a Dufrain, who was not wearing a seatbelt, was thrown from the vehicle as it rolled over, sustaining fatal injuries, dying at the scene, Mackintosh said. It is unknown what time the crash occurred as the body was not discov- ered until the owner of the field found the car about 7:15 a.m. Thursday, Mackintosh said. A small dog was found inside the Buick, tied in the vehicle. It had died. The CHP suspects that Dufrain may have been intoxicated at the time of the crash, but toxicology Councilmembers said they were concerned the agreement between the Department of Education and the city to continue the lease was not in writing and directed staff to ensure it was moving forward. The Department of Education requested the approval of the sale Tuesday as it needed to close escrow before Aug. 15 because of grant requirements. The Department of Education is paying cash for the sale, without any funding contingencies. Besides the police department, the location is the home of the Tehama County Department of Education's Special Needs Student Program. At least 12 people were killed and 59 wounded in one of the deadliest mass shootings in recent U.S. his- tory. ''He looked like an assassin ready to go to war,'' said Jordan Crofter, a moviegoer who was unhurt in the attack early Friday, about a half-hour after the special See ATTACK, page 9A Extra security planned at Red Bluff multiplex Bluff General Manager Greg Figone said no poli- cy changes were planned for the Red Bluff theater, but that didn't mean there wasn't going to be extra vigilance heading forward in the wake of Friday's shooting at a theater in Aurora, Colo. Prime Cinemas Red "We're going to work with local law enforce- ment on security mea- sures," he said. There is expected to be extra patrol through the parking lot during the business' peak hours and extra strolls through the See EXTRA, page 9A Wind turbine installed at DC By JULIE ZEEB DN Staff Writer A newly constructed wind turbine started Monday had blades up by Friday next to the Walmart Distribution Center on Highway 99W, south of Red Bluff. According to the Feb. No written comments were received from con- cerned residents in the project vicinity, accord- ing to the staff report. A previous use permit results are pending. ——— Julie Zeeb can be reached at 527-2153, extension 115 or jzeeb@redbluffdailynews. com. Follow her on Twitter @DN_Zeeb. 2 Tehama County Plan- ning Commission staff report, the 1 megawatt tower stands 397 feet tall and should produce 2,300 kilowatt hours of electricity per year. It is estimated to decrease Walmart's annual energy demands by 20 percent, which is equivalent to enough power for 250 average American homes, the staff report shows. The application for the Use Permit was sub- mitted in December 2011. The tower is owned and operated by Foundation Windpower through a long-term was filed in February 2010 with The Green Electric Company, Inc. to put up a 140-foot-tall wind turbine, however, that permit was consid- ered null and void after it sat for a full year without action. power purchase agree- ment and site lease with Walmart. All power coming from the turbine will be used on-site at the Wamart Distribution Center and none of it will be put back on the grid for other use, according Daily News photo by Julie Zeeb A wind turbine constructed this week stands assem- bled Friday at the Walmart Distribution Center. to the report. ——— Julie Zeeb can be reached at 527-2153, extension 115 or jzeeb@redbluffdailynew s.com. Follow her on Twitter @DN_Zeeb.