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THURSDAY SEPTEMBER 6, 2012 www.redbluffdailynews.com See Page 4A Breaking news at: Pastimes Photo Contest Winners RED BLUFF Gridiron Previews SPORTS 1B Mostly sunny 94/59 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 Rancho Tehama suspect in Bay Area CHP killing City to refinance retirement loan By RICH GREENE refinance a retirement side loan that members hope could save the city about $128,000 during the next eight years. The city owes roughly $2.5 million to the California Public Employees' Retirement System after 2003 legis- lation required agencies with fewer than 100 employees be enrolled together in a risk-sharing pool. The legisla- tion resulted in many CalPERS members having unfunded liabilities from the previous difference between their plans. DN Staff Writer The Red Bluff City Council started the process to The city has been paying a 7.75 percent rate of inter- est on the loan. ment firm Brandis Tallman, LLC to present it with a refinancing option. Firm representatives have told city staff they could Under the plan, the city will contract with the invest- See LOAN, page 7A Race for Senate seat filling up fast Daily News photo by Rich Greene The Rancho Tehama residence of Christopher Boone Lacy, who was shot and killed after shooting a California Highway Patrol officer in Walnut Creek Tuesday. Contra Costa Times, Daily News WALNUT CREEK — The man who reportedly shot a California High- way Patrol officer while pulled over on Interstate 680 Tuesday morning near Alamo was identified Wednesday as a Tehama County man. Lacy, 36, was shot and killed by a fellow officer when Lacy shot CHP Officer Kenyon Youngstrom in the head after being pulled over for an obstructed license plate, Contra Costa Sher- iff's spokesman Jimmy Lee said. Lacy moved to Rancho Christopher Boone Tehama in March 2011, according to an online Courtesy photo Officers respond to the scene of the shooting Tuesday in Walnut Creek. resume. Police said he did not have any outstanding warrants. His last arrest had been for driving Report: Teacher fund lax on anti-spiking efforts — A new report released Wednesday by the state controller's office found that the nation's largest teacher pension fund has been so lax about detecting pension spiking at Califor- nia school districts that it is on pace to audit each dis- trict once every 48 years. The office found that the California State Teachers' Retirement System failed to adequately audit school districts, missed opportuni- ties to stop unjustified salary increases, and failed to use its own electronic system to detect possible abuses. SACRAMENTO (AP) Besides the slow pace of auditing 1,900 districts and offices, the report found in a sampling of districts that they often lacked trans- parency or documentation to justify pay increases. For example, the San Francisco Unified School District wasn't able to explain why one executive received a 26 percent pay increase six months before retirement and another received a 20 percent increase a year before retirement. And officials at the San Diego Unified School District said sup- porting papers were miss- ing from their files. failed to review its own data that was designed to prevent pension spiking. ''Starting with more rig- orous auditing and better use of existing technology, CalSTRS must fortify its ability and resolve to crack down on those seeking unjust enrichment at the expense of their fellow educators and taxpayers,'' Controller John Chiang said in announcing the results of the review. CalSTRS' chief execu- The pension fund also under the influence in Marin County in 2006, but the charges were dropped and he had no other apparent criminal record, Lee said. Lacy lived in Sausalito before moving to Stage- coach Road in Rancho Tehama. His resume said he was a computer engi- neer who had an interest in organic farming. Youngstrom died from his injuries late Wednes- day, CHP officials said. Another CHP officer, whose name has not been released, pulled Lacy over Tuesday at about 8:20 a.m. for an obstructed license plate as Lacy drove a Jeep Wrangler southbound on I-680 near the Livorna Road offramp, police said. Youngstrom was deal- ing with a dead deer just See CHP, page 7A Two North State Assemblymen, Jim Nielsen and Dan Logue, announced their inten- tions Wednesday to run for the 4th District State Senate seat vacated Fri- day by Doug LaMalfa, who is running for a seat in Congress. This despite the fact Logue, a Republican, has been campaigning for months for Nielsen's 2nd District seat in the Assem- bly, for which Nielsen has said he would not run. In that race, Logue was fac- ing Democrat Charles Rouse of Corning. announcement surprised him in a way. "It did and it didn't," Logue said. "I thought (Logue) might do some- thing like this, but then it surprised me when he did it." With Logue now run- ning for both the Assem- bly and Senate, Rouse said a special election would be required in the event Logue won both seats and chose the Senate seat. "It gives me a better chance in the Assembly," Rouse said. It is anticipated that the special election to fill the Senate seat will be con- solidated with the November General Elec- tion. LaMalfa said, in his announcement, his reason for stepping down was to avoid the added cost of a special election to taxpay- ers. Wednesday night by tele- phone said Logue's Rouse, reached Earlier this year Nielsen announced he would forgo reelection and wait until the Senate election was called, sav- ing taxpayers in his Assembly district more than $1 million for the cost of a special election, according to a press release from Nielsen's office. LaMalfa has endorsed See SENATE, page 7A Five vie for Jr. Round-Up royalty By JULIE ZEEB tive Jack Ehnes agreed that the $152 billion pension system should improve oversight and says the sys- tem is taking steps to improve pension calcula- tions, including forming a special task force, forming a compensation review unit and setting up a toll-free hotline. According to CalSTRS, the compensation review unit has identified 270 sus- pected instances of spiking, 7 5 8 5 5 1 6 9 0 0 1 9 See REPORT, page 7A DN Staff Writer The Red Bluff Jr. Round-Up queens will be chosen tonight and the public is invited to attend the crowning about 7, fol- lowing a barbecue. The Miss Red Bluff Jr. Round-Up Queen Contest is a non-profit organiza- tion held annually to pick two young ladies to pro- mote the sport of rodeo, the Red Bluff Junior Round-Up and the West- ern way of life. Five candidates have entered the competition with the girls being judged in the categories of horsemanship, poise and personality, photogenic, written scholar and high fundraiser sales. Brooke Bey, 9, of Cotton- wood; Jenna Brink, 13, of Redding; Jayden Byrne, 15, of Cottonwood; Kas- sadie Dunham, 15, of Anderson; and Marlee Meadows, 11, of Red Bluff. Contestants include Brooke, the daughter of Julie and Tom Bey, is a fifth grade student at Evergreen Middle School. Jenna, the daughter of Jenifer Upton-Brink and Kevin Brink, is an eighth grade student at North Bey Cow Creek School. Jayden, the daughter of Denise Smith and Tom Byrne, is a tenth grade student at Shasta High School. Brink Byrne Kassadie, the daughter of Don and Kellie Dun- ham, is a ninth grade stu- dent at West Valley High School. Marlee, the daughter of Mason and Zandee Mead- ows, is a sixth grade stu- dent at Bidwell Elemen- tary School. The Red Bluff Jr. Round-up event, to be held Saturday, Sept. 8, and Sunday, Sept. 9, is a family favorite, well attended by both partici- pants and spectators that has been bringing contes- tants and families into the Red Bluff area for years, according to Queen Con- Dunham test Coordinator Jennifer Marinelli. The rodeo contestant numbers in recent years have ranged from 250 to 350 contestants each year, she said. Meadows Slack for the Rodeo is at 9 a.m. Saturday and Sunday. The performance of the rodeo begins at 1 p.m. Saturday and Sun- day. In conjunction with the rodeo a Little Miss Princess Contest for girls ages 3-7, will be held and is limited to the first 20 entries. For application See FIVE, page 7A