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WEDNESDAY SEPTEMBER 12, 2012 www.redbluffdailynews.com See Page 5A Breaking news at: Flatiron Great For Grilling County Fare RED BLUFF Corning Tennis SPORTS 1B Sunny 99/60 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 'Forever changed' Youth take on 9/11 memorial By JULIE ZEEB every bit as somber, crowd showed up at the Tehama County Superior Court- house steps Tuesday morn- ing to pay tribute to the victims of the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks. The ceremony was started by Greg and Vickie Latourell after the fifth anniversary of the attacks went by without anything to mark it in Tehama County. DN Staff Writer A much smaller, but Young Marines, who have been a part of the process since the first ceremony, took the reigns for the cer- emony this year after learning it might be can- celed. Young Marines Gun- nery Sgt. Giancarlo Nandi- no, 16, took on the chore of organizing the event. "I felt motivated to The Tehama County July 4 fire ruled arson The July 4 fire that destroyed the Tehama County Child Support Services office on Diamond Avenue was caused by arson, according to a CalFire release issued Monday. Previously officials had deemed the fire was human caused. The Tehama-Glenn Unit of CalFire is seeking infor- mation regarding the structure fire and a $1,500 reward is being offered by Secret Witness for information lead- ing to the arrest and conviction of the person responsi- ble for the fire. Anyone with information about the fire is asked to See FIRE, page 7A Courthouse project dodges budget ax By RICH GREENE organize the Sept. 11 event this year because the peo- ple of Red Bluff, as well as America, should not forget the men and women who lost their lives during one of the saddest moments in American History." Mercy High School, was 5 years old and living in Sali- nas at the time of the attack, he said. Nandino, a junior at The committee indefi- nitely delayed seven new courthouse construction projects and recommend- ed 23 projects proceed subject to funding avail- ability. DN Staff Writer The new Tehama County Courthouse pro- ject avoided the latest budget cuts Friday in rec- ommendations handed up by the Court Facilities Working Group. Daily News photo by Julie Zeeb Tehama County Young Marine Corporal Joshua Campbell, Gunnery Sgt. Giancarlo Nandino and Cpl.Trevor Woodall Ray escort the flag to the pole Tuesday for the Sept. 11 Memorial Ceremony at the Tehama County Superior Courthouse steps. "I remember that my parents were in a very sad mood," Nandino said. "They were glued to the television, too." In addition to arranging to use the wreath Vickie Latourell had made for the ceremony, adding a rose for each year that had passed, and having Carla Fultz sing the National Anthem, Nandino served as a speaker. "Eleven years have passed since the day that forever changed our coun- try," Nandino said. "What was once the World Trade Center and the Twin Tow- ers is now the September 11 memorial, built around ground zero. The west side DUI court sting nabs one Bluff Police Department conducted an undercover court sting operation Tues- day morning at the Tehama County Superior Court tar- geting suspected DUI dri- vers whose licenses were suspended or revoked, or who were unlicensed, and drove anyway. Officers from the Red Between 8 a.m. and 11 a.m. police officers staked out offenders who had been told by a judge not to drive and who had been told of their license sus- pension. They were fol- lowed from the courtrooms to their vehicles to ensure that they were not driving. About nine offenders were followed outside by officers. While some offenders had alternate means of transportation, one individual in court for driving with a suspended or revoke license proceed- ed to get behind the wheel and drive away from the court house. Jason Jeffrey Alaways, 34, of Chico was issued a traffic citation for driving without a valid driver's license. Alaways could face additional jail time, long driver license suspensions, along with other financial hits including attorney fees, court costs, lost time at work, and the potential loss of job or job prospects. When family, friends and co-workers find out, violators can also face tremendous personal embarrassment and humil- iation. DUI court sting stake- out operations, along with regularly scheduled high visibility DUI enforce- ment, serve as a deterrent with the goal of removing impaired drivers and heightening awareness of the dangers of driving under the influence of drugs and alcohol. 7 5 8 5 5 1 6 9 0 0 1 9 tion was funded by a grant from the California Office of Traffic Safety, through the National Highway Traffic Safety Administra- tion. Please help Red Bluff PD every day of the week by calling 911 to report drunk drivers. This special DUI opera- of the Pentagon looks just as it did on Sept. 10, 2001, seems almost normal, yet as George Bush once said, 'We are today a different nation. Sadder and stronger, less innocent and more courageous. More appreciative of life.'" Young Marines Cpls. Trevor Woodall Ray and Joshua Campbell assisted Nandino with the raising and lowering of the flag to half mast. The Red Bluff court- house project was recom- mended to "proceed with design, after completion of trial court operations review." The ceremony conclud- ed with a rifle salute by the Marine Corps League Detachment 1140 and the playing of taps as Young Marines Woody Hardy and Owen Burden placed the memorial wreath at the foot of the flag pole. The recommendations will be taken up by the Judicial Council at its Oct. 26 meeting. Tehama County Chief Administrator Bill Good- win told the Board of Supervisors Tuesday, he has been led to believe the Judicial Council rarely goes against the recom- mendations. "Because of the deep cuts to the judicial branch budget — $544 million this last year — our work- ing group was left with the deeply difficult and disappointing task of delaying necessary court construction projects that would have gone ahead under a better fiscal envi- ronment," said Justice Brad Hill, chairman of the CFWG in a press release. "I have to commend those courts that stepped up to the plate and made deep cuts in their own project budgets, and numerous other courts that have pledged to make signifi- cant additional cuts." After the judicial branch budget was slashed earlier this year, Hill and the working group invited each of the 24 courts with one or more of the 31 projects to submit a proposal, demonstrating why each project should move for- ward with the branch's limited funds. "In the prior five years, we were working in a more perfect world," Hill said. "The current state of economy and the reduc- tion in the judicial branch budget, however, turned that world upside down. Faced with a cata- See AX, page 7A Legal kiosk opens at library By RICH GREENE DN Staff Writer Tehama County Library's Red Bluff branch is expected to not only expand free legal research options for residents, but reintroduce patrons to the Tehama County Law Library, which is funding the venture. A pilot program at the legal kiosk provides a new computer terminal with research tools for unrepre- sented litigants and the general public to use at the library's usual low cost — free except for copies. The recently opened The kiosk is being funded by the Law Library Board of Trustees, with no expense to the county. Daily News photo by Rich Greene The law library, which is located in the basement of the Tehama County Courthouse, 633 Wash- ington St. in Red Bluff, has been underutilized in recent years because of sporadic staffing. "I don't think a lot of people know about it," Reference Librarian Melissa Grygla said. "There's a lack of publici- ty." See KIOSK, page 7A Law Librarian Jana Keegan Wilson, seated, and Reference Librarian Melissa Grygla show off the recently opened legal kiosk at the Red Bluff branch of the Tehama County Library. 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