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SEPTEMBER 15-16 2012 TV WEEKEND Have a Heart Pets Page 6A RED BLUFF Breaking news at: www.redbluffdailynews.com Light Winds 96/58 Weather forecast 10B Sunny 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 Manton rebuilds City to mull raises Tuesday By RICH GREENE is stacked with items regarding employee compensa- tion. DN Staff Writer The Red Bluff City Council's Tuesday night agenda The council will consider the adoption of new con- tracts with two city unions as well as reconsider an item amending the pay scale of two division supervisors. In proposed agreements with the Miscellaneous Unit and Police Mid-Management Association salary raises would go into effect in the second and third years of See CITY, page 9A Tehama manslaughter By JULIE ZEEB Trial set in Rancho DN Staff Writer was set for the 23-year- old Missouri man facing the charge of vehicular manslaughter. An October trial date Daily News photo by Julie Zeeb Father Photios of Monastery of St. John says a blessing over the first load of pipes for the Boole Ditch Water System stopped Thursday at the Manton Corners on its way to the site where the flume was destroyed by the Ponderosa Fire. Pictured with Father Photios is Gary Anglin of Manton, holding the holy water for the blessing ceremony. By JULIE ZEEB DN Staff Writer On Thursday, the first load of pipes for the recon- struction of the Boole Ditch Water System rolled through Manton Corners on its way to the site. The $300,000 load made a brief stop at Manton Cor- ners where Father Photios of the Monastery of St. John blessed the pipes, sprinkling them with holy water. Pastor Mike Steiner of Manton Community Church said a prayer for the project and the town. The flume of the water system was destroyed in the 26,676 acre Ponderosa Fire that began Aug. 18 and did Groups join forces to help homeless Recycle The Warmth joins Project Homeless Connect for the same great events, more to offer and a new location. For the past 25 years, Recycle The Warmth has offered free blankets, warm clothes, good food and resources for anyone in need. expand its ability to reach out to Tehama County,the group is teaming up with Project Homeless Connect along with several other ser- vices and agencies to create LIFT Tehama — Live Inspired For Tomorrow — a one-day empowerment event connecting people in need. This year, in order to medical services at 10 a.m., followed by lunch and cap- ping it off with Recycle The Warmth beginning at 2 p.m., during which a light meal will be offered. The day's activities are expected to end at 7 p.m. LIFT Tehama will take place, rain or shine, on Fri- day, Nov. 2, at the Tehama District Fairground. The free event kicks off with Project Homeless Con- nect at 9 a.m., health and TRAX will be offering free transportation during the event to anyone wishing to attend. LIFT Tehama will be incorporating the principals of Project Homeless Con- nect — not business as usual, no waiting in line, hospitality from the whole community, immediate access to services. This is not just a day for people to gather information or get referrals, but a day for peo- ple to make changes and get connected to essential ser- vices working towards self- sufficiency. To prepare for the event, not reach 100 percent containment until Aug. 31, destroying 52 residences, 81 outbuildings and damag- ing one residence and five outbuildings. "It was an integral part of our fire plan in Manton and in four hours it was gone," said Bob Cords of the Manton Volunteer Fire Department. "It burned about 9.5 miles in five hours (the first day). I could see the cloud from Dunnigan and I thought 'wow, the Chips Fire blew up.' Came home and got into the water truck. Two weeks later I got off." The fire was definitely an intense one, Cords said. See MANTON, page 9A Williams of Wentzville, Mo. pled not guilty at his arraignment Mon- day. Thomas Victor ver in a fatal crash at 2:38 p.m. on June 27 on Remunda Road, north of Dry Gulch Court in the Rancho Tehama area that injured Williams and two others. Williams was driving south on Remunda Road when he entered a cor- ner, ran off the left side of the road and down an embankment, where his 2007 Kia overturned. Passenger Jacob Aaron Tabaka, 22, of Bellville, Ill. died of his Williams was the dri- injuries. Passengers Lindsey Dennison, 29, of St. Charles, Mo. and Will Duggan, 28, of San Angelo, Texas received minor injuries in the crash. Dennison was taken by ambulance to St. Elizabeth Communi- ty Hospital and Duggan was flown to Mercy Medical Center in Red- ding by CHP helicopter for treatment. Williams was flown to Enloe Medical Center in Chico with minor injuries and he was treated and released. He was booked into Tehama County Jail on the charges of gross vehicular manslaughter while intoxicated, suspi- cion of DUI: drugs/alco- hol resulting in bodily injury and DUI 0.08 percent blood alcohol See TRIAL, page 9A Roundtable pinpoints non-profit needs By JULIE ZEEB DN Staff Writer The first ever non-prof- it roundtable event in Tehama County was held Friday with about 50 peo- ple representing 24 differ- ent organizations within the North State. and a diverse crowd," said Orle Jackson of Tehama Together. "What I see here is the heart and soul of Tehama County. You all work to try and help people." "What a nice crowd organizers are asking the community to help by donating socks, towels and backpacks. One of the services planned will be a sock exchange in which used See GROUPS, page 9A Jackson and his group hosted the event after attending a Community Action Agency workshop with five other groups that was working toward col- laborating with other non- profits. "We wanted to keep that momentum going," Jackson said. "Get the non-profits together and share the needs and resources of the groups." Jackson said his group, which has been around for about three and a half years, "fills in the cracks on what needs to be done." developing a food policy council, a collaboration of Its major projects are Daily News photo by Julie Zeeb Kathy Garcia puts up posts and organizes them by category to identify the top needs of Tehama County non-profits Friday at the first Tehama County nonprofit roundtable. the food resources within the county, and bringing the 211 program to Tehama County. 24-hour, seven days a week information referral line for health and human services, he said. For more information on the 211 project, which The 211 program is a his group hopes to have up and running within six months, visit 211tehama.org. Job Training Center served as facilitator for an exercise meant to identify needs of the non-profits and prioritize them. "We have about 500- Kathy Garcia of the 600 job seekers a week at the Job Training Center and the more our staff knows how to connect them with resources, the better," Garcia said. "A single brain is good, but with the power of a big brain it's amazing the See NEEDS, page 9A