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FRIDAY OCTOBER 5, 2012 www.redbluffdailynews.com See 8A Breaking news at: 1840s camp Education RED BLUFF Spartans cross Weather forecast 10A Mostly sunny 82/52 By JULIE ZEEB DN Staff Writer For those who won- dered whether Manton would hold its annual Apple Festival after the area was hit by a fire, the question has been answered. The festival, always held at the Manton School on Forward Road the first weekend in October, is set to run from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 6 with a special part for fire vic- tims, Festival Commit- tee Vice President Kay Zimmerman said. "It was never a ques- tion of if we were going to have it," Zimmerman said. "We're just trying to get more word out there and let people know about it. We're ready." always has 100 booths that run along the school's track, is quite an undertaking and organizers and vendors have been working toward the day for months, she said. The event, which DAILYNEWS Sports 1B 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 Manton Apple Festival returns Woman arrested for running over ex A Red Bluff woman was arrested Wednesday morning after running down her ex-boyfriend with her car. Officers were dispatched around 10:30 a.m. Wednesday to a residence on the 500 block of Wil- low Street for a report of a bicyclist struck by a vehicle, according to a press release issued by Red Bluff Police Department. A 51-year-old man said he was riding his bicy- cle home from the bank when he saw his former live-in girlfriend, Lorraine Kay Nagahara, from a distance, the release said. Nagahara was loading boxes of the victim's property into her vehicle without his permission. The victim told police he stopped in the road and attempted to flag down Nagahara to prevent See EX, page 9A Courtesy photo "Last Thursday (Sept. 27) we made pies all day and we made more this Thursday," Zimmerman said. "Just for the festival booth we do, we make 150 pies. We have about eight committee members, but there are several community members who help us." During the first day of pie making, at least a dozen people showed up to help peel apples and several more will show up the day of the festi- val to help out with the booth, Zimmerman said. "It's all for the com- munity and goes back into the community," Zimmerman said. "The money goes toward local scholarships and other community needs. We've come a long way from when it started. It used to be 'where's Manton?' and now it's 'when's the festival coming?'" doesn't hurt fair Parking fee By JULIE ZEEB The group was able to put $3,500 toward scholarships, about $3,000 to the school for things like computers and has given money to others as needed. Past recipients have included everything from 4-H to Little League to the Manton grange and the church, which serves as a com- munity center. While 90 percent of the booths are craft booths the remaining are food booths, she said. take booths just for pies," Zimmerman said. "One year we counted about 600 pies." "We have people that Pies aplenty will also be entered in the apple pie contest, junior and See APPLE, page 9A City OKs public works contracts By RICH GREENE DN Staff Writer The Red Bluff City Council authorized a pair of public works contracts at its Tuesday night meet- ing. was awarded to Commer- cial Pump and Mechani- cal to repair City Well No. 4. A $29,763 contract airport fund. By a 4-1 vote the coun- cil approved a new class specification for the posi- tion of Public Works Maintenance Supervisor. The position is a com- bination of several defunct positions that were trimmed during recent budget cuts. The project is being funded by the enterprise The project is a "pull and repair" refurbishment project to change out the bearings in the well. It is the second of four well repair projects bud- geted for the fiscal year. The council authorized a $9,687 contract to Bick- ley's Air Conditioning and Heating for the pur- chase and installation of an air conditioning and heating unit atop the FAA building at the Red Bluff Airport. The existing unit has required repetitive repairs and is in need of replace- ment due to the sophisti- cated computer hardware contained within the building. Fair, which celebrated 92 years this year, did exceedingly well despite fears involving a new parking fee and the heat. The Fairboard first dis- cussed a parking fee ver- sus having a second gate for events such as the Destruction Derby in December 2011 with a $2 fee mentioned first, final- ly settling it at $5. A previous board had DN Staff Writer The Tehama District voted to up the fair admis- sion and do away with parking fees, however, that was during a time when the fair was in better financial shape, Director Bob Kerstiens said at the December meeting. Attendance was not an issue and, as it usually is, Saturday was about half of the four-day event's attendance, Fair CEO Mark Eidman said. "Attendance was up quite a bit over last year," Eidman said. "We are still gathering numbers, but they look really good so far and we were pleasant- ly surprised. With the high temperatures, we were afraid that people would stay home. Food sales were up as well as carnival revenue, so it was a great fair." Early estimates are that the parking lot fee netted about $20,000, which will help tremendously to combat state cuts, Eidman said. Governor Jerry Brown eliminated all fair fund- ing, which is a 25 percent cut equal to about $200,000 for the Tehama District Fair, he said. The Junior Livestock Auction was another area where the fair had great success. "The livestock auction In the 2012 budget, was over $500,000 gross, which I believe is a record," Eidman said. "There was also a good crowd for the rodeo. It See FAIR, page 9A Homecoming LMHS Court Courtesy photo The position will be responsible for street and fleet maintenance as well as the parks and Red Bluff Community and Senior Center. Council w oman Daniele Jackson voted against the approval. Elsewhere on the agenda • The city began the Los Molinos High School is proud to present the 2012- 13 Homecoming Court. Pictured, from back, are Jesse Brewer, Blanca Vargas, Anthony Points, Alaina Gillett, Clarivel Castillo, Jase Northup, Francisco Langarica, legal process of refinanc- ing its outstanding CalPERS side loan oblig- ation by adopting a refi- nancing resolution. The side loan was cre- ated when the city was mandated by state law to join a risk-sharing pool with other low-employee agencies. The city's public safety side fund balance of around $2 million will be sold Umpqua Bank under the resolution. The city will pay no more than a 3.95 percent financing rate for the next 7 5 8 5 5 1 6 9 0 0 1 9 See CITY, page 9A Kristiana Smith, Briana Perez, Diego Munoz, Johanna Gonzalez and Jesus Castillo. Homecoming program begins at 5:30 p.m. and JV kickoff is at 6:30 p.m. TEHAMA COUNTY GLASS MOULE'S SIDEVIEW for all makes & models MIRRORS Installed 515 Sycamore St. 529-0260