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OCTOBER 13-14 2012 WEEKEND PETS Donation Page 8A Weather forecast 12A Mostly sunny 79/53 DAILYNEWS RED BLUFF 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 District Attorney's office busts pot farm On Thursday, Tehama Coun- ty District Attorney Investiga- tors executed a warrant at an Orchard Avenue residence lead- ing to the arrest of a Corning man in connection with mari- juana. according to a Tehama County District Attorney's press release. Auerliano Garcia, 44, was arrested and booked into Tehama County Jail on the charges of cultivation and pos- session of marijuana for sale, While at the residence, in the 4200 block of Orchard Avenue, investigators found an outdoor marijuana growing and process- ing operation. The search yielded 36 mature marijuana plants that had not yet been harvested and about 100 pounds of processed Child killed in 99E crash marijuana buds. have yielded about 75 to 100 pounds of marijuana bud with the total operation worth between $200,000 and $400,000, the release said. The search warrant was the result of a week-long investiga- tion and further arrests are expected. —Staff report The remaining plants would School board candidates night By JULIE ZEEB DN Staff Writer All three candidates running for the Red Bluff Union Elementary School District Board participated in the California School Employees Association (CSEA) and Red Bluff Elementary Educators Association (RBEEA) sponsored candidates night Wednesday at Metteer School. Candidates included Michelle Kinner, Carey Koe- berer and Steve Piffero. The event was moderated by Bidwell School Volun- teers Investing in Bidwell Elementary School (VIBES) President David Ferreira. Candidates were given a list of 17 questions ahead of time, which they were required to respond to prior to the floor being opened up by the audience. Some of the questions were combined together to Breaking news at: www.redbluffdailynews.com Daily News photo by Rich Greene A young boy was killed when the Ford four-door car he was riding in collided with a motorhome around 3:30 p.m. Friday on Highway 99E just in front of Jill's Fresh Stop Market & Deli in Dairyville. A witness said he was riding in the car with his mother and older brother. No further information was available Friday afternoon. The California Highway Patrol is handling the investigation. Employees rewarded for great service rewarded Oct. 4 at Rolling Hills Casino in celebra- tion of National Customer Service Week, a yearly event championed by the Job Training Center and supported by a host of generous businesses. Nine employees were caught in the act over the last month by a team of top secret, secret shoppers throughout the county. "You never know when Great service was office and even near a yel- low jacket nest." works for Shelby's Pest Control, impressed a secret shopper with a yel- low jacket problem near her home. She had already been stung multi- ple times when she made an appointment with Sear- le during her lunch hour. According to the shop- Chet Searle, who you'll come across amaz- ing service," said Kathy Garcia, who made the awards presentation and facilitated a workshop on the topic. "Good service is fine, but amazing ser- vice stays with you and makes a definite impres- sion. This year we found amazing service at a vari- ety of locations including a preschool, a doctor's who have been or are in the district who has more than 10 years experience in education with the Shasta Coun- ty Department of Education and a degree in Liberal Studies elementary education. She also has a special education credential and started as a Special Education Teacher at Gerber Elementary School. Kinner, who has lived in the district since 1995, said her main focus is what is best for the children followed by having respect for all staff and she is passionate about having arts and music in the schools. She is running for the board because she feels it is important for a board member to be informed and edu- See SCHOOL, page 11A Girl Scouts reopen RB headquarters By JULIE ZEEB DN Staff Writer per, Searle arrived on time. He was friendly and asked several questions, shared good information about yellow jackets and then sprayed the nest. "When I mentioned another close by, he sprayed that one as well," the shopper wrote. "He exceeded my expecta- tions." employee and was sur- prised by the award. He said he's been killing bugs since he was two. Searle is Shelby's first The 2012 Secret Shop- ping winners: Joi Evans, PremierWest Bank, Corn- See SERVICE, page 11A Thanks in part to a $16,000 McConnell Foundation Grant, the Girl Scouts of Northern California celebrated the re-opening of its Red Bluff Service Center Wednesday. "We have all new sid- ing, painted it in and out, a new central air and heat system, new flooring," said Community Develop- ment Director Elsa Mar- tinez. "We did insulation and windows, I now have an office with a new desk and we remodeled the bathroom." The building, which used to be a barn, also had a chimney removed and the dry rot in the building taken care of, she said. The Girl Scouts of Northern California pitched in and gave a $5,000 grant toward the remodel along with quite a bit of help from the community, Martinez said. "Kendall Mayfield did See SCOUTS, page 11A save time and candidates were assigned a different order of who would go first for each new set of ques- tions to mix things up so that one person did not always have to go first. Kinner, who went first, is a mother of three children Daily News photo by Julie Zeeb Girls Scouts of Northern California Chief Officer Michelle McCormick, with the scissors, prepares to cut the ribbon with fellow Girl Scout leaders and troop members along with representatives of the Red Bluff-Tehama County Chamber of Commerce at Wednesday's grand re-opening of the Girl Scout Service Center, 933 Jackson St., in Red Bluff.