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TUESDAY OCTOBER 16, 2012 www.redbluffdailynews.com See Page 6A Breaking news at: Vitality Medicine Ball Comeback RED BLUFF Double Coverage SPORTS 10A Weather forecast 10B Mostly sunny 85/54 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 Driver in 99E fatal crash suspected of DUI The name of a boy killed in a Friday collision on 99E in front of Jill's Market has been released as 3-year-old Connor Shimko of Los Molinos. Connor was a passenger in a 2004 Ford driven by Tiffany Kincannon, 29, of Los Molinos, who was arrested on suspicion of DUI and released to Enloe Medical Center in Chico for treatment of injuries. Kincannon may face charges of DUI, DUI involving injury or death and manslaughter, but the investigation is on-going, a Cal- ifornia Highway Patrol spokesman said. Corning court year-old Los Molinos boy was flown to Enloe with moderate injuries following the collision, he said. A second passenger, a 13- Kincannon was driving east in the Jills Market parking lot and stopped at the limit line before pulling out in front of a 1999 motorhome driven by Bernard Carroll of Tucson, Ariz. —Julie Zeeb Man gets 7 years for killing brother By RICH GREENE was sentenced to seven years in state prison Monday for killing his brother more than a year ago in Tehama County. Troy Collins Matheson was found guilty by a jury Aug. 8 of manslaughter and an additional enhancement of using a deadly weapon. DN Staff Writer A 32-year-old Anderson man On July 4, 2011, Tehama County Sheriff's deputies responded to a domestic dis- turbance call on Live Oak Road. Troy's brother, Ronnie Dale Matheson II, was found Matheson See BROTHER, page 9A Thieves hit two RB stores Daily News photo by Andre Byik The Corning Union High School Homecoming Court was presented at Friday night's football game. The court included Freshman Princess Tania Navarro with escort Trenton Conoly, Sophomore Princess Chloe Maday with escort Manuel Garcia, Junior Princess Maria Diaz with escort Nicholas Hoag and Homecoming Queen Cassie Ramirez with escort Jesus Diaz. Corning refinances PERS side fund By JULIE ZEEB DN Staff Writer CORNING — The City Council will voted Tuesday to refinance the PERS Side Fund obliga- tions following a presen- tation by Jeffrey Land of Brandis-Tallman. California legislation in 2003 mandated all CalPERS members with fewer than 100 employees join a risk-sharing pool, known as a Side Fund and pay the difference between the city's plan and the funded status of the risk pool, Land said. The liability was treat- ed by CalPERS as a loan and for Corning the amount was $2.59 million to be paid off by June 30, 2023. Brandis-Tallman has presented to cities across the North State, several of whom have chosen to refi- nance with the firm, includ- ing Red Bluff, Anderson and Orland, he said. Corning could save up to $374,000 over the 11 years remaining in the obligation through refi- nancing of the loan, City Manager and Public Works Director John Brewer said. refinancing options to choose from, including a public offering method of sale or a private place- ment method of sale, including a direct loan from a bank. A public offering is usually done for loans larger than Corning's and involves a lot more mar- ket risk, Land said. A pri- vate loan is more stream- lined and cost-effective. With a new loan option, the first 10 years would be a fixed rate and the remaining half of a year would be based off the one year Treasury rate, which is about 0.17 percent, Land said. "Part of our services is to look for a lender with the most aggressive inter- est rates, but the best terms," Land said. The savings for the last half of a year is expected to be $17,939, he said. The timetable for the loan, if the city should choose the private place- ment method, would be about 16 weeks, he said. Following the city's The Red Bluff Police Department believes a stolen pickup truck was used to drive through the front doors of a Red Bluff convenience store early Sunday morning. Around 3:25 a.m. offi- cers had been dispatched to a commercial alarm at Red Bluff Auto Electric. Upon arrival, officers discovered the front win- dow of the business had been smashed and the roll-up door to the rear of the business was open. During the investiga- tion, another commercial alarm at the One-Stop convenience store was reported. Officers discovered Students step into pioneer life Special to the DN The city had several approval of the resolution to move forward is a vali- dation process done through the Tehama County Superior Court, which takes between 100 and 120 days, Land said. The city can choose to pull out at any point, and there are no fees prior to the process being final- ized, Brewer said. 7 5 8 5 5 1 6 9 0 0 1 9 Staff Writer Julie Zeeb can be reached at 527- 2153, extension 115, or at jzeeb@redbluffdailynews. com Follow Julie on Twitter @DN_Zeeb It's a sunny autumn afternoon along the Sacramento River and the usual quiet of water and nature is interrupted by the clatter of clinking pans, gruff voices and the periodic blast of gun powder. Children's feet stir up the warm dust, which combined with the fragrant sage and aroma of smoke over powers the senses. Every year, docents - California State Park volunteers - from Sut- ter's Fort State Historic Park in Sacramento come to the Red Bluff Recreation Area to cre- ate a trapper's camp from the pioneer days of 1846. They have been using the Recreation Area along the Sacra- mento River for more than years. "Having the camp at this location is such a great experience for the students. It's like they are actually living and seeing what it was like in 1846," said Alison Harris, one of Sutter's Fort's docents. Sutter's Fort was established in 1839 after Swiss immigrant John Sutter received a land grant in the Sacramento Valley from the Mexi- can government. Sut- ter's Fort was the first non-Indian settlement in the Central Valley. Sut- ter had several trapping camps along the Sacra- mento River where his employees would trap beavers, otters and See THIEVES, page 9A Courtesy Photo Fifth-grader Stormilee Leon of Willows, right, feels a beaver pelt from the trapper's station during the October Sutter's Fort River Trip. weasels and send their valuable pelts to compa- nies who would use them to make high qual- ity hats. Sutter's Fort State Historic Park offers the River Trip Program for a few weeks in October every year. There are two sessions - morning and afternoon. It allows students in the north state an opportunity to experience hands-on California history if they can't make it to Sutter's Fort in Sacra- mento. The trip is offered in two northern California locations. One at the Mendocino National Forest's Red Bluff Recreation Area and the other in the town of Colusa. Steve Beck, the River Trip program coordina- tor, said that several schools in and around the Colusa area choose to drive to the location in Red Bluff over the spot in Colusa because it is so much nicer. "The attendance and number of schools and students is higher at the Red Bluff site," Beck said. On the River Trip, the students get to experi- ence five interpretive stations that demon- strate some of the tough duties that existed at an 1846 trapper's camp. The first station is the Trader. That person is responsible for negotiat- ing trades. For example, they would trade things like whiskey and knives to the Native Americans for permission to hunt and trap on their land. A student is appointed the "chief" or leader of the group and must decide what to trade and learn the items that were most valuable. The next station was the Camp Keeper. This person was in charge of feeding and taking care See LIFE, page 9A