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THURSDAY Women���s Guild Donates DECEMBER 20, 2012 Finding Rhythm Community Breaking news at: www.redbluffdailynews.com See Page 2A SPORTS 1B DAILY NEWS RED BLUFF Rain likely 49/36 Weather forecast 8B TEHAMA COUNTY DAILY 50�� T H E V O I C E O F T E H A M A C O U NTY S I N C E 1 8 8 5 Sales tax receipts up 8.1 percent over 2011 By RICH GREENE tant, HDL Companies. Even after adjusting for late and one-time payments, sales increased 7.4 percent in Red Bluff and 2.6 percent across Tehama County. The far North State saw sales grow 5.7 percent. Red Bluff Finance Director Sandy Ryan said she was DN Staff Writer Sales tax receipts in Red Bluff increased 8.1 percent from April to June compared to the same period a year earlier. The positive economic sign comes from a quarterly sales tax report by the city���s consul- Search continues for missing Manton man Police continue to search for a missing Manton man last seen in Red Bluff Saturday evening. Robert Lee Folsom, 55, was reported missing Sunday afternoon after his son, Tyjal Folsom, told police he had found his father���s car and dog at Casa Ramos on North Main Street around 9 Saturday night. Folsom was reportedly spotted at Tractor Supply on South Main Street around 6 p.m. Saturday and about a half hour later at increasing the city���s projected sales tax for the 2012-13 annual budget by $78,000 to $2,513,000. However that figure is still $36,000 less than the 2011-12 projection as HDL is predicting the economic recovery will continue, but at a slower pace in 2013. Ryan said she is usually conservative about increasing the projection, but felt confident considering the report showed gains across all major business groups in the city. Receipts were up for fuel and service stations, general consumer goods, restaurants and hotels, business and industry, building and construction, autos and transportation and food and drugs. Paving the road for the increase in sales figures were higher fuel prices and positive returns in the service sector as well as a boost in the city���s See TAX, page 7A Fixing a hole Folsom See SEARCH, page 7A Man eludes CHP, cited by deputy By JULIE ZEEB DN Staff Writer A Washington man eluded a California Highway Patrol officer, but did not escape without a citation. According to Corning Police logs, a 911 cell phone call was received at 10:50 p.m. Tuesday on northbound Interstate 5 at Finnell Avenue reporting an erratic driver going at least 90 mph in a silver sports car. The call was transferred to CHP and the 2004 Honda Prelude was spotted by a unit, passing it in the area of the old Highway 99 and South Avenue at 125 mph, CHP Officer Shaun Hoover said. The officer was unable to catch the vehicle and lost sight of it and a beon-the-lookout for was issued, Hoover said. A unit was placed at the Wilcox Road Exit north of Red Bluff, but the vehicle did not turn up. A short time later, a Tehama County Sheriff���s Deputy saw the vehicle at the Hampton Inn and was able to locate the driver, identified as Bryan Dittmar, 29, of Auburn, Wash. Dittmar was cited and released on the charge of reckless driving, Hoover said. ��������� Julie Zeeb can be reached at 527-2153, extension 115 or jzeeb@redbluffdailynews .com. Follow her on Twitter @DN_Zeeb. Daily News photo by Julie Zeeb Irma Richert, 72, shovels cold asphalt into a pot hole in an attempt to patch Montgomery Road Wednesday with help from her husband, Butch, 74 as a Christmas present to her neighbors. By JULIE ZEEB DN Staff Writer Potholes, once you get past the Oak Creek Golf Course, have been a problem on Montgomery Road for some time so one resident has decided it���s time to pitch in and help. ���It���s one of the roughest roads in Tehama County,��� Irma Richert, 72, said. ���I���m patching it as a Merry Christmas to my neighbors.��� Richert and her husband, Butch, wanted to help so they spent Wednesday morning fixing several spots along the rough road just past the city limit. ���It���s had patch after patch until it looks like a patchwork quilt,��� Irma said. ���The city has patched it from time to time, but hasn���t for a while. I know they have priorities and there are places that are worse than us. They have their hands tied and they have a budget, but it���s not just the residents this affects. It���s the fire department and ambulances and Owens Pharmacy making deliveries and the mailman.��� The Richerts have lived on Montgomery Road for 23 years, she said. Longtime friend and neighbor Alice Boes and her husband, Jim, have lived just up the road for 30 years. Boes said the poor condition of the road has been something that has been a problem as long as she has lived there. See HOLE, page 7A Firefighters help pass out food to families Healthier health care facilities Influenza (the flu) is a highly communicable disease that is here in our community all the time, with flu infection rates and severity of symptoms increasing during the winter months. This period of increased flu activity is commonly known as flu season, which has hit the United States early this year, especially in the central and eastern South, with more reported visits to the doctor for flulike symptoms than there have been since 2003. Tehama County wants to protect its residents during flu season and is taking extra measures this year to prevent the spread of this disease. Tehama County Health Officer Dr. Richard Wickenheiser has ordered that each and every health care facility in Tehama County require its health care workers to receive their annual flu shot. Health care workers who cannot get the flu shot will wear a mask during work hours for the entire flu season, through the end of March 2013. See HEALTH, page 7A Daily News photo by Julie Zeeb News tip? Call 527-2151, 7 5 8 5 5 1 6 9 0 0 1 9 Santa, also known as Red Bluff Fire Capt. John Campbell, gets a kiss from Yolanda Matamoros of Red Bluff at the Salvation Army Red Bluff headquarters. Matamoros was helping transport and translate for Spanish speaking recipients. Fire personnel, including Sherryl Arend and Engineer Scott Spangler, volunteered to help hand out food to low income families. The Salvation Army gave out 125 boxes in Red Bluff, 55 gift cards in Corning that went to south county residents and 75 people were signed up to receive toys through Bethel Church. All families were pre-registered for the boxes. The Daily News office will be closed for the Christmas Holiday, Monday, Dec. 24, Tuesday Dec. 25 & for New Years Holiday Monday, Dec. 31, Tuesday, Jan. 1 Advertising deadline for Tuesday editions is noon the previous Friday. Classified line ads will be accepted by telephone on Christmas Eve and New Year���s Eve until 3 PM. Call 527-2151 and press 2 for Classifieds DAILY NEWS RED BLUFF TEHAMA COUNTY 527-2151 ��� FAX 527-3719 545 DIAMOND AVE., RED BLUFF