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Vol. 81, No. 35 • Feather Publishing Co., Inc. • 530-284-7800 • www.plumasnews.com of the Indian Valley Area Wednesday, July 20, 2011 5O¢ Antelope Dan McDonald Staff Writer dmcdonald@plumasnews.com The man accused of killing Susanville resident Rory McGuire during a July 2 car chase made his second ap- pearance in Plumas County Superior Court on Monday, July 18. Gregory Chad Wallin-Reed, 36, of Reno, Nev., has yet to enter a plea in the case. During Monday's arraign- ment proceedings, Wallin- Reed was represented by attorney Richard Young, of Reno, whom he has retained in place of his appointed Plumas County Public Defender Doug Prouty. Plumas County Superior Court Judge Ira Kaufman granted Wallin-Reed's re- quest for a continuance until Aug. 04. At that time, Wallin-Reed is expected to enter a plea for the murder charge, and seven other felony counts he faces, stemming from the shooting near Antelope Lake. A shackled Wallin-Reed entered the nearly empty Quincy courtroom wearing a protective vest. Sitting in a seat usually • reserved for a jury member, Wallin-Reed met briefly with his new attorney, Young, and attorney John Ohlson, of Reno, who will be assisting Young in the case. The proceeding lasted just a few minutes before the court was recessed and Wallin-Reed was escorted out of the courtroom. Wallin-Reed was arrested July 3 for the July 2 shooting of 20-year-old McGuire and two other Susanville men. The charges were upgraded to murder July 4 after McGuire died at Renown Regional Medical Center in Reno. An investigation into the shooting has yet to find evidence that McGuire or the five other men in his car were armed. Wallin-Reed faces eight felony counts, including murder, after he admitted U pect wait opening fire on the Susan- ville men during a car chase near Antelope Lake. Wallin-Reed called the Plumas County Sheriff's Office after the shooting. He said the men stole solar lights from his residence along the Janesville grade. Officers later found two solar lights in the men's car. According to the 911 phone log, Wallin-Reed said during the call that one of the men in the fleeing car driven by McGuire fired a shot at him. Wallin-Reed was charged with murder, shooting at an occupied vehicle, five counts of assault with a deadly weapon and possession of an assault weapon. Officers said Wallin-Reed, who is reported to be a former Army Ranger, had a .380 handgun and an AR-15 assault rifle in his posses- sion. McGuire, who was shot in the head and hand, was life-flighted to Reno. Two of the passengers in the car, Justin Smyth and Robert Osornio, sustained gunshot wounds to their lower legs. Smyth, 20, was flown to Enloe hospital in Chico where he reportedly under- went at least one operation for a bullet wound in his calf. He had been listed in serious condition and was released July 7. Osornio, 19, was transport- ed to Plumas District Hospital in Quincy. He was soon re- leased with a bullet reported- ly still lodged in his lower leg. The other three passengers -- John Chanley, 20; Richard Chanley, 19; and Cesar Gon- zalez, 20 -- escaped serious injury. See Plea, page 4A Gregory Chad Wallin-Reed watches the proceedings during his Monday, July 18, appearance in Plumas County Superior Court. Wallin-Reed is charged with murder for the July 2 shooting of Susanville resident Rory McGuire. Photo by Shannon Morrow to plead County employees facing potential cuts as deficit looms Dan McDonald Staff Writer dmcdonald@plurnasnews.com the Board of Supervisors planned to continue painstak- ing money talks during its Tuesday, July 19, meeting. At that meeting, the super- visors were expected to see the recommendations from their budget committee. "It probably would be good to figure on spending all afternoon on the budget dis- Cussion," Supervisor Sherrie Thrall said. "If we want to sit here until 9 o'clock at night we can do that. It's really important." The board adopted a bare- bones preliminary budget June 21. As tle clock ticks toward final adoption of a budget, it seems likely that county employees will have to accept some cuts. "Without pension reform, and without pay concessions by all our employees -- including department heads -- I don't know how we are going to do this," Plumas County Administrative Offi- cer Jack Ingstad said. With the county facing a projected $1.7 million deficit, That budget eliminated funding for non-county orga- nizations -: including the visitors bureau, the chambers of commerce and economic development. It also included cuts to many county departments, including a 10-percent pay cut for most county employces. Ingstad said the pay cut would be realized by reduc- ing the current 40-hour work- week of most employees to 36 hours. But the supervisors will make the final budget deci- sions. "This is the board's budget," Ingstad said during his weekly budget briefing to the board July 12. "I provided a recommended budget. It's up to the board to change it. To modify it." And the supervisors have $1 million less to work with than they did June 21. That's because the expected sale of Dame Shirley Plaza to the state was delayed until next year. The county stood to make about $1 million by selling the land to the state as the site for a new courthouse. Ingstad added that negoti- ating potential concessions with the employee unions is a slow process. "We think that it could be months before (the unions) get to a point of either an agreement or an impasse," Ingstad said. "That means that we could be well into November or December -- halfway through the budget year -- and have no-cost savings." One of the potential employee concessions is to have the workers pay all or part of the county's contri- bution to their retirement fund. According to Ingstad, every 1 percent of the county's contribution to the pension fund is about $114,000. If the county cut all of its funding to the pension fund, some employees (the workers who would also be taking a 10-percent pay cut) would see their take-home pay reduced by 17 percent. "We would certainly want to avoid that from happening, if at all possible," Ingstad said. Portola resident Larry Douglas told the board that it's hard for many private- sector workers to understand See Cuts, page 5A Indian Valley residents' unpaid water bills mounting up Alicia Knadler Indian Valley Editor aknadler@plumasnews.com Indian Valley residents who pay for water and waste- water have not paid their bills to the tune of about $5O,OOO. Some homes have even had the water shut off for up to three months, and still the bills are not being paid. For May, about 30 percent of the bills had not been paid by the time June bills went out. The percentage seems to fit with the income survey started about two years ago: 71 percent of Greenville resi- dents are at or below poverty level. Indian Valley Community Services District directors discussed this issue during the Monday, July 11, finance committee meeting and at their regular meeting Wednesday, July 13. They talked about several ideas, including publishing a delinquent list, like the county does for those who don't pay their property taxes on time. Directors favored trying an incentive plan first, rather than taking punitive action. "The bottom line is we want people to pay their bill," director 4ane Braxton Little said. "We don't want to gouge them with late fees." Customers may expect to see a note about an amnesty period on their bills, a limited number of days when late fees would be waived. While this couid help those who are juggling and struggling to pay their bills, others have already gone through foreclosures. Directors did not discuss the details about how they would recoup lost revenue in those instances. For more information about this billing issue, call 284-7224. Golden days on parade Grand marshals Mario and Wilma Taddei lead the 49th annual Gold Digger Days Parade in Greenville, with flowers presented by D&M Gardens. Photos by Alicia Knadler To subscribe to the Record, call 530-283-0800 Greenville Cy Hall Memorial Museum directors and docents create a Batson Baby theme to win the $200 first-place award in the 49th annual Gold Dig- ger Days Parade. The museum features a special exhibit this summer in honor of the late Wilbur "Doc" Batson. See this newspaper next week for more parade photos.