Bill Cornelius

In last week's column, I wrote that the Rotary Club of Red Bluff is celebrating 100 years of service to this community. In said column I listed every single past president o ...

Over the past couple of weeks, I have focused on the Rotary Club of Red Bluff’s first 100 years serving this community. Today I write about just a few of the projects that Rotary has led or partic…

I don't know about you, but I very much enjoyed the recent article in the Daily News about Corning resident Gary Burton. While already a member of the Chico State Football and Track Hall of Fame, Burton was recently inducted into the Hall a third time for his accomplishments as a coach at Corning High for over 30 years.

When you spend a lot of time with a person, your mind will automatically tell you that you either like that person–or maybe not so much. Such was the case with my Corning softball family in the decad ...

Like most, any old broken down has been worth his or her salt; I spend a lot of time reminiscing about the good old days in this community and this country. That said, like most folks of my generatio ...

The more things change, the more they stay the same. In 1981, the Honorable Noel Watkins appointed me as Chief Probation Officer of Tehama County. I served in that position for 16 years until retiring in 1997. Every year for those 16 years, I was responsible for preparing, submitting, and defending two separate budgets: one for the probation department and another for . . .

Last week I wrote of the fiscal challenges faced by both county and city governments. While figuring out how to fill $50 million worth of downtown potholes with a budget allocation of $1 million per year may sound impossible, we will never know unless we turn over every rock in the road in hopes of finding a pot o' gold. The only way to make this community the best it can possibly be is by working together to find solutions, regardless of whether it is part of one's job description or not. Let me share with you a few examples of what I mean.

Tomorrow is the Fourth of July. On that day 248 years ago this country declared its independence from Great Britain. Our country's history notwithstanding, today I write about my memories relating to the 4th of July from a child's perspective, my young adult perspective, and my now-aged perception of what the 4th means today. If there is still a comics section in this paper, I would suggest you look for it now–as this column has undoubtedly already peaked.

As someone who has spent a career dealing with underachieving members of society, I read with great interest Shanna Long’s recent column, “My Crazy Idea to Fix Families and Homeless.” The mea…

In last week's column, I discussed my 35-year career working with the so-called “dregs of society,” or, as the dictionary defines them, “a group of people in society you consider to be immoral and/or of no value.” Along with the criminal element of our population, many would apply that label to a large percentage of the homeless population.