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THURSDAY APRIL 5, 2012 www.redbluffdailynews.com See Page 4A Breaking news at: Pastimes Trick Riders To Perform RED BLUFF Lady Spartans SPORTS 1B Partly cloudy 58/36 Weather forecast 8B 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 Daylight robbery City responds on Supercenter bid By ANDREA WAGNER DN Staff Writer a Walmart Supercenter project planned Mill Street just west of the existing Walmart. The City Council forged ahead with the next step in In a meeting at the community center Tuesday night, the council voted unanimously to approve a revised addendum to the project environmental impact report. The vote followed a public hearing during which Attorney William Kopper of Davis, who represents groups opposed to the project, stood in objection to the facts presented in the revised report. "There have been clear errors," he said. The council hosted the hearing to discuss additional noise studies done in response to a ruling in the court of appeals. In his first meeting as City Manager and City Attor- ney, Richard Crabtree explained "a series of chal- lenges" that have come up against the Walmart project. The expansion was originally proposed in 2003 by See CITY, page 7A Minor injuries in I-5 rollover Daily News photo by Julie Zeeb Police markers block the entrance to a downtown jewelry story Wednesday morning after two men robbed it and tied up employees. By JULIE ZEEB DN Staff Writer Red Bluff Police are seeking two men wanted in connection with an armed robbery about 10 a.m. Wednesday at Gary Ramsey Jewelers, 748 Main St., where two employees were tied up. Officers contacted the two employees and learned a man entered the store asking about jewelry for his sig- nificant other. While the man was being shown items, a second man, whom the clerk told police appeared to know the Sheriffs' assoc backs Brown's tax proposal Gov. Jerry Brown on Wednesday collected an endorsement for his tax initiative proposal from the California State Sher- iffs' Association. The law enforcement SAN DIEGO (AP) — group voted ''overwhelm- ingly'' to support the pro- posal at its annual meeting in San Diego, said its pres- ident and Merced County Sheriff Mark Pazin. ''We believe that the governor's initiative strikes the proper balance for schools and public safety,'' Pazin said at a news conference to announce the endorse- ment. Brown is trying to rally support for his initiative after merging his tax pro- posal with a rival plan that sought to raise income taxes on millionaires. Brown's initiative would raise the state's sales tax by a quarter cent for five years and raise income taxes on a sliding scale for seven years on incomes over $250,000 a year. The measure could bring in between $6.8 billion and $9 billion to help plug the state budget deficit in fis- cal year 2012-2013. The Democratic gover- nor previously shifted cor- rections, law enforcement and other services to cities and counties, and he has promised law enforcement officials that he would pro- vide a constitutional fund- ing guarantee to pay for it. Pazin said that guarantee stood out for sheriffs. Brown's tax plan would dedicate money each year to local municipalities to pay for the realignment, especially his plan to send lower-level offenders to county jail instead of pris- ons. It also would direct more money to public schools and has support from California's largest teachers' unions. ''To make realignment other, entered the store. The first man then brandished a handgun and moved the clerk to the rear of the store where the other employee was located, and bound both employees, said Sgt. Kevin Busekist. The suspects removed a large amount of jewelry and cash from the store, exiting through the rear, and fled the store by unknown means, he said. The monetary loss was unknown as of Wednesday afternoon, Busekist said. The owners closed the shop See ROBBERY, page 7A Three people were injured Wednesday morn- ing when a 16-year-old Redding boy driving a 2006 Toyota Corolla over- corrected and wrecked near Cottonwood. Heading south at about 70 mph on Interstate 5 north of Main Street in Cottonwood, the driver started to shift lanes when he noticed a white vehicle in the second lane, a Cali- fornia Highway Patrol release said. The Corolla veered left and then right before leav- ing the roadway, driving up an embankment and overturning across all lanes of I-5. The vehicle came to rest on its roof in the cen- ter divider, the release said. The passengers includ- ed a 12-year-old boy and Craig and Laurel Johnson, both 48, all of Redding. Rescue workers took the 12-year-old to Mercy Medical Center for com- plaints of pain to his neck. The driver and Laurel Johnson also reported minor injuries. - Andrea Wagner Women's club celebrates heritage By JULIE ZEEB DN Staff Writer Community members and club members alike joined together Wednesday with California Federated Women's Club (CFWC) State President Kathi McGraw to celebrate the Maywood Women's Club. The club, founded in 1898, celebrated 110 years with the General Federation of Women's Club (GFWC) started by Jane Cunning- ham Croly who was active in the development of women's rights very early in the movement, said Event Chairwoman Lin Lima. GFWC Executive Board Director Tammy Guensler gave a presentation on Croly, an accomplished author who wrote under the pen name of Jenny June. Born in England, Croly work — which is the most far-reaching change in our criminal justice system in decades — we need the money,'' Brown said. Brown's plan still faces competition from a rival tax initiative by wealthy Los Angeles attorney Molly Munger. Her initia- tive would raise income taxes on nearly all Califor- nians on a sliding scale and give as much as $10 billion a year directly to schools. Both measures are still collecting the more than 1 million signatures they will need. 7 5 8 5 5 1 6 9 0 0 1 9 grew up in New York, even- tually becoming the first woman to write in a news- paper office, the New York Tribune, on a daily basis, Guensler said. "In an era where women did not work outside the home, she was a pioneer," Guensler said. Croly was also the first The sheriff's associa- tion endorsed Brown's previous tax proposal in February. woman to manage a women's department in a newspaper and the first to teach a journalism course. In 1898, she was initial- ly denied admission to a press dinner, but was told three days before she could attend if she could find a sufficient number of women who were willing to pay $15, Guensler said. This was during a time when her husband, David, who was a reporter earned California Federated Women's Club State President Kathi McGraw, right, presents a certificate to Maywood Women's Club President Catherine Joseph at the celebration Wednesday of the club's 110th year with the General Federation of Women's Club (GFWC). $14 for a week, she said. Even if she could find women, they would be rele- gated to a screened off area and would not be allowed to talk. It was this event that led her to launching her first club whose goals were to enable women to work and learn together while pro- moting literacy, Guensler said. Only five women were present for the first meeting and two at the next, but that led to a group that had 22 authors, six editors and sev- eral others at their meetings by the end of the year, Guensler said. was an opportunity for women to be involved in What the club offered Daily News photo by Julie Zeeb public affairs without aban- doning the traditional home life, she said. "Jenny believed there were two weapons women were free to use," Guensler said. "The tongue and the pen. Through the GFWC, women were able to apply direct influence on things See CLUB, page 7A