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ByHeatherHoelscher hhoelscher@redbluffdailynews.com @DN_Heather on Twitter RED BLUFF Mayor Clay Parker addressed a rumor during Tues- day's City Council meeting that the Red Bluff Airport runway re- surfacing project was going to be- gin soon, shutting down the air- port for 17 days during its busiest time of year. The project is still in the plans to redo the runway, but when that will be is not known at this time. Parker said the project has not gone out to a bid to a contractor yet but is scheduled to do so at the end of July. At that time the proj- ect will have to go back to coun- cil for review and approval before anything can be done to the run- way. The airport runway will not be closed in August, Parker said, but will be in either September or October before weather could RED BLUFF Ci ty t al ks airport ru nw ay project By Julie Zeeb jzeeb@redbluffdailynews.com @DN_Zeeb on Twitter RED BLUFF A temporary Satur- day closure of the Tehama County Animal Care Center, from July 30 to Oct. 30, due to staffing short- ages was approved Tuesday by the Tehama County Board of Super- visors. There was concern over Satur- day being a day many people look to adopt, it is the day that made the most sense in order to give staff two days in a row off, said Agricultural Commissioner Rick Gurrola. It would cause less con- fusion over which days the care center is open since most county departments are open Monday through Friday and the shelter was once only open on weekdays. Saturdays were added nine years ago when staffing was in- creased and the Animal Control Officers took over some of the du- ties previously left to the care cen- ter. Gurrola, whose department oversees the care center, has been serving as acting care center manager since April when Chris- tine McClintock took a temporary leave of absence. The department has attempted to operate on a normal basis, uti- lizing extra help on a part-time basis, but the morale of employees has been suffering, Gurrola said. "We have been using extra help to backfill, but there are ongo- ing issues and declining morale," Gurrola said. "Saturdays are our slowest day for business transac- tions and this protects what is most important to us — our em- ployees. It allows for the best ser- vices and increasing morale." Gurrola addressed concerns over the potential for the eu- thanasia rate to increase, show- ing with data from 2008 to 2015 that the numbers for both dogs and cats are always fluctuating no matter what hours the office is open. In 2008, there was a 20.7 per- cent euthanasia rate for dogs and 66.5 percent for cats. In 2009 it went down to 17.8 percent for dogs and up to 79.4 percent for cats. Numbers continued to fluctu- ate as follows: 2011 dogs 11.6 per- cent, cats 35.7 percent; 2012 dogs 7.7 percent, cats 24 percent; 2013 TEHAMA COUNTY AnimalshelterclosedSaturdays By Heather Hoelscher hhoelscher@redbluffdailynews.com @DN_Heather on Twitter RED BLUFF Concerned par- ents came to the Tehama Dis- trict Fair Board meeting Tues- day to discuss a new rule that states all breeding animals will be released at 10 p.m. on the last day of the fair. The board decided to move the discussion of this topic to the Aug. 16 meeting so the board could take action on the matter and make a change if necessary since it was not an action item. The main concern was that children participating in fair will have school the next day and may be tired, in addition to already taking the Friday before off of school. One parent suggested the rule be postponed to when the fair moves to July in 2017 and chil- dren won't have school the next day. The reasoning for the new rule is that admission is still being charged at the fair at 5 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 25. Those pa- trons won't get the full fair ex- perience if animals are already being released, CEO Mandy Staley said. The new rule printed in the Exhibitor Handbook in its en- tirety states: "All market ani- mals will be released at 5 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 25. All breed- ing animals, rabbits and poul- try will be released at 10 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 25. All tack, feed, signs, decorations and displays are not to be removed before the 10 p.m. release time. The only ve- hicles that will be allowed to en- ter before 10 p.m. are the mar- ket transport trucks. Trinity Gate number 13 will be opened at 10 p.m. Absolutely no excep- tions will be made." Board member Shanna Long said she had the same concerns with the timing and suggested bringing the topic back to the board at the next meeting. Projectproposal Also presented at the meet- ing was a 4-H Emerald Star Project proposal by Allison and TC Drury of the Antelope 4-H club to rename the Junior Judg- ing Ring in memory of former fair CEO Mark Eidman by plac- ing a sign with his name on the building. The proposal did not pass as Long and acting President Pete Dagorret were the two members out of the seven present to vote in favor. President Linda Dur- rer and board member Farrell Shatswell were absent. Dagorret said the project would be a great tribute to Eidman and told Alli- son and TC that they had done a great job. Eidman was CEO of the fair for more than 13 years. He left the position in 2014 after being asked to retire, according to a Daily News article. Allison and TC said they re- member all Eidman had done for them and for the 4-H orga- nization and wanted to honor that with a sign they were go- ing to raise money for and pres- ent at the fair. The fair is scheduled for Sept. 22-25 at Tehama District Fair- ground, 650 Antelope Blvd. The exhibitor handbook is available online at tehamadis- trictfair.com or at the fair office. TEHAMA DISTRICT FAIR NEW RULE CONCERNS PARENTS AT MEETING COURTESYPHOTO Allison and T.C. Drury of Antelope 4-H present a potential Mark Eidman Memorial project to the Tehama District Fairground board at a meeting Tuesday. Have a great day, Jerry McDonald GOOD MORNING U DowJonesIndustrial 18,595.03 (+36.02) U Standard & Poor's 2173.02 (+9.24) U Nasdaq 5089.93 (+53.56) BUSINESS GOP firebrand's convention speech signals possible sec- ond run for president in four years. 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