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Staffreport RED BLUFF Professional Mark Twain educator and impression- ist McAvoy Layne will present his stage show The Ghost of Mark Twain at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, April 1 at Red Bluff's State Theatre. The show will raise funds to support the Red Bluff Spartans Boosters along with a 7:30 p.m. Friday performance at the State by Antsy McClain and the Trail- erpark Troubadours. Tickets for Friday's concert are $25 each and Saturday's Twain show will be $18 in ad- vance or $20 at the door. Tickets can be purchased at www.state- theatreredbluff.com or by calling 529-3733. The following interview with Layne originally appeared in the The Mark Twain Journal and is reprinted here with permission. MTJ: How do you fit in the FUNDRAISERS MarkTwain impressionist to perform Saturday By Julie Zeeb jzeeb@redbluffdailynews.com @DN_Zeeb on Twitter GERBER Two power outages were reported in Tehama County early Thursday morning with the larg- est affecting hundreds in the Ger- ber area and a second, smaller outage in the Corning area. A broken pole and power line about 4:30 a.m. in the area of 99W and Chard Avenue, west of Gerber, caused a loss of power to 251 PG&E homes initially, said PG&E spokesman Paul Moreno. As of about 12:30 p.m., there were still about 60 customers who re- mained without power. Restoration of power for the Gerber outage was expected with the replacement of the pole, which was estimated to be fin- ished about 4 p.m. Thursday, Moreno said. No cause was de- termined for the outage. A blown fuse resulted in 18 homes losing power in the Corn- ing area starting at 4:39 a.m. Thursday. Power had been re- GERBER Downed pole causes loss of power to hundreds By Julie Zeeb jzeeb@redbluffdailynews.com @DN_Zeeb on Twitter RED BLUFF A portion of Walnut Street between Washington and Jefferson streets was temporarily closed Thursday to allow McHale Sign Co. employees to rescue an iconic sign that has hung over El- more Pharmacy for many years. Employees heard a loud crash and came outside to see the sign hanging by one cable and the aw- ning damaged, said owner Bianca Bradford. "The awning is busted, but there was no one under it when the sign fell," Bradshaw said. "That's the important part. That every- one is okay." Bradford said she is hoping to see the sign reattached as soon as possible. While she did not know exactly how old the sign is, the neon part of the pharmacy sign has not worked for at least 25 years. Elmore has been in the building at 401 Washington St. since 1906 and is the oldest operating phar- macy in California, having been in existence since 1861, Bradshaw said. The company first became established in the city of Tehama and then moved around to a few locations before landing at the current one. Red Bluff police and fire de- partments responded about 3:30 p.m. Thursday to assist with traf- fic control until the sign company could respond from Redding. No injuries were reported, said Red Bluff Fire Chief Ray Barber. DOWNTOWN Signnearlyfallsaftercablebreaks AMcHaleSignCo. employee helps lower the Elmore Pharmacy sign to the ground a er a cable broke loose around 3:30p.m. Thursday. JULIE ZEEB — DAILY NEWS By Julie Zeeb jzeeb@redbluffdailynews.com @DN_Zeeb on Twitter LOSMOLINOS Access to county government services just got easier for south county resi- dents with the opening of a new satellite office in the Los Moli- nos Shopping Center, 7883 State Route 99E. "We will have services avail- able from several agencies starting April 3," said Tehama County Chief Probation Offi- cer Richard Muench, during an open house held Thursday. "The information on who will be in the office when is being co- ordinated on a calendar and will be posted in the window and on a Los Molinos Facebook page." The probation department has been coordinating the proj- ect and there will be several agencies, including the proba- tion department, utilizing the new space. Examples include parenting classes and the Com- munity Action Agency, which will offer the Volunteer Income Tax Assistance program on-site, Muench said. The Veterans Ser- vice Office will be on-site on the first and third Mondays. Other agencies using the facil- ity include Adult Protective Ser- vices, Child Support Services, Child Welfare, Healthy Fami- lies, Tehama School Readiness, Senior Nutrition Services, First Five, a Family Resource Cen- ter for Northern Valley Catho- lic Social Services, Women In- fant Children — WIC and office space for probation officers and sheriff's deputies. Other uses include nutrition classes, moral reconation ther- apy groups, mental health and drug or alcohol treatment ser- vices, immunization, GED ser- vices, Narcotics Anonymous and Alcoholics Anonymous classes and Alternatives To Violence client visits. The center has been in the works for about a year, during which time Supervisor Burt Bundy was able to work with the Nagos family to lease the building. "We were able to secure this building for a very inexpensive amount and use AB 109 money, which is money that is to be used for the intent of reducing commitments or revocations to prison," Muench said. "This is an easy transition for that be- cause good health and parent- ing as well as access to social services helps remove the barri- ers that can keep someone from being successful. This building will allow access to services and resources." The building is being leased for about $1,000 a month with a multiple-year lease in place, Bundy said. Remodel work to get it ready was done by AB 109 crews who will be putting in a small garden behind the build- ing. "The AB 109 crew will be put- ting in all the infrastructure TEHAMA GOVERNMENT CENTER OPENS IN LOS MOLINOS PHOTOS BY JULIE ZEEB — DAILY NEWS Gail Locke talks with Tehama County Chief Probation Officer Richard Muench and Health Educator Fernando Villegas at the open house Wednesday for the new Los Molinos government center. Tehama County Veterans Service Officer Kelly Osborne speaks with Tom Nagos Wednesday at the open house for the new Los Molinos government center. 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