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THURSDAY JUNE 10, 2010 Breaking news at: Crawdad Festival promises good times Pastimes www.redbluffdailynews.com See Page 4A RED BLUFF Brazil Bound SPORTS 1B Partly cloudy 78/56 Weather forecast 6A By GEOFF JOHNSON DN Staff Writer Tehama County’s election results should be clearer this morning, but candidates were already treating preliminary results as final Wednesday after- noon. County Clerk and Recorder Beverly Ross, who ran unop- posed, said some 4,000 absentee ballots had yet to be counted as of Wednesday morning. At that time, nearly 10,000 had been counted already. About 30,600 registered voters 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 Candidates don’t wait for delayed results are on file with the county. The closest local race was for sheriff and Detective Dave Hen- cratt was up about 500 votes and 5 percentage points over Sheriff Clay Parker. Parker conceded defeat and said the uncounted votes were unlikely to move in his favor. “It’s like a huge weight’s been lifted off me, because I’ve been living, breathing law enforcement, protecting the county for the last 11-and-a-half years, 24 hours a day, 365 days a year, and it’s just been a huge burden,” Parker said. Parker, who will remain in ‘It’s like a huge weight’s been lifted off me, because I’ve been living, breathing law enforcement, protecting the county for the last 11-and-a-half years, 24 hours a day, 365 days a year, and it’s just been a huge burden’ Sheriff Clay Parker office for another six months, said he was uncertain whether he would retire or seek employment elsewhere. Corning Cowgirls Up By JULIE ZEEB DN Staff Writer CORNING — The Corning Junior Rodeo is coming to the Estil C. Clark Park, in the area of Fig Lane and Mar- guerite Avenue, this weekend, starting tonight at 6, and bring- ing several activities with it. Things kick off tonight with the little miss contest followed by the stick horse race. The queen contest will begin sometime between 7:30 and 8 p.m. Five girls will be competing for the title including 2009 Corning Jr. Rodeo Queen Madyson Lopez, 17, of Corning. Madyson, the daugh- ter of Thomas Lopez and Shana Haydon, both of Corning, is a Lopez Red Bluff Union High School and is involved with 4-H and FFA. At her last 4-H horse show, Misti won Reserve High Point in gymkhana and pleasure. Misti has been riding horses since she was 6, likes ceram- ics, showing steers, 4-H and Gymkhana. She is trying something new this year in showing a goat at the fair. Hammons junior at Corning Union High School where she is a cheerleader. She is also a junior cheer coach for the Corning Lions. Future goals include being more involved with rodeos and parades as well as going to college to become a veterinarian. “It has been a great experience for me as Corning Junior Rodeo Queen,” Madyson said. “It’s helped me get more involved in my com- munity and meet many people from other town and helped me gain new friends.” Running against Madyson are Misti Zimmerman, 17, of Gerber; Tommi Hammons, 15, of Orland; Amelia Massie, 10, of Hamilton City; and Patty Doolittle, 11, of Redding. Misti, the daughter of Machel Zimmerman of Gerber, is a junior at Future plans include graduating high school, attending an equine college and even- tually owning a ranch with lots of horses. Tommi Hammons, the daughter of TC and Stephanie Hammons of Orland, is in ninth grade at Corning Union High School where she plans to play field hockey and basketball. She is involved with Lake 4-H, California High School Rodeo, West Valley Bowhunters and the Corning FFA. Tommi is the Corning FFA trea- surer and has also been a Corning student of the month. Future plans include running for FFA regional officer and continuing with high school rodeo. She would like to attend junior college out of state in places like Blade transport snag closes 299 By JULIE ZEEB DN Staff Writer Delivery of the windmill blades from Gerber to Bur- ney for the Hatchet Ridge Project, which started May 24, had a perfect record until just before 6 a.m. Wednesday. The California Highway Patrol was escorting the first blade of the day when at 5:41 a.m. the vehicle deliv- ering the blades had a mechanical failure on High- way 299, east of Sugar Pine Camp Road, said Julie Lee, Caltrans District 2 public information manager. The steerable rear axle of the trailer started drifting and officers had the trucker stop to make adjustments. But when the trucker resumed driving the vehicle was going into a left-hand corner and the rear trailer started pulling straight instead of left, Lee said. This caused the trailer to go onto the gravel shoulder. The driver pulled the vehi- cle into the westbound lane to even out the load. The vehicle did not jack knife and the blade did not fall off the truck, Lee said. An inspection of the vehicle was conducted before slowly moving it to a safer place in a gravel turnout near Ingot, she said. According to the CHP See SNAG, page 3A 7 5 8 5 5 1 6 9 0 0 1 9 Red Bluff Outdoor Power Doolittle Colorado, Texas or Oregon and hopes to major in agri- culture and be involved in college rodeo. Despite being a tomboy and loving out- door activities she said she loves the color pink and everything from her hunting bow to show gear is pink. Zimmerman Amelia Massie, the daughter of Jerry and Holly Massie of Hamil- ton City, is in fifth grade at Hamilton Elementary School. Massie Amelia’s future plans include joining 4- H next year and getting good grades. She is just starting to breed corn snakes and hopes some- day to become a veteri- narian. Patty Doolittle, the daughter of Joe and Jen- nifer Doolittle of Red- ding, is an honor roll student in sixth grade at Pacheco Middle School in Redding. Patty hopes to attend college, hopefully with rodeo scholarships, with the goal of becoming a kindergarten teacher. She is involved with Millville 4-H and is a member of a softball team in Redding. For the past three years she has been riding steers and has won a first place buckle. Friday, the opening day of rodeo competition, starts at 7 p.m. with competition continuing at 5 p.m. Saturday. For more information call 824-3777 or 824-4295. ——— Julie Zeeb can be reached at 527-2153, extension 115 or jzeeb@redbluffdailynews.com. “I can tell you one thing, my wife and I haven’t had a vacation in five years,” he said. Calls to presumptive Sheriff- Elect Hencratt were not returned Wednesday afternoon, though he was optimistic on election night. At the District Attorney’s Office, Gregg Cohen looked to keep his title for another term, managing a 10 point lead over attorney Ken Miller. The incum- bent outspent Miller by about 10 to 1. “(I’m) just happy to be back at See WAIT, page 3A Supe’s round-up By GEOFF JOHNSON DN Staff Writer Tehama County Supervisors Tuesday shortened hours at the Tehama County Animal Care Center, opted to continue the decades long tenure of the county plan- ning director and set new, annual fees for above-ground petroleum storage tank inspections. Lunch breaks Citing cuts in staff at the animal shelter, Agricultural Commissioner Rick Gurrola requested and received approval from the board to close the shelter from noon to 1 p.m. daily. The shelter will still be open from 8 a.m. to noon and from 1-5 p.m. every day except Sunday. Appointments can be made for the lunch hour if scheduled in advance. More information is available by calling 527-3439. Planning for the future George Robson, the county’s planning director for about 30 years, is likely to remain on the county’s pay- roll for at least another year. In a 4-1 vote, supervisors extended Robson’s contract for another 12 months and added more benefits, includ- ing a monthly $100 stipend and an additional four days of time off. In exchange, Robson’s contract calls for him to contribute 3 percent to his CalPERs pension fund, but the county still loses some $2,100 in the deal. Only Supervisor Charles Willard voted against the contact extension. Willard could not be reached for comment Tuesday afternoon, but has previously opposed improving bene- fits for other staff members, citing the county’s contin- ued efforts to cut spending. Chief Administrator Bill Goodwin has previously defended contract improvements the county agreed to implement before the recession. In the case of Robson’s agreement, the change was meant to match the changes other contracts have under- gone, Goodwin said. The contract is up for renewal in a year, instead of the usual three years, which will allow for further negotiations if necessary. Fees above ground The board finalized storage fees for above-ground petroleum storage tanks, which will pay for tri-annual county inspections. Inspections and fees had both previously been required by the State Water Resources Control Board, Environmental Director Tim Potanovic said. But a state mandate shifted those responsibilities over to the coun- ty, which is now required to undertake the inspections. Logging, farming and nursery operations are exempt for tanks storing up to 20,000 gallons, while non- exempt tanks will be required to pay an annual fee any- where between $350 and $10,050 depending on the number of gallons on a given property. More information is available by calling 527-8020. Lake to start 2nd to last summer Red Bluff residents will get to enjoy another summer on the lake start- ing next week. One week before the official start of summer, the gates at the Red Bluff Diversion Dam will be lowered. By the time residents wake up Tuesday morn- ing, the dam gates will be closed. The Bureau of Recla- mation will begin closing the gates at midnight Tuesday, allowing Lake Red Bluff to fill by around noon. The gates are sched- uled to be closed through the end of August. While the gates are down, water from the Sacramento River will be diverted to the Corning and Tehama-Colusa Canal Authority’s canal system, which irrigates about 150,000 acres of agricultural land in Tehama, Glenn, Colusa Daily News photo by Tang Lor A patch of wildflowers bloom along Sale Lane, adding a golden touch to a breezy spring day. and Yolo counties. Aside from the 2 1/2 months during summer, the gates remain open the rest of the year to provide unimpeded fish passage for salmon, steelhead and sturgeon. A federal judge has found that fish passage is impeded while the gates are lowered and made a ruling for the gates to be permanently raised by May 2012.