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TUESDAY Registry For Alzheimer's MAY 7, 2013 College Rodeo Vitality Breaking news at: www.redbluffdailynews.com See Page 4A SPORTS 1B DAILY NEWS RED BLUFF Isolated t-storms 74/56 TEHAMA COUNTY DAILY 50¢ T H E V O I C E O F T E H A M A C O U NTY S I N C E 1 8 8 5 Weather forecast 8B County to mull limiting hours over health insurance By RICH GREENE DN Staff Writer The Tehama County Board of Supervisors will consider a series of resolutions today that would limit extra help employ- ees' work hours to prevent the county from paying penalties when provisions of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act become law in 2014. County employees filling allocated positions are offered health insurance meeting the requirements of ACA, however the county also employs a number of extra help employees who work variable hours. The ACA defines full-time employees as anyone who works an average of 30 or more hours per week. The law mandates employers to specify a series of measurement periods between 3 and 12 months to determine an employee's average hours. Mad, mad, mad, mad whirled One resolution before the board will set those periods, but another would restrict department heads from working an employee in excess of a 30-hour See HOURS, page 7A Teen on dirt bike hit by train By JULIE ZEEB DN Staff Writer A 15-year-old Oakley boy was flown to Mercy Medical Center in Redding after a motorcycle he was on was hit by a train about 12:30 p.m. Sunday in the Cottonwood area. The boy, who was wearing his helmet and safety gear, was transported for treatment of major injuries and was listed later Sunday afternoon as being in stable condition, California Highway Patrol Officer Jake Bushey said. The collision took place on railroad tracks east of McCoy Road about five to six miles south of Hooker Creek Road, Bushey said. The train, belonging to Union Pacific, was driven by Glenn Stier, 56, of Fair See TEEN, page 7A Cities can ban medical pot shops Daily News photo by Andre Byik Eric Hammond competes for the crowd's favor at Corning's final burnout competition during the 17th annual May Madness Car Show on Saturday. May Madness says goodbye to burnout contest By ANDRE BYIK DN Sports Editor CORNING — Trails of white smoke and the smell of burnt-out rubber filled the air Saturday at the 17th annual May Madness Car Show in Corning, where the event's final burnout competition saw about 13 competitors vying for a chance to be named the last champion. Eric Hammond, in a 1969 Chevy truck, took home first-place honors at the event after pleasing a crowd of spectators in the finals. Hammond is no stranger to the competition, which he's helped pro- duce and won before. This time, however, there won't be a way to defend his title. After 17 years, the event is being canceled because of safety concerns. It's the reason Hammond was willing to divulge the secret to a championship-winning burnout. "The secret is," he said, "a lot of horsepower, keeping your engine cool, and running a tranny cooler. I keep my tranny cooler in an ice box full of ice." As for the sensation felt while performing a burnout? It's not much different from a spectator's. "It's awesome," Hammond said. "It's real loud. There's smoke, a lot of vibration. We're having a blast the whole time, but we still have to watch our gauges, make sure RPMs don't get too high." David Williams took second and Brandon Powell placed third. Aggressive panhandlers spotted in Corning By JULIE ZEEB DN Staff Writer Corning was visited Thursday afternoon by persons going door to door seeking money. The first was in the area of Colusa Street where a woman reported that at 1 p.m. Thursday a white man with shaved blonde hair and a black shirt with white writing came to her door and requested donations. The man was asking for donations so he could win points for a trip to Italy, but did not have paperwork or documentation with him and the woman said she felt the man was looking inside her residence. A request for a log entry was made along with a request to check the area, but the man was not found at that time. At 3:33 p.m., another 7 5 8 5 5 1 6 9 0 0 1 9 woman in the area of Marguerite Avenue in reported a man of a similar description came to her residence and stated he needed money to win a contest. When the woman told the man she had no money at her residence he advised her it was illegal not to have at least $50 on her person. The first man was last seen heading north from the first residence while a second person on Marguerite said a second man was last seen going south on Marguerite. The men were contacted and admonished for aggressive sales, according to the Corning Police logs. They were advised to get a business or peddlers license before continuing sales. The men said they were going to cease business and return to Washington. Nothing further was available. "For the last one I think our guys really put on a good show," said Katie Estes, who heads up the car show's board. Estes said the burnout competition will be missed, but as organizers start hosting 4x4 events at Corning's airport, there may be life yet in the event. In between burnouts hundreds could walk Solano Street and ogle the bounty of classic cars on display. "We had a really good crowd out today," Estes said. "We had kind of a low count but, you know, it goes up and down from year to year. But good crowd, good people, beautiful cars." ——— Sports Editor Andre Byik can be reached at 527-2151, ext. 111 or at sports@redbluffdailynews.com. Follow him on Twitter: @TehamaSports SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The California Supreme Court ruled Monday that cities and counties can ban medical marijuana dispensaries, a ruling likely to further diminish the state's onceextravagant network of storefront pot shops and fuel efforts to bring greater oversight to the quasi-legal industry. In a unanimous opinion, the court held that California's medical marijuana laws — the nation's first and most liberal — neither prevent local governments from using their land-use powers to zone dispensaries out of existence nor grant authorized users convenient access to the drug. ''While some counties and cities might consider themselves well-suited to accommodating medical marijuana dispensaries, conditions in other com- munities might lead to the reasonable decision that such facilities within their borders, even if carefully sited, well managed, and closely monitored, would present unacceptable local risks and burdens,'' Justice Marvin Baxter wrote for the seven-member court. The ruling came in a legal challenge to a ban enacted by the city of Riverside in 2010, but another 200 jurisdictions have similar prohibitions on retail pot sales, the advocacy group Americans for Safe Access estimates. Many were enacted in the past five years as the number of dispensaries swelled and amid concerns that many shops were thinly veiled outlets for illegal drug sales. Of the 18 states that allow the medical use of marijuana, California is See POT, page 7A Events raise $1,500 for Relay By JULIE ZEEB DN Staff Writer Saturday was a big day for Relay For Life with about $1,500 raised for the upcoming event, which will be May 18-19 at Vista Middle School. There were 11 teams that participated in the first ever group fundraising event, which included yard sales, tamales, raffles, games, dog wash, hot dogs, root beer floats, car wash, nachos and snow cones, Relay For Life Co-Chairwoman Twila Cordova said. "This was a success," Cordova said. "The wind was pretty strong at times, but all in all we had a blast. We even signed up four survivors Saturday for our upcoming event. Not bad for one day." In a separate fundraiser, Saturday evening the Red Bluff Derby Girls won their first bout held at the Tehama District Fairground and a total of $500 was raised between a portion of the ticket sales given to Relay, raffle sales and a 50/50 drawing, Cordova said. The Round-Up Saloon held a Relay fundraiser of its own Saturday. For a $3 cover charge those present could participate in raffles and the last call for a cure was held, in which the proceeds for the last call for alcohol were donated, raising about $400, Cordova said. For those unable to attend any of the fundraisers, there is still time to get donations in online at www.relayforlife.org/redbluffca. ——— Julie Zeeb can be reached at 5272153, extension 115 or jzeeb@redbluffdailynews.com. Follow her on Twitter @DN_Zeeb. Courtesy photos Relay For Life Co-Chairwoman Twila Cordova, right, poses for a picture with Jessica Barnett, also known as J-Bashin, and Donelle Lazott, also known as Chox, Saturday at the first home bout for the Red Bluff Derby Girls, where money was raised for Relay For Life.