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6A – Daily News – Friday, September 10, 2010 READER PHOTOS Submitted by Kendi Merlo `Submitted by Haley Green Top: “A picture of my daughter Larkyn Orr, 3, enjoying the summer fun!” Below: “My daughter, Larkyn Orr, with her cousins Addison, 5, and Elliott Lorens, 2. Kids being kids.” Jessamy Van Curler Tran, formerly of Los Molinos, came home for a visit and snapped some pictures of Max Garrison Merlo out in the pasture. Max is the son of Gary and Kendi Merlo and the grandson of Fred and Jill Botts, all of Los Molinos. Hot Air Balloon Festival October 23-24, 2010 Rolling Hills Casino Sponsorship Opportunities Festival Sponsor: $2,500 • Six tickets to the VIP Pilot and Sponsor Welcome Event at Rolling Hills • TWO Hot Air Balloon rides for two persons in two balloons on Saturday morning, (weather permitting).* • Stage presence (banner and emcee recognition) at the VIP Pilot & Sponsor Welcome event • Combo Banner on first balloon launched Saturday & Sunday (weather permitting) • Logo included on all print promotional materials (posters, flyers, newspaper ads, magazine, etc). Deadline for commitment: September 17 • Half Page ad or ad credit towards larger ad in Official Event Program, published as a supplement to The Daily News, with overrun to serve as Program at the event. • Logo included in all electronic/broadcast media, including Radio, TV, web and other online marketing. • Six tickets for the Rib Cook Off Tent Tasting • Top Sponsor billing in full-page Thank You in the Red Bluff Daily News, after the event. • Company Logo on the Reader board at Rolling Hills Casino one week prior to and during the festival. • Announcements by the event emcee at Balloon Rally Saturday-Sunday morning launches and Balloon Glow Saturday night. • Round of golf for FOUR at Sevillano Links • Four Ribs, Rods and Rides Sponsor T-Shirts * In-kind full or partial Festival sponsors receive ONE Hot Air Balloon ride for two persons Balloon Sponsor: $1,000 • Four tickets to the VIP Pilot & Sponsor Welcome event at Rolling Hills. • Banner presence at the VIP Pilot & Sponsor Welcome event. • A Hot Air Balloon Ride for 2 persons Saturday morning; weather permitting. • Custom Banner on hot air balloon • Your logo on Event Posters.* • Your logo on advance Festival promotion ads in The Daily News (OCT 8-22)* • Quarter Page ad or ad credit towards larger ad in Official Event Program, published as a supplement to The Daily News on Friday, October 22, with overrun to serve as Program at the event. • Sponsor Billing in full-page Thank You ad in the Red Bluff Daily News, after the event. • Company Logo on the Reader board at Rolling Hills Casino one week prior to and during the festival. • Round of golf for TWO at Sevillano Links • Recognition banner at the Saturday evening Night Glow event. (weather permitting) • Two Ribs, Rods and Rides Sponsor T-Shirts * Sponsorship must be received on or before OCT 1 to appear on Posters and Print Advertising Friends of the Festival Vendors who achieve sponsorship status through accepted offer of in-kind contributions Same benefits package as Balloon Sponsorship Submit to: Red Bluff-Tehama County Chamber of Commerce,100 Main Street, Red Bluff CA 96080 Or to Chamber Balloon Sponsor Team Volunteer Representative Sponsor Name: Contact:________________________________________________________ Phone: I am interested in being a (check one) ___ Festival Sponsor ____Balloon Sponsor ____Friends of the Festival* *Proposed item/value for trade Sponsorship is not final until confirmed by the Chamber and Sponsorship fee is received. Contact information: Sponsorships: Dave Gowan, Chamber CEO: (530) 527-6220 dave@redbluffchamber.com Greg Stevens, Sponsorship Committee: (530) 527-2151 x105 gstevens@redbluffdailynews.com Festival Events at RH Casino, Balloons and Balloonists: Email: Scott Chandler: schandler@rollinghillscasino.com Marcy Stevens, Sponsorship Captain: (530) 200-0820 marcystevens@sbcglobal.net Business Address: (Note: This is the name that will appear on the banner.) Minimum contribution value: $1,000 Wyo city to auction off 143 garden gnomes GILLETTE, Wyo. (AP) — These gnomes are look- ing for good homes. Office supplies, comput- ers, tools, even vehicles — people can buy all sorts of things at the annual Gillette city auction. Those things aren’t near- ly as peculiar as the dozens of lawn gnomes sitting in the evidence room at the Police Department. The city plans to offer the 143 gnomes at its auction Thursday. The Gillette News- Record reports Gillette police recovered dozens of gnomes stolen from yards around northeast Wyoming in May. Two teenage girls are the alleged culprits. Some people have claimed their gnomes. Those not picked up are considered lost and found property. Xbox blocks W.Va. gamer over town’s name: Ft Gay MORGANTOWN, W.Va. (AP) — Microsoft Corp. and the chief rules enforcer for Xbox Live are apologizing to a small West Virginia town and a 26- year-old gamer accused of violating the online gaming service’s code of conduct by publicly declaring he’s from Fort Gay — a name the company considered offen- sive. The town’s name is real. But when Josh Moore tried to tell Seattle-based Microsoft and the enforce- ment team at Xbox Live, they wouldn’t take his word for it. Or Google it. Or check the U.S. Postal Service website for a ZIP code. Instead, they suspended his gaming privileges for a few days until Moore could convince them the location in his profile, ‘‘fort gay WV,’’ wasn’t a joke or a slur: It’s an actual communi- ty of about 800 in Wayne County. ‘‘At first I thought, ’Wow, somebody’s thinking I live in the gayest town in West Virginia or some- thing.’ I was mad. ... It makes me feel like they hate gay people,’’ said Moore, an unemployed factory worker who plays shooters like Medal of Honor, Call of Duty and Ghost Recon under the gamertag Joshan- boo.