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WEDNESDAY OCTOBER 27, 2010 Breaking news at: www.redbluffdailynews.com See Page 8B RED BLUFF Halloween Tips Athletes of the Week SPORTS 1B Partly cloudy 66/49 Weather forecast 8B By TANG LOR DN Staff Writer Developers will face having to pay a fee or including mitiga- tion projects in future develop- ments to keep the air clean. Just one week before the Nov. 2 election, when 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 Developers to pay county air fees will decide on Proposition 26, the Board of Supervisors approved a fee that will be used to mitigate air pollution, keep- ing county levels in line with EPA standards. If passed, Proposition 26 will require a two-thirds majority for local governments to pass Bull sale to feature art show, auction By JULIE ZEEB DN Staff Writer The Red Bluff Bull & Gelding Sale will be adding a new feature, an art show and silent auction, when it opens its doors for the 70th annual sale Jan. 25- 29, 2011 at the Tehama District Fairground. The Red Bluff Bull Sale Western Art Show and Silent Auction is sponsored by Western Horseman Magazine. “The idea for the show came from Jane Daugher- ty of Vina who was, at the time, part of the advisory committee,” said sale manager Adam Owens. “The auction aspect was added, as it seemed a nat- ural fit for our event and will help draw more artists and patrons to the event.” A variety of classes will be in the open divi- sion including paintings, sculptures, drawings, pho- tography, silver work and functional art such as sad- dles, leather work and rawhide. ‘The goal for the art show is to make it one of the premier Western art shows in the country, drawing the best in their craft in all the classes offered’ Sale manager Adam Owens In the youth division, for those 18 and younger, there are two classes — artwork and photography. There will be a $1,000 first prize for each open divi- See ART, page 7A special taxes. The indirect source fee the supervisors approved sets a maximum for fees that would offset air pollution that result from development. The fee schedule was created by the Tehama County Air Pollution Control District under the direc- tion of Air Pollution Control Officer Alan Abbs. The correlation between the proposed fees and having clean- er air is not clear, said Bill Moule, chairman of the Local Government Committee of the Red Bluff-Tehama County Chamber of Commerce. He presented a proposal written by the committee and urged the board to adopt that proposal instead of the one presented by Abbs. The committee’s proposal favored a single flat rate fee and See FEES, page 7A Strike up the band Daily News photo by Tang Lor Elijah Scharaga as Professor Harold Hill leads the cast in song and dance during a scene in The Music Man Jr. at Vista Middle School. By TANG LOR DN Staff Writer Squeaking sneakers and basketball jerseys are being replaced with high laced boots and 1900-style vin- tage suits and dresses at Vista Middle School gym. More than 50 students from all four of Red Bluff Union Elementary School District’s schools are set to sing, dance and march along to classic show tunes as they put on their own rendition of the Broadway musical “The Music Man.” With the State Theatre closed for the time being, co-director Ryan Heimlich looked around for other possible venues and decid- ed the school’s gym would be the best fit. Having the show in the gym has pre- sented some challenges, See BAND, page 7A SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Billionaire financier George Soros has thrown his weight behind California’s marijuana legalization measure with a $1 million donation a week before the vote. The contribution report- ed Tuesday by The Sacra- mento Bee is the single biggest donation from an individual other than Proposition 19’s main sponsor, Oakland medical marijuana entrepreneur Richard Lee. Soros, a high-profile liberal and philanthropist, has long backed drug law reform. He was one of the top financial backers of California’s first-in-the- nation measure that legal- ized medical marijuana in the state in 1996. But Soros held off on openly endorsing the cur- rent measure until writing an op-ed published Tues- day in The Wall Street Journal. In the piece, Soros said legalizing and taxing marijuana would save tax- payers the costs of incar- ceration and law enforce- ment while raising revenue for the state. Red Bluff Outdoor Power Soros gives $1M to pot legalization Pair busted after theft from vehicle ‘It seems to us the more they’ve spent, the more they’ve gone down in the polls’ Roger Salazar, No on Prop. 19 ‘‘Just as the process of repealing national alcohol prohibition began with individual states repealing their own prohibition laws, so individual states must now take the initiative with respect to repealing mari- juana prohibition laws,’’ Soros wrote. The $1 million donation comes a day after the Yes on 19 campaign launched its first television ad. The opposition’s campaign also recently took to the airwaves for the first time with a radio ad sponsored by the California Chamber of Commerce, claiming the law would threaten workplace safety and harm the state’s economy. Soros’ money went to a campaign committee over- Daily News Saturday print delivery will be late due to football coverage …but now you can read the Saturday paper online after 8:00 am Saturday mornings 7 5 8 5 5 1 6 9 0 0 1 9 www.redbluffdailynews.com Click on Digital Edition seen by the Drug Policy Alliance, a drug legaliza- tion advocacy group. Soros sits on the group’s board and is a major donor. The money will be spent on get-out-the-vote efforts, on-the-ground campaigning and televi- sion advertising, said Ethan Nadelmann, the alliance’s executive direc- tor and a longtime adviser to Soros on drug policy issues. Soros has long support- ed medical marijuana and decriminalizing the drug for personal use but has in fact been ambivalent about broader legalization, Nadelmann said. The 80- year-old investor finally decided to support Propo- sition 19 after seeing how the ballot measure had ‘‘elevated the discourse’’ around drug law reform, he said. ‘‘For him, it’s not been about legalization per se, but about rolling back the drug war,’’ said Nadel- mann. Until now, neither side in the ballot measure con- test has seen a huge out- pouring of cash, though supporters have signifi- cantly out-raised oppo- nents. Supporters of the measure have raised about $3.8 million, including the Soros donation. The No campaign has raised about $300,000. Roger Salazar, spokesman for the No on Prop 19 campaign, called the donations a sign of panic. ‘‘We’ve always known that they would outspend us. In fact, they’ve out- spent us from Day One,’’ Salazar said. ‘‘It seems to us the more they’ve spent, the more they’ve gone down in the polls.’’ Your Business, A Look Inside Five Areas to Assess Your Business for Future Growth Featuring Ryne Johnson of The Chico Project Wednesday, November 3, 2010 2-5pm • Red Bluff Community Center Cost: $45 per person To register: call 529-7000 or visit www.jobtrainingcenter.org. An early morning arrest was made of two Tehama County men just after 1 a.m. Tuesday in the 20000 block of The Oaks Drive in Red Bluff after he was dis- covered in possession of almost $500 worth of items taken hours earlier from a nearby vehicle. Emerald Peterson, 21, had contacted a Tehama County Sheriff’s Deputy on routine patrol in the Bend area to report that her purse, wallet, GPS, IPod, charg- ers, cell phone and several cds had been taken from her vehicle. While talking to Peterson, the deputy saw a vehicle drive by, asked her if she recognized it and when she did not made a traffic enforcement stop on the 1987 Jeep Cherokee. During the stop, the deputy saw a purse matching Patterson’s description of her missing purse in the pas- senger seat. Jeffrey Joe Scott II, 23, of Corning admitted stealing items out of Peterson’s unlocked vehicle and stashing them in bushes near her residence, a Sheriff’s Depart- ment release said. He told the deputy that he had driven to Redding to pick up Dominic McKenzie Arnold, 18, of Red Bluff and while returning to Red Bluff had stopped in Peter- son’s neighborhood to retrieve the property. Scott and Arnold were arrested and booked into Tehama County Jail on the charges of possession of stolen property. Scott was booked on the additional charges of grand theft and parole violation. Arnold’s bail was set at $10,000. No bail was set for Scott. —Staff report PHYSICIAN REFERRAL A FREE SERVICE PROVIDED FOR YOUR CONVENIENCE 1-800-990-9971 CHW North State Region