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Saturday, October 30, 2010 – Daily News – 9A Death Notice Harold Edward Barnes Harold Edward Barnes died Saturday Oct. 23, 2010 in Los Molinos. He was 85. Hoyt Cole Chapel of the Flowers is han- dling the arrange- ments. Published Satur- day, Oct. 30, 2010 in the Daily News, Red Bluff, Calif. RUFF Continued from page 1A to come up with money to repay the loan, Eaglebarger said. The grants the organization is waiting for are from Walmart, Rolling Hills Casino, the Animal Farm Foundation and Rabobank — formerly Butte Com- munity Bank. “It’s a song and a prayer,” Eagle- barger said of repaying the loan, but with donations trickling in from everywhere, including several past adopters and a $500 commitment from Sierra Nevada Brewery, she is hopeful the shelter will make its deadline. The work is being done by Gen- eral Contractor Mike Nystrom of Make It Right Construction out of Red Bluff. Nystrom and his men are donating much of their time. The price the shelter is paying takes care of costs for the material, FUTURE Continued from page 1A Jeff Moyer: I see a city that has managed to sur- vive and is much leaner in areas that do not affect its core services, those that every citizen expects from its city such as police and fire. I see growth in our community with our local business base through a community effort to sup- port that base. I see local control and a management team in place that has a passion for our city and its citizens as well as Tehama County. Tim Morehouse: Four years from now I hope to see Red Bluff booming. The city council will be fiscally sound with surplus budgets in reserve. New businesses will be starting up and businesses from out of the area will be relo- cating in Red Bluff. This will happen because the current Tehama County branding campaign will be implemented. Business owners will have aligned their businesses with the brand and the community will be clearly communi- cating who we are to the world. Daniele Jackson: In four years, the Red Bluff city management will be streamlined. The city will be helpful to businesses. fuel and a little bit of their time. The structure was provided by Superior Street Built Structures of Red Bluff. “They donated the building at cost and we’re putting it up,” Nys- trom said. The project is a bit of a commu- nity service project for his company, he said. “No one else is helping the dogs,” Nystrom said. While putting up the additional structure should help with keeping the dogs dry, there is much more Eaglebarger said she would like to see done. The next big project, as the funds become available, is to raise the cement floor of the outside pens to help keep water out and put in heaters and portable pens, she said. The Corning Animal Shelter, which is run by Second Chance, is overflowing with dogs, with 25 in the shelter and four in foster homes, despite adopting out 11 dogs this month. “We’ve been this way for the past 12 months,” Eaglebarger said. “It’s crazy. If we didn’t have the modu- lars I don’t know what we would do.” Second Chance provides obedi- ence classes, which are free for pit bulls, and adoptions are available 1- 4 p.m. Saturdays or other times by appointment at 4312 Rawson Road by calling 824-7054 or 824-1985. The shelter provides low cost spay and neutering for cats through its Friends of Felines Program, at $25 for males and $30 for females with proceeds going to a trap and release spay and neuter program to help with the county’s feral cat problem. For more information, visit www.second-chance-pets.org. ——— Julie Zeeb can be reached at 527-2153, extension 115 or jzeeb@redbluffdailynews.com. Instead of creating road- blocks to businesses, we will work to enhance the business atmosphere of Red Bluff. This does not mean that businesses will get a free ride, it means that the red-tape caused by pointless bureaucratic micromanaging will cease. The city will be self-suffi- cient and able to pay for its necessary services and infrastructure. All of this will ensure citizens of Red Bluff will have a town that is safe and a great place to live, work and raise a fam- ily. Joseph Durrer: In four years, we will have weath- ered this recession. Look- ing back, we will recall how our priorities shifted, how some of the sacrifices we’ve had to make were made by choice, some made by necessity. How the assistance of our friends and neighbors helped us through this tough time. Looking for- ward, seeing the fruits of the last four years of labor in bloom. We will have increased the number and profitability of locally owned and operated busi- nesses. The thing we must never lose sight of is that Red Bluff was, is and will continue to be, a great community. A place where like the four generations of Dur- CORNING Continued from page 1A Chico and ask about their experience here in Corn- ing.” Brewer, who was the planning director at the time Golden West processed land use appli- cations, said he took “per- sonal exception to that anti-business characteriza- tion.” Brewer contacted Larry Marple, owner of Golden West, who said the reason the company was not operating on its Corning property was because of the current economic downturn. Marple also told Brew- er the company intends to Lair crowned RBUHS Homecoming Queen Courtesy photo Senior Aubrey Lair was crowned Red Bluff Union High School’s Homecoming Queen 2010-2011. Pictured, from left, are: Tiffany Perino, Nicole Mitchell, Erin Eicholtz, Aubrey Lair, Bailey Dagen and Katy Parks. rer’s before me, I am proud to call Red Bluff my home. Jim Byrne: I would like to see the city a lot dif- ferent and better than it is now, but with the present council it’s not going to be. Wayne Brown: Without any personal agendas, as we manage a tough economy with wise fiscal decisions while providing needed ser- vices we have to change the way we do business. With the City Council on the lead- ing edge helping attract new and retain current businesses that provide much need jobs, in four years we will show the north state and our citi- zens what can happen when we all work together. come to Corning as soon as economic conditions improve, Brewer said. Marple told Brewer he had not told anyone that Corning was anti-business and his experience with the city had been positive, professional and courte- ous. The council approved a proclamation of Oct. 29 through Nov. 7 as Buddy Poppy Sales Days. Jim Darrow of the VFW and Alice Bechelli of the VFW Auxiliary passed out red poppies to the council members at the meeting with proceeds from the sales going to benefit disabled and needy veterans and the widows and orphans of veterans. Hunting for that perfect phone. Come to NorCal Wireless GOP Continued from page 1A hopes the business back- ground of the former Hewlett-Packard Co. chief executive will help California pull out of its deep recession, which has hit the Central Valley especially hard. ‘‘I’m leaning more toward her,’’ Gordillo said, as she prepared the payroll for Meyers Farm- ing in Firebaugh, an agricultural community with a population of 7,000 and an unemploy- ment rate of nearly 27 percent. ‘‘I think we need a change.’’ Gordillo is just the kind of swing voter Republicans will need if they hope to capture the governor’s and U.S. Sen- ate seats next week. Republicans see these Central Valley towns as the centerpiece of their election-year strategy in California. Fiorina and GOP gubernatorial candidate Meg Whitman have visit- ed the valley dozens of times, going up and down an agriculturally rich and culturally diverse region the size of Tennessee, eating chili dogs from local diners and mingling with farmers angered by cutbacks to federal water deliveries. They hope to seize on voter frustration with the economy and translate that into statewide victo- ries over Democratic Sen. Barbara Boxer, who is seeking a fourth term, and state Attorney General Jerry Brown, who is seek- ing an encore as governor. ‘‘It’s an area that may have the angriest voters and the most likeliest to revolt against the incum- bents,’’ Whitman cam- paign adviser Rob Stutz- man said. Brown and Boxer have been focused on turning out the Democ- rats’ core supporters in Los Angeles, San Fran- cisco and other coastal cities. Republicans have targeted California’s interior, where they have a better chance at per- suading moderate Democrats and indepen- dents to vote for them in order to have a shot at winning in a state where Democrats have a 13 percentage point voter registration advantage. The Central Valley makes up just 17 percent of the state’s 17 million registered voters. But a strong turnout by Repub- licans in those inland counties, equally strong showings in Orange, Riverside and San Diego counties to the south, and a depressed Democ- rat turnout could provide a path to victory for Whitman and Fiorina. Filled with rice and tomato fields, almond and pistachio orchards, cattle and dairy ranches, the region’s products feed the country and are shipped around the world. It has a large Hispanic population, both settled and newly arrived. And even though party regis- tration is split fairly even, residents carry a conservative streak. Recently, three years of drought and a federal court’s mandate to pro- tect endangered fish have reduced water allocations to farmers, forcing many to fallow their fields. That has contributed to unemployment for a quarter of the population in many towns, leading to the embarrassment of workers in one of the country’s most agricul- turally rich regions standing in bread lines to feed their families. The water cutbacks have produced animosity toward Congress. Signs planted in dying fields along Interstate 5 and Highway 99, the north- south conduits through the valley, read ‘‘Congress Created Dust Bowl’’ In accepting the endorsement of the Fres- no Deputy Sheriff’s Association, Fiorina blamed Boxer for caring too much about endan- gered fish and refusing to help farmers. ‘‘Barbara Boxer has stood in the way of get- ting the water turned back on in the Central Valley,’’ Fiorina said. Boxer’s staff says the allegation is misleading because it is partly based on a proposed amend- ment by Sen. Dianne Feinstein to increase water deliveries. Boxer didn’t take a position on the amendment because it didn’t come to a vote. Rather, California’s two senators worked admin- istratively and got addi- tional water, according to the Boxer campaign. Others see Fiorina and Whitman using the water shortage as a scare tactic to entice the valley’s Latino voters. Sarah Reyes, a former Democratic state law- maker who now works for California Endow- ment, a health founda- tion, said she under- stands her community is frustrated but believes Brown and Boxer will be better public servants for the region. She said Republicans are claim- ing to champion water rights without offering real solutions. ‘‘I would say to all of them, ’Who are you try- ing to fool?’’’ Reyes said. In Firebaugh, Democ- rats outnumber Republi- cans by more than 2-to- 1, but voters aren’t always loyal to their par- ties. Gordillo and her friend, 40-year-old Glo- ria Diaz, have seen rela- tives laid off and watched them battle home foreclosures. Diaz, who works in an insurance office, said she likes Whitman’s message of job creation after watching snippets of the three gubernatorial debates. ‘‘I was actually more impressed with Meg. Just her way of handling herself and the response to some of the ques- tions,’’ said the mother of 3-year-old twins. Fiorina has visited the area so many times she says she’s lost count. Her campaign counted 25 trips so far, with more coming during the cam- paign’s final weekend. Meanwhile, Whitman made her 10th visit to Bakersfield and Kern County on Oct. 14. The Bakersfield Californian noted that Brown hasn’t had any public events in the city and said Boxer stopped there just once. ‘‘I want to market the Central Valley to high tech, biotech and green tech,’’ Whitman said. ‘‘If you’re thinking of expanding to a neighbor- ing state? Look at the Central Valley first. If you’re going to put a call center in Utah, let’s have one in Bakersfield.’’ Almost all her cam- paign stops on Friday are in the Central Valley, even as recent polls show the strategy might not be enough for Whitman to overtake Brown. 530-528-8120 10 Gilmore Rd. Red Bluff Corner of Antelope & Gilmore Limited time offer expires November 10, 2010. Other condi- tions and restrictions may apply. See store for full details. Offer valid only at NorCal AT&T Authorized Retailer stores. Rebate debit card offer. Price before mail- in rebate is $149.99. Must pur- chase BlackBerry Unlimited Plan and sign new 2 year service agree- ment ot qualify for discounted pricing and rebate. 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