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FRIDAY NOVEMBER 26, 2010 Breaking news at: November Christmas Select TV www.redbluffdailynews.com See Inside RED BLUFF Saints Spoil SPORTS 1B Weather forecast 10A Isolated rain 55/36 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 In plenty and in want Corning fire raising funds By JULIE ZEEB DN Staff Writer CORNING — The Corning Volunteer Fire Depart- ment is working during the holiday season to help those from the community who are in need. During Hometown Christmas on Dec. 4, firefighters will be holding a spaghetti feed to benefit Olivia Hen- derson and her family to help with medical bills, trans- portation and medicine. “The bills and other expenses are really causing the family distress,” said Fire Chief Martin Spannaus. “The Hendersons never came to us. It’s just something the guys wanted to do to help.” The spaghetti feed will take place 4-8 p.m. at the Fire Hall, 814 Fifth St. The fire department is asking for a minimum donation of $5 per person 5 years and up. Children younger than 5 are free. See FUNDS, page 9A Special dinner for families By JULIE ZEEB DN Staff Writer Tehama County North- Daily News photo by Julie Zeeb Sandra Valencia serves up cranberries Thursday at the 17th annual Red Bluff Presbyterian Church free Thanksgiving dinner. By JULIE ZEEB DN Staff Writer People from all walks of life joined together Thurs- day afternoon to enjoy a Thanksgiving meal at Red Bluff Presbyterian Church. “It started as a way to serve the people in our church who didn’t have a place to go and then we expanded it from there,” said church member Everett McDonough. McDonough has been involved for the past 10 years of the event, which has been around for 17 years, and he estimated about 140 people were attending the event at the beginning. “What’s really amazing is that it’s an effort that starts in September and everyone in our 240-member Citrus crop surviving cold Thanksgiving SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — California’s cit- rus crop escaped serious damage early Thursday as the state faced an onslaught of cold weather over Thanksgiving that may have contributed to the death of a toddler. Subfreezing tempera- tures failed to fall far enough to damage crops worth billions of dollars in the state’s Central Val- ley citrus belt, California Citrus Mutual president Joel Nielsen said. Clouds that rolled in after midnight raised tem- peratures 2 to 3 degrees, warding off a potentially devastating frost, he said. Citrus damage can occur when temperatures fall to 28 degrees for four hours or longer. Some areas saw 27-degree tem- peratures Wednesday night but for no longer than an hour, Nielsen said. A freeze warning remained in effect through Friday morning. The National Weather Service predicted temper- atures could fall as low as 25 degrees in rural areas. The cold weather stretched to inland South- ern California, where temperatures were pre- dicted to fall below freez- ing Thursday night. In Placer County, offi- cials told KCRA that tod- dler Zachary Mather and his stepmother were walk- ing Wednesday along a canal in Colfax when the 7 5 8 5 5 1 6 9 0 0 1 9 See COLD, page 9A The Daily News office will be CLOSED Thanksgiving Day, Thursday, Nov. 25 & Friday, Nov. 26 Retail advertising deadline for Thanksgiving Day edition is Tuesday, Nov. 23. at 10AM Classified deadline Wednesday, Nov. 24. at Noon D NEWSAILY RED BLUFF TEHAMACOUNTY 527-2151 • FAX 527-3719 545 DIAMOND AVE., RED BLUFF Thurs., Dec. 2nd 8:30 am to 12:30 pm Cost: $65.00 per person Job Training Center 718 Main St., Red Bluff Call 529-7000 congregation is involved somehow,” McDonough said. Members do everything from donate items they have made or money toward the expense of putting the meal on to taking part on the serving or clean-up crews, he said. This was the first year for Pastor Beth Whittier who hails from Colorado, but moved to Red Bluff in June. Whittier, who brought her sons Aaron and Ben with her, helped greet people and pass out plates at the beginning of the line. “It’s really Ev (McDonough) and lots of great vol- unteers that do this event,” Whittier said. “It’s a nice event. Whether you are in plenty or in want, abundance See PLENTY, page 9A ern Valley Catholic Social Services made sure that those who had no place to go for Thanksgiving still had a chance to celebrate the season. “I think it is a great way to ring in the holiday spirit,” said Camilla Del- sid, director of the Corn- ing and Red Bluff Family Resource Centers and the Family Visitation Center. Staff volunteered their time and paid for expens- es out of their own pocket to provide a meal for 50 to 60 people Tuesday at the Red Bluff Family Resource Center, Delsid said. The Red Bluff Family Resource Center works with families and foster youth who are referred to the Family Contact Center program by Tehama County Department of Social Services, Delsid said. As a part of the pro- gram, those families have court ordered visitation rights and visits are facili- tated through the center. “Regardless of the dys- function that is happening within the families, they love each other and long to be together,” Delsid said. “Holidays are espe- cially hard, so we thought See DINNER, page 9A Red Bluff to put holidays on parade By TANG LOR DN Staff Writer The Christmas season kicks off this weekend with the annual down- town holiday parade. The parade begins 5:30 p.m. The route starts at Walnut Street by Wells Fargo and continues down Main Street onto Oak Street where it will dis- band at Oak and Pine streets near the court- house. About 50 floats have committed to the race, and although the official registration deadline has passed, those who are interested can still show up on the day of the parade, said Heidi Hite of the Red Bluff-Tehama County Chamber of Com- merce. The chamber will announce the winners Monday. The first place winner will get $100. The second place winner will get $50. Both winning entries will receive plaques. Following the parade, Santa will be at the Cone and Kimball Plaza for Intermediate EXCEL class Daily News file photo children to visit until 8 p.m. Children who sit on Santa’s lap will get a chance to win a bicycle. Two bicycles donated by local merchants, one girl’s bicycle and one boy’s bicycle, will be raf- TEHAMA COUNTY GLASS MOULE’S We will be closed on Nov. 26th & Nov. 27th Happy Thanksgiving 515 Sycamore St. 529-0260 fled off. The bicycles will be displayed near Santa until they are given away. The drawing will be 3:30 p.m., Dec. 18. Winners do not need to be present to win. For those who miss Santa during his first visit Saturday, he will be back. Santa will listen to requests noon to 4 p.m., Dec. 4, 11 and 18 at the plaza. Other activities will be happening downtown to See PARADE, page 9A Your Business, A Look Inside Five Areas to Assess Your Business for Future Growth Featuring Ryne Johnson of The Chico Project Wednesday, December 8, 2010 2-5pm • Red Bluff Community Center Cost: $45 per person To register: call 529-7000 or visit www.jobtrainingcenter.org.