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FRIDAY JANUARY 21, 2011 Breaking news at: Norm Does LA Select TV www.redbluffdailynews.com See Inside RED BLUFF Road Woes SPORTS 1B Sunny 69/46 Weather forecast 8A 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 2nd suspected bomb found A suspicious object was found in the living room of a vacant apart- ment at 750 Ash St. Thursday. The object was reported to police by someone who had gone in to clean up after the tenants had vacated the unit, Red Bluff Police Lt. Kyle Sanders said. Police determined the suspicious object may be a pipe bomb, and the apartment complex was evacuated. As of 5 p.m., police where still waiting for confirmation from the Shasta County Bomb Squad for assistance. This is the second time in two days a suspected pipe bomb was found in or near Red Bluff. A sus- picious object thought to be a pipe bomb was detonated Wednesday afternoon about 10 miles west of Red Bluff on Hwy 36W. No further information was available Thursday evening. A decade of dedication Ammo ruling is a victory for ex-sheriff By TANG LOR DN Staff Writer Former Tehama Count Sheriff Clay Parker is rejoicing after a superior court ruling confirmed his claims that a law regulating handgun ammunition sales was too vague to be enforced. Parts of a law that would have placed stringent requirements on handgun ammunition sales, including a requirement for buy- ers to provide thumbprints, was ruled unconstitutional Tuesday because they were so vaguely written. Parker See AMMO, page 7A Daily News photo by Chip Thompson The State Theatre in Red Bluff sports a new paint job even as a newly formed steering committee takes the baton from the group that has spent the last 10 years trying to restore and revive the historic venue. By JULIE ZEEB DN Staff Writer This is the second in a three-part series that will look at the State The- atre’s past, the time while it was oper- ated under the non-profit State Theatre For The Arts and future plans. Negotiations will soon be under way for ownership of the State The- atre, 333 Oak St., between co-owner Dr. Ron Clark, DDS, and the non- profit organization State Theatre For The Arts. “The State Theatre Steering Com- mittee met with the State Theatre for the Arts Board of Directors on Jan. 13 and recommended that the Board of Directors enter into negotiations with the private ownership of the State The- atre for the purchase of the State The- atre property by the STFTA non-prof- it,” said Committee Chairman Bill Cornelius. The board authorized the Facilities Committee to begin negotiations with the owners and it is anticipated that a meeting between the owners and STFTA representatives will occur in the very near future, Cornelius said. The Steering Committee, a combi- nation of State Theatre For The Arts Board Members and members of the community, is hoping to acquire the Brown decries political attacks SACRAMENTO (AP) — Gov. Jerry Brown on Thursday decried a political tone in the state Capitol and across the nation that he says is more hostile than when he was California governor from 1975 to 1983. Brown, a Democrat, said the nation has strayed from Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s vision of equality and civil- ity. ‘‘What is the vision today? The vision is divi- siveness,’’ Brown told a gathering of black state lawmakers in Sacramento. ‘‘I mean, I know politics is always negative ... but the attacks on President Obama go beyond what is usual.’’ Brown, California’s Democratic governor, urged people in the state and elsewhere to strike a less polarizing tone as the country celebrates the life of the slain civil rights leader. His remark drew loud applause from several hun- dred people gathered for the breakfast. Campaigning for last year’s midterm elections was marked in part by angry protests against the president and what the pro- testers saw as an overreach- ing by the federal govern- ment under Obama’s presi- dency. Some rallies includ- ed racist caricatures of Obama, while other oppo- nents filed legal challenges to his citizenship. Last week, the U.S. Supreme Court rejected an appeal from a lawyer challenging the citizenship. Brown, who sought the Democratic nomination for president three times, said King faced institutionalized segregation yet was able to embolden change — some- thing ‘‘we’re facing now’’ as the state struggles with high dropout rates and a growing prison system. ‘‘We have a set pattern of practices and we’re all going along with it, and yet we know the results are not good in terms of what’s happening to poor kids, 7 5 8 5 5 1 6 9 0 0 1 9 See BROWN, page 7A property as a community-owned facil- ity. The building was purchased by Clark in 1998 and a small group of community members met with him in December 1998 to discuss the pur- chase, later meeting in February 1999 to discuss the possibilities and com- munity interest in the use of the State Theatre, said STFTA past-President Venita Philbrick. The non-profit corporation, origi- nally called the Red Bluff-Tehama County Community Theater, was run by a steering committee until the first See DECADE, page 7A Regional first step taken on overall water planning By HEATHER HACK- ING MediaNews Writer WILLOWS — Water planning in Northern Cal- ifornia turned a corner Wednesday as leaders from six counties held their first meeting as the Northern Sacramento Val- ley Regional Water Man- agement Group. Regional planning has been evolving over the years, with counties working together on spe- cific projects including water quality and ground- water monitoring. This most recent step includes the counties of Butte, Glenn, Colusa, Tehama and Sutter, and the Redding Groundwater Basin in Shasta County. Each county will have three members on the new regional board. Many future funding opportunities require this regional approach. About $900,000 in See WATER, page 7A Disc golf course about half done Daily News photo by Tang Lor Paul Walters and Brandon Grissom lay the foundation for the 18th hole on a disc golf course being built at Samuel Ayer Park next to Dog Island Park. The back nine holes were completed Thursday, but Grissom said he still needs more money to do the front half the course. Anyone interested in making a donation to the project can call Grissom at 230-8880 or Shane Emde at 736- 6167. TEHAMA COUNTY GLASS for MOULE’S Fireplace Glass 515 Sycamore St. 529-0260 New Today on RedBluffDailyNews.com Tehama Country Real Estate Special I-fold Edition go to www.epageflip.net/title/8173