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MONDAY FEBRUARY 14, 2011 Breaking news at: Road Back From A Heart Attack Vitality www.redbluffdailynews.com See Page 2B RED BLUFF Game Details SPORTS 1B Rain Likely 52/43 Weather forecast 8B DAILYNEWS Pink Out 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 Spartans go pink for a cause By RICH GREENE DN Sports Editor Red Bluff Union High School is ditching the green and gold. No, not permanently, but the Lady Spartans basketball program is hoping fans show their support with another color Tuesday when they take on rival Pleasant Valley. The color? Pink. A season-long cancer awareness program will cumulate Tuesday with what the Lady Spartans are dubbing a Pink Out. The freshmen, junior varsity and varsity teams are asking the student body to come their games wearing pink tie- dye shirts and asking everyone else in the community to come in pink clothing as well. Proceeds raised from the games, which begin at 4:30 p.m., will be donated to cancer aware- ness organizations. The idea of adding pink as an unofficial team color to raise can- cer awareness came from junior varsity play- er Jessica Macdonald before the season even started. The sophomore, who has been instrumental in creating the communi- ty’s Ride For Life pro- gram, suggested her team dedicate their sea- son to raising awareness for cancer after the school’s French teacher, Betsy Palubeski, was diagnosed with the dis- ease. “I know that everyone Daily News photo by Andrea Wagner A motorcyclist could not be rescusitated after a pickup slammed into him and another vehicle on South Avenue near Corning Friday. By ANDREA WAGNER DN Staff Writer CORNING — A 64-year-old Corning man was killed Friday when a driver slammed into his motorcy- cle and another vehicle just before 5 p.m. in the east- bound lane of South Avenue near Corning. The motorcyclist was thrown off the road into a ditch and was pronounced dead on scene, said Officer See STRUCK, page 7A County may resort to eminent domain By ANDREA WAGNER Daily News photo by Rich Greene Red Bluff Union High School freshmen Micaela Trejo and Brandolynn Mason spray paint a pile of tie-dye T-shirts for students to wear to the Lady Spartans Pink Out,Tuesday night. in this school has been affected through cancer,” Macdonald said. Her teammates jumped on the idea and presented it to coach Wendy Drury. “It really gave an added level of purpose to their season and it has also given them a uniting factor because so many Corning City Council hears feral cat report By JULIE ZEEB DN Staff Writer CORNING — The City Council Tuesday heard an informational report, as requested by residents at previous meetings, from Police Chief Tony Cardenas on feral cats. Cardenas said, while there is a problem with feral cats, there are two opposing viewpoints on how to deal with it. Some believe in the trap, spay or neuter, release program such as Friends of Feral Cats runs through Second Chance Pet Rescue, while others support killing feral cats. The best programs are those that are community supported and volunteer- based programs such as Friends of Feral Cats, but there has to be funding to do it and there has to be a facility to take the cats to, Cardenas said. The Rodgers Theatre Improvement Project had an $11,635 addition to the cost, which brings the total to about $200,500. “This is a very normal problem you get into with older buildings,” said City Manager Steve Kim- brough. “The Public Works team that watches over this project couldn’t be better. They have held the contractor tight and every one of these (change orders) you’re getting something for it.” The change order was to take care of repairing dry rot areas within the roof structure and sheeting and adding a galvanized metal clad parapet cap on the south wall of the the- ater to protect the weath- er-exposed brick, Public Works Director John Brewer said. “It is still in good shape and we’re nearing the end of the project so we shouldn’t have too many more surprises,” Brewer said. “These have all been things that couldn’t be foreseen, but the number of change orders can be explained by the fact that it’s an older building.” This project will finish 7 5 8 5 5 1 6 9 0 0 1 9 See CAT, page 7A of them have been impacted both here on campus and in their per- sonal lives,” Drury said. The idea spread to the freshmen and varsity teams as well and the players ditched their usual green and gold warmup shirts for pink tie-die shirts with the words “Fight Back” on them. “I really liked it,” senior guard Roxy Lup- pino said of the idea when it was presented to the varsity team. “I like the change. I like sup- porting the cause.” The girls say other teams have often com- See PINK, page 7A DN Staff Writer Tehama County Super- visors may take the first step Tuesday to force some Cottonwood landowners to give up parts of their land and allow planners to straight- en a Bowman Road bridge. The South Fork Cot- tonwood Creek Bridge Project on Bowman Road has been tossed about by county planners since 2003. Landowners of seven parcels surrounding the reconstruction area have been unable to reach an agreement with the county about the project. The property owners have been asked to give up parts of each parcel to the project, but no agree- ments have been reached, according to county docu- ments. Now, the county will be looking to exercise eminent domain proceed- ings to force cooperation so the bridge can be built. Final offer letters have been sent to all the proper- ty owners and a hearing has been set for March 15. If the resolution is approved, property own- ers will be notified of the county’s intentions to pur- sue a Resolution of Neces- See COUNTY, page 7A Winery opens with Valentine’s event By ANDREA WAGNER DN Staff Writer Friends, family and as many as 100 visitors cele- brated a sweet weekend of chocolate and wine tasting at the Manton wineries, which included the grand opening of Cedar Crest Vineyards. Jim and Corey Liv- ingston joke that they have failed at retirement. After moving to Manton a half-dozen years ago, they are more busy now than when they were working, they said. The couple started growing grapes on their 76-acre property within the last few years, but it wasn’t until Saturday that they sold the first official Cedar Crest wines. It takes about seven years to get the first red wine after planting grapes, Jim Livingston said. So starting at 66 might sound crazy. “I figured if I’m going to do it, I might as well start now,” he said. Livingston planted about four acres of grapes, four years ago, after clearing out boulders and some 16- to 20-foot- tall manzanita. There are five varieties of grapes Motorcyclist struck, killed near Corning Daily News photo by Andrea Wagner Cedar Crest Vineyard opens for business Saturday. Owners Jim and Corey Livingston, right, pour wine and greet guests during the Manton wine and chocolate event over the weekend. and this year, the family is planning its first substan- tial harvest, he said. Until now, the winery has main- ly been processing wine for other vineyards. It’s an all-consuming adventure, Jim Livingston said. Sales started right at 11 a.m. Saturday with the credit card machine on the fritz and some signage confusion, while the Liv- ingston’s family and friends helped set out appetizers and directed traffic with smiles. A display of breads with fresh basil and toma- toes, cheeses, crackers and a wide selection of homemade preserves, cookies and treats by Funny Farms were arrayed on tables inside and out of a converted garage and connected room that serve as the winery and tasting room. The Livingstons greet- ed guests and talked about the winemaking process as visitors sampled wines See OPENS, page 7A