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WEDNESDAY MARCH 16, 2011 Breaking news at: www.redbluffdailynews.com See Page 4B RED BLUFF Reader Photos Athletes of the Week SPORTS 1B Showers likely 61/42 Weather forecast 8B 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 Board invokes eminent domain Move paves way for bridge replacement By ANDREA WAGNER DN Staff Writer Certain Cottonwood residents and representa- tives of Native American tribes argued against a bridge realignment pro- ject during a public hear- ing Tuesday, after which Tehama County Supervi- sors voted to continue eminent domain proceed- ings. After discussion and deliberation that contin- ued into the afternoon Tuesday, supervisors voted unanimously in favor of going the next step to acquire right-of- way on the parcels needed for the rebuild of an aged, deficient, one-lane bridge on Bowman Road. Supervisors took an earlier step toward emi- nent domain Feb. 15, set- ting Tuesday’s public hearing and mailing Notice of Intention letters to property owners of the Resolution of Necessity. The South Fork Cot- tonwood Creek Bridge Project has been in the planning queue since 1998, but it has taken many years of work to get to this point. The project slowed when surveyors found artifacts and human remains, which were determined to belong to local tribes, on part of the land that would be used to straighten the bridge, said Tim Woods, senior civil engineer for the Tehama County Public Works Daily News photo by Andrea Wagner Linda Pritchett, a Bowman Road property owner whose land is affect- ed by a bridge reconstruction project, voices concerns about native American artifacts on the land.Tehama County Supervisors voted Tuesday to go ahead with the next step in the eminent domain proce- dure to obtain right-of-way for the project. Department. In a presentation for the board, Woods outlined the project and how it has progressed. It began when a seis- mic retrofit field report in 1997 flagged the bridge as unfit in the event of an earthquake. It was deter- mined that the bridge could be made seismical- ly safe, but other issues found were not up to stan- Groups partner for wine tour By JULIE ZEEB DN Staff Writer Next Tehama and the Tehama County Branding Project are teaming up for a Manton Wine Tour set to start at 10:30 a.m. Saturday at the Frontier Village park- ing lot. Buses, which will be in the south end of the parking lot, will leave at 11 a.m. and should be back in Red Bluff by 7:30 p.m., said Amanda Wigno, a member of the Next Tehama leadership team. Next Tehama, which is helping organize the event, is a group that helps young professionals get involved with and better their com- munity and includes those who are young at heart, said member Carrie Clark. “Being young profes- sionals, we’re concerned with the economic vitality of Tehama County,” Clark said. “We want it to be a place people love to live and where they know what’s available (in the county).” Getting involved in help- ing the branding project with its fundraiser was a natural fit with for the group and when Kate Grissom, a member of the Next Tehama leadership team, brought up the idea the group agreed. The Tehama County Branding Project is a group of community members working to raise funds to bring Roger Brooks of Des- tination Development to the area. Brooks, who visited Tehama County last year, would work to create both an umbrella brand for all of Tehama County in order to promote tourism, and indi- vidual brands for the cities of Red Bluff, Corning and Manton. All proceeds from Satur- day’s event, which will visit six vineyards in the Manton area including Algers, Cedar Crest, Indian Peak, Shasta Daisy, Ringtail and Mt. Tehama vineyards, go See WINE, page 7A 7 5 8 5 5 1 6 9 0 0 1 9 Red Bluff Outdoor Power dards for load limits, width, guardrails and area of approach, Woods said. Replacement was deemed more cost-effi- cient than retrofitting the bridge, which was more than 50 years old and had exceeded its useful life, Woods said. In the years to follow, local, state and federal dollars were earmarked to pay for the rebuild. That required clearance from the National Environmen- tal Policy Act and the Cal- ifornia Environmental Quality Act, Woods said. Property owners were notified as early as 2002, and what followed was a series of letters, public workshops and studies that stretched into this year. See BOARD, page 7A Fair officials wait for funding word By JULIE ZEEB DN Staff Writer The Tehama District Fair Board received the latest update Tuesday on the status of fair funding, including news on $40,000 from the current fiscal year’s state allocation that has yet to be received. “As of a 9 a.m. conference call (with Western Fairs Association), they’re saying we should be able to get some of it, but it’s unknown how much,” said Fair CEO Mark Eidman. “It makes budgeting really fun.” As of the latest news, Gov. Jerry Brown’s proposal still includes the elimination of all fair funding from the state, Eidman said. Board member Tonya Redamonti questioned whether the fair would be able to pay its bills through the end of the year. Eidman said yes. “We’re good until December,” Eidman said. While some involved in Tuesday’s conference call, which included representatives of the fairs from Colusa going north toward Red Bluff and the Western Fairs Association (WFA), were not concerned about the situ- ation, Eidman said he was. The WFA acts as a representative in Sacramento for fairs, Eidman said. “We’re looking at everything in the budget from cut- ting employees to reducing the number of vehicles we use,” Eidman said. WFA is carrying a proposal to legislators and any- one else who will listen asking that the fairs be able to retain all state sales tax generated on site. “All 6 percent (generated at Tehama District Fair- ground) would either stay here or come back to us, according to their proposal,” Eidman said. “The city See FAIR, page 7A Man beaten, robbed Red Bluff Police are looking for as many as four men involved in the robbery of a Red Bluff man sleeping in his vehicle Tuesday morning at the Kimball Crossing Apartments, 820 Kimball Road. Officers were sent to the apartment complex at 3:26 a.m. Tuesday after receiving reports of three to four men in dark clothing involved in a fight against one man inside a white vehicle. Officers contacted 23- year-old Devin Rogers, who had an abrasion to his lower right leg and back, and learned that Rogers had been sleeping in his vehicle when two unknown men opened both rear doors and assaulted him, a Red Bluff Police release said. The men demanded money from Rogers as one of them hit him with a golf club and another punched him in the head, the release said. The men, who Rogers describes as being tall, took an undisclosed amount of cash and a cell phone charg- er from Rogers before flee- ing the area prior to police arrival. According to the logs, a vehicle was seen leaving the area southbound on South Jackson Street with one occupant. The suspects are unknown, but the case is still under investigation. Anyone with information is asked to call Red Bluff Police at 527-3131. —Julie Zeeb Thrift store rejects expected to go far Special to the DN For years Hospice Store Manager Lisa Elliot and Assistant Manager Lorie Hale sought alterna- tive solutions for mer- chandise headed for the trash to avoid adding to landfill waste. Over the course of their 10-year partnership, the duo made contacts with big names such as Montel Williams, Dr. Phil and even Oprah — only to be disappointed due to the high cost of recycling. Just in time, as the Hospice management team slowed its efforts, a company by the name of Tiedemann Globe contacted them. Tiedemann Globe is based out of Phoenix, Ariz. and was named The US Business Administra- tion’s 2008 Small Busi- ness Exporter of the Year. It was founded in 1998 and never traveled north of Sacramento — until 8 months ago. Tiedemann provided a 27-foot trailer for the Catholic Health- care West Red Bluff Hos- pice Store. Elliot expressed her delight when she and the 25 to 30 volunteers wit- nessed the large truck’s arrival for a small-scale establishment. It takes Courtesy photo Pictured, from left, are Shirley Clarke, Tammy Moore, Anne John, Jimmy Tignor, Lisa Elliott, Lynn Christianson, Kitty Taylor, Lori Hale, Cindy Hampton and Lacy John. about four months to fill the truck to capacity. Vol- unteers are thrilled to have this resource and over- joyed to meet their objec- tive of remaining a viable green business. Nothing will go to waste now, truly an example of one per- son’s trash being another person’s treasure. Merchandise that was See THRIFT, page 7A PHYSICIAN REFERRAL A FREE SERVICE PROVIDED FOR YOUR CONVENIENCE 1-800-990-9971 CHW North State Region