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DON'T BE SCAMMED Scam alerts » Read our online scam alert section to learn how to avoid being scammed. VISIT WWW.REDBLUFFDAILY NEWS.COM/SCAMALERT Courtesy Above and below are before and aer photos of a blighted site cleanup at 8320 state route 99e in Los Molinos. the cleanup was paid for through a Calrecycle grant. Courtesy By Rich Greene rgreene@redbluff dailynews.com @richgreenenews on Twitter Los MoLinos » The sur- roundings are going to look a whole lot nicer for neigh- bors of two properties in Tehama County. The county received an $81,119 grant from the De - partment of Resources and Recovery to pay for the cleanup of two blighted properties. The cleanup has already been completed at 8320 State Route 99E in Los Mo - linos. That site included about 80 acres of burn ash from a structure fire. The ash had created a public health and safety hazard due to the potential contamination of surface water and domestic wells from the winter rain runoff. A second property, in Corning, will be cleaned up with the grant money. Tehama County Envi - ronmental Director Tim Potanovic said he could not name where that site was because a judicial abate - ment warrant had not yet been served. Cost recovery will be sought against the property owners of both sites. The Corning site includes about 700 cubic yards of garbage, construction and demolition material and metal scrap. Officials worry the vol - ume of material could pose health risks because it can harbor rodents and other pests as well as contami - nate nearby watersheds as runoff during rain storms. Ca l R ecycle prov ides grants up to $500,000 to help public entities accel - cLeanup Two eyesores looking beTTer "it's in everyone's best interest to properly dispose of potentially dangerous material to protect public health and the environment." — CalReycle Director Caroll Mortensen By Rich Greene rgreene@redbluffdailynews.com @richgreenenews on Twitter Red BLuff » A ballot measure that would ask vot- ers to approve a 0.25 percent sales tax increase within city limits is moving forward. At its Tuesday night meeting the Red Bluff City Council not only gave every indication it would place the measure on the ballot, but that it also wanted to place a measure that would be passed by voters. City staff believes the tax could raise an addi - tional $600,000 in annual revenue. The revenue would go toward the city's general fund. The current City Council has said they would spend it to support police and fire staffing, replace public safety equipment and enhance recreation and parks. However, the revenue would not be legally bound for those purposes, which prompted sev - eral council members to voice concerns that fu- ture councils could spend the money differently. Council member Rob Schmid said his biggest concern about the ballot measure was that it could one day be used to give employees raises. The council directed City Manager Richard Crabtree to craft an advisory measure, which would accompany the tax measure on the ballot. While not binding, council members said an ad - visory measure would not only help further con- vince voters that the tax was needed, but that city counciL Ballot measure pushed forward By chip thompson editor@redbluffdailynews.com @editorchip on Twitter A map's ability to get a person from point A to point B becomes much more pressing when it helps law enforcement respond to a crime. When it can show an officer and dispatcher in real time where crimes are happening and where the law enforce - ment resources are, response time and efficiency increase. The Paskenta Band of Nomlaki Indians recently donated $14,780 for the Corning Police Department to purchase mapping software for just this pur - pose, according to a press release. "This innovation, which will integrate with the department's existing software, promises to in- crease responsiveness to crime, maximize polic- ing resources and assist in the analysis of trends in criminal behavior," said Corning City Council member and former Police Chief Tony Cardenas. The grant is offered through the Nomlaki's Promise Neighborhood Project, a multi-agency collaboration. puBLic safety soware will speed emergency response time Community ..... A3 opinion ............ A6 obituaries ....... A7 Lifestyles........ A5 Arts ..................A4 Weather ..........B8 indeX the red Bluff Kiwanis will hold its annual poker tourney saturday at the Community Center, call 200-4241 teXas HoLd'eM Cards for Kids poker tournament Saturday the Lady Warriors defeated Paradise Adventist Academy tuesday night to reach section final. PAGE B1 BasketBaLL pLayoffs Mercy girls advance to section championship Long-simmering battle over whether the Internal revenue service targeted conservative groups heats up again. PAGE B8 poLitics Congress takes another look at IRS targeting counciL » paGe 7 By Rich Greene rgreene@redbluffdailynews.com @richgreenenews on Twitter Red BLuff » Candy Carlson, a small business owner and Te- hama Together chairwoman, has joined the race for the District 2 Tehama County Board of Supervisors seat. Carlson, 56, will challenge the incumbent Sandy Bruce, who was appointed to the po - sition in April 2013 following the death of George Russell in September 2012. The June 3 election will de - termine who will serve the remaining two years of the term. Mitchell Drury, a small business owner, has also filed paperwork to run for the po - sition, which serves the area south of Red Bluff, Ridgeway Park, the first part of State Route 99W and the Reeds Creek and Red Bank areas. Carlson runs a small busi - ness focusing on financial services including real es- tate lending and educating individuals and profession- als in the areas of saving their home, credit, budgeting and other money matters. A s Teha ma Together chair woman she helped launch 2-1-1 Tehama, the county's 24-7 information re - ferral phone service. Carlson is a US Air Force veteran. She graduated from Sonoma State University with degrees in business ad - ministration and psychology. "We need to do every- thing possible to funnel dol- lars back to Tehama County, while being proactive in finding alternative funding sources," Carlson said. "The people of Tehama County have brilliant minds and ideas, let's tap into that. We need to collaborate with our existing organizations in or - der to solve today's problems while ensuring our children's future." Carlson spent 15 years managing recreation pro - grams with the Department of Defense, municipalities and the private sector. 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