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WEEKEND MAY 7-8, 2011 Breaking news at: Warrior Moms USA Weekend www.redbluffdailynews.com See Inside RED BLUFF Season Finale SPORTS 1B Partly cloudy 75/49 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 Fashion disaster swipes purse from woman, 81 Corning Police Department is looking for a man who reportedly snatched a woman’s purse, knocking her to the ground at a bus stop Friday. Deloris Thares, 81, of Corn- ing, was at a bus stop in the 200 block of Edith Avenue in Corn- ing just after 8:30 a.m. when a man pulled her purse from her arm, said Officer Tiffany Hill. Thares fell on the ground and sustained injuries, including a swollen left eye and lip. The suspect, described by Thares and a witness, is a white man in his late 20s, about 5 feet 8 inches tall, and 160 pounds, Hill said. He has a goatee and was wearing a yellow hat, a long-sleeve plaid shirt, gray blue shorts and red shoes. The purse contained person- See PURSE, page 7A Warming mothers’ hearts Full slate at fairgrounds Daily News photo by Andrea Wagner Daily News photo by Andrea Wagner Sun Country Quilters donated handmade quilts to the oldest mothers at two area nursing homes, front row, from left, are Brentwood Skilled Nursing and Rehab Center residents Maxine Richelieu, 94, Lillie Johnson, 96, Emma Torkelson, 96, Nellie Shaw, 98, and Eleanore Belec, 103. Back row, left to right, Georgina Tacconi, Pat Peebler, Janyce Mathis, Darlene Leddy, Mar- jorie Martin and Kathy Miller. By ANDREA WAGNER DN Staff Writer Clutching newly stitched quilts in every color, elderly mothers at two Red Bluff nursing homes got a warm gift for Mother’s Day Wednesday. For the 10th year, Sun County Quilters donated some 50 hand- made quilts to the women of Brent- wood Skilled Nursing and Rehab Center and the Red Bluff Health- care Center in honor of Mother’s Day. Each blanket, made small enough to not get tangled in wheel- chair wheels, was stitched with a tag that read, “Made with love and warmth by a member of Sun Coun- try Quilters.” Some of the oldest at each facil- ity were singled out to receive the first quilts. This included 103-year- old Eleanore Belec, who sat silently holding her quilt at Brentwood. Higher tax revenue complicates Brown’s tax pitch SACRAMENTO (AP) — California’s tax rev- enue is running well ahead of projections, but the governor’s office said Friday that has not simpli- fied the challenge of clos- ing the state’s $15.4 bil- lion deficit. Lawmakers and Gov. Jerry Brown also have to consider possible cost increases involving edu- cation, health care and prisons, state Director of Finance Ana Matosantos said. Her statement came a day after the Legislative Analyst’s Office calculat- ed the state has received $2.5 billion more than projected in personal income, corporate and sales taxes since the fiscal year started July 1. The Democratic gover- nor has proposed a mix of spending cuts and tax extensions to close the budget gap and is expect- ed to present a revision on May 16. The additional revenue could bolster the position of GOP lawmakers, whose opposition to extending tax increases thwarted Brown’s budget proposal earlier this year. The governor wants a special election so voters can decide whether to extend increases to per- sonal income, sales and vehicle taxes for five years. The increases are set to expire by July 1. “Obviously, this takes pressure off the concept of raising taxes,” said Republican Sen. Bob Huff of Diamond Bar, vice chairman of the Sen- ate Budget Committee. He said the additional tax revenue suggests the California economy is beginning to revive. But the state cannot expect a full recovery if it taxes residents further, he said. Democrats have warned that without tax extensions, the state will have to make devastating cuts to schools, universi- ties and other programs. Brown already signed bills that cut the budget gap from $26.6 billion by shifting some state responsibilities to local governments, transferring money between govern- ment accounts and reduc- ing spending on programs for the state’s most vul- nerable residents. 7 5 8 5 5 1 6 9 0 0 1 9 Belec has received quilts for the last three years, said Georgina Tac- coni, a member of the quilters orga- nization. While the women looked over the patterns and stitches, a few of them began to tell stories about the quilts they used to make them- selves. Lillie Johnson, 96, originally from Clearlake, used to sell quilts and baked goods through advertise- See HEARTS, page 7A Exhibitors in the working cow horse categories were busy in the Bull Sale Arena at the Tehama District Fairground Friday — one portion of a full schedule of classes that will continue through Sunday afternoon during the Red Bluff Arabian Horse Show. By ANDREA WAGNER DN Staff Writer Known among horse enthusiasts for their “floating trot,” long, arched necks and high tail carriage, Arabi- ans are considered the oldest pure breed of horses. The distinct, graceful animals will have some com- petition for center stage this weekend as the Tehama District Fairground fills up with eight separate events at nearly the same times. Taking over the Pauline Davis Pavilion and Bull Sale Arena at the fairgrounds for the weekend, the Red Bluff Arabian Horse Show will feature a qualifying show for Region III, Youth Nationals, Canadian Nationals and U.S. Nationals competitions. Sponsored by the Red Bluff Arabian Horse Association, all performance See SLATE, page 7A Aboard for bin Laden burial MediaNews Group A North State man serving in the U.S. Navy was aboard the USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70,) the Nimitz-Class aircraft carrier that buried Osama bin Laden at sea follow- ing his capture and killing by U.S. Navy SEALs. Jessey Vasquez, of Paradise, is an Aviation Ordnance Technician with a primary role of handling, loading and assembling explosives for the city-sized ship, but he said in a series of e-mails to The Paradise Post that having any role in such a large undertak- ing was amazing. “It was great being a part of Operation Endur- ing Freedom and Opera- tion New Dawn in Iraq,” Vasquez wrote. “Now the last one that was done was the burial at sea of Osama bin Laden. We head to our home port San Diego. Can't wait to be home soon to see my family in Paradise...” Now calling San Diego home, Vasquez has deep roots in North- ern California, where he grew up and lived in the East Bay for several years before moving with his family to Par- adise and graduated from Paradise High School in 2007. Vasquez personally Courtesy photo Sailor Jessey Vasquez, center, arrives with fellow sailors in San Diego April 15, 2010 after completing a relief mission in Haiti. had little to do with the burial of bin Laden, but he knew some who did and was amazed by the coordination of the high- er ranking military offi- cers. “I had friends that saw the helo arrive on the flight deck when he came onboard,” he See BURIAL, page 7A