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MONDAY MAY 16, 2011 Breaking news at: Boosters’ hold Basket Auction Community www.redbluffdailynews.com See Page 2A RED BLUFF Softball Playoffs SPORTS 1B Few showers 61/46 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 Quiltastic Old growth, Old Glory? By JULIE ZEEB DN Staff Writer CORNING — The trimming of trees Corning resi- dent Dave Demo said could damage the American flags he puts out on Solano Street was a topic of debate at Tuesday’s City Council meeting. The topic was eventually moved to the May 24 meet- ing to allow staff time to investigate suggestions from the council. In August 2010, Demo was authorized by the coun- cil to place and retrieve the flags during holidays such See GLORY, page 7A Local joins Katrina reconstruction Special to the DN Red Bluff resident Steve Engler left May 8 to spend a week in Mis- sissippi rebuilding and repairing homes of fami- lies badly damaged by Hurricane Katrina in September 2005. Daily News photos by Andrea Wagner Top: Dorie Javier, the owner of D’s Quilting Designs of Folsom, shows a booth visitor some tips dur- ing the Sun Country Quilters Biennial Quilt Show Saturday at the Tehama District Fairground. Below: Noah Sowl, 11, Candyce Bradley, 10, and Jessica Kirk, 10, block out squares of material for a com- munity service project. By ANDREA WAGNER DN Staff Writer Near desk globes, atlases, travel books and cultural items, quilts of nearly every color were displayed with care this weekend. The Sun Country Quil- ters 9th Biennial Quilt Show took place Saturday and Sunday at the Tehama District Fairground with the theme “Quilting Around the World.” Rows of quilts featured many styles and cultures. From city, with the quilt “New York Beauty” by Gayle Scott, to country with “Tractors Galore” by Kathy Osburn, styles var- ied. Designs were inspired by countries from China to the United King- dom, Spain to Pacific Islands. In addition to quilts, vendors from all over the North State came to demonstrate sewing machinery and offered items for sale such as fab- ric by the yard, hand-dyed wool and fat quarters, material pre-cut in small pieces. This year’s featured quilter, Charlene Brians, was dressed in costume and on hand to show her own quilts and scrap- books, welcoming people to the show. Anna Williams, 84, of Magalia comes to the Red Bluff show to see the newest quilts, she said. “There were a lot of nice quilts this year,” Williams said. “They were darker last year, but they were much brighter and prettier this year.” Williams has belonged See QUILT, page 7A Revenue rebound poses challenge for Brown’s budget SACRAMENTO (AP) — California is beginning to see a welcome resur- gence in tax revenue, but what should be good news is turning into a political liability for Gov. Jerry Brown. The Democratic gover- nor has been trying to per- suade a handful of Repub- lican lawmakers to sup- port a five-year renewal of tax increases that other- wise will expire by June 30, saying the extensions are crucial to help address California’s remaining $15.4 billion budget deficit. But he’ll have trouble selling that plan if tax rev- enue remains on its cur- rent trajectory. Although the unem- ployment rate still hovers around 12 percent and the housing market remains soft, the state’s three main sources of revenue — the sales, personal income and corporate taxes — have been trending higher than anticipated, largely as business improves and Wall Street makes gains. According to the non- partisan Legislative Ana- lyst’s Office, the state received $2.5 billion more than projected since the fiscal year started last July 1. Personal income tax withholdings are running about 12 percent above the prior fiscal year, sug- gesting that those who are working are making more money. ‘‘It’s a real paradox, because usually good budget news is good polit- ical news,’’ said Jack Pit- ney, an expert on Califor- nia politics at Claremont McKenna College in 7 5 8 5 5 1 6 9 0 0 1 9 See BUDGET, page 7A Engler is a part of a 20-person volunteer con- struction team traveling to Mississippi where the team will concentrate their efforts on the East- ern part of the State in the cities of Pascagoula, Ocean Springs, Moss Point and Gautier. This is the 33rd team International Relief Teams (IRT), a San Diego-based nonprofit relief agency has sched- uled for deployment to Mississippi, to assist with the re-construction efforts. Since March 2006, International Relief Teams has deployed 526 construc- tion volunteers who have repaired/rebuilt approxi- mately 200 homes in these areas.This will be Engler’s first trip to Mis- sissippi with Internation- al Relief Teams. More than 20,000 homes in Mississippi alone were badly dam- aged or destroyed, when the state took a direct hit from Hurricane Katrina. "Five years on there are still many displaced fam- ilies," said Barry La For- gia, Executive Director of International Relief Teams, a San Diego- based non-profit relief agency. "Many are poor and elderly living on low and fixed incomes. They cannot afford to repair or rebuild their homes with- out help." IRT is working collab- oratively with the Missis- sippi United Methodist Conference, which is providing case manage- ment, prioritization of work, and delivery of construction materials to the various locations where the team will be working. The cost to send a team of 20 volunteers to Mississippi for a week is approximately $14,000. Donations to support the relief effort can be sent to International Relief Teams, 4560 Alvarado Canyon Road, Ste. 2G, San Diego, CA 92120 or, made through the web- site, www.irteams.org. Additionally, IRT is looking for skilled and semi-skilled volunteers to join future teams. Interested persons can contact the office at 619- 284-7979 or submit an application to volunteer online at www.irteams.org. Middle schoolers gear up for college By JULIE ZEEB DN Staff Writer Maywood Middle School Principal Jeff Har- ris had the chance Thurs- day to honor seven out- standing students at the annual Gear-Up Scholar- ship Recognition Dinner. “It’s a bittersweet night for me,” Harris said. “This very well could be the last year we can give out a Gear-Up Scholarship. It was a six-year grant and we’re at the end of the six- year cycle. We wanted to honor you tonight with the kind of recognition that we hope is the first of many.” Gear-Up stands for Gaining Early Awareness and Readiness for Under- graduate Programs. As a part of Gear-Up May- wood holds programs such as Career Day and Maywood March Mad- ness, a month of college awareness activities. “The whole point of Gear-Up is to provide exposure for our students to some of the colleges and get them ready for college,” Harris said. “We really want to encourage Daily News photo by Julie Zeeb Maywood students were honored Thursday at a scholarship dinner at Rolling Hills Casi- no. Pictured back row, from left, are Wyatt Haywood, Zach Danielson, Quincy Jones, Avree Mulliner. Front row, from left, Cindy Villa, Alexis Gardere and Emily Mora. our students to look at four-year universities.” Students honored Thursday at a dinner at Rolling Hills Casino included scholarship recipients Zachary Daniel- son, eighth grade; Alexis Gardere, seventh grade; Quincy Jones, eighth See GEAR, page 7A COMPUTER SKILLS CLASS Wed., May 18, 2011 9:30am to Noon Job Training Center 718 Main St., Red Bluff $49.00 per person Call 529-7000 BASIC