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WEEKEND MAY 21-22, 2011 Breaking news at: Civil War Travel Guide USA Weekend www.redbluffdailynews.com See Inside RED BLUFF Sharks Game 3 SPORTS 1B Partly cloudy 80/50 Weather forecast 10A By ANDREA WAGNER DN Staff Writer Tehama County planners punted a decision on a pot dis- pensary ordinance ahead anoth- er two weeks during a Thursday planning commission meeting. The Planning Commission, with only four out of five mem- bers present, was at a tentative- ly even split on banning or reg- 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 Planners postpone pot plan proposals ulating medical marijuana dis- pensary zoning. The commission was asked to look at proposed zoning code amendments that would either ban or heavily regulate the establishment of dispensaries in the county. The draft ordinances put before the commission were created during four study ses- One dead in DUI crash By JULIE ZEEB DN Staff Writer A 37-year-old man was arrested early Friday and released to Mercy Medical Center in Redding for treat- ment of major injuries following the Basler Road crash that was fatal for his passenger. See DUI, page 9A Pair arrested in burglary case By ANDREA WAGNER DN Staff Writer Two people were arrested early Thursday at the Classic Inn, on Main Street, after a 19-year-old man reported items were stolen from his home at the Cabernet Apartments the night before. Ryann Houser, 19, of Red Bluff called police at about 8 p.m. Wednesday reporting that Cushman Quigley sometime between 4:30 and 8 p.m. someone had burglarized an apartment, police logs said. Neigh- bors said they saw an ex- roommate at the scene. Of f icer James White found the sus- pect, Jacoby Donell Cush- man, 23, of Red Bluff at the Classic Inn, a press release said. Before entering Cush- man’s room just after mid- night, White look ed through the motel room window and saw items matching the description of the stolen See PAIR, page 9A ‘I believe you have an obligation, especially taking money for ID cards, to give people a means to get their medicine’ — Richard Clapp sions with the county supervi- sors, Assistant County Counsel Arthur Wylene and Planning Director John Stoufer. First, the concept of a “dis- pensary” was adopted as a col- lective that includes 10 or more members or has a storefront or mobile retail operation. Then, supervisors agreed to run two drafts parallel through the process until a final decision could be made. Options are to either enact an outright ban on dispensaries or See POT, page 9A Mardi-Cause Relay For Life kicks off By JULIE ZEEB DN Staff Writer It’s time to party at Relay For Life, which kicks off with the sur- vivors lap at 9 a.m. today at Vista Middle School with the Mardi Gras- inspired theme “Carnival For A Cure.” “There are 280 sur- vivors registered this year,” said co-Chair- woman Debbie O’Con- nor. “That’s the biggest number we’ve ever had and we hope the numbers of survivors continues to get bigger every year. It shows we’re doing our job raising money for research and people are getting educated and get- ting checkups.” Part of Relay For Life’s goal is to educate the public about early detection and self-aware- ness, she said. “This year we’re work- ing on ‘choose you,’ which is about reminding people to go out and get check-ups, eat healthy and exercise, which is all a part of fighting cancer,” O’Connor said. There are 71 teams, including 11 youth teams, and about 1,000 partici- pants registered for the event that takes place DN file photo Participants walk the Vista Middle School track at the 2010 Relay For Life event. The 2011 event starts at 9 a.m. today and runs through 8 a.m. Sunday. through 8 a.m. Sunday, O’Connor said. “Some of those include virtual teams who may not have had enough peo- ple to walk at the event, but that’s OK because it all raises money,” O’Con- nor said. Following the sur- 5 vie for Dairy Princess title Special to the DN Five young women will compete for the pres- tigious title of Dairy Princess during cere- monies at the upcoming District 4/2 Dairy Princess Contest. The gala event will be held Saturday, June 25, at the Riverside Bar & Grill in Red Bluff. This year’s contestants are: Loretta Howard, Laura Pedrozo and Victo- ria Shuey of Orland, and Staci Bettencourt and Mikayla Boer of Willows. Loretta Howard is the daughter of David and Cheryl Howard of Orland. She attends Butte College where she is completing her general education. Loretta has been involved in 4-H and FFA for years; she has been an active member of her local 4-H for 13 years. In that time, she has shown many dif- ferent champion animals, and she loves showing, but she achieves more sat- isfaction on her “vaca- tions” working at fairs throughout the state edu- vivors lap there will be an all teams lap in which everybody joins in for the second lap. This year’s event will see an expan- sion as both the area inside and outside the track will be used for booths, she said. New this year will be the Spirit of Relay Street Singers Contest from 6:45 a.m. to 8:45 a.m. today. “Participants will be singing songs to try and get more money to donate,” O’Connor said. “It gives them a chance to showcase their talent and See RELAY, page 9A State jobless rate dips below 12 percent SACRAMENTO (AP) — California’s unemployment rate dropping below 12 percent for the first time in nearly two years marks a milestone in the state’s economic recov- ery, but the road ahead is still long and bumpy, economists say. The April jobless rate of 11.9 percent, announced Friday by the state Employment Development Department, declined for the fourth straight month and is the lowest rate since August 2009, but it came amid tepid and uneven job growth that lagged behind the rest of the nation. Job growth and economic recovery matter not only to the Bettencourt cating the public about the importance of agricul- ture. 7 5 8 5 5 1 6 9 0 0 1 9 Laura Pedrozo is the daughter of Tim and Jill Pedrozo of Orland. Laura currently attends Orland High School where she is an active FFA member, serving as Secretary. She is the fourth generation of her dairy family, and she started showing cows “since (she) was just a baby in pee wee show- manship.” Living and growing up on the farm, Laura has conducted tours of her family farm, informing the public about various aspects of the dairy industry. Laura hopes to continue teach- ing others about dairy by putting on the crown of Boer Howard unemployed, but to governments and public services from one end of California to the other. Personal income taxes are a major source of state revenue; a recovery with little job growth has implications for state and local budgets for years to come. The jobless rate has dropped 0.5 percentage point in a year, from 12.4 percent in April 2010, but mostly because there are fewer people in California’s estimated labor force than there were a year ago. While the state is adding jobs, many construction, finance and retail workers idled by the 2008 housing bust and recession have not seen work return in their industries. The recovery is mainly being felt along the Pacific Coast and in skilled professions. ‘‘Dipping below 12 percent is not that meaningful and continues to reflect a labor force that has shrunk,’’ said Jeff Michael, director of the Business Forecasting Center at the University of the Pacific’s business school in Stockton. ‘‘The economy is generating jobs again, but at a very slow pace.’’ Pedrozo Dairy Princess, a crown her older sister wore when Laura was just four years old. Victoria Shuey is the daughter of Kenneth and Susan Shuey of Orland. She is attending both Shuey Orland High School and Butte Community Col- lege where she holds a 4.2 and 4.0 GPA respectively. An active participant in her local 4-H, Victoria will show a newborn See VIE, page 9A The most robust job growth is in sectors that demand specialized skills, such as technology, and concentrated in Silicon Valley, Orange County and other coastal urban cen- ters. Unemployed workers in the Central Valley and Inland Empire, whose skills are a bad fit for those growth indus- tries, continue to struggle. ‘‘California’s economic output is at a level equivalent to where it was before the recession, but we’re doing it with fewer people,’’ said Chris Thornberg, a founding partner See STATE, page 9A