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ByAndreByik abyik@redbluffdailynews.com @andrebyik on Twitter RED BLUFF TheTehamaDistrict Fair board of directors on Tues- day moved forward with a plan to hold a stakeholders meeting to help develop a three-year "strate- gic plan" for the fairgrounds. The meeting, which will facil- itate "the leadership of those in- dividuals that use the facility," ac- cording to a fair document, will take place 3-6 p.m. July 16 at the fairgrounds. In a draft of a letter sent to stakeholders that was prepared by fair board Vice President Greg O'Sullivan, it said the Tehama District Fair "is moving towards a new concept in how we do busi- ness." The letter states that as Gov. Jerry Brown considers approving a partnership, known as a joint powers authority, between Te- hama County and the 30th Dis- trict Agricultural Association that would release the fairgrounds from state control, "One of the things we will need in order to move ahead is a three year strate- FAIRGROUNDS Fairboardsetsdateforstakeholdermeeting Fairhasbeenspendingmorethanitmakes ANDREBYIK—DAILYNEWS The Tehama District Fair board of directors on Tuesday set a date for a stakeholders meeting to develop a three-year plan for the fairgrounds. RED BLUFF Joshua Jefferson gave himself a rather nice Father's Day gift. Jefferson purchased a $20 Scratchers ticket for the $5 Million Jackpot game Sunday and as luck it would have it, the ticket turned out to be a grand prize winner. Jefferson purchased the ticket at the Chevron at 1055 S. Main St. in Red Bluff. The retailer will receive a $25,000 bonus for selling the win- ning ticket. Jefferson told lottery officials he plans to use his winnings to help his mother and take care of his young daughter. The odds of winning the grand prize in the $5 Million Jackpot game are 1 in 2,400,000. The game featured 14 grand prize win- ners, eight of those prizes have been claimed so far. LOTTERY $5 MILLION SCRATCHER SOLD IN RED BLUFF Joshua Jefferson celebrates with a $5million check. By Don Thompson The Associated Press SACRAMENTO The last thing lawmakers did as they passed Cal- ifornia's $108 billion general fund budget this week was take up a mysterious tax break for the so- lar industry. SB871, which extends a prop- erty tax for solar credits through 2024, was never heard by a regu- lar policy committee and the pub- lic had little chance to provide in- put before the Democratic Legis- lature rammed it through last weekend. The current tax benefit is not even set to expire, or "sunset," un- til 2017. Several lawmakers from both parties criticized the process, and a coalition representing other al- ternative energy industries called Wednesday for Gov. Jerry Brown to veto the extension when he signs the rest of the budget in coming days. "We're taking it up 2 ½ years before it expires," said Senate Minority Leader Bob Huff, R- Diamond Bar, as lawmakers ap- proved the measure Sunday night. "Now, I enjoy a good sunset, but we're like at noon here. So, for that reason alone, I'm going to vote no." The measure first surfaced when it was briefly mentioned as lawmakers met last week to nego- tiate the details of the main bud- get bills. Assemblyman Wesley Chesbro, D-Arcata, was among the critics when it reappeared as lawmakers' last order of business in passing the budget. "I think it needs to be decided through a public and transpar- ent process where members had a chance to have those arguments played out," said Chesbro, who was among five Assembly Dem- ocrats who voted against the bill. Despite their opposition, it passed and was sent to the Democratic governor with wide bipartisan support. The proposal did not come from Brown's administration, but the administration supported the extension, said H.D. Palmer, spokesman for the Department of Finance. Legislators said the measure wasn't theirs, either, until Sen. Mark Leno, D-San Francisco, ac- knowledged ownership Wednes- day in an interview with The As- sociated Press. STATE BUDGET Lawmakers OK solar deal at last minute Walbridge area residents frustrated over city's response By Andre Byik abyik@redbluffdailynews.com @andrebyik on Twitter REDBLUFF Residents in the Wal- bridge Street neighborhood who are frustrated with the intermit- tent stench of sewage clouding around their homes handed down their judgment Tuesday on a city staff report on the issue: It stinks. Since mid May residents have told City Council members that their efforts over the years to get the city to take action on the smell have fallen on deaf ears. During a City Council meeting on Tues- day, Public Works Director Bruce Henz presented a staff report that said the source of the smell likely originates from the top end of a sewer line under Walbridge Street, and that the stench likely emanates over the neighborhood from vent pipes on the roofs of homes in the area. Henz said while city staff be- lieves it has located the source of the smell, there does not ap- RED BLUFF Counciltacklessewagestench Residents of the west end of Walbridge Street have complained to the city about a sewage stench in the area. CHIP THOMPSON DAILY NEWS Community.....A3 Death Notices A7 Lifestyles........A4 Arts..................A5 Opinion............A6 Sports.............. B1 INDEX Los Molinos graduating senior Jase Northup received the CSU Chico Bell Family Schol- arship. PAGEA4 LOS MOLINOS HIGH SCHOOL Northuponeoftwoto receive new scholarship The Kelly-Griggs House Museum has a fundraiser scheduled for the museum's restoration efforts. PAGE A3 COMMUNITY Kelly-Griggs Museum to hold fundraiser Washington's football team name is "disparaging of Native Americans," the U.S. Patent Office ruled. PAGE B6 TRADEMARK Patent office calls 'Redskins' offensive The extinction of microbeads, now found inside fish caught for human consumption, is happening quickly. 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