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Community.....A3 Farm................A5 Lifestyles........A6 Obituaries.......A9 Opinion............A4 Sports..............B1 Index...............## INDEX Today's web bonus 'Under the dome' redbluffdailynews.com DONATION Ribs,rodsevents raises money Community A3 BARTON Memories of Una Jordan Farm A5 FORECAST High: 95 Low: 60 B10 FollowtheDailyNews on Twitter to keep pace with breaking news and events @REDBLUFFNEWS FOLLOWUS ONTWITTER 7 98304 20753 8 Volume129,issue151 Staffreports RED BLUFF PacificGasandElec- tric Co. said it has begun work to modernize natural gas distribu- tion pipes in Red Bluff neighbor- hoods. The $2.3 million pipeline up- grades will take place along por- tions of Main, Grant, Lincoln, Crittenden, Chipman, Brecken- ridge, Douglas, Jackson, Madison, Jefferson, Cedar and Washington streets, the utility company said. PG&E crews are expected to per- form the upgrades through Oc- tober. "This pipeline replacement project will improve system safety and integrity of natural gas ser- vice in this historic area of Red Bluff," said Erik Kurtz, gas super- intendent of PG&E's North Val- RED BLUFF PG &E s ta rt s upgrading na tu ra l ga s pipes By Andre Byik abyik@redbluffdailynews.com @andrebyik on Twitter CORNING The Corning City Council on Tuesday will take on a series of resolutions related to adopting a city budget for the 2014-2015 fiscal year that, for the most part, resembles the austere budget council members adopted last year. The City Council is set to adopt a $11.41 million budget, which in- cludes about $4.58 million desig- nated to the city's general fund, that would continue full-time mu- nicipal operations without em- ployee furloughs, restore the floor in Rodgers Theatre, complete the second phase of Corning Commu- nity Park and increase the city's operating reserve, or "savings ac- count," to $910,000, among other CORNING City Council to take on 2014-15 budget By Rich Greene rgreene@redbluffdailynews.com @richgreenenews on Twitter RED BLUFF Tehama County's un- employment rate is back into the single-digit range for the first time in nearly six years. TheEmploymentDevelopmentDe- partmentestimatedthecounty'sMay unemploymentrateat9.1percentFri- day,thelowestitsbeensinceOctober 2008 as the number of jobless finally is dropping back to the range where it was prior to the recession. Thecounty'sunemploymentrate was at 10.1 percent last month and 11.4 percent a year ago. The EDD estimates the county's civilian labor force at 24,680. From April to May Tehama Countyhadanetadditionof180jobs. Of those 50 came in the govern- ment sector and 30 each in leisure & hospitality and construction. Only retail trade, professional & business services and local govern- ment industries showed a monthly decline. The employers with the most job advertisements in May were The Dollar General, Dignity Health, Red BluffUnionElementary,St.Elizabeth Community Hospital and Walmart. The occupations with the most job ads were registered nurses, first line supervisors of retail sales workers, heavy and tractor-trailer truck drivers, first-line supervisors of food prep and servicing workers and retail salespersons. Thenationalunemploymentrate is at 6.1 percent and across Califor- nia the jobless rate is 7.1 percent. Tehama County had the 37th lowest unemployment rate of the state's 58 counties. Marin County had the lowest at 3.8 percent and Imperial's rate was the highest at 21.1 percent. In neighboring counties Butte's rate was 7.9 percent, Glenn's was 10.3, Mendocino reported 5.9 per- cent, Plumas was at 9.2 percent, Shasta had 8.4 percent and Trin- ity's was 9.3 percent. ECONOMY Joblessratedropstosingledigits By Rich Greene rgreene@redbluffdailynews.com @richgreenenews on Twitter REDBLUFF Tehama County will be represented at the upcoming National High School Finals Ro- deo. Three local students became state champions June 9-13 at the California High School Rodeo Association Finals in Bishop. The wins qualified Chelsey Bushnell, Wyatt Brown and Colby Demo for the national fi- nals scheduled for July 13-19 in Rock Springs, Wyoming. Demo, who rodeos out of Dis- trict 3, but attended Los Moli- nos High School, has been in the midst of a tremendous year. The bull rider was the 2014 Challenge of Champions cham- pion as well as the District 3 fi- nals and year-end champion. Demo, who graduated this month, will be attending Colo- rado Northwestern Community College on a scholarship to ride bulls for the rodeo team. He dominated at the state fi- nals, finishing with 58.5 points and a total score of 236 on three rides. Bushnell defended her break- away roping state championship at the state finals to earn a re- turn trip to nationals. She finished with 49 points and an overall time of 10.03 sec- onds on three head. Last she finished 33rd out of 124 competitors at the NHSFR. She'll once again be joined by Brown, who won the state title in steer wrestling with 47 points and an overall time of 21.56 on three attempts. Bushnell and Brown grew up competing with each other in rodeo. When they were in seventh grade they became state cham- pions in team roping and went to the national junior finals. Bushnell, Brown and Demo will join more than 1,5000 com- petitors from 42 states, five Ca- nadian provinces and Austra- lia in what is the world's larg- est rodeo. They will compete for more than $200,000 in prizes and $350,000 in college scholarships as they try to become a NHSFR National Champion. The last local to win a na- tional championship was Red Bluff's Casey Meroshnekoff, who won two titles, the last coming in 2012. To become a national cham- pion contestants must finish in the Top 20, based on their com- bined times and scored in the first two rounds, to advance to the final round. That final round will be tele- vised nationally as a part of the Cinch Highschool Rodeo Tour telecast series on RFD-TV. Live broadcasts of each performance will air online at NHSRATV. com. Performance times are 7 p.m. on July 13 and 9 a.m. and 7 p.m. each day after. Along with the rodeo compe- tition and the chance to meet new friends from around the world, the contestants will have the opportunity to enjoy shoot- ing sports, volleyball, contestant FINALS THREE LOCALS WIN STATE RODEO TITLES COURTESY PHOTO Los Molinos High School's Colby Demo won the 2014California High School Rodeo Association State Championship. What did the Daily News staff find was a hit in Tehama County this week and what missed the mark. PAGE A4 OPINION Daily News' hits and misses of the week Lariat Bowl will host a day of fundraising June 30in memory of long time employee Misty Madrigal. PAGE A3 FUNDRAISER Benefit to honor memory of Madrigal Performance bonuses granted last year despite widespread treatment delays, preventable deaths at clinics. PAGE B4 VETERANS VA: 80% of senior executives got bonuses Rainy day fund included in bill, along with debt reduction, more money for schools and health care. PAGE A7 SACRAMENTO Governor signs $108 billion state budget Brown,Bushnelland Demo qualify for National High School Finals Rodeo 9.1% Tehama County's May 2014unem- ployment rate 66 Months since rate was last in single digits 17.7% All-time recorded high reported in March 2010 2,260 Number of unemployed in the county BYTHENUMBERS Budget would add $80,000 to city's 'savings account' RODEO PAGE 9 GAS PAGE 9 BUDGET PAGE 9 ยป redbluffdailynews.com Saturday, June 21, 2014 $1.00 AN EDITION OF THE CHICO ENTERPRISE-RECORD