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WEEKEND JUNE 18-19, 2011 Breaking news at: Why We Love Game Shows USA Weekend www.redbluffdailynews.com See Inside RED BLUFF Rory, Rory Hallelujah SPORTS 1B Mostly sunny 91/64 Weather forecast 8B By JULIE ZEEB DN Staff Writer At 15.1 percent unemploy- ment, Tehama County has dropped 0.8 percent since April and is lower than the 16.8 per- cent rate in March according to 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 Jobless rate ticks downward again in May preliminary numbers released Friday. While this is a decrease of 1.7 percent in the last two months, it brings the unemployment rate back to what it was in May 2010. California’s unemployment rate dropped 0.3 percent to sit at 11.4 percent while the U.S. unemployment rate stayed steady at 8.7 percent. Neighboring counties, Shas- ta, at 14.7 percent unemploy- ment, and Butte, at 12.9 percent, are lower while Glenn County is slightly higher than Tehama County at 15.2 percent. Marin County was the lowest at 7.4 percent followed by San Mateo and Santa Barbara coun- ties who tied at 8.1 percent. San Francisco County, at 8.4 percent, was ranked fourth and Orange County, at 8.5 percent, Crawdads for y’all dads By ANDREA WAGNER DN Staff Writer Jambalaya, crawfish pie, me-oh-my-oh. Smelling the cajun scents of the bayou, danc- ing to zydeco music and riding carnival rides are just some of the flavors to be had at the R Wild Horse Ranch Crawdad Festival this weekend. The event began Friday at the Tehama District Fairground and will con- tinue through Sunday. Crawdad plates are available throughout the event at $5 for small plat- ters or $15 for extra large servings. Today’s events will include a car show, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., and a craw- dad eating contest at noon and 6:30 p.m. A third crawdad eating contest will be at noon Sunday. An Educational Center will be open from 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. Saturday and 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday. Vendors selling every- thing from Mardi Gras beads dangling monkeys and pirates in every color to fried alligator on a stick line the fairground walk- ways. Among them, New Orleans Cookery, straight out of Louisiana, offers authentic crab cakes, jam- balaya, dirty rice and other items. Linda Williams of the El Camino area stopped by the Cookery’s booth Friday to pick up some food for several “immo- bile” fathers stuck at home, she said. She picked up some crawdads as well as alligator on a stick for friends in the Bend area, but she tried was fifth. The five highest counties are Imperial County, 27.7 percent; Sutter County, 20.3 percent; Alpine County, 19.6 percent; Colusa County, 18.3 percent; See RATE, page 7A Man arrested in road shooting By JULIE ZEEB DN Staff Writer A 26-year-old Red Bluff man was arrested Thursday evening for his involvement in a Thursday afternoon shooting within county jurisdiction near Paskenta and Live Oak roads. Scott Alan Duffer, who had been implicated in shooting a firearm from his vehicle at Lucas Eugene Simpson, 31, of Red Bluff was detained by Red Bluff Police upon their arrival. According to a Tehama County Sheriff’s release, Duffer’s vehicle had broken down 1.5 miles from the alleged shooting. Duffer was later booked into Tehama County Jail on the charges of assault with a deadly weapon: firearm, discharge of a firearm at an occupied vehicle and being See ROAD, page 7A Crash kills Paynes Creek man By JULIE ZEEB DN Staff Writer A 47-year-old Paynes Creek man died at the scene of a crash Thurs- day morning on Main Street in Cottonwood. The man, identified in a California Highway Patrol release as Shawn Malone, was the driver of a 1999 Lincoln Town Car. Daily News photo by Andrea Wagner Father and daughter, Cliff and Nicole Camp, of Redding headed straight for the crawdads Friday at the second annual R Wild Horse Ranch Crawdad Festival. The Camp family came to try crawdads together, they said. one first. “It’s really good,” Williams said. “I’m amazed. I’m surprised.” Brown’s veto could spark ’war’ over Calif. budget SACRAMENTO (AP) — The warning from Gov. Jerry Brown was ominous: If lawmakers refuse to take the necessary steps to resolve California’s budget crisis, the state would become a battle- ground — ‘‘a war of all against all.’’ The provocative political sound bite, uttered in a March interview with the Los Angeles Times, seems to be coming true in the wake of Brown’s veto Thurs- day of a spending plan from majority Democrats — the first time a California gover- nor has done so since at least 1901, the farthest back state records go. The veto will let Brown keep trying to sell reluctant Republicans on his main proposal for closing the state’s $9.6 billion deficit by extending a series of tax increases set to expire June 30. The GOP will bear full blame if Brown is forced to resort to deeper cuts to edu- cation and vital services to make up for lost tax revenue, the governor cautioned Thursday. But six months of previ- ous negotiations with Republicans have failed to produce the four GOP votes needed to put the tax ques- tion on a special ballot. And Democrats say Brown’s alternative scenario — an all- cuts budget — is a nonstarter for his own party. With lawmakers united only in their anger at Brown, the coming days and weeks won’t be pretty, experts pre- dict. ‘‘What we’ll see now is trench warfare. It may not be a matter of sweeping strate- gies and sudden grand solu- tions, but fights over inches 7 5 8 5 5 1 6 9 0 0 1 9 See BROWN, page 7A Activities throughout the weekend include Zydeco dance lessons, live musical performances and a Father’s Day draw- ing. Carnival rides, includ- See DADS, page 7A Malone’s vehicle was seen at 10:54 a.m. Thurs- day exiting southbound Interstate 5 to Main Street in Cottonwood at a high rate of speed. The vehicle lost trac- tion, going off the west road edge and into a drainage swale before becoming airborne and hitting a tree, the release said. The impact caused Malone to become trapped in the vehicle, however, the passenger who was identified as James Smith, 21, of Red- ding, was able to be removed from the car. Smith was taken to Mercy Medical Center in Redding by ambulance to be treated for major injuries, the release said. Malone, who could not be removed until the vehicle was pulled away from the tree, was con- firmed by emergency personnel to have died in the collision, the release said. According to the release, Malone was wearing his seatbelt while Smith was not. ——— Julie Zeeb can be reached at 527-2153, extension 115 or jzeeb@redbluffdailynew s.com. SRDC Summer Camps to begin Monday The Sacramento River Discovery Center begins its Summer Day Camps pro- gram starting at 8 a.m. on June 20 at the Center, 1000 Sale Lane. The camps for designed for 6 to 12 year olds and allow youth to explore and learn on the 488 acre Men- docino National Forest’s Red Bluff Recreation Area (RBRA). All camps run from 8 am to noon each weekday. Each week there will be a new theme and lots of new things taught by Zach Whit- ten, camp director. The cost of each week of camp is only $50 per camper. Camp size is limited to 30 campers per week. Pre-registration is encouraged. The first camp will explore “O Pioneers!” Zach and his aides will help campers understand what is it was like for pioneers to head west in the 1800’s. The week will be a wildness adventure, learning about edible plants, making a “coonskin” cap and learning about building a long cabin. Campers will also explore why people wanted to come west, play some Courtesy photo Zach Whitten with SRDC summer campers at Discovery Center. simulation games and even find out what it was like to pan for gold. Other activi- ties planned include making a pioneer meal, constructing rubber-band paddleboats, and using a model, simulate building railroad track through the wilderness. June 27 through July 1 will be an exploration of rocks and minerals This See CAMPS, page 7A Thank You For all the cards, flowers, calls and support with the passing of Larry J. Lalaguna 1923-2011 Lalaguna Family Respectfully The * * LOST DOG Mini Australian Shephard Blue eyes. Seen around South Jackson Call Bob, 941-5512