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Friday, July 1, 2011 – Daily News 3A Local Calendar FRIDAY, JULY 1 Red Bluff Al-Anon, 6 to 7 p.m., Presbyterian Church, Jef- ferson and Hickory Bingo, doors at 5 p.m., early birds at 6 p.m. Community and Senior Center, food available Celebrate Recovery, 6:15 p.m., Vineyard Chris- tian Fellowship, 738 Walnut St. 527-2449 Knit for Kids, 9:15 a.m. to noon, Presbyterian Church, 838 Jefferson St., 527-0372 Tehama County Education Foundation, board meeting, 7:30 a.m., County Department of Educa- tion, 1135 Lincoln St. Corning Car Show, 6-9 p.m., Bartels Giant Burger, 22355 Corning Road Corning Chamber of Commerce Farmer's Market, 6-8:30 p.m. in front of the Corning Library, 824-5550. Los Molinos Los Molinos Grange, 7 p.m., Grange Hall, 68th and Singer avenues, 529-0930 SATURDAY, JULY 2 Red Bluff BMX racing, 5:30 p.m., Red Rock BMX Track, Tehama District Fairground, $10 Red Bluff Farmer’s Market, 7 a.m.-noon, River City Park in the parking lot near the Red Bluff- Tehama County Chamber of Commerce office. Weight Watchers meeting, 8:30 a.m., Weigh-in starts half-hour before meetings, 485 Antelope Blvd., #N, next to Bud’s Jolly Kone, 1-800-651- 6000 Los Molinos Senior Dance, 7 p.m., Los Molinos Sr. Social Club, Senior Center, Josephine St. SUNDAY, JULY 3 Red Bluff Knights of Columbus All-You-Can-Eat Break- fast, 8:30 a.m. to noon, $4 adult, $2 child or $10 family, Sacred Heart Parish Hall, 2285 Monroe St., 527-6310 WHEE Picnic and Prayer Circle, 4:20 p.m., 22116 Riverside Ave. Corning Evangelist services, 7 p.m., Family Bible Church, 609 Marin St., 824-9989 MONDAY, JULY 4 HAPPY INDEPENDENCE DAY! TUESDAY, JULY 5 Red Bluff St. City Council, 7 p.m. City Hall, 555 Washington Cribbage Club, 6:30 p.m., Rio Vista Mobile Estates. Call Jerold 527-6402 for more information. MOMS (Making Our Mothering Significant) , 9-11 a.m., North Valley Baptist Church, 345 David Ave., 527-0543. PAL Kickboxing, 6 p.m., 1450 Schwab St., 529- 8716 or 200-3950 Pinochle for Seniors, 12:30 p.m. to 3:30 p.m., 1500 So. Jackson St., Free, 527-8177 Playtime Pals Playgroup, 9:30 a.m., Family Resource Center, 220 Sycamore St. Ste. 101, 528- 8066 Red Bluff Rotary, noon, Elks Lodge Take Off Pounds Sensibly — TOPS, 10 a.m., First United Methodist Church, 525 David Ave., 824-0556 or 529-1414 Tehama County and Red Bluff Landfill Man- agement Agency, 8 a.m., board meeting, 727 Oak St. Tehama County Board of Supervisors, 10 a.m., board chamber, 727 Oak St. Tehama County Tea Party Patriots,6 p.m., Grange Hall, 20794 Walnut St. Weight Watchers meeting, 9 a.m., 6 p.m., weigh-in starts half-hour before meetings, 485 Antelope Blvd., #N, next to Bud’s Jolly Kone, 1- 800-651-6000 Corning Corning Community meeting, 7 p.m., May- wood Middle School, 1666 Marguerite Ave. Corning Recreation Commission, 7:30 p.m., City Hall, 794 Third St. Domestic Violence Information and Support Group (Spanish language), 10 a.m. to Noon, Olive Room at the Corning Healthcare District, 275 Solano St. 528-0226. ESL, 9 a.m., Family Resource Center, West and South streets, 824-7670 Soccer training, 4 to 6 p.m., except for holidays and rain, Woodson School Soccer Field, 150 N Toomes, 824-7680. Cottonwood Bowman 4-H, 7 p.m., Evergreen Elementary School Gym, 527-3101 Los Molinos Daily News photo by Julie Zeeb A grand opening for the new Thrift Mart Store, 1306 Solano St., was held Wednesday in Corning. Pic- tured for the ribbon cutting are Eric Almquist, Tabatha Raner, Valanne Cardenas, Casey Codorniz, Wendy Codorniz, Michael Anderson, Richard Judd, George Freeman, Willie Smith, Terry Barbo and Miss Corning Anne Trevino and in front Mayor Gary Strack cutting the ribbon. By JULIE ZEEB DN Staff Writer The Kauffman building, 1302- 1310 Solano Street, which was the center of debate in September 2010 due to its alleged state of disrepair, was the site of a grand opening Wednes- day. The Thrift Mart Store, which is a partnership with the Oroville Eco- nomic Community Development Cor- poration (ECDC) who owns the build- ing, is a discount grocery store. “It’s just what this town needs,” said Northern California Treatment Services Executive Director Michael Anderson. “What people will see is a new concept and design. We want to spruce it up to get people off the free- way to see the new downtown Corn- ing.” The building, built in 1883, was previously offered to the city of Corn- ing for the price of $1, however, the city declined the offer. It was bought in September by the Oroville ECDC to be the site of a Thrift Mart Stores location, said Oroville ECDC President and CEO Eric Almquist. “As a discount grocery store it will help the community and it creates jobs for veterans so it’s a win-win situa- tion,” Almquist said. “We’re real excited about it because veterans are a population we want to help.” The Oroville ECDC is a non-profit agency that has community care facil- ities and operates a large substance abuse program based in Oroville, Police reports The following informa- tion is compiled from Red Bluff Police Department, Tehama County Sheriff’s Department, Corning Police Department and California Highway Patrol. Arrests • Sara Ellen Hanks, 24, of Red Bluff was arrested on bench warrants Wednesday in the 900 block of Hickory Street. Hanks, also known as Sara Ellen Davis, was charged with battery with serious bodily injury and force or assault with a dead- ly weapon with great bodily injury. Bail was set at $75,000. • Joshua Gray Maples, 19, and Sara Rose Mullins, 18, both of Cottonwood were arrested Wednesday in the 18400 block of Bowman Road in Cottonwood. Both were charged with posses- sion of stolen property worth more than $400. Bail was set at $15,000 each. • Michelle Ann Reep, 39, of Red Bluff was arrested Wednesday in the 400 block of Antelope Boulevard. Reep, also known as Missy Reep, was charged with public intoxication after someone reported she had returned to a business where she passed a fake $100 bill last week. The incident is still under investigation. Bail for the misdemeanor offense was set at $500. Burglary • A 53-year-old woman reported Wednesday evening that her vehicle trunk had been broken into The World Famous Palomino Room 1/2 off Lunch or Dinner entrée with purchase of 1 entrée must present coupon *equal or lesser value Lunch: Tues-Fri 11am-2pm Dinner: Thurs-Sat 4pm-9pm 723 Main St., Red Bluff 527-5470 www.palominoroom.com Almquist said. The program, called Victory Vil- lage, is under the Northern California Treatment Services and serves 60 peo- ple in 15 houses and the group also has an elderly assisted living facility. “Our flagship project is transitional living and substance abuse programs for veterans,” Almquist said. “Our main facility in Oroville handles 24 veterans in Phase 1 (of the program) and 13 female veterans in another site.” The veterans have faithfully served their country and many suffer prob- lems created by seeing combat, so the organization’s goal is to help them, he said. “Our goal is to employ veterans once they have sufficiently recovered and help them to get into job training and jobs,” Almquist said. The discount grocery store is just the beginning and eventually the group would like to add a vintage mer- chandise store to the building and recreate the sheds behind the building so they are modern, but still reminis- cent of the older style, he said. The group is looking into adding a balcony along the second story of the building, Almquist said. “It creates jobs, benefits the veter- ans and the proceeds benefit the sub- stance abuse programs so when you shop there you’re helping vets,” Almquist said. Almquist said the group was lucky to acquire the building, which it did from Mark and Sherry Ephland of Crescent City, for $1. while she was inside the Rolling Hills Casino in Corning. No further details were available as deputies couldn’t reach her on the phone after the call. • A residential burglary was reported Wednesday in the 22500 block of Black- burn Avenue in Corning. Juveniles • A STARS volunteer saw several juveniles Wednesday afternoon jump- ing from a bridge on Rio Alto Drive. The teens were also hanging and swinging from a downed telephone line. AT&T was contacted about the phone line and the juveniles were scolded. Lake California’s property owners association was to handle discipline letters to the parents. Vandalism • A woman reported Wednesday that the tires on her vehicle were slashed in the 1100 block of Hasvold Drive. Theft • An employee of Circle 7 reported Wednesday that a 1991 Dodge truck was involved in stealing gasoline from the station. • A resident reported Wednesday that medica- tions and an “MPS” player were stolen in the 700 block “The elderly gentleman who owned it just wanted to give it to someone who wanted to do some good with it,” Almquist said. “We’re very fortunate he was so gracious and lucky because I have historic rehabili- tation experience. I took a look at it in September and thought I certainly know this building can be saved.” The group started with fixing the electrical and upgrading the building, but also stopped to fix things like an antique walk-in vault safe that was in disrepair. “We’ve done a lot of work and the city of Corning has been enormously cooperative,” Almquist said. Anderson said he was excited to see the first business opening its doors. “I’m happy to see we’re open,” Anderson said. “It’s been a lot of work and we have a long way to go, but it can be done. We’re going to cherish downtown Corning.” Casey Codorniz and his wife Wendy will serve as managers of the store, which will be open 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. seven days a week. The phone number is 824-3632. The store is not currently set up to accept EBT cards, but should be able to do so within 30 days, Codorniz said. For more information on the veter- ans substance abuse programs call Northern California Treatment Ser- vices Executive Director Michael Anderson at (530) 533-7664. Information is also available at www.norcaltreatment.org or www.victoryvillagevets.org. of Givens Road. Fire • The cause of a struc- ture fire reported at 8:31 p.m. Wednesday on Simp- son Road, cross of Freeman Schoolhouse Road, west of Corning, is under investiga- tion. The first unit on scene at 8:45 p.m. reported a fully involved structure. The fire, which was contained at 9:04 p.m., did $100,000 damage with a $16,000 save. The last unit cleared at 11:38 p.m. New thrift shop opens in Corning