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ThesecondannualWin- ter Soups and Stews tast- ing contest will take place 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 8. A beautiful soup bowl can be had, with a com- plete tasting ticket and a take home container of the soup of your choice for $20. For every bowl sold $2 will be donated to Feed the Hungry food campaign. The Winter Crafting Fair will be 9:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. starting Thanksgiv- ing weekend through Dec. 13 on Saturdays. All ven- dors are welcome to attend to sell their wares during this time only. Free hot ci- der and hot chocolate and fresh baked cookies to nib- ble will be available while you shop and listen to the sounds of holiday mu- sic and a real live choir. Maybe even Santa. Frontier Village Farm- ers Market is year round, every Saturday, across from the fairgrounds. Featured are pumpkins, pomegranates, squashes, winter greens, kale, fall lettuce mix, herbs, local eggs, honey, grass fed beef, pork, chicken, GMO-free whole chickens, organic chickens and crafts. For more information, visit the market or call 526-2843. FRONTIERVILLAGE Fall happenings at Farmers Market Gaskey:CharlesDavid Gaskey, 78, of Red Bluff died Thursday, Oct. 2at Vibra Hospital of North- ern California in Redding. Arrangements are under the direction of Hoyt-Cole Chapel of the Flowers. Published Friday, Oct. 3, 2014in the Daily News, Red Bluff, Calif. Deathnoticesmustbe provided by mortuar- ies to the news depart- ment, are published at no charge, and feature only specific basic informa- tion about the deceased. Paid obituaries are placed through the Clas- sified advertising depart- ment. Paid obituaries may be placed by mortu- aries or by families of the deceased and include on- line publication linked to the newspaper's website. Paid obituaries may be of any length, may run multiple days and offer wide latitude of content, including photos. DEATH NOTICES around for me and my girls," she said. "I took help. I took help that has always been there that people offer, but I had never taken before be- cause I was too ashamed. I was too afraid and I felt unworthy." Now, Montgomery said she is celebrating 15 years of sobriety, and is helping other people as a drug and alcohol counselor at the Te- hama County Health Ser- vices Agency. Jeanne Spurr, the execu- tive director of Alternatives to Violence and master of ceremonies of Thursday's event, told the Tehama County board of supervi- sors in late September that over the last year the orga- nization "provided 60 per- cent more bed nights in our shelter than the year before, safely sheltering women, children and men who have been victims of domestic violence." She added that domes- tic violence is a hidden crime, and that while re- search shows violence esca- lates over time without in- tervention, physical abuse and lethal violence can oc- cur without warning. "We have seven children in our community who are without their parents due to lethal violence," Spurr said. "This must stop." Alternatives to Violence can be reached at 530-528- 0300. Its 24-hour local cri- sis hotline can be reached at 530-528-0226. Abuse FROM PAGE 1 Nationals at the Tehama District Fairground today through Sunday. Onlookers lined down- town streets here as the towering trucks rumbled through town, drivers rev- ving their engines and chil- dren plugging their ears during a parade on the eve of the main event. After the parade, the young fans and their fam- ilies mingled among the trucks, taking photos with their phones. The competition begins today,withgatesopeningat 6 p.m. and races scheduled to start at 8 p.m. On Satur- day, gates open at 6 p.m. and races start at 8 p.m. On Sunday, gates open at noon and a show is sched- uled for 2 p.m. Twelve teams are lined up to tear, roll and fly over the dirt in the main arena at the fairgrounds, includ- ing team Bigfoot, Wrong- way Rick, Obsession, Pa- triot and Tropical Thun- der. Last year, Dan Rodoni, drivingthePatriot,captured the freestyle championship. Andrew Peckham, driving Tropical Thunder, won the racing championship. Ticketinformationcanbe found at rbmonsters.com. Trucks FROM PAGE 1 posing the creation of a 4,900-acre facility that at peak capacity would house around 30 African elephants cared for by the Oakland Zoo. The organization pur- chased the Diamond Ranch, northwest of Bow- man Road, north of State Route 36W within the unincorporated area of northern Tehama County. The Tembo Preserve was endowed by Roger McNamee. The group has pledged to cover the envi- ronmental review costs for the county and already de- posited $200,000. The contract with HDR Inc. is not to exceed $229,980. Moore told the board no county funds will be used for the review, and should the project go beyond the $200,000 deposit, Tembo Preserve would have to pay for the review to con- tinue. Once the review is com- pleted the proposed ele- phant sanctuary would come in front of the coun- ty's Planning Commission and Board of Supervisors before moving forward. Tembo Preserve offi- cials have said it could take years before an ele- phant ever sets foot in Te- hama County. The project itself has been described as taking place over a 50- to 100- year period. Elephant FROM PAGE 1 nue from the sales tax in- crease, which city officials say could generate about $700,000 per year, would go toward the city's general fund. It's been said, how- ever, that the money would go toward improving police, fire, and parks and recre- ation services. A related measure on the ballot, Measure E, will allow voters to affirm their opinions on how the sales tax revenue, if ap- proved, should be spent. The quarter-cent sales tax would expire after six years. The city of Red Bluff re- cently updated its website with information regard- ing the sales tax, saying the Great Recession "se- verely" affected the city's budget and led to staff- ing reductions and bud- get cuts. "While the economy appears to be slowly im- proving, the city's annual budget remains millions of dollars below pre-re- cession levels," according to the city. "Measure D would help restore some of the lost funding, allow- ing the city to improve services." The city also provides examples on how much the sales tax increase could cost residents on such things as gas and a $10 lunch at a restau- rant. A $10 lunch without the increase costs $10.75. With the proposed quarter-cent increase, the lunch would cost $10.78, a difference of 3 cents, the city notes. The total cost of a $300 TV, the city said, is $322.50. With the sales tax increase, it would cost $323.25, a difference of 75 cents. "We want to provide the public with informa- tion regarding Measure D so that they can make an informed decision when they vote in November," City Manager Richard Crabtree said in a press release issued Sept. 23. Election FROM PAGE 1 By Michael R. Blood The Associated Press LOS ANGELES A proposal on the November ballot to borrow billions of dollars to build reservoirs and restore watersheds has divided California's environmen- tal community over fears that it could open the way for salmon-killing dams or giveaways to corporate fruit and nut growers. The rise of organized op- position to what's known as Proposition 1 comes about a month before the elec- tion, with independent polls showing voters favoring the blueprint that is one of Gov. Jerry Brown's signature ini- tiatives. It's "a bad deal for Cali- fornia taxpayers and won't solve California's water problems," said Adam Scow, state director of Food & Wa- ter Watch, which staged a protest against the propo- sition Thursday in Beverly Hills. "When you have 1,400 dams in California, pour- ing concrete to make ... new dams ain't going to make it rain," he said. If enacted by voters Nov. 4, the proposal would au- thorize $7.5 billion in bor- rowing for an array of proj- ects as California strug- gles through a punishing drought and record heat. Everyone agrees Cali- fornia needs to do some- thing about its creaky wa- ter storage and distribu- tion systems and a muddle of rules, some dating back more than a century, that determine who gets it and how much. But environmental- ists are deeply split over whether the ballot pro- posal is the answer, or even a worthwhile step. The state should invest "in water conservation, ef- ficiency and recycling strat- egies, not just throw money around to build dams for powerful, big agribusi- nesses," the Center for Bi- ological Diversity said in a statement. The plan "will push the Sacramento-San Joaquin Bay Delta closer to collapse, leaving little chance for the imperiled Chinook salmon, smelt and steelhead," the center said. Supporters argue that the plan is vital at a time of scarce rain, when water re- serves are drying up. Some of the state's leading envi- ronmental voices, includ- ing the California League of Conservation Voters and the Natural Resources De- fense Council, have en- dorsed it. They emphasize there is no provision steering money directly to dam con- struction. But it's also not ruled out — $2.7 billion of the bond funds would be set aside for storage projects, which could include reser- voirs or underground stor- age, known as water bank- ing, that would be selected through a competitive pro- cess. "We generally agree big new dams are not the future of California water policy," said NRDC staff attorney Doug Obegi. "In our view, a vote for the bond is not a vote for big new dams." At the Beverly Hills pro- test, Food & Water Watch and the Southern California Watershed Alliance warned that water transfers would benefit corporate farming interests. Bay Area fisher- man planned a protest Fri- day, saying the proposal would damage salmon and crab populations. State records show a committee opposing the bond has raised less than $50,000 for the campaign, raising doubts about oppo- nents' ability to reach vot- ers in a state where a week of TV ads can cost several million dollars. Meanwhile, Brown has said he intends to campaign to build sup- port for it. The state arm of the Si- erra Club has remained conspicuously neutral, though a statement on its website says bluntly, "We hate the dam funding in the bond." The group says the pro- posal has worthy provi- sions, including $1.3 bil- lion for watershed restora- tion, but in an era of climate change and unstable precip- itation "this bond will never be acceptable when almost one-third of the money is set for more wasteful and destructive dam building." Repaying the water bond could cost more than $14 billion over 40 years, according to the nonpartisan Legislative Analyst's Office. PROP 1 Environmentalists split over water projects DAMIAN DOVARGANES — THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Members of Food & Water Watch and the Southern California Watershed Alliance stage a protest outside the home of California billionaires Stewart and Lynda Resnick against Proposition 1in Beverly Hills on Thursday. By Justin Pritchard The Associated Press LOS ANGELES By at least one measure, Southern California's air is getting healthier. The risk of cancer from airborne pollutants has dropped by more than 50 percent on average since 2005, according to a study released Thursday by the re- gion's air quality regulators. Concerted efforts to re- duce emissions from trucks and other vehicles account for much of the drop. The findings may not sur- prise residents of the region long cited for poor air qual- ity. Unlike previous decades, it's now uncommon for smog to brown out the mountains that crisscross the region. Still, risks persist from toxic pollutants such as die- sel particulate matter and benzene. Those risks are still some of the highest in the nation, said Philip Fine, assistant deputy executive officer with the South Coast Air Quality Management District, which conducted the study. Exact comparisons be- tween Southern California and other metropolitan ar- eas are not possible because other areas compute risk differently, according to of- ficials with the air district. For every 1 million people who live in Southern Califor- nia for 70 years, 418 would be expected to develop can- cer due to the current lev- els of toxic air — compared to 1,194 extra cases based on 2005airquality,accordingto the study. That reduction is probably larger than anyone expected, said Scott Fruin, a professor of preventive medicine at the University of Southern Cali- fornia who has studied the region's air quality. The area of greatest con- cern remains around the massive ports of Los Ange- les and Long Beach, where thousands of trucks and hugeocean-goingshipscarry goods near neighborhoods. Air-associated cancer risk thereistwiceashighassome other urban areas of Los An- geles, Orange, Riverside and San Bernardino counties. Changes to diesel trucks starting in 2007 had a ma- jor impact on reducing emis- sions. Both of the ports also have made efforts to reduce pollution from cargo ships. In one sign of how effec- tive those efforts have been, the study showed that cancer risk in areas near the ports had dropped to risk levels measured in 2005 levels far from the ports. Overall, based on mea- surements from 10 monitor- ingstationsspreadacrossthe four counties, cancer risk de- clined 65 percent. Computer models for areas elsewhere in the region concluded that risk fell 57 percent. POLLUTION Study: Cancer risk eases in Southern California The Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO Pacific Gas & Electric Co. and others on Thursday ap- pealed a proposed $1.4 billion penalty against PG&E in a deadly 2010 gas-pipeline explosion, in a case that has raised re- peated accusations of cozy relations between the util- ity and state regulators. Thursday was the dead- line for appeals of a Cali- fornia administrative law judge's recommendation last month for the pro- posed penalty, which the California Public Utilities Commission says would be the biggest safety-related penalty in its history. The fiery explosion of a PG&E pipeline killed eight peo- ple and leveled a residen- tial neighborhood in the suburban San Francisco city of San Bruno. A probe into the blast by the Na- tional Transportation Safety Board faulted both the utility and what inves- tigators said was lax over- sight by the state utilities commission. Utilities commission members still have to ap- prove or modify the $1.4 billion penalty, which in- cludes a $950 million fine PG&E would pay into the state's general fund. PG&E called the penalty excessive. That sum would bring the eventual total cost borne by PG&E sharehold- ers in the blast to more than $4.5 billion, includ- ing $2.7 billion that the utility has spent or plans to spent to improve safety of the utility's natural-gas operations, PG&E said in a statement Thursday. PIPELINE Utility, others appeal $1.4 billion penalty FRIDAY, OCTOBER 3, 2014 REDBLUFFDAILYNEWS.COM | NEWS | 9 A