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WEDNESDAY AUGUST 17, 2011 Breaking news at: www.redbluffdailynews.com See Page 4B RED BLUFF Reader Photos Team USA Hits Mark SPORTS 1B Sunny 99/65 Weather forecast 8B 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 Boundary bounce Redrawn districts to cause lawmaker shuffle Staff report Despite changes in district lines that group Tehama County with counties to the south, it very well could be represented by the same people. The newly drawn district maps, which were approved Monday by the California Citizens Redis- tricting Commission, moves Tehama County from the 2nd Assembly District over to the 3rd district. Tehama County will no longer be grouped with the northern counties of Siskiyou, Modoc and Shasta but instead be in the same district as Glenn, Yuba, Sutter, northern Colusa and western Butte counties. Second District Assemblyman Jim Nielsen, who claims he resides in Gerber, where he owns a home, said he will move over to the 3rd district and run for re- election there. "The district contains my home county of Tehama, and most of the counties I currently represent, includ- ing Glenn, Colusa and Sutter," Nielsen said. "It increas- es the representation I already have in Butte County and adds Yuba County." Tehama County will remain in the 4th Senate Dis- trict while the rest of the northern counties were cut. Tehama will become the most northerly county in the area of representation, as the rest of the district will now include Butte, Glenn, Colusa, Yuba and a portion of Sutter and Sacramento counties. Senator Doug LaMalfa, R-Richvale, would still be eligible to run for re-election in the 4th District. For Congressional representation, Tehama County Beached whale laid to rest near river KLAMATH (AP) — In a ceremony screened by tall willows, the Yurok Tribe on Tuesday laid to rest a 45- foot gray whale that had delighted residents, passers- by and scientists after swim- ming into the lower Kla- math River with its calf nearly two months ago. With scientists by its side, the whale died at about 4 a.m. after beaching itself on the northern bank of the river. Crowds of people gathered to the spot within sight of the U.S. Highway 101 bridge and an RV park where they had watched for weeks as it swam back and forth, seemingly taking pleasure in the attention. ''It's very sad,'' said Thomas O'Rourke, chair- man of the Yurok Tribe, whose reservation lines the banks of the river south of Crescent City, Calif. ''It started to become a part of the community.'' A large backhoe hauled the whale onto the riverbank above the high tide line and dug a pit, O'Rourke said. After singing a song and Red Bluff Outdoor Power saying a prayer to send the whale on its journey to the afterlife, tribal members turned over the carcass to scientists for a necropsy. A burial was to follow. There was no obvious reason the whale died, said Dawn Goley, professor of zoology at Humboldt State University. The whale came into the river in late June with its calf, gradually working its way upriver until its favorite haunt was underneath the U.S. Highway 101 bridge. Crowds of people ran across the roadway, oblivi- ous to speeding traffic, to watch the whales swim- ming underneath. Some ser- enaded them with violins and flutes. One person jumped out of a kayak to swim with them. ''It was like a rock con- cert,'' said Reweti Wiki, a partner in the Requa Inn bed and breakfast overlook- See WHALE, page 7A Clockwise from top left, maps show new Con- gressional, Assembly and State Senate districts. will now be in the 1st Congressional District and be grouped with the other counties to the north and east, which includes Siskiyou, Modoc, Shasta, Lassen, Plumas, Butte, Sierra and Nevada counties, to make up the rural mountain district. U.S. Rep. Wally Herger, R-Chico, said he would run in the newly formed 1st District in order to keep repre- senting the heart of his present district, the counties of See BOUNCE, page 7A Flood plain meetings set for today By ANDREA WAGNER DN Staff Writer Property owners affected by new flood plain map changes are invited to attend either of two public meet- ings at 1 p.m. and 6 p.m. today in the Board of Super- visors chambers, at 727 Oak St. Federally-mandated flood map modernization has created a new flood insurance requirement for about 300 property owners in Red Bluff. The meetings will give property owners, insurance agents, lenders and real estate agents a chance to ask questions about the National Flood Insurance Program offered by Federal Emergency Management Agency, See FLOOD, page 7A Dog on I-5 causes wreck, injuries By JULIE ZEEB DN Staff Writer A dog in the road caused two Shasta County residents to be sent to the hospital following a colli- sion at 2:05 p.m. Sunday on northbound Interstate 5, south of Gyle Road. Shawn Shimizu, 33, of Redding and Delores Spalding, 79, of Anderson were taken to St. Eliza- beth Community Hospital for the treatment of mod- erate injuries, California Highway Patrol Officer Phillip Mackintosh said. Shimizu was the driver of a 2001 Plymouth involved in the two-car collision and Spalding was a passenger in the other involved vehicle. John Spalding, 83, of Anderson was driving a 2004 Honda Accord north in the fast lane when he slowed for a dog in the road, Mackintosh said. Shimizu, who was behind Spalding's Honda, didn't see him slow and rearended the Honda, causing major damage to both vehicles, he said. The dog was injured in the incident but was recovered by animal con- trol and taken to the shel- ter. Tehama County Sher- iff's logs show the dog was taken to Valley Vet- erinary. All vehicle occupants was wearing seatbelts, which kept the injuries from being worse, Mack- intosh said. ——— Julie Zeeb can be reached at 527-2153, extension 115 or jzeeb@redbluffdailynews .com. Fair to feature tractor, truck pull By JULIE ZEEB DN Staff Writer Plans are coming together for the Tehama District Fair, which will be Sept. 22-25, as the fairboard approved sev- eral contracts for the event. CEO Mark Eidman said he is especially excited about having a new event, a tractor and truck pull, put on by the Pacific Tractor Pullers Association. The event, which is something the fair- ground has not hosted for a while, will include a local truck pull compe- tition, he said. Forms for the compe- tition, which has a $40 entry fee, are available in the fair office or on the Pacific Tractor Pullers Association web- site: www.4PTPA.com. The event is split into stock and diesel classes. Tigers will be one of Daily News photo by Julie Zeeb Rylynn Root, 10, and Caden Root, 12, of Manton 4-H fill out their paperwork to exhibit at the Tehama District Fair, which will be Sept. 22-25. The main deadline for still exhibits is Sept. 18. 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