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THURSDAY SEPTEMBER 8, 2011 Breaking news at: www.redbluffdailynews.com See Page 5A RED BLUFF Reader Photos Pigskin Preview SPORTS 1B Sunny 100/65 Weather forecast 8B By TANG LOR DN Staff Writer Hosts at recreational vehicle parks and campgrounds should no longer have any questions about whether they are required to charge and collect transient occupancy tax from visitors. The Red Bluff City Council Tuesday amended a several- 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 City votes to tax RV parks for visitors decades-old policy to specifi- cally include RV parks and campgrounds as being among the type of visitor accommoda- tions that must collect TOT. City officials have long maintained that the TOT ordi- nance, which was first adopted in the '60s, has always been applicable to RV parks and campgrounds. The amendment 'The craving for more tax money seems to have blinded the city as to what the original 1965 ordinance really says' — John Elko is a clarification only and does not change or expand the tax base. Others see the amendment as 9/11 memorial See CITY, page 7A Truck crashes into LM store Sheriff's deputies are looking for suspects who crashed a stolen pickup into a Los Molinos mini mart early Wednesday. A commercial burglary alarm tipped off law enforce- ment to respond just after 4 a.m. to More 4 Less, at 7948 Highway 99E, a sheriff's press release said. The See TRUCK, page 7A Roadwork to begin throughout county By ANDREA WAGNER DN Staff Writer Seven county roads are slated for resurfacing pro- jects to begin Sept. 12. County maintenance crews will start with Lake California Drive, from Main Street to the entrance to Lake Califor- nia, near Cottonwood. Each road will take about three days to com- plete, said Public Works Director Gary Antone. Traffic delays of up to 10 minutes are expected, he said. DN file photo Tehama County Young Marine Sgt. Mary Hurton, center, carries the American flag to the pole to be raised, then lowered to half-mast at the 2009 ceremony in honor of Sept. 11. By JULIE ZEEB DN Staff Writer For the 10th anniversary of the terrorist attacks on Sept. 11, 2001, the public is invited to a ceremony at 7:30 a.m. Sunday at the flag pole in front of the Tehama County Courthouse. "It's an observance to remember that day," said cer- emony coordinator Greg Latourell. "It's a very small, very humble ceremony. Nothing flashy. It's just to honor those lives who were lost through no fault of Romney, Perry spar over jobs, Social Security SIMI VALLEY (AP) — Quick to tangle, Republi- can presidential rivals Rick Perry and Mitt Romney sparred vigorously over job creation and Social Security Wednesday night in a feisty campaign debate that marked a contentious new turn in the race to pick a 2012 challenger to Presi- dent Barack Obama. Far more than in earlier GOP debates this summer, the candidates mixed it up in their first faceoff since Perry entered the race and almost instantly overtook Romney as front-runner in opinion polls. Those two — as well as other con- tenders on stage — sniped at one another, contradict- ed allegations and inter- rupted media questioners to demand opportunities to take each other on. ''Michael Dukakis cre- ated jobs three times faster than you did, Mitt,'' Perry jabbed in the debate's opening moments, refer- ring to one of Romney's Democratic predecessors as governor of Massachu- setts. ''As a matter of fact, George Bush and his pre- decessors created jobs at a faster rate than you did,'' Romney shot back at Perry, the 10-year incumbent Texas governor. The debate was the first of three in as many weeks, at a time when the econo- my is struggling, unem- ployment is seemingly stuck at 9.1 percent and Obama's popularity is sinking in the polls — all events that could make the GOP nomination worth more than it appeared only a few months ago. Perry and Romney stood next to each other on the debate stage at the Ronald Reagan Presiden- tial Library, a setting that See DEBATE, page 7A 7 5 8 5 5 1 6 9 0 0 1 9 Red Bluff Outdoor Power their own." Latourell and his wife, Vickie, started the event for the sixth year anniversary after the fifth year anniver- sary of the attacks on the World Trade Center, Pentagon and an airplane downed in Pennsylvania passed without a local ceremony. Sept. 11 is for the younger generation like the attack on Pearl Harbor was for the older generation, a day for people to remember the lives lost, he said. See 9/11, page 7A The projects are part of the ongoing Proposition 1B maintenance funds dis- persed through the state, Antone said. In all, the project will cost $1.7 mil- lion to complete. The other roads to be resurfaced this season, in order, are: • Bowman Road, from Evergreen to Mitchell Gulch; • Hoag Road from the Corning city limit to Hall Road; • Tehama Avenue, from the city of Tehama to Dewig Avenue; • Kirkwood Avenue, from South Avenue to Capay Road; • South Avenue, from the Corning city limit to the Sacramento River; • San Benito Avenue, from Elder Creek to the north side of Gerber. The public is asked to be aware of the delays and choose alternate routes if possible. Engineering staff met recently to discuss coordi- nation methods, as there are more than 50 projects in progress at this time, Antone said. Other projects include road patching in several areas including Dairyville, Jellys Ferry Road, Round Valley Road and the Corn- ing area. County workers are also doing bridge inspec- tions in all the districts and various other repairs and maintenance, Antone said. The road resurfacing projects will continue See COUNTY, page 7A Stone sings at state level competition By JULIE ZEEB DN Staff Writer After winning the July 21 Colgate Country Showdown, Red Bluff resident Stacy Stone had the heartbreak of later los- ing at the state level. "I was shocked when the judges called my name as the winner (at Susanville)," Stone said. "I was very pleased to win and be able to compete at the California state level." Stone, the only contes- tant younger than 21, sang an original she wrote and a cover song by Carrie Underwood, Stacy's mother Wilma Stone said. She only had 10 minutes to practice with the band before the contest started. "Stacy didn't win, but she performed like I have never seen her perform before," Wilma Stone said. "Her performance was right on the money." The state level compe- tition was with a Sacra- mento band, The Bodie Stewart Band. See STONE, page 7A a direct target on Durango RV Resort and an expansion of the tax base. The target has been at Durango and not any other resorts, such as River's Edge RV Park, Durango manager Pam Cappello said. In this bad economy, the target on Durango Courtesy photo Stacy Stone FIREARMS TRAINING Concealed carry & 18TH handgun class for 1st time applicants September 17TH Walt Mansell 527-1154 Early morning & evenings Unemployed due to a closure or major layoff? 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