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WEDNESDAY SEPTEMBER 21, 2011 Breaking news at: Special Fair Sections Start Today www.redbluffdailynews.com See Pages 1B-4B RED BLUFF Tehama District Fair Athletes of the Week SPORTS 1B Sunny 100/62 Weather forecast 6C 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 Prom Project in jeopardy Teen arrested in church damage A Red Bluff teen was arrested Sunday afternoon in connection with vandalism reported at the First United Methodist Church, 525 David Ave. At 10:39 a.m. Sunday, Officer Jerry Fernandez was sent to the church regarding graffiti and he recognized the graffiti as being possibly related to a separate, but on-going investigation he was handling. Fernandez made contact with McKean 18-year-old Shane Thomas McKean who was in possession of spray paint and drawings that matched the graffiti on the church. McKean admitted to Fernandez that he had vandal- ized the church and was arrested in the 400 block of Springtime Lane. He was booked into Tehama County Jail on the charge of vandalizing a place of worship. Bail was set at $50,000. The investigation is on-going as there is a possible second suspect that may have been involved. Nothing further was available. —Julie Zeeb DN file photo Tehama County Department of Education Foster and Homeless Youth Coordinators Denise Rochlitz and Jo Kee pose for a picture with their favorite dresses from the 2011 collection gathered for the Prom Project. Special to the DN The Tehama County Prom Pro- ject needs your help to stay afloat. The Prom Project, a four-year-old endeavor of the Department of Education, collects and supplies formal wear at no cost to foster and homeless youth and teens whose families are unable to afford for- malwear. Without additional funding to pay for indoor storage of the formal wear and professional cleaning ser- vices, the Prom Project is in immi- nent danger of ending. The program has been nominat- ed for a Raley's Reach grant, but needs votes from the community to win it. "The Project hosts a week-long boutique right before prom so the students can shop," said Jo Kee, coordinator of the Tehama County Department of Education Foster/Homeless program. "These are students who may otherwise not get to experience this important milestone of their youth, prom." The program, which hosts the boutique at the Tehama Co. Dept. of Education, then takes the show on the road, making appearances at Corning and Los Molinos High Schools. "We serve close to 200 students each year, some with just shoes or accessories, and many with entire outfits," Kee said. The students who participate are required to visit the Prom Projects "Prevention Lounge" and hear from teachers and prevention spe- Judge throws out parts of salmon, steelhead plan FRESNO (AP) — A federal judge on Tuesday threw out parts of a manage- ment plan to protect endan- gered salmon, steelhead and other species from large water pumps in the Sacra- mento-San Joaquin Delta that move water to farms and cities. U.S. District Judge Oliv- er Wanger invalidated parts of the U.S. National Marine Fisheries Service's so-called biological opinion, calling the plan ''arbitrary, capri- cious, and unlawful.'' Wanger still held that pumping operations nega- tively impact the fish and adversely modify their criti- cal habitat, but his decision means the agency will rewrite its plan again. In the 279-page decision, Wanger wrote that some of the agency's analyses relied on ''equivocal or bad sci- ence'' and didn't clearly demonstrate why the mea- sures it imposed were essen- tial. Wanger threw out the Red Bluff Outdoor Power QuickBooks Class Six Wednesdays (10-5-11 to 11-7-11) 5:15 pm - 7:15 pm Job Training Center, 7 5 8 5 5 1 6 9 0 0 1 9 718 Main St., Red Bluff $99.00 per person Call 529-7000 previous salmon and steel- head management plan in 2008, which led the govern- ment to release the new pro- posal a year later. California water agencies immediately challenged it in court, say- ing it would limit the amount of water pumped to farmers and Southern Cali- fornia residents. Water agencies hailed the latest ruling as a victory, saying it means more water can be pumped for urban and rural water users. Environmentalists said the judge was simply tweaking technical aspects of the plan involving when pumping can and cannot occur, but the underlying ruling that pumping endan- gers the fish remained unchanged. Fall-run chinook salmon populations returning to the Central Valley to spawn have declined over the past seven years. cialists providing education about alcohol, tobacco and other drugs." The funding would keep the pro- gram going for about three years. If the community wants to help, they can go to: http://www.raleys.com/cfapps/reac h/nomination_list.cfm?orderby=vo tetotal&catid=1991883 to register and vote. The grant is listed under Red Bluff High School, but will contin- ue to provide services to all of Tehama County. For more information or to get a daily reminder to vote, email trobertson@tehamaschools. "We are currently in fourth place and we only have until Sept. 23, " Kee said. "We really need the com- munity's support." Many spots tagged in graffiti spree By JULIE ZEEB DN Staff Writer Several locations in Red Bluff were vandal- ized over the weekend, including at least four businesses and a resi- dence hit with graffiti. Reports of the graffiti at local businesses started coming in just before 7 a.m., said Red Bluff Police Sgt. Quintan Orte- ga The Red Bluff Com- munity and Senior Center, 1500 S. Jackson St., which was hit about a week ago, was one of the four businesses. The words "gone" and "not" were spray painted on the south side of the building in gray paint with damage estimated between $50 and $100. On Sept. 13, three walls of the building were reported to have been spray painted with cEWK.c, causing about $500 damage, sometime between 8 p.m. Sept. 12 and 7:28 a.m. Sept. 13. Rainbo Bread, 255 Madison St., Moule's Tehama County Glass, 515 Sycamore St., Trainor Park on Vista Way and a residence in the 600 block of Jackson Street, were also hit with graffiti for a total of $2,150 worth of damage, Ortega said. The case is still under investi- See SPREE, page 5A Jubilee raises more than $4,500 By ANDREA WAGNER DN Staff Writer TEHAMA — Tehama County Museum Day Jubilee was deemed a suc- cess by organizers, raising more than $4,500 Satur- day. Executive Director of the museum, Pam Brit- ting, was pleased with the outcome as the jubilee is the biggest fundraiser for the museum each year. The event hosted more than 40 vendors, crafters and artisans from throughout Northern Cali- fornia. Booths were set up on the lawn in front of the museum and at the park just next door. Other activities includ- ed an all-American clas- sic car show, a fiber art demonstration and a raffle of donated items. Antiques appraisers from Chico looked at more than 50 items for locals, Britting said. Funds were raised in a variety of ways as visitors braved the triple-digit temperatures to enjoy the event. A country store set up inside the museum annex sold more than $500 of baked goods and home- PHYSICIAN REFERRAL A FREE SERVICE PROVIDED FOR YOUR CONVENIENCE 1-800-990-9971 CHW North State Region Daily News photo by Andrea Wagner The California Heat Sweet Adelines group performs at the Tehama County Museum Day Jubilee Sept. 10 in Tehama. grown vegetables, Brit- ting said. The raffle raised about $650 during the event, but pre-sale tickets garnered about $1,000, she said. The museum store sold about $175 worth of See JUBILEE, page 5A Celebrate Customer Service Week: October 3-7 CS Bootcamp - Season V: Refresh, Recharge, Reconnect A one hour, fast paced training to revisit key skills with staff. $35 per group – at your site – dates available throughout October. Call the Job Training Center at 529-7000