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MONDAY OCTOBER 17, 2011 Breaking news at: Avoid Health Mistakes Vitality www.redbluffdailynews.com See Page 4A RED BLUFF Sunday Wrap SPORTS 1B Sunny 85/55 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 Orchard Fest Group wants new home for homeless By JULIE ZEEB DN Staff Writer A new non-profit that plans to provide housing for homeless women and children is ready to get started, but needs help from the community. After months of planning, Transitional Living Cen- ter (TLC), which operates under the non-profit New Covenant Community Development Corporation, just needs a helping hand. "It's not a hand out, it's a hand-up," said Program Director Jodi Cordial. That's the same attitude she expects prospective clients to adopt, she said. As a part of the program, those accepted will have rules to follow. "We have a plan for a self-supporting program once we get it up," Cordial said. "If we expect our partici- pants to be self-supporting, we should be, too." New Covenant President Sue Harms, while not on the board, is actively involved with TLC as she has been an active advocate for the homeless for several years. See HOME, page 7A Daily News photos by Andrea Wagner Antique tractor parades were part of the entertainment Saturday for guests of the Dairyville Orchard Festival. The NorCal Antique Tractor and Engine Club had a full array of machines on display at the event. By ANDREA WAGNER DN Staff Writer Spread across the lawn of the Lassen View Ele- mentary School, the Dairyville Orchard Festi- val had a successful 14th year celebrating the har- vest among the trees Sat- urday. The festival began with a group of local volun- teers who wanted to have an opportunity to cele- brate the harvest in the area and has developed into a way to raise schol- arship money for area youth and to give locals a chance to reunite every year. The event is organized by the Dairyville Com- munity Club, Inc., which has raised $110,500 for scholarships over the last 12 years through events like the Dairyville Orchard Festival. Guests meandered through booths of locally made products and crafts, munched on food such as barbecued tri-tip sand- wiches and kettle corn, Tehama County pageant winners painted faces free during the Dairyville Orchard Festival Saturday. and listened to local talent play music broadcast through the area on speakers. The event was dotted with local artwork and tal- ent, and many items auc- tioned off for a silent auc- tion fundraiser. Scarecrow displays made by student classrooms were set up near the stage. Children could enjoy a free bounce house with a slide from Gonzalez Jumpers of Gerber or take part in the Little Farmers Corner by the Tehama County Farm Bureau. The Little Farmers Corner offered coloring pages, stringing beads, painting and "moo masks" made with paper plates. Hazel Brandt of See FEST, page 7A Special to the DN Students at Metteer Ele- mentary School will take to the field behind the school to walk, jog or run their way to new playground equip- ment. Metteer's Parent Teacher Club's largest fundraiser of the year is the annual Jog-a- Walk-a-thon. This year's Jog-a-Walk- a-Thon, to be held Friday, Oct. 21, has been named Strides for Slides 2011. All proceeds from the event will go toward updating the playground equipment. Metteer's playground equipment was installed when the school was built in 1987. In the last 24 years, the equipment has never been updated. "Yes indeed, all that old time, all metal, burn the hands playground equip- ment is original," said long- time Metteer teacher Pattie Schafer when asked about the age of the playground equipment. Principal Barbara Gaskin saw a need for updating the equipment when she first toured the school last spring. "I saw this beautiful area with grass and trees behind the school, but then I saw the play structures, which were obviously very old with surfacing that needs improvement," Gaskin said. Students also see the need for an updated play- ground. "The playground is just all blah and needs work," sixth-grader Savannah Bronze said. "We need more stuff to climb on, some swings and some color; lots of bright happy colors." In the past few years, the Parent Teacher Club has focused on raising money for field trips. 7 5 8 5 5 1 6 9 0 0 1 9 "I feel the need for updated playground equip- ment is so great that I looked for other ways to fund field trips," Gaskin said. "This would allow the California doctors' group backs legalizing pot ANAHEIM (AP) — California's largest indus- try group for doctors is calling for the legalization of marijuana even as it maintains that the drug has few proven health benefits. Trustees of the Califor- nia Medical Association adopted the new stance at its annual meeting Friday in Anaheim, according to a Los Angeles Times report. Dr. Donald Lyman, the Sacramento physician who wrote the group's new policy, said doctors are increasingly frustrated by the state's medical marijuana law, which allows use with a doctor's recommendation. Physi- cians are put in the uncomfortable position of having to decide whether to recommend a drug that's illegal under federal law, Lyman said. ''It is an open question whether cannabis is useful or not,'' he told the news- paper. ''That question can only be answered once it is legalized and more research is done. Then, and only then, can we know what it is useful for.'' The CMA acknowl- edges health risks associ- ated with marijuana use and proposes regulation similar to alcohol and tobacco, but the group says the consequences of criminalization outweigh the dangers. The federal govern- ment considers cannabis a drug with no medical use. The CMA wants the White House to reclassify it to help promote further research on its medical potential. Earlier this year, the Obama adminis- tration turned down a request to reclassify mari- juana. That decision is being appealed in federal court by legalization advocates. Lyman called current laws a ''failed public health policy.'' But critics within the medical community said association leaders did not See POT, page 7A School plans jog- and walk-a-thon to raise money for playground Courtesy photo Metteer students play on the outdated equipment that could be replaced using money they are collecting through the annual Jog-a-Walk-a-Thon. fundraising efforts of the Parent Teacher Club to be directed towards our play- ground equipment." Field trips will continue this year and be funded through school site alloca- tions. Strides for Slides will be held during school hours. Students are obtaining sponsors to pledge an amount per lap completed or a flat amount. Students will receive prizes for their participation, and Gaskin has promised to complete a "crazy stunt" selected by the students should Strides for Slides raise more than $10,000. "Maybe I will dye my hair bright red, which is Metteer's school color, and slide into a pool of Jell-O," Gaskin said. "We shall see what the students decide I should do." Those interested in mak- ing a donation to Strides for Slides can call the school at 527-9015.