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CORNING » The Rolling Hills Casino Community Develop- ment Foundation committee an- nounced recipients of more than $32,000 in grants for the first quarter of 2015. The foundation supports com- munity development programs, with a primary focus on educa- tion. Major grant recipients in- clude the Tehama County Arts Council for $12,000, Tehama County Education Foundation for $6,000, Jackson Heights Ele- mentary School for $3,000, Rich- field School District, Shady Creek Outdoor Program for $2,500, So- roptimist International Bidwell Rancho for $2,500, Mercy High School for $2,000, Give Kids a Smile Day for $2,500 and Boul- der Creek School's Vigilente Kind- ness program for $1,250. Grants of less than $1,000 went to Red Bluff Rotary, Williams Booster Club, Corning Ducks Un- limited, Corning High Parents Club for Sober Grad Night and Williams High Sober Grad. The Foundation also donated numer- ous raffle prizes to local organi- zations. "We are very proud to fund pro- grams that contribute to the vital- ity and viability of our local com- munities," said Andy Freeman, chairman of the Paskenta Band of Nomlaki Indians, which owns the casino. "These grants bene- fit our entire community by en- couraging continued learning op- portunities, higher education and economic development." The largest grant went to the Tehama County Arts Council to provide free art classes and spe- cial events to the entire commu- nity at its art studio. "The Green Room Community Art Studio provides artistic in- struction and opportunities that are not available in local schools, or would be too costly for many of our community members to ROLLING HILLS Casinomakes grants to support youth, education, arts By Rich Greene rgreene@redbluffdailynews.com @richgreenenews on Twitter RED BLUFF » Tehama County is joining with other rural Califor- nia counties in calling for a pair of federal mitigation programs to be returned to full funding. The Board of Supervisors ad- opted a pari of resolutions at its Feb. 3 meeting urging the U.S. Congress to reauthorize and fully fund the Federal Se- cure Rural Schools and Com- munity Self-Determination Act of 2000 (SRS) and the Federal Payment in Lieu of Taxes Pro- grams (PILT). Both programs are in place to mitigate loss of tax revenue due to federal ownership of land. The adopted resolutions come before a scheduled trip by Supervisor Bob Williams to Wa sh in gt on D .C . la te r th is w ee k as part of the National Associ- ation of Counties Conference. Williams said the resolutions will be presented to federal leg- islators. The Rural County Represen- tatives of California have been urging the 34 counties they rep- resent to pass similar resolu- tions. The SRS program expired at the end of the 2013 fiscal year. The county's last payment re- ceived from the program was for $1.044 million in March 2014. The SRS program was cre- ated to mitigate for the impact of timber harvesting produc- tion on forest lands. Counties used the money to support pub- lic schools and road programs. "SRS funding is critical to Tehama County's ability to provide for our residents and its immediate reauthorization should be of the utmost prior- ity for Congress," Williams said. "In addition, it is time to look at a long-term stable funding source for forested counties and schools to maintain vital pro- grams and avoid an interrup- tion in services and operations. The county's share of PILT funds increased from $426,069 to $530,446 from 2013 to 2014. The PILT program was reau- thorized for 2015 funding, how- ever the county has not received notification on how much fund- ing it will receive. Congress authorized $450 million in federal funding to the program for 2015. Chairman Burt Bundy called the programs an "ongoing and endless battle" for Tehama County. BOARD OF SUPERVISORS CountyurgesCongresstofinanceprograms By Andre Byik abyik@redbluffdailynews.com @andrebyik on Twitter RED BLUFF » Partly cloudy skies Saturday morning followed a wet and windy Friday when much-needed rain fell on the North State in a storm that drew national attention the area. The storm was the first of two systems to hit Northern Califor- nia, with the second arriving Sunday, according to the Na- tional Weather Service. Both storms brought heavy precipitation and strong winds. NBC Nightly News broadcast a report from Tehama County detailing the "Pineapple Ex- press" storm system and the re- gion's drought problems. Tree limbs, utility lines and loss of power were reported throughout the county over the three days. The National Weather Ser- vice said wind gusts on Friday peaked at 59 miles per hour in Red Bluff and Redding. At 11 a.m. Saturday, about 340 customers were without power in the Red Bluff area, about 550 customers were without power in northern Tehama County and pockets of power failures were scattered throughout the rest of the county, according to the Pa- cific Gas and Electric Co.'s web- site. A listing for the past seven days shows 2.32 inches of pre- cipitation was recorded at Red Bluff, but no data was included for Saturday and Sunday. On Tuesday, the NWS fore- casts a sunny day with a high near 68, with clear skies and highs in the 70s the rest of the week. TEHAMA COUNTY STRONG WINDS, HEAVY RAINFALL HIT COUNTY DAILYNEWSRICHGREENE A wet weekend filled Reeds Creek in Red Bluff. Community.....A3 Health..............A4 Lifestyles........A5 Opinion............A6 Sports.............. B1 Comics ............B3 INDEX First 5Tehama has a number of programs available to help transition children as they begin kindergarten. PAGEA5 LIFESTYLES Preparingchildrenand families for school The Corning Cardinals boys and girls basketball teams both beat West Valley Friday night. PAGE B1 SPORTS Corning boys, girls basketball sweep WV A defendant told the judge that he recognized the interpreter sitting next to him from his time in "black sites." PAGE A7 JUSTICE Alleged link to CIA halts Guantanamo case California has proposed clos- ing oilwells that had been allowed to inject into drinking water aquifers. PAGE A8 CALIFORNIA State pledges to protect underground water Clearskys,warmweatherexpectedfortherestoftheweek The Associated Press YUBA CITY » The oldest liv- ing crew member of the battleship USS Arizona to have survived the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor has died in Northern California at the age of 100. Retired Navy Lt. Com- mander Joseph Langdell died on Feb. 4 at a nursing home in Yuba City, accord- ing to his son, Ted Lang- dell. A tally maintained by the USS Arizona Reunion Association, for which Langdell had served as president, identified him as not only the oldest Ar- izona survivor, but the last surviving officer from the naval ship that lost 1,177 men — nearly four-fifths of its crew — when it was bombed on Dec. 7, 1941. Langdell was an ensign on an assignment that had him sleeping on a military base adjacent to the ship in Honolulu on the morning Pearl Harbor was attacked. He spent the following hours and days trying to rescue shipmates from the burning water, preparing for another possible air as- sault and leading the sur- vivors tasked with remov- ing the remains of the dead from the partially sunken ship, his son said. "I felt absolutely helpless as I watched the attack," Langdell told The Associ- ated Press on the 56th an- niversary of the attack that drew the United States into World War II. "If I had been aboard, I would have been killed in that No. 2 (gun) turret. That was the one that blew up. It was my luck to be assigned off the ship that day." The New Hampshire native spent another four years in the Navy before OBITUARY Survivor of USS Arizona from Pearl Harbor attack dies at 100 GRANTS » PAGE 7 OBITUARY » PAGE 7 » redbluffdailynews.com Tuesday, February 10, 2015 50CENTS AN EDITION OF THE CHICO ENTERPRISE-RECORD 7 58551 69001 9 Volume130,issue58 Good morning, thanks for subscribing » Tyler Young FUNDRAISER Church raising funds for orphans Lifestyles » A5 EBOLA Twists, turns lead to promising vaccine Health » A4 FORECAST High: 68 Low: 40 » B8 DON'TBE SCAMMED Scamalerts Readour online scam alert section to learn how to avoid being scammed. VISIT REDBLUFFDAILYNEWS.COM/ SCAMALERT