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WEEKEND NOVEMBER 5-6, 2011 Breaking news at: Hot New Healer: Vitamin D USA Weekend www.redbluffdailynews.com See Inside RED BLUFF Spartans Win League SPORTS 1B Few showers 53/37 Weather forecast 8B By ANDREA WAGNER DN Staff Writer Authorities are looking into an incident that left a man dead on a river cliff north of Los Molinos Thursday afternoon. A caller reported that her neighbor came over distraught because her neighbor's hus- band had fallen into the Sacramento River at 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 Body found over LM cliff, by river the end of Second Avenue, north of Los Moli- nos, according to sheriff's logs. Medical personnel were called to help a man that had reportedly fallen from a cliff in the 25000 block of Second Avenue, scanner traffic said. Medical service was canceled about 10 minutes later when deputies con- firmed that the man was dead. The coroner was called at 5:42 p.m., logs said. No details were released as of Friday after- noon, but information is expected to be avail- able as soon as the report is finished, said Sheriff Dave Hencratt. ——— Andrea Wagner can be reached at 527- 2153, extension 114 or awagner@redbluffdailynews.com. Walk the walk By ANDREA WAGNER DN Staff Writer Patrons, artists and anyone else out for a night on the town walked through nearly 30 venues of artwork, food and music Friday at the 9th annual Red Bluff Art Walk. The shows continues today when downtown businesses will open their doors for guests to see art- work from contributors throughout the county. Guests came for many reasons. "I just enjoy seeing all the people out," said Sean Wise of Chico. A former Red Bluff business owner, Wise came back to enjoy the ArtWalk while helping out a friend with her busi- ness. "It's a festive, fun and boisterous crowd," he said. Others came as patrons of the arts, like Jan Petersen of Red Bluff. A past chairwoman of the Tehama County Arts Council, Petersen has been to every ArtWalk event since she moved to the area nine years ago. She couldn't pick a favorite, she said. "There are too many fine artists to choose just one," Petersen said. Petersen was one of many guests who took Daily News photo by Andrea Wagner Jan Petersen of Red Bluff browses through art training cards, hang- ing as free-to-take ornaments for ArtWalk guests Friday evening inside the Red Bluff Art Association and Tehama County Photo Club show on Main Street. home an artist trading card, artwork done on small cards by many of the artists that belong to the Red Bluff Art Associ- ation. The cards are being given away during the ArtWalk. Report: Calif. delta plan best for environment FRESNO (AP) — A proposed long-range plan to manage California's freshwater delta is advan- tageous because of its benefits to the ecosystem and the reliable supply of water for farms and cities that it would help provide, according to a report released Friday. Critics, however, said the draft of the Delta Plan by the Delta Stewardship Council, and its environ- mental impact report were too vague on how those goals would be achieved, and that alternatives sub- mitted by other groups are better. Formed by the conflu- ence of California's two longest rivers — the Sacramento and the San Joaquin — the delta sup- plies drinking water for two-thirds of California residents and irrigates about 4 million acres of crops. The ecosystem's rapid deterioration has spurred regulations that limit delta pumping. In 2009, the Legislature created the seven-member council to come up with a plan to manage the delta. Groups with an interest in the delta and its water have submitted proposals for alternative plans. According to the new report, which analyzed five other options in addi- tion to the plan, the alter- native of doing nothing is environmentally inferior because it would be disas- trous for the delta in the long run. Three alterna- tives are less ideal than the proposed plan because the options fail to curtail the increasing environ- mental deterioration to the delta ecosystem, the report said. One alternative — which involved sharply decreased exports from the delta — was deemed ''slightly environmentally inferior'' to the proposed plan, because it would result in the greatest amount of water supply uncertainty and agricul- tural land losses. But it was deemed stronger than the proposed plan for 7 5 8 5 5 1 6 9 0 0 1 9 See DELTA, page 7A The Art Association set up alongside the Tehama County Photo Club to display artwork inside a vacant storefront on Main Street. Alongside the photography and art- work from 31 artists from the groups, guests were offered hors d'ouevres and wine from Ringtail Vineyards of Manton and Bursini Vineyards of Cot- tonwood. Highlighting that it is See WALK, page 7A Man throws rock at deputies A 26-year-old man was arrested Thursday after he reportedly tried to throw a rock at deputies when they came to check on his well-being. A call came in at about 6:30 p.m. in which a man said he wanted to die and then hung up without answer- ing the dispatcher's specific questions, according to See ROCK, page 7A Libraries receive surplus shelving By ANDREA WAGNER DN Staff Writer One bookseller's aban- doned shelves are now Tehama County Library's treasure. Following a weekend jaunt to Vacaville in rent- ed U-Haul moving vans, librarian Jessica Hudson and her staff picked up nearly $10,000 worth of shelving units, book racks and other items donated to the county branches. When Borders Book- sellers went belly-up this summer and shut down nearly 400 stores nation- wide, Hudson was paying attention, she told the Board of Supervisors Tuesday, when she asked them to approve the dona- tion. She tried to see if the county might be able to get racks from a closing store, but the prices were out of the county's range then. It wasn't until after the store in Vacaville closed completely that she was able to negotiate. Nut Tree Mall Man- agement and Borders Booksellers agreed to donate the items when it looked like they might have to dispose of them, Hudson said. She and her staff filled two and a half U-Haul vans and drove them to Red Bluff on a Saturday, she said. The items included 20 double-sided light oak shelving units, six double- sided bucket shelving units, a large oak maga- zine display rack, six movable steel display units, three catalog com- puter carrels and three thermal printers, valued together at $9,800. "Once they were up See SURPLUS, page 7A City nixes license fee for vendors By TANG LOR DN Staff Writer Small vendors who only sell at special com- munity events will no longer have to get a busi- ness license to participate. In an effort to stream- line and get rid of some governmental regulation, the Red Bluff City Coun- cil unanimously decided to waive the $2 business license for certain short- term, temporary vendors. Qualifying vendors include most of those who participate in special community events such as Farmers Markets or non- profit craft fairs. Special events provide community benefit by attracting customers and tourists, and they provide a sense of community character to the city, Plan- ning Director Scot Tim- boe said. The events are usually limited to a few hours or days and many of the vendors are not regu- lar commercial operators. If the only time some- one is selling something is at a community event, then they shouldn't have to get a business license, he said. "This is just an extra burden on staff, the per- son and event organizers," Timboe said. In a time of economic downturn and over regula- Daily News file photo Jessy Stodgen, of In The Reign Designs, sets up his handmade jew- elry prior to the Annual Craft Fair at the Red Bluff Community and Senior Center. tion, eliminating the license shows the city is streamlining economic opportunities, Timboe said. Also, from a work- load and processing standpoint, the $2 busi- ness license does not off- set the cost of staff's time to process the application, and it distracts staff from other essential duties. The time saved by not having to process the application will equal money saved. "We're doing a lot of work for $2," Timboe said. Council members were receptive to the idea, say- ing any time bureaucratic red tape can be eliminated it is a good thing. "This strips away some See FEE, page 7A Meeting , Call Lynn: 736-0675 Thursday, November 10th 7 p.m. Red Bluff Union High 1975