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The Red Bluff Exchange Club and Soroptimist International in- vite the people of Tehama County to come to Red Bluff's historic State Theatre on Saturday for a gala evening of performances by 22 outstanding, talented young people who will be competing in the 9th Annual Exchange Club Search for Talent show. The evening's performances will feature six acts in the Pri- mary Division, seven acts in the Junior Division and seven acts in the Senior Division. Previous local and district com- petition winners Ashtin Lope- man and Sophia Hackler will give guest performances. Also fea- tured will be music by "Loosely Strung," members of the Old Time Fiddlers Association. Awards and prizes will be awarded to the contestants, and the first place winners in each di- vision will be invited to perform and compete in the Exchange Club District Search for Talent Competition, which will be held at the Feather Falls Casino on June 15. In past years, winners of the Red Bluff competition — Mitch- ell Sauve, Chad Bushnell, Devin Penner, Ashiah Scharaga, Stacy PERFORMANCE Localtalent to take center stage Saturday Staffreports GERBER» A Red Bluff man was ar- rested on suspicion of possession and sales of narcotics during a ve- hicle stop. Tehama County sheriff's depu- ties stopped a vehicle driven by Rocky Donald Ponciano, 53, about 1:30 a.m. Monday on Gyle Road at State Route 99W, according to a press release. A K9 searched the vehicle and reportedly located methamphet- amine and prescription medica- tion not prescribed to Ponciano, according to the release. Ponciano was arrested on sus- picion of felony possession of a controlled substance for sale, fel- ony possession of narcotics and misdemeanor possession of con- trolled substance paraphernalia. He was booked into Tehama County Jail with bail set at $33,000. TEHAMA COUNTY Red Bluff man arrested on alleged drug charges Ballotreferendumwillpostponeimplementationuntil2016elections By Judy Lin The Associated Press SACRAMENTO » A trade group has turned in enough signatures to put a referendum on Califor- nia's plastic bag ban on the No- vember 2016 ballot, suspending implementation of the nation's first statewide ban until voters can weigh in, state elections of- ficials said Tuesday. The plastic bag manufacturing trade group American Progres- sive Bag Alliance had 555,000 of the roughly 505,000 valid signa- tures needed to qualify the ref- erendum after a random sample of the signatures, said Bill Mabie, chief deputy for Secretary of State Alex Padilla. The group had sub- mitted more than 800,000 at the end of last year. After one of the fiercest legis- lative battles of 2014, pitting bag- makers against environmental- ists, Gov. Jerry Brown signed the bill last fall. It was scheduled to be phased in starting in July at TRADE GROUP Plasticbagbansuspended Amancarries plastic single- use bags past the State Capitol in Sacramento. RICH PEDRONCELLI — THE ASSOCIATED PRESS FILE By Rich Greene rgreene@redbluffdailynews.com @richgreenenews on Twitter DAIRYVILLE » Tehama County Sheriff Dave Hencratt told the Board of Supervisors Tuesday that he had authorized the re- opening of Cone Grove Park. Hencratt had used his au- thority under an emergency disaster declaration to close the park after it was devas- tated following a Dec. 3 win- ter storm and ensuing flood- ing problems. Hencratt said since then crews have been able to clean up the park and return it to a usable state. Hencratt and Chief Admin- istrator Bill Goodwin also an- nounced that they have re- ceived word that Gov. Jerry Brown will provide disaster as- sistance to Tehama County in the amount of 75 percent of dol- lars spent by public agencies. The county did not receive any assistance following the 2012 Ponderosa Fire in the Manton area. Goodwin said he believed the state's improved economy may have been a factor as to why assistance is being pro- vided this time. "It's good news for the general fund," Hencratt said. Goodwin said the assistance is being made available because the county maintained detailed records of its expenses through- out the disaster. The series of winter storms in December caused around $2.5 million in agricultural damage and $2 million by the county in recovery and response costs, ac- cording to public officials. The county oversaw a tempo- rary repair of a berm on Butler Slough that included the use of helicopters to install an Aqua Dam. In Tehama County 23 home- owners and three businesses suffered major damages follow- ing severe flooding that began Dec. 3. Another 102 homeown- ers and 13 businesses suffered minor damage. The state's assistance will only cover public agency losses. As of late January the Small Business Administration had already approved close to $700,000 in loans to home own- ers and small businesses. The SBA had received more than 50 applications as of late January. Residents have until March 9 to file for a low-interest loan through the program. NORCAL STORM CONE GROVE REOPENED; REIMBURSEMENT EXPECTED DAILY NEWS PHOTO BY ANDRE BYIK Cone Grove Park in Dairyville has been reopened a er being closed in December due to flood damage. Community.....A3 Business .........A4 Lifestyles........A5 Opinion............A6 Comics ............B3 Food.................B4 INDEX Local Flight Instructor Irwin Fust will be holding class in Redding due to work at Red Bluff airport. PAGEA5 LIFESTYLES Aviationgroundschool to be held in Redding The Tehama County CattleWomen offer a recipe for seared sirloin steak with onion relish. PAGE A3 COMMUNITY CattleWomen offer sirloin steak recipe Someone hacked into Burning Man's website and snapped up the first batch of tickets to the summer festival. PAGE A3 FESTIVAL Hackers snap up Burning Man tickets In Tehama County 23 homeowners and three businesses suffered major damages following severe flooding that began Dec. 3. Another 102 homeowners and 13 businesses suffered minor damage. Obama vetoed the bill in private, in contrast to the televised ceremony Republicans staged earlier this month. 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