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FRIDAY NOVEMBER 11, 2011 Veterans Day Breaking news at: www.redbluffdailynews.com Regis Signs Off Select TV See Inside RED BLUFF Veterans Tribute Pages Inside cloudy Weather forecast 12A Mostly 69/41 Gerber Rams SPORTS 1B DAILYNEWS TEHAMACOUNTY DAILY 50ยข 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 Walk and talk WWII veteran recalls service Daily News photo by Julie Zeeb Janell Fitzgerald of Plum Crazy on Main Street talks with Rep. Wally Herger Thursday on Herger's "Main Street Walk and Talk." Herger was visiting businesses in downtown to listen to their concerns and introduce them to the Rural Microbusiness Investment Credit Act of 2011, legislation he con-sponsored to support start-up and expanding rural microbusinesses. By JULIE ZEEB DN Staff Writer On Thursday, Rep. Wally Herger was in Red Bluff for "Main Street Walk and Talk" during which he visited several businesses in down- town Red Bluff. Herger spoke to owners and employees about their concerns and introduced them to the Rural Microbusiness Investment Credit Act of 2011, which he co-authored with Rep. Ron Kind and introduced in September. The legislation, meant to support start-up and expansion of rural microbusinesses, would allow own- ers to receive a 35 percent tax cred- it for new investments in their busi- nesses including new investments in capital, equipment, inventory and wages. To qualify, a business would need to have five or fewer employ- ees and be in an economically dis- tressed area or a place with high unemployment, high poverty or median family incomes below the national average. At US Bank, Branch Manager Glen Nixon expressed concern with the high amount of unemployment. "The economy is tough and we've done what we can," Nixon said. "We have such high unem- ployment. Hopefully, we can get people back to work to jumpstart the economy." For everybody, getting the econ- omy going circles back to getting people back to work, Nixon said. At Dale's Carpet and Design, owner Dale Lyford talked with Herger about how the three busi- nesses his family owns are doing. Lyford's wife, Kari Lyford, and her mother, Gayle Selby, own Countryside Cafe on Washington Street and Riverside Bed and Breakfast on Rio Street. "I don't think we've ever worked so hard to keep things going," Lyford said. "We've been busy since July (at Dale's). It's a good sign of a recovery. I hope it's not just a community thing but an all around thing." Herger praised Lyford and his family for being an example of the small entrepreneur and asked whether there was anything he could do to help. See WALK, page 11A Daily News photo by Julie Zeeb World War II veteran and long-time Red Bluff cattle rancher Bob Kerstiens, Sr., poses for a picture with a photo of himself as a young soldier in World War II. Kerstiens joined the Army just after graduating Red Bluff Union High School in 1943. By JULIE ZEEB DN Staff Writer Although it's been more than 60 years since he left to serve in the US Army, Red Bluff resident Bob Kerstiens, Sr. remembers it well. "There was a full bus load of us who gathered in front of the State Theatre and went to Presidio in San Francis- co," Kerstiens said. "From there, they sent me to Okla- homa and I never saw the rest of the boys from Red Bluff See WWII, page 11A Marine remembered Book chronicles local ace By ANDREA WAGNER Daily News photo by Tang Lor Members of the Marine Corps League, Detachment 1140, fire three volleys during a wreath laying cere- mony for Pvt. France Silva,USMC.Silva is a Medal of Honor recipient for his service during the Boxer Rebellion.Born May 8,1876,he died April 10,1951, in Red Bluff and is buried at the Sunset Hills Cemetery in Corning. The Marine Corps League performs the tribute each year on the birthday of the Marine Corps. This year, the Marine Corps celebrated its 236th birthday on Thursday. Banquet to aid victims of abuse By ANDREA WAGNER DN Staff Writer Harvest of Hearts, a charity dinner set for Satur- day at the Red Bluff Com- munity and Senior Center, aims to gather funds to help victims of domestic abuse. Having witnessed the trauma of domestic abuse in the life of someone they love, Clyde and Carol Brandt learned what it can be like for victims. Emotional scars, a bro- ken home, isolation, fear, shattered confidence and other fallout from domestic abuse can take years to recover from. Deciding to take action in 2007 to help others escaping debilitating rela- tionships, the Cottonwood area couple started Homes of Hope for Victims of 7 5 8 5 5 1 6 9 0 0 1 9 See ABUSE, page 11A DN Staff Writer Among those veterans in Red Bluff who have made their marks, Kendall Eugene "Swede" Carlson mans his post perpetually in the form of a brick mon- ument at the corner of Washington and Oak Streets in front of the City Hall. The city dedicated the placard in his honor upon a brick column monument in March 2001. Most recently, howev- er, Canadian author Tom Walsh has set about to chronicle the man's mili- tary career in a series of articles. Born on July 14, 1919 in Red Bluff, Carlson joined the Royal Canadi- an Air Force, before America entered the war, and flew into hero status as he shot down an impressive number of German planes during World War II, Walsh said. Carlson was among some 8,860 U.S. citizens who served in the Royal Canadian Air Force throughout the war, many of whom joined during a recruitment in the summer of 1940, he said. The U.S. had stayed out of the war as long as possible, although some believed that it was time and Canadian youth of the day," Walsh wrote in an introduction to his upcoming book. Carlson, the son of Mary Alva Sharp and Otto Ernest Carlson of Red Bluff, had lived at 427 Jefferson St. and attended the Red Bluff Grammar School from 1925 to 1932, and Red Bluff Union High School, graduating in 1936, Walsh said. In high school, he Photo courtesy of Association of the 4Th Fighter Group Four Aces of the Fourth Fighter Group debriefing after a mission. to enter the fight, Walsh said. The Canadian recruitment offered young men an opportu- nity to fight and fly at a time when many could- n't get into the American military and the Great Depression had left many without job oppor- tunities. Many young men in TEHAMA COUNTY GLASS MOULE'S AUTO GLASS A PROFESSIONAL AUTO GLASS INSTALLATION FACILITY -BOATS/RVS -TRUCKS/CARS -EQUIPMENT 515 Sycamore St. 529-0260 1940 and 1941 came of age with a thirst for fly- ing and looked up to air- men, Walsh wrote. "The widespread cov- erage of those dashing Airmen in uniform fly- ing high performance fighters in combat and driving around in sport cars had a tremendous impact on the American worked as a mailing clerk at the Daily News and as a soda fountain clerk at Frank's Cream- ery on the corner of Oak and Main streets, just a block from where his monument sits now. He then took a course at Heald Business Col- lege in Sacramento after high school and worked as a bookkeeper and fountain clerk at the Peter Pan Outlet in Red Bluff, Walsh said. It was between March See ACE, page 11A Is Training an Option for You? What Schools and Programs are Available? Join Carrie Clark of the Job Training Center to learn more Monday, November 14th 718 Main Street, Red Bluff 11am-Noon