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TheAssociatedPress DELANO Hundreds of former and current labor activists, both Filipino and Mexican-American, flowed this weekend into the Cen- tral Valley town of Delano where 50 years ago, they launched the Delano grape strike that altered the course of American history. Among them was Lorraine Ag- tang, who On Sept. 8, 1965, along with her family and other Filipino grape pickers, walked out of their fields to protest a pay cut from $1.40 to $1.25 an hour, the Sacra- mento Bee reported Monday. "I was a kid, only 13," recalled Agtang, who was born and raised in a labor camp 2 miles east of Delano. "It was midmorning when picketers showed up where we were picking grapes for Gi- umarra growers and my dad, Pla- ton Agtang, said there's a strike and we should leave." When Agtang saw Filipinos on the picket lines, she said, "that af- fected my life story - I knew the Filipinos were hard-working peo- ple not bent on civil disobedience, but it was pretty amazing when I learned they were standing up for what they wanted." Some were beaten and evicted from their homes; others clashed with law enforcement and Mex- ican strikebreakers brought in by the growers, but they stood strong. On Sunday, the efforts of the largely Filipino and Mexican workers were commemorated DELANO Activists, farmworkers remember grape strike Staff report CORNING A woman was arrested Saturday afternoon on charges of assault with a deadly weapon, in- flicting corporal injury on a spouse or cohabitant and threatening a crime with intent to terrorize. The incident re- portedly involved a stabbing. According to Corning Police logs, Brianna Lynn Ward, 21, was arrested around 4:30 p.m. Satur- day at Houghton Avenue and Yolo Street. Ward was booked into Tehama County Jail and bail was set at $160,000. No further information was available Monday. CORNING Woman charged with assault Staff report RED BLUFF Someone made off with around $26,000 worth of power equipment early Sunday af- ter a burglary at an Antelope area business. Police responded around 4:45 a.m. Sunday to an alarm at Red Bluff Outdoor Power at 490 Ante- lope Blvd., according to a press re- lease issued Monday by Red Bluff Police Department. Upon arrival, officers discovered an unknown suspect had cut the lock on a se- curity door and smashed the glass doors with a large rock, the release said. Several Stihl, Husqvarna and Echo chainsaws and Honda gen- erators were taken, with an esti- mated loss of $26,000, the release said. The case is under investiga- tion. Anyone with information is asked to call the Red Bluff Police Department at 527-3131. CRIME $26,000inequipmentstolen By Julie Zeeb jzeeb@redbluffdailynews.com @DN_Zeeb on Twitter REDBLUFF The Salvation Army has reached capacity at its cur- rent location, 940 Walnut St., and is looking to the commu- nity for help in acquiring a new location to expand its services. "It's a good growth because were are able (financially) to ser- vice a lot of people here in Te- hama County, but our facility is not large enough to maintain our growth. At this time, we had to pull back on the expansion of social services we provide here." Preliminary numbers for the 2014-2015 year show the organi- zation has served about 16,100 residents in Tehama County, bringing in about $600,605 worth of services, grant fund- ing and other forms of assis- tance that have been distrib- uted through the family ser- vices program, said Salvation Army Bookkeeper Teddy White. Programs such as the Thanks- giving and Christmas baskets given out are one of the many ar- eas that they have the resources to provide more, but are unable to expand, White said. "Last year we were able to assist people with 200 to 250 boxes," White said. "We had re- sources for more, but we aren't able to process more because of space issues. We don't have space for the food and toys so we had to limit the number of people (getting baskets). That makes it harder on the commu- nity because there are still peo- ple in need." Rough estimates are about 500 people served at Thanks- giving and 1,200 at Christmas. In addition, on days that the family days for giving out food take place they have to be planned and sometimes spaced out as far as how many can be served each day and parking is a hassle. "On family day, we only have eight parking spaces and we have more people than park- ing so often employees and vol- unteers have to walk a ways," White said. While there are four Salva- tion Army employees, there are several employees provided through the CalWorks program, various community service per- sons and volunteers in general, she said. Parking is something that the building at 1450 Bulkeley Street that the organization is looking at has plenty of, with about 45 spots in its lot. Adding to the attraction is the fact that it has plenty of outdoor space and two storage areas, she said. At present, the pantry at the Salvation Army is so small that items have to be stored in a separate building and carted in a little at a time as it is used, she said. There are also two separate buildings that would allow the organization to have one to be utilized for social services and one to be used for the church. Having adequate outdoor space would be great for the various programs, especially the ones for the youth, Wetter said. The organization, which has been in Red Bluff for 125 years, has summer camps, which served 75 children in 2014, and day camps that served 175 chil- dren. After school programs in- clude Sunbeams for girls, Adven- ture Corps for boys and Young Peoples League for teens. There is also a reading for literacy pro- gram. The Salvation Army also has programs for adults that include the ladies Home League Minis- try, a women's ministry sewing circle, a woman's camp retreat and a men's group. Other programs include the food program that saw grocery bags of food go out to about 6,200 people in 2014, the food vouchers that went out to 218 people and $48,000 in utility as- sistance through a Relief for En- ergy Assistance through Com- munity Help (REACH) grant. That served about 560 people in 160 households. The Salvation Army also gave $6,000 in clothing vouchers to 240 people and about 2,200 peo- ple received clothing from the facility. Approximately 3,600 people were able to receive about $125,000 in gifts in kind through the Salvation Army in- cluding household items such as mops, dishes, baby strollers and pots and pans. "The new site would allow us to accept larger donations we wouldn't normally be able to take in and help more people in the community," White said. "We help about 1,100 a month and we could easily double that amount. It would also allow us to be open more days." Th new site is expected to cost about $460,000-$480,000 and the Salvation Army Advisory Board is setting an initial goal of $50,000 to get things started. "As we grow, we also recog- nize there will be a need to get new freezers, replace equipment and get things started," Wetter said. "We want to keep pushing forward and if 50 people would give $1,000 it'd get us going. For this facility, we are doing great service and we do serve the whole county. This community has been very good to us and our supporters and their donations are how we have survived. We still need help in order to do the RED BLUFF SA LV AT IO N AR MY S EE KS N EW LOCATION TO EXPAND SERVICES JULIEZEEB-DAILYNEWS Salvation Army Major Kit Wetter stocks the pantry Friday. Items need to be carted into the pantry from storage as needed due to the size of it. The organization is in need of a larger facility. Community.....A3 Health..............A4 Lifestyles........A5 Opinion ...........A6 Sports.............. B1 Daily Break......B3 Index............... ## INDEX A plan for success could be as simple as stopping that one thing you do that keeps setting you back. PAGEA3 COMMUNITY Columnistlooksatlittle habits, big results The Cardinals beat Las Plumas 49-6in the season opener, the Bulldogs beat Dunsmuir 22-20. PAGE B1 FOOTBALL Corning wins opener, LosMo gets first win Frustrated asylum seekers burst through from Serbia; Britain and France agree to take more migrants. 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