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FFA Leadership Contest Shasta College announces that they will host the Shasta Section FFA (Future Farmers of America) Leadership Contest. On Friday, Feb. 5, high school stu- dents ranging from the Oregon border to Corning will compete in various contests including: Job Interview- ing, Creed Recitation, Extemporaneous Public Speak- ing, Prepared Public Speaking, and Advanced and Novice Parliamentary Procedure. These contests will be judged by people from the local agriculture com- munity. The competitions will be held on the Redding Main Campus as well as at various areas of the Shasta College Farm. For more information on the Leadership Contest, contact Ag instructors - Andrea Donnelley (530) 570- 3690, or Trena Kimler-Richards (530) 242-2209. Honor roll Sacramento River Discovery Charter School honor roll for first semester as follows: 6th Grade: Zykle Coulter, Bailee Enos; 7th Grade: Shyanne Bumpus, Amandajane Dumas, Kinser Endicott, Joshalynn Grant, Patricia Klap- perich; 8th Grade: Robert Adams, Violette Bryant, Aman- da Glenn, Anthony Kerr, Skylar Milligan; 10th Grade: Brian Meyer, James Miller 12th Grade: Britani Goodluck, Garrett Woodward. Red Bluff Bull *Gelding Sale Catalogs for the Red Bluff Bull & Gelding Sale are available at the office at the Tehama District Fairground. Information call 527-2045 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday-Friday or visit www.redbluffbullsale.com. 2 – Daily News – Thursday, January 21, 2010 THE VOICE OF TEHAMA COUNTY SINCE 1885 Editor: Chip Thompson editor@redbluffdailynews.com Sports Editor: Rich Greene sports@redbluffdailynews.com Circulation Manager: Kathy Hogan khogan@redbluffdailynews.com Production Manager: Sandy Valdivia sandy@redbluffdailynews.com On the Web: www.redbluffdailynews.com MAIN OFFICE: Monday-Friday, 9 a.m. - 5 p.m. Main Phone (530) 527-2151 Outside area 800-479-6397 545 Diamond Ave. Red Bluff, CA 96080 ______________________ Mail: Red Bluff Daily News P.O. 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NEWS News Tip Hotline: 527-2153 FAX: (530) 527-9251 E-mail: clerk@redbluffdailynews.com Daytime: (530) 527-2151 Sports: Ext. 111 Obituaries: Ext. 103 Tours: Ext. 112 After hours: (530) 527-2153 ______________________ ADVERTISING Monday-Friday, 9 a.m. - 5 p.m. Display: 527-2151 Ext. 122 Classified: 527-2151 Ext. 103 Online (530) 527-2151 Ext. 133 FAX: (530) 527-5774 E-mail: advertise@redbluffdailynews.com VOLUME 125, NUMBER 52 A MediaNews Group Newspaper The Red Bluff Daily News is an adjudicated daily newspaper of general circulation, County of Tehama, Superior Court Decree 9670, May 25, 1955 © 2010 Daily News N EWS D AILY RED BLUFF TEHAMA COUNTY SPECIAL PAGES ON THE FOLLOWING DAYS Mondays: Kids Corner Tuesdays: Employment Wednesdays: Business Thursdays: Entertainment Fridays: Select TV Saturdays: Farm, Religion HOW TO REACH US Publisher & Advertising Director: Greg Stevens gstevens@redbluffdailynews.com 649 Main Street Downtown Red Bluff GAYLE'S 14th Save up to 60% throughout the store ANNIVERSARY S A L E 100 Belle Mill Road 527-6789 Fran's Hallmark Fran is retiring See store for details Come in and check out our $ 4 99 Lunch Specials We are open and NOT CLOSING Mon thru Fri 11-3 200 So. Main St. Red Bluff, Ca 529-9488 Drop Off Sites in Downtown Businesses Thank you from D.R.B.B.A. Collecting until February 14th Food From the Heart Canned Food Drive ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ Community people & events Dunsmuir Man W Dunsmuir Man W ins ins Red Bluf Red Bluf f Girl f Girl Stephen Ray Stanley, of Dunsmuir, and Bertha May Gossett, of Red Bluff, were united in marriage Thursday at 3 o'clock at the home of the bride‚s par- ents, Mr. & Mrs. A.O. Gossett of the Ramona lodg- ing house on Walnut street. The ceremony was per- formed by Rev. J.H. Sharpe, of the local Presbyterian church, and was witnessed by the immediate friends and relatives of the contracting parties. They will reside at Dunsmuir, but may move to Red Bluff. – Daily News, Jan. 21, 1910 100 100 years years ago... ago... Setting it straight –––––––– It is the policy of the Daily News to correct as quickly as possible all errors in fact that have been published in the newspaper. If you feel a factual error has been made in a news story, call the news department at 527-2153. On-going battle: Lawn or no lawn By KATHY BRAMHALL It's an on-going war at our house—lawn or no lawn or at least less lawn. My husband (who no longer mows, weeds or fertilizes, although he does water occasionally) says lawns are needed; they keep us cool, and most importantly they keep us fire-safe. That is his job— designing, and oversee- ing the implementation of brush removal projects for the local Fire-Safe Councils; so he is very aware of the fire danger in our area. And he has observed that homes that survive wildfires, are usually surrounded by green lawns. Me, I water and mow for about 9 months out of the year so you can figure out where I stand in this on-going war. We live 5 miles west of Red Bluff, in the "country". Living here, Cal Fire says we need 100' of clearance around our home and outbuild- ings—that means "an absence of uncared for brush/shrubs and grass/weeds." I say what about trees? What about rose bushes and other shrubs? What about flower borders and vegetable gardens? Then I get another ear- ful about shrubs and other plants being poten- tial "fire ladders". Fire climbs; first the lower plants, then the mid- height shrubs and then into the trees and then it jumps to the neighbors' property and then you have a major problem. If kept well-watered, green and trimmed these understory plants are a minimal hazard. My argument is lawns, nice lawns, not mowed weeds, are very high maintenance—watering, fertilizing, weeding, and mowing. Three out of four of these use precious resources and/or cause pollution. Watering— lawns take lots of water—precious to becoming scarce water. Fertilizing is usually overkill then chemicals runoff into streams and rivers, upsetting condi- tions for fish and other aquatic life. Mowing too pollutes—both air and noise pollution, not to mention fuel—plus it really cuts into my time—pollutes my time—how's that. Slowly our lawns are shrinking. Five years ago I cut out lawn to make room for roses, and grad- ually the flower borders are growing wider—I'm sure they will get wider this spring. I recently read an arti- cle by garden designer Frank Hyman in Horti- culture magazine about his "lawnlet"; a lawn area just big enough for two chairs for Frank and his wife and their large dog—now Frank has the right idea. The smaller lawn is also being pro- moted by the Native Plant people. You've heard it, Plant Natives—most lawn seed is "imported". If this seems like the wrong time of year to be considering lawns and wildfires—think again— this is the time of year for planning your garden. If you live in the country as we do, you'll need a compromise, just maybe a little less lawn, but if you are in town—save water, prevent pollution, and save time—plan for one of those lawnlets. The Red Bluff Garden Club is affiliated with the Cascade District Garden Club; California Garden Clubs Inc; Pacific Region Garden Clubs and National Garden Clubs Inc. Last chance to submit your best chocolate recipe for the Soroptimist International of Red Bluff Chocolate Fantasia cookbook. Limited to the first 100 recipes. Write or e-mail before the Jan. 30 deadline. The group is asking cooks that live in the area to share their favorite chocolate recipes. "The recipes can be main dishes as well as can- dies, cookies, cakes, pies or other types of desserts" said Jill Wabbel, secretary. Include a little history if possible. Submit recipes to Wabbel at jillwabbel@aol.com or mail to Recipe, P.O. Box 962, Red Bluff, CA by Jan. 30. The group is bringing back its Chocolate Fantasia fund raiser 6:30 p.m. to 9 p.m. Feb. 20 at the Red Bluff Veteran's Hall. This fun night of decadence has been reborne as a scholarship fund raiser by two of the members that worked on the event as youth, Vici Miranda and Jill Wabbel.. Miranda and Wabbel helped mother Donna Wabbel and Grandmother Jean Shackelford put on the event 10 years ago. The cost of the evening is only $15 per person, and tickets are available from Soroptimist members or by calling Becky Eusted at 597-2342 or e-mailing SIRedBluffClub@yahoo.com. For more information about Soroptimist Interna- tional and the work it does to help women and girls, contact Jean Shackelford at jashackelford@att.net. SIRB seeks recipes The Sacramento River Discovery Center will con- tinue the discussion on pos- itive possibilities for Red Bluff after Lake Red Bluff is no longer, at 7 p.m. Thursday at the Discovery Center. The monies for the pumping plant have been approved by Congress so the project will begin to take shape with the building of a bridge across Red Bank Creek. Zach Whitten will facili- tate the discussion of the area around Red Bank Creek's entry into the river channel and the area on the east side of the river along the Mendocino National Forest's Red Bluff Recre- ation Area. Ideas raised at the earli- er meetings involve the pos- sible dredging of a channel from the river between the islands that would allow water to flow into the area along East Sand Slough. This might provide an area for developing a kayaking course or a fish- ing pond area. The land left high and dry might provide a variety of other opportu- nities for recreation. Bring ideas and sugges- tions to help the City of Red Bluff and the Mendocino National Forest develop a plan for the next five years for this area of the Sacra- mento River. The Thursday evening program is sponsored in part by Human Bean, provider of coffee and refreshments, which will be served during the question and answer period follow- ing the presentation. For more information, call 527-1196, e-mail Car- lene Cramer, center manag- er at ccramer@tehama.k12.ca.u s or Whitten at zwhit- ten@tehama.k12.ca.us or visit the Web site at www.srdc.tehama.k12.ca.u s. The center is open 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday and is at 1000 Sale Lane. Post Lake Red Bluff discussion continues Courtesy photo Zach Whitten will lead a discussion at 7 p.m. Thursday at the Sacramento River Discovery Center on possibilities for after Lake Red Bluff is gone. Community Clips Vici Miranda, Donna Wabbel and Jill Wabbel work to bring back the SIRB Chocolate Fantasia Event.