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FRIDAY MAY 4, 2012 Breaking news at: www.redbluffdailynews.com Weather forecast 10A Mostly sunny 69/46 DAILYNEWS redbluffdailynews.com Election 2012 #TehamaLive Web Chat RED BLUFF 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 Live chat with candidate Greg Latourell live chat conducted 6:30-7 p.m. Thursday with Greg Latourell, candidate for District 1 Supervi- sor. The chat was open to all who wished to submit questions at red- bluffdailynews.com during that The following is the text from a period. Included are results of polls that were conducted during the chat. Life stories #TehamaLive chat...we are sched- uled to begin at 6:30 p.m. Red Bluff Daily News: Welcome to our first Red Bluff Daily News: In the meantime feel free to submit questions...tonight we'll be joined by District 1 Tehama Coun- ty Supervisor candidate Greg Latourell Red Bluff Daily News: Facebook or Twitter account by clicking the F or T next to the "Your Name" box...or you can simply enter a name (first name and last initial is fine). You can log in with your Red Bluff Daily News: Greg's website can be vis- ited at latourell2012.com/ Red Bluff Daily News: We already have one See CHAT, page 9A County hazard plan Writing class for seniors celebrates 15-year mark open for comment By ANDREA WAGNER DN Staff Writer Tehama County's Draft Multi-Jurisdictional Hazard Mitigation Plan is up for public comment. The plan, some three years in the making, outlines potential spots in the county that could be affected should a disaster occur. Looking at wildland fires, severe weather, dam fail- ure, landslides, earthquakes, volcanic activity, floods, drought and avalanches, the 414-page document addresses areas of potential hazard in the county for each type of hazard. Public Works Director Gary Antone led a presenta- tion to the Board of Supervisors of the draft document at the final public meeting Tuesday. was to qualify for future funding, Antone said. "This is a planning document," he said. It serves to identify risk areas and problems, he said. It is not an operational document that would specify which agency would do which task for any given inci- dent. One of the major reasons the county created the plan Supervisor Dennis Garton has been involved with the plan since it started, before he retired as the county undersheriff, he said. Photo courtesy of Gerry Olsen Celebrating their 15th anniversary, the Creative Writing for Seniors group is planning a special event Monday. Pictured, left to right, are three of the members who are more than 100 years old, Alma Woodard, 101, Andree Canova, 103, and Maxine Walther, 101. happy to know that her dream to start a writing class for seniors in Red Bluff is still going strong after 15 years. By GERRY OLSEN Special to the DN JoAnne Kreitberg Frye would be The writing group is for anyone 55 or older. It has three seniors that are more than 100 years old: Andree Canova is 103 and Alma Woodard and Maxine Walther are 101. dad back to life. Frye's dream was ignited after her husband passed away in 1995. Unbeknownst to her she discovered that her husband had been writing the story of his life. To cope with her grieving she put his memoirs together with pho- tographs included, and gave copies to her children at Christmas. They were elated and felt it brought their GOP launches campaign against governor's tax hikes SACRAMENTO (AP) — The California Republi- can Party and anti-tax groups kicked off a cam- paign Thursday against Gov. Jerry Brown's pro- posed tax hikes before the initiative has even qualified for the November ballot. GOP Chairman Tom Del Beccaro said he will start the campaign this week in Fresno and Bak- ersfield, where he will dis- cuss alternatives to tax hikes. People and business are leaving California to go to states with much lower taxes, he said. ''And Jerry Brown is turning in his signatures as we speak to make that (the) highest in the country. We think that's the wrong way to go,'' he said. Brown, who continued to push for his proposed tax hikes at a conference of business leaders in San Jose on Thursday, urged the crowd to approve the initiative. He warned that without revenue, the bud- get ''cuts will be pretty darn tough.'' When asked to address the Republican campaign against the tax increases, he said he didn't think it required comment. ''There's no news here,'' he said. nor wants to ask California voters this fall to pass tem- porary tax increases, which he says are needed to avoid billions of dollars in addi- tional spending cuts. Brown's initiative, which has not yet qualified for the ballot, would raise income taxes on people who make more than $250,000 annu- ally and raise the statewide sales tax by a quarter cent, to 7.5 percent. Brown's initiative could bring in between $6.8 bil- lion and $9 billion in fiscal year 2012-2013. The gov- ernor is currently updating the size of the state's deficit, which was pegged at $9.2 billion in January. Republican lawmakers said those increases will only hurt California's eco- nomic recovery. They said the Democratic-controlled Legislature instead should pass public pension reforms and cut elsewhere in the budget to protect education and public safe- ty. The Democratic gover- ''I think we have a lot of social programs in this 7 5 8 5 5 1 6 9 0 0 1 9 See TAX, page 9A ing it would be wonderful to start a class that would encourage seniors to tell their life story in their own words. That is when Frye started think- Supervisor Candidate George Russell 6:30 tonight Golf 3-pete SPORTS 1B What it does is prioritize funding and efforts for pro- jects that could help protect people and prevent unnec- essary and /or costly damages. On the morning of April 7, 1997 Frye started a Creative Writing for Seniors Class in Red Bluff at the Salvation Army Headquarters at See STORIES, page 9A The plan will also help local agencies, such as law enforcement and rescue personnel, that use supplies and services during a disaster, to be eligible to be reim- bursed by state and federal agencies, he said. The document is intended to eliminate long-term risks and was prompted as part of the federal Disaster Mitigation Act. State and local agencies are now rewarded for pre-disaster planning efforts. Adopting the plan will also open doors for private citizens to apply for disaster assistance as well, Antone said. "The detail that has gone into this, I believe, has been extraordinary," Garton said. Examples of projects that could qualify include buy- ing property for conservation purposes, elevating struc- tures above flood levels, soil stabilization projects to reduce landslide risks and seismic retrofitting projects. See PLAN, page 9A Group observes National Day of Prayer Daily News photo by Andrea Wagner Some 30 people paused to participate in the National Day of Prayer Thursday afternoon in front of the Tehama County Courthouse. Organized by a Red Bluff Ministerial Association, several pastors joined in to pray with the group. People prayed on an open microphone for voting and elections, protection and healing from crime, helping people with anger and strife, forgiveness, God's hand with Child Protective Services and nurses, thankfulness for the small things, hope for other countries and restoration of peace and joy on the people of Red Bluff. TEHAMA COUNTY GLASS MOULE'S Enjoy the Fresh air without Bugs New Window & Door Screens Re-screen your existing screens IT'S SCREEN SEASON 515 Sycamore St. 529-0260