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WEDNESDAY JUNE 6, 2012 www.redbluffdailynews.com See INSIDE Breaking news at: Barbecue Nation American Profile RED BLUFF Aims Higher SPORTS 1B Sunny 83/54 Weather forecast 8B DAILYNEWS 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 LaMalfa, Reed in front Election 2012 Tehama County Supervisor, 1st District Vote by Mail ballots — 21.55 % Results updated as of 9 p.m., Tuesday Steve Chamblin 945 Burt 633 Bundy Daily News photo by Chip Thompson State Sen. Doug LaMalfa, R-Richvale, checks early returns Tuesday evening at the Hampton Inn and Suites in Red Bluff, where Republican candidates for state and local offices gathered to track elec- tion results. Assisting LaMalfa is his campaign manager Jennifer Horne. LaMalfa and Democrat Jim Reed took early leads with 36.8 percent and 23 percent of ballots respectively just before 9 p.m. Spotted Owl issue comes up again expressed concern Tuesday that a proposal to increase federally pro- tected habitat for the Northern Spotted Owl could cost the county jobs as well as funds for roads and schools. Following a presentation by for- mer County Superintendent of Schools Bob Douglas, the board approved a $1,250 contribution to support an economic impact analy- sis. By RICH GREENE DN Staff Writer Tehama County Supervisors Douglas, executive director of the National Forest Counties and Schools Coalition (NFCSC), told the board the process of expanding The NFCSC is hoping to raise 100,000 from its member counties and school districts to pay for a study of the cumulative impacts since the 1995 critical habitat desig- nation the habitat was moving too quickly for a decision of its scope. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Ser- vice is proposing expanding the critical habitat designation designed to protect the Northern Spotted Owl from 5.9 to 13.5 million acres across California, Oregon and Washington. More than 120,000 acres in the western half of Tehama County would be affected. Most of the land is operated by the National Forest Service. This comes at a time when rural counties, including Tehama, are waiting to see whether the federal government will extend the Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination Act. The act provides federal dollars to rural counties affected by lost timber rev- enue. Douglas wrote in a letter to County Chief Administrator Bill Goodwin the restricted land catego- ry would exclude any future active management options, including thinning or logging. The NFCSC and a group of U.S. Representatives from Oregon are working on getting an additional 60 days added on to the Wildlife Ser- See OWL, page 7A Grant issued for Highway 99 work The California Trans- poration Commission awarded $3.8 million to Tehama County, May 23, to replace a bridge over the south fork of Mill Creek near Los Molinos on Highway 99. The project, as described in the agency listing, will "replace one scoured bridge to main- tain structural integrity, reduce the risk to lives and properties and to comply with the Bridge Inspection Report rec- ommendation." The allotment was one of hundreds of state highway construction projects approved by the commission under the State Transportation Improvement Program (STIP), State Highway Operation and Protec- tion Program (SHOPP), and Proposition 1B. As of May, 316 pro- jects totaling $1.81 bil- lion had been awarded for the 2010/2011 fiscal year and 175 projects totaling $1.95 billion Tehama County's allotment is paid for through SHOPP fund- ing. - Andrea Wagner were awarded for the 2011/2012 fiscal year, according to a memo by Department of Trans- portaion's Chief Finan- cial Officer Norma Orte- ga. Jim Reed (D) 15,392 By JULIE ZEEB DN Staff Writer Red Bluff Union High School seniors were out in full force Monday and Tuesday helping the com- munity for Senior Make A Difference Day. At Diamond Park, Lucero Alvarez, Jeanette Jimenez, Vanessa Favela, Margarita Flores and Ilda DeJesus worked at paint- ing the playground equip- ment in brightly colored hues. "We wanted to make the park look better for the kids," Flores said. They chose Diamond Park because it is one of Daily News photo by Julie Zeeb 7 5 8 5 5 1 6 9 0 0 1 9 Red Bluff High School seniors paint the playground equipment Tuesday at Diamond Park for their Senior Make A Difference Day project. Pictured on left side of slide, from left, are Lucero Alvarez, Jeanette Jimenez and Vanessa Favela. On the right, Margarita Flores, front, and Ilda DeJesus. the more heavily used parks, she said. "It's a nice park," Alvarez said. "It just needed a little touching up and we wanted to make it more colorful." The girls worked under the supervision of Educa- tional Assistant Arnold Jimenez, who said he was most impressed by the fact they went to take care of the permits to paint the park themselves and even got paint donated by Home Depot for the pro- ject. Fairground, Lottie Jones, April Allwardt and Ale- jandra Negrete painted 10 picnic tables that needed some sprucing up. The girls chose their project because Jones' aunt, Jacque Brown, At the Tehama District Michael Dacquisto (R) 3,941 Doug La Malfa (R) 24,550 Prop. 28 65.4 % Yes 34.6 % No Prop. 29 51.9 % Yes 48.1 % No works at the fairground office and she has known Fair CEO Mark Eidman since she was little and Allwardt knows Senior Maintenance Supervisor, Mel Clatty, Jones said. "They really did a nice job with the tables they painted for us," Clatty said. "It's a job we've wanted to do for years, but just never got done." Pete Stiglich (R) 3,992 Students turn out for service throughout community Eidman said he is espe- cially appreciative of the help from the three girls in light of all the cuts the fairboard is having to make in response to the elimination of fair fund- ing. next generation under- stands the Tehama Dis- See SERVICE, page 7A PHYSICIAN REFERRAL A FREE SERVICE PROVIDED FOR YOUR CONVENIENCE 1-800-990-9971 "We appreciate that the Gary Allen Oxley 2,292 Dan Logue (R) 10,684 Charles Rouse (D) 10,054 Bob Williams (R) 7,054 U.S. Representative, CA, 1st District 67 of 627 precincts reporting — 10.7% 186 Roger Cox Greg 324 Latourell Tehama County Supervisor, 5th District Ron 479 Warner California State Assembly, 3rd District 39 of 313 precincts reporting — 12.5% Sam Aanestad (R) 7,290 Nathan Arrowsmith (D) 3,359 Gregory Cheadle (R) 1,788